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A Brief History of Pediatric Exercise Physiology, Thomas Rowland

A Case-Control Study of Sonographic Maximum Ovarian Diameter as a Predictor of Ovarian Torsion in Emergency Department Females with Pelvic Pain, Gavin Budhram MD, Tala Elia MD, Jeff Dan, Michele Schroeder MD, Golien Safain, Walter Schlech, Jennifer Friderici, Alex Knee, Magalie Anthouard, and Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

A Case of IgG4-related Sclerosing Mesenteritis, Zeeshan Butt MD

A case report curriculum to promote scholarship, Behdad Besharatian MD, Jorge Velez MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, Mihaela Stefan MD, and Gina Luciano MD

Accuracy of the Bayley-II mental development index at 2 years as a predictor of cognitive impairment at school age among children born extremely preterm, Bhavesh Shah MD and Rachana Singh MD

A Cohort Study of the Natural History of Odontoid Pseudoarthrosis Managed Nonoperatively in Elderly Patients, Rifat Zaman MD

Acute Kidney Injury After Computed Tomography: A Meta-analysis, Lauren Westafer DO and Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

A Disintegrin and A Metalloproteinase Domain-8 (ADAM8): A Novel Protective Proteinase in COPD, Victor Pinto-Plata

Adult adiposity and risk of early menopause, Kathleen Szegda

Aerosol Delivery Through Adult High Flow Nasal Cannula With Heliox and Oxygen, Kyle Walsh, Tina Thayer, and Greg Gagnon

A Heparin Binding Motif Rich in Arginine and Lysine is the Functional Domain of YKL-40, Dennis Oh MD

Alpha-blockers for uncomplicated ureteral stones: a clinical practice guideline, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

Among Children Born Extremely Preterm a Higher Level of Circulating Neurotrophins Is Associated with Lower Risk of Cognitive Impairment at School Age, Bhavesh Shah MD, Rachana Singh MD, Anne Smith, Deborah Klein, and Susan McQuiston MD

A Multicenter Evaluation of Adherence to 4 Major Elements of the Baveno Guidelines and Outcomes for Patients With Acute Variceal Hemorrhage, Jennifer Friderici, Jacob Alexander MD, Sheryl Ramdass MD, and Rony Ghaoui MD

A multicenter evaluation of the optimal timing of surgical stabilization of rib fractures, Elan Jeremitsky MD and Andrew Doben

An analysis of homeless patients in the United States requiring ICU admission, Brian Nathanson, Mihaela Stefan MD, Tara Lagu, Peter Lindenauer, and Jay Steingrub MD

An international multicenter study evaluating the clinical efficacy and safety of per-oral endoscopic myotomy in octogenarians, John Romanelli MD and David Desilets MD

An Introduction to the Mathematical Modeling in the Study of Cancer Systems Biology, Ak Alameddine MD, Frederick Conlin, and Brian Binnall

A Novel Macroscale Acoustic Device for Blood Filtration, Maria Carmen Mora MD, Alexandre Dufresne, Katharine Bittner, Carolanne Lovewell, and Michael Tirabassi MD

An X-chromosome linked mouse model (Ndufa1S55A) for systemic partial Complex I deficiency for studying predisposition to neurodegeneration and other diseases, Chul Kim, Ahmed Khalil, Shannon Compton, and Nagendra Yadava PhD

A Patient-Centered Measure Reduction Strategy: Three Lenses of Value, Matthew Sadof

A Planning Checklist for Interprofessional Consultations for Women in Midwifery Care, Sharon Holley

A Predictive Model Facilitates Early Recognition of Spinal Epidural Abscess in Adults, Andrew Artenstein MD, Jennifer Friderici, and Paul Visintainer

A psychometric study of the decisional conflict scale in surrogate decision makers, Jay Steingrub MD

A Qualitative Analysis of Attending Physicians' Use of Shared Decision-Making: Implications for Resident Education, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD, Sarah Goff MD, Tala Elia MD, Kye Poronsky, Kelly Nault, and Peter Lindenauer

