SelectedWorks - Melissa L. Whitmill

Selected Works of Melissa L. Whitmill

Clincial Assistant Prefessor, Surgery

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About Melissa L. Whitmill

Present	Assistant Professor, Wright State University ‐ Surgery
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	Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Wright State University
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	Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Miami Valley Hospital
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Medicine and Health Sciences, Medical Specialties, Critical Care, Surgery, and Trauma

Emergency General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Trauma Surgery

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Kettering Medical Center

3535 Southern Blvd

Dayton, OH 45429-1221

937-395-6010

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Articles (20)

Impact of Triage Guidelines on Prehospital Triage: Comparison of Guidelines ...

Journal of Surgical Research (2017)

Priti Parikh, Pratick J. Parikh, Bradley R. Guthrie, Logan Mamer, et al.

Background The American College of Surgeons developed the National Field Triage Decision Scheme (NFTDS) that has been adapted by many ...

2014 APDS Spring Meeting: Service vs Education: Situational and Perceptional ...

Journal of Surgical Education (2014)

Kimberly M. Hendershot, Randy J. Woods, Priti Parikh, Melissa L. Whitmill, et al.

This study determined whether situational or perceptional differences exist when trying to define what constitutes “service” and “education” in surgery ...

Successful Placement of Intracranial Pressure Monitors by Trauma Surgeons

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (2014)

Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Sadia Ilyas, Jonathan M. Saxe, Melissa L. Whitmill, et al.

BACKGROUND: The Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines advocate for the use of intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring following traumatic brain injury (TBI) ...

Intentional Foreign Object Ingestions: Need for Endoscopy and Surgery

Journal of Surgical Research (2013)

Poorvi P. Dalal, Andrew J. Otey, Emily A. McGonagle, Melissa L. Whitmill, et al.

Background Intentional ingestion of foreign objects (IIFO) is common in the incarcerated population. This study was undertaken in order to ...

Placement of Intracranial Bolt Monitors by Trauma Surgeons – A 6 ...

Department of Surgery Faculty Publications (2013)

Sadia Ilyas, Jonathan M. Saxe, Melissa L. Whitmill, Priti Parikh, et al.

Impact of Early Methadone Initiation in Critically Injured Burn Patients ...

Journal of Burn Care and Research (2013)

Morgan G. Jones, Kyle Porter, Rebecca Coffey, Sidney Miller, et al.

Numerous studies have identified strategies to reduce mechanical ventilation duration by targeting appropriate sedation levels. However, applicability of these strategies ...

Risk Factors Upper Extremity Venous Thrombosis

Department of Surgery Faculty Publications (2013)

Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Avafia Y. Dossa, Kiran A. Faryar, Ronald J. Markert, et al.

Comorbidity-Polypharmacy Scoring Facilitates Outcome Prediction in Older Trauma Patients

Journal of American Geriatrics Society (2012)

David C. Evans, Charles H. Cook, Johathan M. Christy, Claire V. Murphy, et al.

Objectives To determine the association between comorbidity–polypharmacy score (CPS) and clinical outcomes in a large sample of older trauma patients, ...

Dynamic Changes in Respiratory Frequency/Tidal Volume May Predict Failures ...

The American Surgeon (2012)

Raeanna C. Adams, Oliver L. Gunter, Jonathan R. Wisler, Melissa L. Whitmill, et al.

Rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI, respiratory frequency [f] divided by tidal volume [Vt]) has been used to prognosticate liberation from ...

Resuscitation Bundle Compliance in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Improves ...

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine (2011)

Victor Coba, Melissa L. Whitmill, Robert Mooney, H. Mathilda Horst, et al.

While clinicians' management of severe sepsis and septic shock has been positively influenced by a number of clinical research studies ...

Pre-Injury Polypharmacy as a Predictor of Outcomes in Trauma Patients

International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science (2011)

David C. Evans, Anthony T. Gerlach, Johathan M. Christy, Amy M. Jarvis, et al.

Background: One of the hallmarks of modern medicine is the improving management of chronic health conditions. Long-term control of chronic ...

