Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2003

Mentor: Joseph Martinez
Department: Surgery-Division of Emergency Medicine
Room Number: CS2.508
Mail Code: 8579
Phone Number: 214-648-8650
Email: Joseph.Martinez@UTSouthwestern.edu
Project title: A Retrospective Study of the Utility of Blood Cultures in the Treatment of Cellulitis in a Large Urban Academic Emergency Department

Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): #0103-103

Animal subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): N/A

Project Type (patient based research, animal -based research, or basic research,; this characte4riza5tion is only to permit a general classification for grouping of similar types of projects) Patient based research

Breif Description of Project:

The project is a chart and microbiology lab review of patients admitted to Parkland for the diagnosis of cellulitis. We want to see how many blood cultures were positive and if the positive cultures had an impact on the treatment of the patient.

Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students:
none

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