A Qualitative Analysis of Patients' Perceptions of Shared Decision Making in the Emergency Department: "Let Me Know I Have a Choice", Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD, Sarah Goff MD, Gwendolyn Downs MD, Robert Wenger MD, and Peter Lindenauer

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Medication Management in an Acute Care for Elders Program Through Integration of a Clinical Pharmacist, Tasmiah Chowdhury, Rebecca Starr MD, Maura Brennan MD, Alex Knee, Mike Ehresman, Lalitha Velayuthan, Alexander Malanowski, Heidi-Ann Courtney, and Mihaela Stefan MD

A Rare Case of Paradoxical Embolization During Thrombolysis for Pulmonary Embolus, Mitchell Onwochei-Ashei MD and William McGee MD

Assessing Frailty and Vulnerability in Older Adults with Cancer, Sheryl Ramdass MD

Assisted Suicide/Aid in Dying: What Is the Nurse's Role?, Lewis Cohen MD

Association between primary Sjogren's syndrome, arterial stiffness, and subclinical atherosclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Wai Chung Yong MD

Association between Psoriasis and Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Wai Chung Yong MD

Association of Early Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders with Unplanned Readmissions among Patients Hospitalized for Pneumonia, Peter Lindenauer

Associations of sperm mitochondrial DNA copy number and deletion rate with fertilization and embryo development in a clinical setting, Suzanne Labrie, Ellen Tougias, Kelly Lynch MD, Tayyab Rahil, and Cynthia Sites MD

Associations of urinary phthalate metabolites and lipid peroxidation with sperm mitochondrial DNA copy number and deletions, Tayyab Rahil and Cynthia Sites MD

ASV in CHF Recommendations Too Restrictive, Karin Johnson MD and Douglas Johnson MD

Authors reply: wide-reaching effects of and concerns regarding geographic localization of hospitalist units, Christine Bryson MD and Mihaela Stefan MD

Automated Real-Time Collection of Pathogen-Specific Diagnostic Data: Syndromic Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Kristy Lindsey and Franklin Moore MD

Baystate Health Sciences Library Newsletter - Spring 2018, Maria Roman

Baystate Health Sciences Library Newsletter - Summer 2018, Maria Roman

Baystate Health Sciences Library Newsletter - Winter 2017/2018, Maria Roman

Baystate Health Sciences Newletter - Fall 2018, Maria Roman

Bisphenol-A in breast adipose tissue of breast cancer cases and controls, Sallie Schneider PhD, Holly Mason MD, Melissa Johnson MD, and Grace Makari-Judson MD

Blunt traumatic celiac artery avulsion managed with celiac artery ligation and open aorto-celiac bypass, Matthew Kronick MD, Andrew Doben, Marvin Morris MD, Ronald Gross, and Amanda Kravetz MD

Cardiac and Vascular Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: The 20th International Consensus Conference of the ADQI (Acute Disease Quality Initiative) Group, Daniel Engelman MD

Cardiac Transplantation: A Primer for Front-Line Clinicians, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD

Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients on Hemodialysis following Drug-Eluting versus Bare-Metal Coronary Stents, Amir Mohani MD, Gregory Giugliano MD, and Amir Lotfi

Care Transitions Measure Score and Coronary Revascularization Related Readmission: Ready for Primetime Use?, Auras Atreya and Quinn Pack MD

Caroli Disease, Jalaluddin Umar MD

Case of a girl due for human papillomavirus immunization, Paula Braverman MD

Cervical Ripening Using Foley Balloon with or without Oxytocin: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Corina Schoen MD

Characteristics of Successful Internal Medicine Resident Research Projects: Predictors of Journal Publication Versus Abstract Presentation, Auras Atreya, Mihaela Stefan MD, Reva Kleppel, and Jan Fitzgerald

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) as a disease of early aging: Evidence from the EpiChron Cohort, Victor Pinto-Plata

Clinical outcomes following identification of tip appendicitis on ultrasonography and CT scan, Briana Leung MD, Nikhil Madhuripan MD, Katharine Bittner, Vida Rastegar, Gregory Banever MD, David Tashjian MD, Kevin Moriarty MD, Stanley Polansky MD, and Michael Tirabassi MD