Vitamin B6 Deficiency A Potential Cause of Refractory Seizures in ...

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (2011)

Anthony T. Gerlach, Sheela Thomas, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, Melissa L. Whitmill, et al.

Objective: In children, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) deficiency has been described as a cause of seizures that are refractory to conventional ...

Does Delaying Early Intravenous Fat Emulsion during Parenteral Nutrition Reduce ...

Surgical Infections (2011)

Anthony T. Gerlach, Sheela Thomas, Claire V. Murphy, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, et al.

Background: Because early administration of intravenous fat emulsions (IVFEs) has been linked to infectious complications in trauma patients, we began ...

The Glucogram: A New Quantitative Tool for Glycemic Analysis in ...

International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science (2011)

Stanislaw P. Stawicki, D. Schuster, J. F. Lui, J. Kamal, et al.

Background: Glycemic control is an important aspect of patient care in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU). This is a ...

The Impact of Anitplatelet Therapy on Pelvic Fracture Outcomes

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock (2011)

Johathan M. Christy, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, Amy M. Jarvis, David C. Evans, et al.

Introduction : Despite increasing use of antiplatelet agents (APA), little is known regarding the effect of these agents on the ...

Portable Ultrasonography in Mass Casualty Incidents: The CAVEAT Examination

World Journal of Orthopedics (2010)

Stanislaw P. Stawicki, James M. Howard, John P. Pryor, David P. Bahner, et al.

Ultrasonography used by practicing clinicians has been shown to be of utility in the evaluation of time-sensitive and critical illnesses ...

Tree Stands, Not Guns, are the Midwestern Hunter's Most ...

The American Surgeon (2010)

Andrew Crockett, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, Yalaunda M. Thomas, Amy M. Jarvis, et al.

Although the prevailing stereotype is that most hunting injuries are gunshot wounds inflicted by intoxicated hunting buddies, our experience led ...

Risk Factors for Retained Surgical Foreign Bodies: A Meta-Analysis

Opus 12 Scientist (2009)

Cecilia F. Wang, Charles H. Cook, Melissa L. Whitmill, Yalaunda M. Thomas, et al.

Introduction. Retained surgical foreign bodies (RSFB) constitute a theoretically preventable surgical morbidity. Despite numerous case reports and clinical series, very ...

Management of Sepsis: Early Resuscitation

Clinics in Chest Medicine (2008)

Emanuel Rivers, Victor Coba, Alvaro Visbal, Melissa L. Whitmill, et al.

Key links in the chain of survival for the management of severe sepsis and septic shock are early identification and ...

Early Goal-Directed Therapy in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: A ...

Current Opinion in Anesthesiology (2008)

Emanuel Rivers, Victor Coba and Melissa L. Whitmill

Purpose of review: Aggressive approaches to acute diseases such as acute myocardial infarction, trauma, and stroke have improved outcomes. Early ...

Current and Desired Practice Patterns of Trauma and Acute Care ...

29th Annual Scientific Assembly - Scientific Posters (2016)

Nathan M. Droz, Melissa L. Whitmill, Priti Parikh and Kimberly M. Hendershot

Resident hour restrictions and the addition of emergency general surgery (EGS) have changed how the T/ACS team functions and their ...

Abstracts (7)

National Perception of Service and Education During Surgical Training

Journal of The American College of Surgeons (2015)

Kimberly M. Hendershot, Randy J. Woods, Priti Parikh, Melissa L. Whitmill, et al.

Comorbidity-Polypharmacy Scoring may Improve Outcome Prediction in Older Trauma Patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons (2010)

David C. Evans, Charles H. Cook, Johathan M. Christy, Claire V. Murphy, et al.

Two Methods of Hemodynamic and Volume Status Assesment in Critically ...

Journal of the American College of Surgeons (2010)

James M. Howard, Daniel Eiferman, David C. Evans, Jennifer Gerckens, et al.

Dynamic F/Vt Ratio Identifies Liberation Failures in Patients On ...

American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine (2010)

Raeanna C. Adams, Oliver L. Gunter, Jonathan R. Wisler, Laura Peterson, et al.