Robert Hart

Pre-injury status and adaptation following traumatic brain injury.

Do we really need a better way to give heparin in acute cerebral ischemia?

Correlations for scores on the 180-item version of the MMPI-2 and the Neuroticism scale of the NEO-Personality Inventory.

Making anticoagulation safer.

Plasma von Willebrand factor and soluble p-selectin as indices of endothelial damage and platelet activation in 1321 patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: relationship to stroke risk factors.

An assessment of guidelines for prevention of ischemic stroke.

Comparison between automatic and fixed positive airway pressure therapy in the home.

Antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation.

Atrial fibrillation, stroke, and acute antithrombotic therapy: analysis of randomized clinical trials.

ABC of antithrombotic therapy: Antithrombotic therapy for cerebrovascular disorders.

Oral anticoagulants vs aspirin in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: an individual patient meta-analysis.

Enzymatic assay for measurement of intracellular DXG triphosphate concentrations in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients.

Percutaneous treatment of osteoporotic spinal compression fractures.

Application of attribute control charts to risk-adjusted data for monitoring and improving health care performance.

Cognitive impairment in patients with chronic pain: the significance of stress.

Late-developing cerebral arteropathy after pyogenic meningitis.

Electrical stimulation for intraoperative evaluation of thoracic pedicle screw placement.

Why is WASID an important clinical trial?

Six-month neuropsychological outcome of medical intensive care unit patients.

Clinical outcomes related to interface type in patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome who are using continuous positive airway pressure.

A clinical prediction rule to identify patients with atrial fibrillation and a low risk for stroke while taking aspirin.

Aspirin dosage and thromboxane synthesis in patients with vascular disease.

Lessons from the Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation trials.

Antithrombotic therapies for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation.

Graft migration or displacement after multilevel cervical corpectomy and strut grafting.

Prognostic value of plasma von Willebrand factor and soluble P-selectin as indices of endothelial damage and platelet activation in 994 patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.

Serum potassium level and dietary potassium intake as risk factors for stroke.

Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention.

Transient ischemic attacks in patients with atrial fibrillation: implications for secondary prevention: the European Atrial Fibrillation Trial and Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation III trial.

Oral anticoagulants vs. aspirin for stroke prevention in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: the verdict is in.

Variations in injury patterns, treatment, and outcome for spinal fracture and paralysis in adult versus geriatric patients.

Attention and the stages of pain processing.

Predictors of stroke in patients paced for sick sinus syndrome.

Application of variables control charts to risk-adjusted time-ordered healthcare data.

Neuropsychologists diagnose traumatic brain injury.

The association between delirium and cognitive decline: a review of the empirical literature.

Selecting patients with atrial fibrillation for anticoagulation: stroke risk stratification in patients taking aspirin.

Segmental motion adjacent to an instrumented lumbar fusion: the effect of extension of fusion to the sacrum.

Tracheostomy after anterior cervical spine fixation.

Evaluation of a HACCP pilot program for the food service industry.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy in N0 squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and oropharynx.

Comparison of stiffness and failure load of two cervical spine fixation techniques in an in vitro human model.

Carotid-artery stenting versus endarterectomy.

Data and safety monitoring in clinical research: a National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke perspective.

Impairment of perineal care functions after long fusions of the lumbar spine.

Occurrence and characteristics of stroke events in the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Sinus Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) study.

Avoiding central nervous system bleeding during antithrombotic therapy: recent data and ideas.

Clinical research in primary stroke prevention: needs, opportunities, and challenges.

Pedicle screw placement in the thoracic spine: a comparison of image-guided and manual techniques in cadavers.

Perindopril-based blood pressure-lowering reduces major vascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation and prior stroke or transient ischemic attack.

Variation in surgical decision making for degenerative spinal disorders. Part I: lumbar spine.

Variation in surgical decision making for degenerative spinal disorders. Part II: cervical spine.

Atrial fibrillation and stroke: four treatment controversies.

A simple risk score predicted 7-day stroke risk after transient ischemic attack.

Reliability and reproducibility of dens fracture classification with use of plain radiography and reformatted computer-aided tomography.