Clinical Outcomes of Transferred Versus Onsite Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients With STEMI: Time to Look Beyond Door to Balloon Time, Jaya Mallidi, Paul Visintainer, Aaron Kugelmass MD, and Amir Lotfi

Clinicopathologic Features and Prognostic Impact of Lymph Node Involvement in Patients With Breast Implant-associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, John Hunt MD

Cognitive dysfunction: another reason to treat obstructive sleep apnea in stroke patients, Karin Johnson MD and Douglas Johnson MD

Colpotomy and the Modalities for Closure, Oz Harmanli MD

Commitment and capacity for providing evidence-based tobacco treatment in US drug treatment facilities, Peter Friedmann MD

Comparison of antithrombotic agents during urgent percutaneous coronary intervention following thrombolytic therapy: A retrospective cohort study, Jaya Mallidi, Peter Robinson MD, Paul Visintainer, Amir Lotfi, and Gregory Giugliano MD

Comparison of Safety and Efficacy of Methadone vs Morphine for Treatment of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Jeffrey Shenberger MD

Comparison of stroke volume measurements during hemodialysis using bioimpedance cardiography and echocardiography, Michael Germain M.D.

Comparison of the 2017 and 2015 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Reports. Impact on Grouping and Outcomes, Victor Pinto-Plata

Comparison of Utilization Trends, Indications, and Complications of Endomyocardial Biopsy in Native Versus Donor Hearts (from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2002 to 2014), Ghanshyambhai Savani MD

Consensus statement: Surgical stabilization of rib fractures rib fracture colloquium clinical practice guidelines, Andrew Doben

Coronary revascularization for acute myocardial infarction in the HIV population, Ghanshyambhai Savani MD

Corrigendum to "Developing an opioid use disorder treatment cascade: A review of quality measures" [Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 91 (2018) 57-68], Peter Friedmann MD

Corrigendum to "Integrating sexual minority health issues into a health assessment classroom" [Journal of Professional Nursing 31 (2015) 498-507], J. Aleah Nesteby NP

Cost-effectiveness of extended release naltrexone to prevent relapse among criminal justice-involved individuals with a history of opioid use disorder, Peter Friedmann MD

CRTC1-MAML2 Fusion in Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Breast, Christopher Otis

Data Set for the Reporting of Carcinomas of the Cervix: Recommendations From the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR, Christopher Otis

Decreasing the Hours That Anesthesiologists and Nurse Anesthetists Work Late, Jeffrey Kaufman

Depression During Pregnancy and Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Predominantly Puerto Rican Women, Glenn Markenson MD

Derivation and Validation of an In-Hospital Mortality Prediction Model Suitable for Profiling Hospital Performance in Heart Failure, Tara Lagu, Penny Pekow, Mihaela Stefan MD, Quinn Pack MD, Mohammad Amin Kashef MD, Auras Atreya, Gregory Valania MD, Mara Slawsky MD, and Peter Lindenauer

Derivation and validation of a prognostic model to predict mortality in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, Daniel Landry MD, Lewis Cohen MD, and Michael Germain MD

Developing an opioid use disorder treatment cascade: A review of quality measures, Peter Friedmann MD

Development of a high resolution MRI intracranial atherosclerosis imaging phantom, Edward Feldmann MD

Differences by Veteran/civilian status and gender in associations between childhood adversity and alcohol and drug use disorders, Elizabeth Evans

Discovery and replication of microRNAs for breast cancer risk using genome-wide profiling, Sallie Schneider PhD

DLCO: adjust for lung volume, standardised reporting and interpretation, Douglas Johnson MD

DNA methylation in breast cancers: Differences based on estrogen receptor status and recurrence, Rahul Jawale, Sallie Schneider PhD, and Christopher Otis

Do benefits restrictions limit Medicaid acceptance in addiction treatment? Results from a national study, Peter Friedmann MD

Does the rising placebo response impact antihypertensive clinical trial outcomes? An analysis of data from the Food and Drug Administration 1990-2016, Joshua Schilling MD

