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Associations Of Chronic Pain With Psychosocial Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Nidilrr And Va Tbi Model Systems Collaborative Project, Robin Hanks, Jessica M Ketchum, Mackenzie Peckham, Mitch Sevigny, Angelle M Sander, Aaron M Martin, Stephanie Agtarap, Cynthia L Beaulieu, Librada Callender, Flora M Hammond, Jean Lengenfelder, Amanda R Rabinowitz, William C Walker, Jeanne M Hoffman, Cynthia Harrison-Felix, Risa Nakase-Richardson

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

OBJECTIVE: To examine the differences in participation, life satisfaction, and psychosocial outcomes among individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) endorsing current, past, or no chronic pain.

SETTING: Community.

PARTICIPANTS: Three thousand eight hundred four TBI Model Systems participants 1 to 30 years of age postinjury classified into 1 of 3 groups based on their pain experience: current pain, past pain, no pain completed a Pain Survey at their usual follow-up appointment which on average was approximately 8 years postinjury.

DESIGN: Multisite, cross-sectional observational cohort study.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Sociodemographic and injury characteristics and psychosocial outcomes (ie, satisfaction with life, depression, …

Anesthetic Management Of A Patient With Renal Cell Carcinoma-Associated Venous Thrombosis And Massive Transfusion, Gary Zhang, Ryan Palacios, Jamal Hasoon, Christopher L Robinson, Anvinh Nguyen

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

A 53-year-old male with a history of multiple deep venous thromboses (DVTs) underwent a right open radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombectomy in the context of renal cell carcinoma (RCC)-associated venous thrombosis. Imaging and renal biopsy revealed a diagnosis of RCC with non-occlusive thrombosis of the left renal vein and occlusive thrombosis of the infrarenal IVC. The major risks of concern for the procedure included thrombus embolization from surgical manipulation and massive bleeding. Intraoperatively, the patient experienced significant hemorrhage requiring massive transfusion protocol. The purpose of this case report is to emphasize the importance of multidisciplinary involvement, intraoperative …