Mercy Medical Center

The intestinal microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease and spondyloarthritides

Extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs) of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can affect any organ system, ranging in presentation, frequency, and severity; the most common EIM is IBD-associated arthritis (IAA), an inflammatory arthritis affecting both axial and peripheral joints. IA...

Long-term Survivorship of Transfibular Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Arthroplasty: 10-Year Minimum Clinical and Radiographic Follow-up

BACKGROUND: Total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) utilization has rapidly increased over the last decade despite relatively unknown long-term survivorship of fourth-generation implants. The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term survivorship of the trabecular metal (TM) tr...

Hospital-Based Severe Maternal Morbidity Surveillance and Review

Background: Learning from promising maternal health interventions is limited by the lack of standardized outcome measures needed for their evaluation. We describe the development and utilization of Maryland’s severe maternal morbidity (SMM) surveillance by the Maryland Maternal H...