Do patient characteristics moderate the effect of extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) for opioid use disorder?, Peter Friedmann MD, Donna M. Wilson, and Randall Hoskinson

Drug-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy due to Cumulative Toxicity of Ixazomib, Suheil Albert Attalah-Yunes and Myat Han Soe

Dynamic Indices: Use With Caution in Spontaneously Breathing Patients, William McGee MD

Early Blood Transfusions in Sepsis: Unchanged Survival and Increased Costs, Peter Lindenauer

Echocardiogram in the Evaluation of Hemodynamically Stable Acute Pulmonary Embolism: National Practices and Clinical Outcomes, Peter Lindenauer

Effective Difficult Conversations: A Step-By-Step Guide, by Catherine B. Soehner and Ann Darling, Ellen Brassil

Effect of Charge Delivery on Thromboembolism During Radiofrequency Ablation in Canines, Bernard Lim MD

Efficacy and Safety of Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Treatment of Achalasia After Failed Heller Myotomy, John Romanelli MD and David Desilets MD

Elevation 3 mm: A Case of a Cardiac Emergency and Rescue on Mount Monadnock, Benjamin Church DO and Nicholas Daniel MD

Embryo cryopreservation and preeclampsia risk, Cynthia Sites MD

Emergency Computed Tomography Angiogram of the Chest, Abdomen, and Pelvis, Kimberly Weatherspoon MD, Wayne Gilbertie MD, and Tara Catanzano MD

Emergency Intubation: Early Identification and Strategic Management (Can) Save Lives, William McGee MD

Emphysema and extrapulmonary tissue loss in COPD: a multi-organ loss of tissue phenotype, Victor Pinto-Plata

Enhancing hemotherapy safety through pertinent diagnostic testing and electronic "provisional diagnosis" reporting: expanding roles for blood bank technologists in biovigilance and patient safety, Chester Andrzejewski MD, Lynne O'Hearn, Joan Rock, Kelly Passanisi, Lynn Eaton, Alex Knee, Susmitha Edappallath, Michael Merola, Darlene Cloutier, Paul Visintainer, and Vandita Johari MD

Epigenetic Regulation via Altered Histone Acetylation Results in Suppression of Mast Cell Function and Mast Cell-Mediated Food Allergic Responses, Jennifer Ser-Dolansky and Sallie Schneider PhD

Evaluation of intracoronary hyperoxemic oxygen therapy in acute anterior myocardial infarction: The IC-HOT study, Amir Lotfi

Evaluation of Prospectively Followed Adult Patients with Erythema Migrans Using the Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition, Paul Visintainer

Evaluation of Rhodiola crenulata on growth and metabolism of NB-1691, an MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma cell line, Kaitlyn Wong MD, Maria Carmen Mora MD, Nazeen Sultana, Kevin Moriarty MD, Richard Arenas MD, Nagendra Yadava PhD, Sallie Schneider PhD, and Michael Tirabassi MD

Evaluation of the National Healthcare Safety Network Hemovigilance Module for transfusion-related adverse reactions in the United States, Lynne O'Hearn, Kelly Passanisi, Lynn Eaton, and Paul Visintainer

Exertional Abdominal Pain as a Rare Presenting Manifestation of Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia from a Single Mesenteric Vessel Stenosis, Heepeel Chang MD, Neal Hadro MD, Marc Norris MD, and Marvin Morris MD

Extended-release naltrexone for opioid use disorder started during or following incarceration, Thomas Lincoln MD and Benjamin Johnson MD

Factors That Matter to Low-Income and Racial/Ethnic Minority Mothers When Choosing a Pediatric Practice: a Mixed Methods Analysis, Sarah Goff MD, Haley Guhn-Knight, Tara Lagu, Penny Pekow, Aruna Priya, and Peter Lindenauer

Focused update of expert consensus statement: Use of invasive assessments of coronary physiology and structure: A position statement of the society of cardiac angiography and interventions, Amir Lotfi

