Preventing diabetic foot ulcer recurrence in high-risk patients: use of temperature monitoring as a self-assessment tool
LA Lavery, KR Higgins, DR Lanctot… - Diabetes …, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a temperature
monitoring instrument to reduce the incidence of foot ulcers in individuals with diabetes who …
monitoring instrument to reduce the incidence of foot ulcers in individuals with diabetes who …
Meta‐analysis comparison of open versus percutaneous tracheostomy
KM Higgins, X Punthakee - The Laryngoscope, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives/Hypothesis: Multiple studies have been performed to characterize differences in
complications and cost‐effectiveness of open and percutaneous tracheostomy; however, …
complications and cost‐effectiveness of open and percutaneous tracheostomy; however, …
Home monitoring of foot skin temperatures to prevent ulceration
LA Lavery, KR Higgins, DR Lanctot… - Diabetes …, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE—To evaluate the effectiveness of at-home infrared temperature monitoring as
a preventative tool in individuals at high risk for diabetes-related lower-extremity ulceration …
a preventative tool in individuals at high risk for diabetes-related lower-extremity ulceration …
Persistence of transients in spatially structured ecological models
A Hastings, K Higgins - Science, 1994 - science.org
Simple discrete-time ecological models for a species with alternating reproduction and
dispersal are shown to have complex transient dynamics. If the density dependence (nonlinearity…
dispersal are shown to have complex transient dynamics. If the density dependence (nonlinearity…
Stochastic dynamics and deterministic skeletons: population behavior of Dungeness crab
K Higgins, A Hastings, JN Sarvela, LW Botsford - Science, 1997 - science.org
Ecologists have fiercely debated for many decades whether populations are self-regulated
by density-dependent biological mechanisms or are controlled by exogenous environmental …
by density-dependent biological mechanisms or are controlled by exogenous environmental …
Metapopulation extinction caused by mutation accumulation
K Higgins, M Lynch - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
Theory suggests that the risk of extinction by mutation accumulation can be comparable to
that by environmental stochasticity for an isolated population smaller than a few thousand …
that by environmental stochasticity for an isolated population smaller than a few thousand …
Assessment of toxic effects and survival in treatment deescalation with radiotherapy vs transoral surgery for HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma …
…, S Hamilton, J Wu, A Eskander, K Higgins… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The optimal approach for treatment deescalation in human papillomavirus (HPV)–related
oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (OPSCCs) is unknown. Objective To …
oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (OPSCCs) is unknown. Objective To …
The role of intraoperative rapid parathyroid hormone monitoring for predicting thyroidectomy-related hypocalcemia
KM Higgins, DL Mandell, S Govindaraj… - … –Head & Neck …, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To determine if the intraoperative rapid parathyroid hormone (PTH) assay can be
used to accurately predict postoperative calcium levels following total or completion …
used to accurately predict postoperative calcium levels following total or completion …
Predictors of complications of free flap reconstruction in head and neck surgery: analysis of 304 free flap reconstruction procedures
GJ le Nobel, KM Higgins, DJ Enepekides - The Laryngoscope, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to classify and analyze perioperative
complications following free flap reconstruction in the head and neck and investigate potential …
complications following free flap reconstruction in the head and neck and investigate potential …
Randomised clinical trial to compare total contact casts, healing sandals and a shear‐reducing removable boot to heal diabetic foot ulcers
LA Lavery, KR Higgins, J La Fontaine… - International wound …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of three off‐loading techniques to heal
diabetic foot wounds: total contact casts ( TCC s), healing sandals ( HS s) and a removable …
diabetic foot wounds: total contact casts ( TCC s), healing sandals ( HS s) and a removable …