Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Dr. Amy H. Kaji, MD
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Kaji practices Emergency Medicine. She went to medical school at Jefferson Medical College. Kaji is also a published doctor. She has 100 publication published. The most recent publication is: Meal-related changes in plasma CCK bioactivity in patients with chronic pancreatitis. She is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Association Between Hyponatremia and Complicated Appendicitis.
- A 2-week elective experience provides comparable training as longitudinal exposure during residency for pelvic sonography.
- The Effect of Platelet and Desmopressin Administration on Early Radiographic Progression of Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage.
- A Simple Intervention to Improve Hospital Flow From Emergency Department to Inpatient Units.
- Hypokalemia in diabetic ketoacidosis is less common than previously reported.
- Predictors of Neurologic Outcome in Patients Resuscitated from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Using Classification and Regression Tree Analysis.
- Treatment and Outcomes of ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in a Regionalized System of Care Based on Presence or Absence o...
- Fournier's Gangrene: A Model for Early Prediction.
- Predictors of mortality in necrotizing soft tissue infection.
- Can it wait until morning? A comparison of nighttime versus daytime cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis.
- Factors Associated With General Surgery Residents' Desire to Leave Residency Programs: A Multi-institutional Study.
- Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in the use of helmets in children involved in bicycle accidents.
- Re-examining Outcomes After Unsuccessful Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation in the Era of Field Termination of Resuscitation Guidelines and Regionalized Post-Resuscitation ...
- An Effective System of Surgical Treatment of Lymphedema.
- Review of Current Surgical Treatments for Lymphedema.
- Assessment of emergency physician-performed ultrasound in evaluating nonspecific abdominal pain.
- Clinical Utility of Screening Laboratory Tests in Pediatric Psychiatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department for Medical Clearance.
- Predictors of mortality and limb loss in necrotizing soft tissue infections.
- Effect of the 16-Hour Work Limit on General Surgery Intern Operative Case Volume: A Multi-institutional Study.
- County versus private hospitals: access of care, management and outcomes for patients with appendicitis.
- Long-term Results of Ligation of Intersphincteric Fistula Tract (LIFT) for Fistula-in-Ano.
- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy achieve comparable weight loss at 1 year.
- Laparoscopic versus Open Appendectomy: Outcomes Analysis.
- Admission variables predictive of gangrenous cholecystitis.
- General surgery resident remediation and attrition: a multi-institutional study.
- Ethnic differences in arm vein diameter and arteriovenous fistula creation rates in men undergoing hemodialysis access.
- Emergency ultrasound of the gall bladder: comparison of a concentrated elective experience vs. longitudinal exposure during residency.
- Accuracy of Paramedic Broselow Tape Use in the Prehospital Setting.
- The technical errors of physicians learning to perform focused assessment with sonography in trauma.
- The predictive value of physical examination findings in patients with suspected acute heart failure syndrome.
- Screen savers as an adjunct to medical education on patient safety.
- Renal insufficiency predicts mortality in geriatric patients undergoing emergent general surgery.
- Are there racial disparities in the use of restraints and outcomes after motor vehicle collisions in los angeles county?
- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: early in-hospital hypotension versus out-of-hospital factors in predicting in-hospital mortality among those surviving to hospital admi...
- Frequent Users of Emergency Department Services: Gaps in Knowledge and a Proposed Research Agenda.
- A comparison between one- and two-stage brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistulas.
- Sonographic assessment of jugular venous distension and B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with dyspnoea.
- Early result of ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract for fistula-in-ano.
- Predictive value of signs and symptoms for small bowel obstruction in patients with prior surgery.
- The electronic residency application service application can predict accreditation council for graduate medical education competency-based surgical resident performance.
- Trauma surgery performed by "sleep deprived" residents: are outcomes affected?
- The learning curve of resident physicians using emergency ultrasonography for cholelithiasis and cholecystitis.
- Jugular venous distension on ultrasound: sensitivity and specificity for heart failure in patients with dyspnea.
- Acute care surgery performed by sleep deprived residents: are outcomes affected?
- Learning curve of emergency physicians using emergency bedside sonography for symptomatic first-trimester pregnancy.
- Optimal deployment of trauma personnel in the 80-hour work week era based on peak times of trauma patient arrival.
- The use of drotrecogin alpha for necrotizing soft tissue infections.
- Successful enhanced recovery program after colorectal surgery in a county institution.
- Advanced airway management does not improve outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
- Bedside ultrasonography for the detection of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department.
- Jugular vein ultrasound and pulmonary oedema in patients with suspected congestive heart failure.
- Are we looking for superiority, equivalence, or noninferiority? Asking the right question and answering it correctly.
- Early cholecystectomy safely decreases hospital stay in patients with mild gallstone pancreatitis: a randomized prospective study.
- The public mock oral: a useful tool for examinees and the audience in preparation for the American Board of Surgery Certifying Examination.
- Evaluating emergency care research networks: what are the right metrics?
