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A randomized controlled trial evaluating the cost-effectiveness of sonographic guidance for intra-articular injection of the osteoarthritic kneeWilmer L Sibbitt
Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
J Clin Rheumatol 17:409-15. 2011..The present randomized controlled study investigated whether sonographic needle guidance affected the outcomes of intra-articular injection for osteoarthritis of the knee...- Does ultrasound guidance improve the outcomes of arthrocentesis and corticosteroid injection of the knee?W L Sibbitt
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Scand J Rheumatol 41:66-72. 2012.... 
Diffusion tensor imaging in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosusRex E Jung
The MIND Research Network, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA
BMC Neurol 10:65. 2010..Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality...- Nerve blocks at the wrist for painful injections of the palmWilmer L Sibbitt
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
J Clin Rheumatol 17:173-8. 2011..This randomized, controlled study evaluated nerve block anesthesia at the wrist for prevention of procedural pain associated with painful injection of the palmar hand... - Does sonographic needle guidance affect the clinical outcome of intraarticular injections?Wilmer L Sibbitt
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
J Rheumatol 36:1892-902. 2009..This randomized controlled study addressed whether sonographic needle guidance affected clinical outcomes of intraarticular (IA) joint injections... - Magnetic resonance imaging and brain histopathology in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosusWilmer L Sibbitt
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatic Diseases, University of New Mexico Heath Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Semin Arthritis Rheum 40:32-52. 2010..Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) often demonstrates brain lesions in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE). The present study compared postmortem histopathology with premortem MRI in NPSLE... - A randomized controlled trial of the cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intraarticular injection of inflammatory arthritisWilmer L Sibbitt
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, MSC10 5550 5th FL ACC, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
J Rheumatol 38:252-63. 2011..We studied whether sonographic needle guidance affected the outcomes of intraarticular (IA) injection for inflammatory arthritis... - Safety syringes and anti-needlestick devices in orthopaedic surgeryWilmer L Sibbitt
Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 93:1641-9. 2011..We hypothesized that safety syringes and needles could be used in outpatient orthopaedic injection and aspiration procedures... - The highly accurate anteriolateral portal for injecting the kneeColbert E Chavez-Chiang
Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Sports Med Arthrosc Rehabil Ther Technol 3:6. 2011..abstract:.. 
Control and performance characteristics of eight different suction biopsy devicesRandy R Sibbitt
Department of Radiology, St Peter s Hospital, Helena, Montana, USA
J Vasc Interv Radiol 17:1657-69. 2006..To determine the control and performance characteristics of eight different suction biopsy devices...- Integration of safety technologies into rheumatology and orthopedics practices: a randomized, controlled trialGautam R Moorjani
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Arthritis Rheum 58:1907-14. 2008..To identify and integrate new safety technologies into outpatient musculoskeletal procedures and measure the effect on outcome, including pain... - Patient pain and tissue trauma during syringe procedures: a randomized controlled trialGautam R Moorjani
Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
J Rheumatol 35:1124-9. 2008..To investigate the relationship of needle control to tissue trauma and hemorrhage during syringe procedures... - Reduced pain of intraarticular hyaluronate injection with the reciprocating procedure deviceSharon E Nunez
Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
J Clin Rheumatol 13:16-9. 2007..The RPD increases physician control of the needle and is proposed to reduce patient pain during syringe procedures... - A randomized controlled trial of the reciprocating procedure device for intraarticular injection of corticosteroidArthur D Bankhurst
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
J Rheumatol 34:187-92. 2007..In a randomized controlled trial we compared the new reciprocating procedure device (RPD) to the traditional syringe for injection of intraarticular corticosteroid... - Syringe size: does it matter in physician-performed procedures?Adrian A Michael
Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
J Clin Rheumatol 15:56-60. 2009..We hypothesized that the size of syringe influenced needle control in physician-performed procedures... - Sonographically guided hydrodissection and corticosteroid injection for scleroderma handSuzanne L Delea
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Clin Rheumatol 30:805-13. 2011..The mechanism may be a combination of hydrodissection-mediated mechanical freeing of entrapped arteries, nerves, and tendinous structures and corticosteroid-induced reduction of inflammatory vasospasm... - A randomized, controlled trial of the reciprocating procedure device for local anesthesiaSharon E Nunez
Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
J Emerg Med 35:119-25. 2008..The RPD is superior to and significantly more effective than the conventional syringe for the administration of local lidocaine anesthesia... - Integration of patient safety technologies into sclerotherapy for varicose veinsRandy R Sibbitt
Helena Pain Clinic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, St Peter s Hospital, Helena, Montana, USA
Vasc Endovascular Surg 42:446-55. 2008..As recommended by the Joint Commission, safety technologies can be successfully evaluated and introduced into the clinic to improve patient and HCW safety during physician-performed syringe and needle procedures, including sclerotherapy... - Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR) imaging in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosusWilmer L Sibbitt
Department of Internal Medicine, 5th Floor ACC, The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
J Rheumatol 30:1983-9. 2003..FLAIR is a reasonable addition to a NPSLE MRI examination, and will increase diagnostic sensitivity by about 5%... - Valvular heart disease is associated with nonfocal neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosusCarlos A Roldan
Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
J Clin Rheumatol 12:3-10. 2006..Valvular heart disease (VHD) is currently not a causal consideration of nonfocal NPSLE... - The outcomes and cost-effectiveness of intraarticular injection of the rheumatoid kneeNatalia R Chavez-Chiang
Department of Rheumatology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Rheumatol Int 32:513-8. 2012..001), and 51% ($151 US) reduction in cost/responder/year (P < 0.001). The outcomes and cost-effectiveness of intraarticular injection of the rheumatoid knee can be improved significantly with low-cost alternations in technique... - Image-directed fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid with safety-engineered devicesRandy R Sibbitt
Montana Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, 2969 Airport Road, Suite 1C, Helena, MT 59601, USA
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 34:1006-13. 2011..The purpose of the present study was to integrate safety-engineered devices into outpatient fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy of the thyroid in an interventional radiology practice... - Sex differences in N-acetylaspartate correlates of general intelligence: an 1H-MRS study of normal human brainRex E Jung
Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87151, USA
Neuroimage 26:965-72. 2005..84, P < .001; adjusted r2 = .82]. Our results highlight a biochemical substrate of normal intellectual performance, mediated by sex, within white matter association fibers linking posterior to frontal brain regions... - Integration of new safety technologies for needle aspiration of breast cystsRandy R Sibbitt
Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, St Peter Hospital, Helena, MT, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 279:285-92. 2009.... - Relationships between person and health factors and job characteristics in women with systemic lupus erythematosusJanet L Poole
University of New Mexico Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, Department of Pediatrics, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
Work 28:95-100. 2007..The results indicate that even persons with SLE who have mild disease are significantly different from healthy controls and might be at risk for discontinuing working... - New device technologies for subcutaneous fat biopsyLawrence G Kettwich
School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, USA
Amyloid 19:66-73. 2012..Subcutaneous fat biopsy is useful for the evaluation of amyloidosis, environmental contaminants, lipid metabolism, genetic studies and diabetes research. The present study examined new technologies for fat biopsy... - The incidence and prevalence of neuropsychiatric syndromes in pediatric onset systemic lupus erythematosusWilmer L Sibbitt
Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque 87131, USA
J Rheumatol 29:1536-42. 2002..001). CONCLUSION: NPSLE is one of the most common serious complications of pediatric SLE, and is particularly increased in pediatric inpatients... - Valvular heart disease by transthoracic echocardiography is associated with focal brain injury and central neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosusCarlos A Roldan
Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Cardiology 108:331-7. 2007..However, TEE cannot be routinely used... - Premature aortic atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus: a controlled transesophageal echocardiographic studyCarlos A Roldan
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, University of New Mexico School of Medicine and New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
J Rheumatol 37:71-8. 2010..Thus, using multiplane transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), we sought to determine the prevalence and clinical correlates of AA in patients with SLE... - Needle phobia and stress-reducing medical devices in pediatric and adult chemotherapy patientsSharon C Kettwich
Department of Internal Medicine, 5th FLACC, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
