Purpose: Prostate tumors express antigens that are recognized by the immune system in a
significant proportion of patients; however, little is known about the effect of standard …

Background: Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents is recognized as a complication of
anesthesia. To minimize that risk, anesthesiologists advised fasting for solid foods and liquids …

BACKGROUND: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common occurrence after
cardiac surgery. However, in contrast to other surgical populations, routine PONV …

Background: The intubation of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) puts
health care workers at risk of infection through aerosol, droplet and contact contamination. We …

Standard cancer treatments trigger immune responses that may influence tumor control. The
nature of these responses varies depending on the tumor and the treatment modality. We …

In trauma, time matters; so much so that traumatologists often refer to the “Golden Hour”: the
most valuable time in which one can save a life. If you had just 1 book to read in the Golden …

… Preoperative Fasting Practices Across Three Anesthesia Societies: Survey of
Practitioners (e15905) Richard Merchant, Navraj Chima, Olle Ljungqvist, Juliana Kok …

Functional and temporal-spatial studies of Netrin and its receptors have been reported in
several species including, M. musculus, D. melanogaster and C. elegans. These studies …

… I would also like to extend a huge thank you to Navraj Chima, another person who I could
not have completed this project without. Nav not only helped me with the sequencing portion of …

The role of B cells in the tumor progression is not fully understood. Recent studies have
suggested that specifically in prostate cancer, B cells promote inflammation that causes faster …