Anticoagulation intensity and stroke during warfarin-use in atrial fibrillation patients.

Mechanical stiffness of segmental versus nonsegmental pedicle screw constructs: the effect of cross-links.

X and s charts for health care comparisons.

Optimal INR for prevention of stroke and death in atrial fibrillation: a critical appraisal.

Biarylaniline phenethanolamines as potent and selective beta3 adrenergic receptor agonists.

Failed spine surgery syndrome in the life and career of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Primary prevention of ischemic stroke: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council: cosponsored by the Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease Interdisciplinary Working Group; Cardiovascular Nursing Council; Clinical Cardiology Council; Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism Council; and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group: the American Academy of Neurology affirms the value of this guideline.

What's new in stroke? The top 10 for 2004/05.

Headache improvement through TMD stabilization appliance and self-management therapies.

Primary prevention of ischemic stroke: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council: cosponsored by the Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease Interdisciplinary Working Group; Cardiovascular Nursing Council; Clinical Cardiology Council; Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism Council; and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group.

American Stroke Association guideline policies.

Divergent thinking in Alzheimer's and frontotemporal dementia.

Additive role of plasma von Willebrand factor levels to clinical factors for risk stratification of patients with atrial fibrillation.

National Stroke Association guidelines for the management of transient ischemic attacks.

Delayed fracture of fibular strut allograft following multilevel anterior cervical spine corpectomy and fusion.

Case report: vertebral compression fracture in a fused and instrumented lumbar segment.

A simple risk score predicted 7 day stroke risk after transient ischaemic attack.

Variability in rates of arthrodesis procedures for patients with cervical spine injuries with and without associated spinal cord injury.

Treatment of warfarin-associated intracerebral hemorrhage: literature review and expert opinion.

Reliability and validity of blood pressure measurement in the Secondary Prevention of Small Subcortical Strokes study.

Post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic stress symptoms following critical illness in medical intensive care unit patients: assessing the magnitude of the problem.

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein and soluble CD40 ligand as indices of inflammation and platelet activation in 880 patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: relationship to stroke risk factors, stroke risk stratification schema, and prognosis.

Use of the external jugular vein as the sole recipient vein in head and neck free flap reconstruction.

Control limits for p control charts with small subgroup sizes.

Biomechanical comparison of a novel multilevel hex-head pedicle screw design with a conventional head design.

Comparative utility of Barona Formulae, Wtar demographic algorithms, and WRAT-3 reading for estimating premorbid ability in a diverse research sample.

Mechanical comparison of posterior instrumentation constructs for spinal fixation across the cervicothoracic junction.

Spine surgery for lumbar degenerative disease in elderly and osteoporotic patients.

Correlation between rheological properties of zinc carboxylate liquids and molecular structure.

Meta-analysis: antithrombotic therapy to prevent stroke in patients who have nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.

Use of pelvic incidence as a guide to reduction of H-type spino-pelvic dissociation injuries.

Statistical process control for hospitals: methodology, user education, and challenges.

Sentinel node biopsy in N0 squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and oropharynx in patients previously treated with surgery or radiation therapy: a pilot study.

Biomechanical comparison of a fully threaded, variable pitch screw and a partially threaded lag screw for internal fixation of Type II dens fractures.

Variability in rates of arthrodesis for patients with thoracolumbar spine fractures with and without associated neurologic injury.

Anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation: selected controversies including optimal anticoagulation intensity, treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Adjusted-dose warfarin versus aspirin for preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Traumatic spondyloptosis resulting from high-energy trauma concurrent with a tonic-clonic seizure.

Enoxaparin thromboprophylaxis in gastric bypass patients: extended duration, dose stratification, and antifactor Xa activity.

Clopidogrel and aspirin versus aspirin alone for the prevention of stroke in patients with a history of atrial fibrillation: subgroup analysis of the CHARISMA randomized trial.

Did we really need another comparison of warfarin with aspirin? An assessment of the BAFTA trial.

Oral Anticoagulants Versus Antiplatelet Therapy for Preventing Stroke in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation and No History of Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attacks.