J Pediatr Oncol Nurs 24:20-8. 2007..Needle phobia and stress in pediatric and adult chemotherapy patients are significantly reduced by the use of stress-reducing medical devices... - Quality of life in American Indian women with arthritis or diabetesJanet L Poole
Department of Pediatrics, Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, University of New Mexico, MSCO9 5240, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
Am J Occup Ther 64:496-505. 2010..We investigated quality of life (QOL) in American Indian women with different chronic diseases... - Needle aspiration of peritonsillar abscess with the new safety technology: the reciprocating procedure deviceRandy R Sibbitt
Department of Radiology, St Peters Hospital, and Helena Pain Center, Helena, MT, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 139:307-9. 2008 - Comparison of a self-report and performance-based test of disability in people with systemic lupus erythematosusJanet L Poole
Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, Albuquerque, NM 87131 0001, USA
Disabil Rehabil 28:653-8. 2006..The purpose of this study was to examine functional ability in people with SLE by comparing a self-report and a performance-based test... - Transthoracic versus transesophageal echocardiography for detection of Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a randomized controlled studyCarlos A Roldan
Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
J Rheumatol 35:224-9. 2008.... - Cortical thickness and subcortical gray matter reductions in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosusRex E Jung
Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e9302. 2010.... - Blood pressure and vascular dysfunction underlie elevated cerebral blood flow in systemic lupus erythematosusCharles Gasparovic
Pete and Nancy Domenici Hall, University of New Mexico, 1101 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
J Rheumatol 39:752-8. 2012..We investigated the relationships between CBF and clinical data from subjects with SLE with the aim of determining the pathologic factors underlying altered CBF in SLE... - Elevated cerebral blood flow and volume in systemic lupus measured by dynamic susceptibility contrast magnetic resonance imagingCharles M Gasparovic
Department of Psychology, Divisions of Cardiology and Rheumatology, University of New Mexico, 1101 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA
J Rheumatol 37:1834-43. 2010..We examined the absolute differences in both regional CBF and cerebral blood volume (CBV) between patients with SLE and healthy controls... - Introduction of new safety technologies into central venous accessNeal S Gerstein
Department of Anesthesiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
J Clin Anesth 21:363-5. 2009..The evaluation and method of use of the reciprocating procedure device in central venous access is presented... - Valvular heart disease as a cause of cerebrovascular disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosusCarlos A Roldan
Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
Am J Cardiol 95:1441-7. 2005..3 to 10.6, all p < or =0.03). Thus, valvular heart disease probably exacerbated by hypercoagulability appears to be a source of embolic ischemic brain injury and cerebrovascular disease... - Circulating microparticles in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosusKendall P Crookston
Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Int J Rheum Dis 16:72-80. 2013..Because microparticles have also been associated with many primary neurologic diseases, this study investigated whether cellular-derived microparticles are also implicated in neuropsychiatric SLE (NPSLE)... - Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as amyotrophic lateral sclerosisMarcos E Maldonado
Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque 87131, USA
J Rheumatol 29:633-5. 2002..NPSLE, presumably through the mechanism of ischemic vasculopathy, may present as motor neuron disease clinically indistinguishable from ALS... - A novel technique to study the brain's response to pain: proton magnetic resonance spectroscopyPaul G Mullins
The MIND Imaging Center, a collaboration of the MIND Institute and the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87131, USA
Neuroimage 26:642-6. 2005.... - Effect of cigarette smoke on autoimmunity in murine and human systemic lupus erythematosusRobert L Rubin
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
Toxicol Sci 87:86-96. 2005..Inhaled cigarette smoke appears to have a long-lasting immunosuppressive effect on T-cell-dependent autoimmune responses, although autoantibodies increase to supra-elevated levels after the suppressive effect has abated... - Effects of intermittent cycle exercise on intramyocellular lipid use and recoveryLesley J White
Human Performance Laboratory, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA
Lipids 38:9-13. 2003..05) and did not recover. In contrast, a nonexercising control group showed no change in IMCL. Our results suggest that IMCL decreased significantly following 45 min of interval cycling, with little recovery in the hour following... - Highly controlled vascular syringes for pericardiocentesisMark Ricciardi
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
J Invasive Cardiol 22:580-4. 2010..The present study determined the utility and needle control characteristics of highly controlled vascular syringes for image-guided pericardiocentesis...