Forget Me Not: the Neuroethical Case Against Memory Manipulation, Peter A. Depergola

Frequency of Complications Including Death from Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Hepatic Cirrhosis, Ghanshyambhai Savani MD

Genetic variation in sensitivity to estrogens and breast cancer risk, Sallie Schneider PhD

Genome-wide meta-analyses identifies novel taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy-associated loci, James Stewart MD

Healthcare utilization in adults with opioid dependence receiving extended release naltrexone compared to treatment as usual, William Soares MD, Donna M. Wilson, Niels Rathlev MD, and Peter Friedmann MD

Health Sciences Library Newsletter - Summer 2018, Maria Roman

Helicobacter pylori infection in systemic sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, Wai Chung Yong MD

Hemangioma, Hepatic, Deirdre Lewis MD and Ruben Vaidya MD

Hemodynamic Characteristics of Postural Hyperventilation: POTS with Hyperventilation vs Panic vs Voluntary Hyperventilation, Paul Visintainer

Heterotopic Cutaneous Meningioma: An Unusual Presentation Occurring in a Patient With a Remote History of Intracranial Meningioma, Chibuike Enwereuzo, Luis Moral MD, and Jean Henneberry MD

High flow nasal oxygen therapy utilization: 7-year experience at a community teaching hospital, Mihaela Stefan MD, Bogdan Tiru MD, Jennifer Friderici, Peter Lindenauer, and Jay Steingrub MD

HIV-1 proviral landscapes distinguish posttreatment controllers from noncontrollers, Daniel Skiest M.D.

Hospital Procalcitonin Testing and Antibiotic Treatment of Patients Admitted for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation, Peter Lindenauer, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Mihaela Stefan MD, and Sarah Haessler MD

Hospital readmissions following HLA-incompatible live donor kidney transplantation: A multi-center study, George Lipkowitz MD

Hospital to Home: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Implement High-fidelity Simulation Training for Caregivers of Children Requiring Long-term Mechanical Ventilation, Kathleen Ventre MD

Human Lung DNA Methylation Quantitative Trait Loci Colocalize with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Genome-Wide Association Loci, Victor Pinto-Plata

Identification of Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload: An Eye-Tracking Study, Chester Andrzejewski MD

IL-15-deficient mice develop enhanced allergic responses to airway allergen exposure, Jennifer Ser-Dolansky and Sallie Schneider PhD

Impact of Complications on Resource Utilization during 90-day CABG Bundle for Medicare Beneficiaries, Aaron Kugelmass MD

Implementation and Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at a Non-freestanding Children's Hospital, James Klatte MD, Kathleen Kopcza, Alex Knee, Evan Horton, Erica Housman, and Donna Fisher MD

Implementation of an Early Discharge Protocol and Chest Pain Clinic for Low-Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Department, Mohammad Amin Kashef MD, Jane Garb, Aaron Kugelmass MD, and Amir Lotfi

Importance and Feasibility of Transitional Care for Children With Medical Complexity: Results of a Multistakeholder Delphi Process, Peter Lindenauer

Improve Pulmonary Function Test Reporting, Douglas Johnson MD

Improving management of hospitalized adults with uncomplicated cellulitis or cutaneous abscess, Erica Housman, Alex Knee, and Jennifer Schimmel MD

Inability to Predict Sub-Prophylactic Anti-Factor Xa Levels in Trauma Patients Receiving Early Low Molecular-Weight Heparin, Christian Minshall

Increased Indoleamine-2,3-Dioxygenase Activity Is Associated With Poor Clinical Outcome in Adults Hospitalized With Influenza in the INSIGHT FLU003Plus Study, Armando Paez MD

Increased single-balloon Foley catheter volume for induction of labor and time to delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Corina Schoen MD

Indications for surgical stabilization of rib fractures in patients without flail chest: surveyed opinions of members of the Chest Wall Injury Society, Andrew Doben

Infectious and inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system-the spectrum of imaging findings and differential diagnosis, Joseph Rozell MD, Edward Mtui MD, and Shan Li MD

