Point-of-care biliary ultrasound in the emergency department (BUSED): implications for surgical referral and emergency department wait times

R Hilsden, R Leeper, J Koichopolos… - Trauma surgery & …, 2018 - tsaco.bmj.com
Background Patients with uncomplicated biliary disease frequently present to the emergency
department for assessment. To improve bedside clinical decision making, biliary point-of-…

[HTML][HTML] Acute care surgery: a means for providing cost-effective, quality care for gallstone pancreatitis

PB Murphy, D Paskar, R Hilsden, J Koichopolos… - World journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Background Modern practice guidelines recommend index cholecystectomy (IC) for patients
admitted with gallstone pancreatitis (GSP). However, this benchmark has been difficult to …

Febrile temperature facilitates hERG/IKr degradation through an altered K+ dependence

Y Zhao, T Wang, J Guo, T Yang, W Li, J Koichopolos… - Heart Rhythm, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Dysfunction of the rapidly activating delayed rectifier K + channel (I Kr ) encoded
by the human ether-à-go-go-related gene (hERG) is the primary cause of acquired long QT …

[HTML][HTML] Surgeon attitudes toward point of care ultrasound for biliary disease: a nationwide Canadian survey

J Koichopolos, R Hilsden, F Myslik… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Multiple studies confirm that point of care ultrasound (PoCUS) has a high sensitivity and
specificity for cholelithiasis and cholecystitis. However, there is poor perceived reliability of …

[HTML][HTML] Gender-based differences in letters of recommendation in applications for general surgery residency programs in Canada

J Koichopolos, MC Ott, AH Maciver… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: In Canada, residency programs do not have many objective measures for ranking
candidates. Instead, ranking relies on subjective measures such as letters of reference, …

[HTML][HTML] Complete duodenal necrosis associated with non-traumatic duodenal hematoma requiring emergent pancreatico-duodenectomy

J Koichopolos, J Keow, J Parfitt, C Yoshy… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Jennifer Koichopolos a b , Jonathan Keow b c , Jeremy …
Jennifer Koichopolos – main author, did case review and literature review and wrote paper. …

Correlation of surgical trainee performance on laparoscopic versus endoscopic simulation

J Koichopolos, J Hawel, E Shlomovitz, I Habaz… - Surgical …, 2020 - Springer
Background Both laparoscopy and endoscopy are image-based procedures, which are less
intuitive than traditional open surgery and require extensive training to reach adequate …

Evaluation of the safety of epinephrine in digital nerve blockade: Retrospective case series analysis of 1334 toe surgeries

H Chapeskie, A Juliao, S Payne, J Koichopolos - Canadian Family Physician, 2016 - cfp.ca
… Ms Juliao and Ms Koichopolos collected the study data. All authors contributed to the analysis
and interpretation of the study data. Dr Payne and Ms Koichopolos drafted the article, and …

[HTML][HTML] Gastric outlet obstruction by a lost gallstone: Case report and literature review

J Koichopolos, M Hamidi, M Cecchini… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Jennifer Koichopolos a b , Moska Hamidi a b , Matthew …
Jennifer Koichopolos – Primary author. Wrote the manuscript and performed the literature review …

P152: Point of care biliary ultrasound in the emergency department (BUSED): implications for surgical referral and emergency department wait times

…, R Hilsden, D Thompson, J Koichopolos - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Introduction: Patients with uncomplicated biliary disease frequently present to the emergency
department for assessment. To improve bedside clinical decision making many emergency …