- Unique characteristics of emergency care research: scope, populations, and infrastructure.
- Detection of undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetic states in high-risk emergency department patients.
- Defining systems expertise: effective simulation at the organizational level--implications for patient safety, disaster surge capacity, and facilitating the systems in...
- Advanced medical simulation applications for emergency medicine microsystems evaluation and training.
- Assessment of the reliability of the Johns Hopkins/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality hospital disaster drill evaluation tool.
- Assessing hospital disaster preparedness: a comparison of an on-site survey, directly observed drill performance, and video analysis of teamwork.
- The need for uniform definitions in the regionalized care of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.
- A comparison of door-to-balloon times and false-positive activations between emergency department and out-of-hospital activation of the coronary catheterization team.
- A Bayesian sensitivity analysis of out-of-hospital 12-lead electrocardiograms: implications for regionalization of cardiac care.
- Current hospital disaster preparedness.
- Cholangitis: analysis of admission prognostic indicators and outcomes.
- Hospital disaster preparedness in Los Angeles County.
- Emergency medical services system changes reduce pediatric epinephrine dosing errors in the prehospital setting.
- Disaster medicine and the emergency medicine resident.
- Senior residents as teaching assistants during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the 80-hour workweek era: effect on biliary injury and overall complication rates.
- Do infants less than 12 months of age with an apparent life-threatening event need transport to a pediatric critical care center?
- Effects of high-lipase pancreatin on fecal fat, neutral sterol, bile acid, and short-chain fatty acid excretion in patients with pancreatic insufficiency resulting fro...
- Meal-related changes in plasma CCK bioactivity in patients with chronic pancreatitis.
- Study on pancreatic insufficiency (chronic pancreatitis) and steatorrhea in Japanese patients with low fat intake.
- The fourth step of protein synthesis: disassembly of the posttermination complex is catalyzed by elongation factor G and ribosome recycling factor, a near-perfect mimi...
- Effect of barbiturate therapy on phenytoin pharmacokinetics.
- Disassembly of the post-termination complex and reduction of translational error by ribosome recycling factor (RRF)-A possible new target for antibacterial agents.
- Inhibitory effect of heterologous ribosome recycling factor on growth of Escherichia coli.
- Two point mutations in the U3 region of the long terminal repeat convert a subgroup A transformation-defective rous sarcoma virus to a cytopathic virus.
- [Ribosome recycling factor (RRF): a factor which disassemble the post-termination complex and reduces translational error].
- Inhibition of HIV type 1 RNA dimerization by antisense DNA corresponding to the 17-nucleotide sequence downstream from the splice donor site of HIV type 1 RNA.
- Tetrahydronaphthalene lignan compounds as potent anti-HIV type 1 agents.
- Production of env-deficient rous sarcoma virus (RSV) early after infection.
- Dual functions of ribosome recycling factor in protein biosynthesis: disassembling the termination complex and preventing translational errors.
- Presence of a hypervariable region within the hr2 domain of the host range determining sequences of the envelope protein gp85 (SU) of subgroup-A avian sarcoma-leukosis...
- Production of defective virus by terminally differentiated myotubes infected with Rous sarcoma virus.
- Ribosome recycling by ribosome recycling factor (RRF)--an important but overlooked step of protein biosynthesis.
- Evidence for in vivo ribosome recycling, the fourth step in protein biosynthesis.
- The U3 region of the long terminal repeat of a subgroup A transformation-defective rous sarcoma virus (tdPH2010) converts a noncytopathic virus to a cytopathic virus.
- A single amino-acid substitution in gag p19 protein (MA) of Rous sarcoma virus suppresses virus production from infected cells.
- Molecular basis of the altered gag p19 protein (MA) of the transformation-defective mutant of Rous sarcoma virus, tdPH2010.
- In vitro cytostatic effect of TNF (tumor necrosis factor) entrapped in immunoliposomes on cells normally insensitive to TNF.
- Release factor RF-3 GTPase activity acts in disassembly of the ribosome termination complex.
- Blood purification for crush syndrome.
- Does age affect the outcomes and management of pediatric appendicitis?
- Laparoscopic vs open appendectomy in children: outcomes comparison based on age, sex, and perforation status.
- Predicting performance on the American Board of Surgery qualifying and certifying examinations: a multi-institutional study.
- The learning curve of resident physicians using emergency ultrasonography for obstructive uropathy.
- Predictors of Severity in Diabetic Foot Infections.
Schools
Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University Thomas Jefferson University
University of Chicago
Harbor UCLA
Doctors Specialties
- Emergency Medicine
Accepted Insurances
Education
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Harbor - UCLA Medical Center -
University of Chicago -
Jefferson Medical College
Hospital
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center -
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center -
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1619923125 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | KAJI | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | AMY | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 908061737 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Emergency Medicine | |
| Total Claim Count | 85.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 21.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 24.71 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1619923125 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | KAJI |
| First Name Of The Provider | AMY |
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