Risks and benefits of oral anticoagulation compared with clopidogrel plus aspirin in patients with atrial fibrillation according to stroke risk: the atrial fibrillation clopidogrel trial with irbesartan for prevention of vascular events (ACTIVE-W).

Proximal junctional acute collapse cranial to multi-level lumbar fusion: a cost analysis of prophylactic vertebral augmentation.

Leave 'em alone - why continuous variables should be analyzed as such.

Swallowing function in patients with base of tongue cancers treated with primary surgery and reconstructed with a modified radial forearm free flap.

The prediction of change: normative neuropsychological trajectories.

The role of short-range diffusion in solvent-assisted mechanochemical synthesis of metal complexes.

Dentinogenic ghost cell tumor of the maxilla.

Restaurant inspection frequency and food safety compliance.

Reduction of traumatic macroglossia with base of tongue corticosteroid injection.

Structure of high alumina content Al2O3-SiO2 composition glasses.

Adverse events associated with anterior cervical spine surgery.

Perioperative complications of combined anterior and posterior cervical decompression and fusion crossing the cervico-thoracic junction.

Neuroprotection trials in Parkinson's disease: systematic review.

Eosinophilic mucin rhinosinusitis with skull base erosion: case report and literature review.

Stenting of the frontal recess in frontal sinus fractures: an alternative to obliteration.

What's new in stroke? The top 10 studies of 2006-2008. Part I.

Effect of age on stroke prevention therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: the atrial fibrillation investigators.

What's new in stroke? The top 10 studies of 2006-2008. Part II.

Comprehensive analysis of particle motion under non-uniform AC electric fields in a microchannel.

Characterization of sandwich-cultured hepatocytes as an in vitro model to assess the hepatobiliary disposition of copper.

Arteriovenous malformation of the scalp with cerebral steal.

Effect of clopidogrel added to aspirin in patients with atrial fibrillation.

2008 Austrian-Swiss-German traveling fellowship tour summary.

Do we measure up? Is an objective measuring device necessary for the accurate assessment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal lesions?

Chondrosarcoma of the head and neck: report of 11 cases and literature review.

Laryngeal reconstruction following CO2 laser surgery for glottic cancer.

Current status of stroke risk stratification in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Budgets for clinical trials.

Do current guidelines result in overuse of warfarin anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation?

Radiotherapy for T1 and T2 laryngeal cancer: the Dalhousie University experience.

General intellectual decline and daily living skills.

A case of reactive arthritis in a Ranger Indoctrination Program (RIP) student.

Complementary and alternative medicine use in patients presenting to a head and neck oncology clinic.

Is preoperative ultrasonography accurate in measuring tumor thickness and predicting the incidence of cervical metastasis in oral cancer?

Nodular fasciitis of the zygoma: A case report.

Short segment coronal plane deformity after two-level lumbar total disc replacement.

Endoscopic stapling versus external transcervical approach for the treatment of Zenker diverticulum.

Solid-state materials for anion sensing in aqueous solution: highly selective colorimetric and luminescence-based detection of perchlorate using a platinum(II) salt.

Lateral ectopic thyroid goiter with a normally located thyroid.

Fat graft pedicle stabilization in head and neck microvascular reconstruction.

Level VI node size as a predictor of malignancy in papillary thyroid cancer.

Rationale and design of AVERROES: apixaban versus acetylsalicylic acid to prevent stroke in atrial fibrillation patients who have failed or are unsuitable for vitamin K antagonist treatment.

Cognitive function and anticoagulation control in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,329 adults with degenerative lumbar stenosis.

A multicenter, prospective study of a novel nasal EPAP device in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: efficacy and 30-day adherence.

Double fat plane of the radial forearm free flap and its implications for the microvascular surgeon.

Variability in tissue bank practices regarding donor and tissue screening of structural allograft bone.

Complication rates of three common spine procedures and rates of thromboembolism following spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee.

Thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: selection of fusion level.

The communicating vein in the radial forearm free flap.

Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of six hundred five pediatric patients with isthmic or dysplastic spondylolisthesis.

Synchronous Thyroid/parathyroid Carcinomas.

Oncocytic lipoadenoma of the parotid gland with sebaceous differentiation in a 73-year-old male.

Undifferentiated high-grade pleomorphic sarcoma of the face.

Optimal treatment for odontoid fractures in the elderly.

Executive function, intellectual decline and daily living skills.

Predictors and prevalence of patients undergoing additional kyphoplasty procedures after an initial kyphoplasty procedure.

Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,242 adults with spondylolisthesis.

Diagnostic accuracy and safety of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the parapharyngeal space.

Official position of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology on serial neuropsychological assessments: the utility and challenges of repeat test administrations in clinical and forensic contexts.

Guidelines for the primary prevention of stroke: a guideline for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

Total nasal reconstruction: use of a radial forearm free flap, titanium mesh, and a paramedian forehead flap.

Incidence of unintended durotomy in spine surgery based on 108,478 cases.

Does vertebral level of pedicle subtraction osteotomy correlate with degree of spinopelvic parameter correction?

Rates of infection after spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee.

Regarding article "Guidelines for the management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: a guideline for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association".

Incidence of parathyroid tissue in level VI neck dissection.

Apixaban in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Improved protein detection on an AC electrokinetic quartz crystal microbalance (EKQCM).

The Secondary Prevention of Small Subcortical Strokes (SPS3) study.

Irbesartan in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Thrombolysis for acute stroke in hemodialysis: international survey of expert opinion.

Effect of fibula free flap harvest on the gait of head and neck cancer patients: preliminary results.

Current practice patterns in the management of glottic cancer in Canada: results of a national survey.

Review of thromboprophylaxis in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery.

Complementary and alternative medicine use in the thyroid patients of a head and neck practice.

The unmet need of patients with atrial fibrillation: AVERROES and the novel oral anticoagulants.

Relationship of donor variables and graft dimension on biomechanical performance of femoral ring allograft.

Changes in Thoracic Kyphosis Negatively Impact Sagittal Alignment After Lumbar Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy: A Comprehensive Radiographic Analysis.

What's new in stroke? The top 10 studies of 2009-2011: part I.

What's new in stroke? The top 10 studies of 2009-2011: part II.

A self-heating cartridge for molecular diagnostics.

Cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease. A clinical update from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO).

Cervical disc replacement shows compelling difference in adjacent-level ossification development.

Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcomas of the soft palate and oral tongue.

Wait times for head and neck cancer patients in the Maritime provinces.

A molecular dynamics simulation interpretation of neutron and x-ray diffraction measurements on single phase Y(2)O(3)-Al(2)O(3) glasses.

Electrochemical behaviour and voltammetric sensitivity at arrays of nanoscale interfaces between immiscible liquids.

Warfarin in atrial fibrillation patients with moderate chronic kidney disease.

Acknowledging the elephant in the room: conflict of interest in industry-sponsored clinical research.

Multicenter validation of a formula predicting postoperative spinopelvic alignment.

Acute reciprocal changes distant from the site of spinal osteotomies affect global postoperative alignment.

Dynamic Changes of the Pelvis and Spine Are Key to Predicting Postoperative Sagittal Alignment Following Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy: A Critical Analysis of Preoperative Planning Techniques.

Net clinical benefit of adding clopidogrel to aspirin therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation for whom vitamin K antagonists are unsuitable.

Universal tracer monitored titrations.

A Portable Analyzer for Pouch-Actuated, Immunoassay Cassettes.

A case of autologous microfat grafting in lip reconstruction of a whistle deformity following cancer treatment.

Commentary on: Page M, Taylor J, Blenkin M. Forensic identification science evidence since Daubert: Part II--judicial reasoning in decisions to exclude forensic identification evidence on grounds of reliability. J Forensic Sci 2011;56(4):913-7.

Diagnostic accuracy and safety of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the parapharyngeal space.

Hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome.

Apixaban versus aspirin in patients with atrial fibrillation and previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack: a predefined subgroup analysis from AVERROES, a randomised trial.

Preliminary Biomechanical Proof of Concept for a Hybrid Locking Plate/Variable Pitch Screw Construct for Anterior Fixation of Type II Odontoid Fractures.