Initiation of extended release naltrexone (XR-NTX) for opioid use disorder prior to release from prison, Peter Friedmann MD, Donna M. Wilson, Randall Hoskinson, and Jennifer G. Clarke

Inpatient Echocardiography Use for Common Cardiovascular Conditions, Quinn Pack MD, Aruna Priya, Tara Lagu, Penny Pekow, Joshua Schilling MD, William Hiser MD, and Peter Lindenauer

Insulinoma masquerading as a loss of consciousness in a teenage girl: case report and literature review, Meghana Gudala MD, Mohammed Ahmed MD, Rushika Conroy MD, and Ksenia Tonyushkina MD

Integrating Quality Improvement With Graduate Medical Education: Lessons Learned From the AIAMC National Initiatives, Rebecca Blanchard PhD, Paul Visintainer, and Kevin Hinchey MD

Intensive Intervention to Improve Outcomes for Patients With COPD, Peter Lindenauer

Interventions to decrease pain and anxiety in patients undergoing urodynamic testing: A randomized controlled trial, Ellen Solomon MD

Intravenous leiomyomatosis: an unusual intermediate between benign and malignant uterine smooth muscle tumors, Monica Hollowell MD and Christopher Otis

Intravenous vs. oral hydration administration for optimal ureteral opacification in computer tomographic urography, Kimberly Weatherspoon MD, Sara Smolinski MD, Dmitry Rakita MD, Carlos Valdes MD, Jane Garb, Victoria Podsiadlo MD, Maria Waslick MD, and Alena Kreychman MD

Issues Surrounding Age-Adjusted d-Dimer Cutoffs That Practicing Physicians Need to Know When Evaluating Patients With Suspected Pulmonary Embolism, Vandita Johari MD

Is the risk of early neurologic Lyme borreliosis reduced by preferentially treating patients with erythema migrans with doxycycline?, Paul Visintainer

Is venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation the first-line therapy for massive pulmonary embolus with end-organ dysfunction?, Daniel Engelman MD and Jay Steingrub MD

Job Negotiations in Academic Medicine: Building a Competency-Based Roadmap for Residents and Fellows, Amy Gottlieb MD

Kasabach Merritt Syndrome, Deirdre Lewis MD and Ruben Vaidya MD

Laparoscopic Pediatric Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Pilot Study in a Novel Guinea Pig Animal Model, Maria Carmen Mora MD, Katharine Bittner, Kaitlyn Wong MD, Kevin Moriarty MD, David Tashjian MD, and Michael Tirabassi MD

Liberal Versus Restrictive Intravenous Fluid Therapy for Early Septic Shock: Rationale for a Randomized Trial, Jay Steingrub MD

Looking to prevent acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery? Just check the urine, Daniel Engelman MD and Michael Germain MD

Luminal esophageal temperature monitoring to reduce esophageal thermal injury during catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: A review, Anis Kadado MD

MacroH2A histone variants limit chromatin plasticity through two distinct mechanisms, Judith Sporn MD

Magnitude and pattern of placebo response in clinical trials of antiepileptic medications: Data from the Food and Drug Administration 1996-2016, Joshua Schilling MD

Management of post-ERCP complications, David Desilets MD

Mechanisms of Vasovagal Syncope in the Young: Reduced Systemic Vascular Resistance Versus Reduced Cardiac Output, Paul Visintainer

Medicaid Benefits For Addiction Treatment Expanded After Implementation Of The Affordable Care Act, Peter Friedmann MD

Metabolic Effects of Diet and Exercise in Patients with Moderate to Severe CKD: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Michael Germain MD

Mortality Measures to Profile Hospital Performance for Patients With Septic Shock, Meng-Shiou Shieh and Peter Lindenauer

Moving Toward Paying for Outcomes in Medicaid, Norbert Goldfield MD

Myotomy length informed by high-resolution esophageal manometry (HREM) results in improved per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) outcomes for type III achalasia, Erica Kane MD, Vikram Budhraja, David Desilets MD, and John Romanelli MD

Natural history and genotype-phenotype correlations in 72 individuals with SATB2-associated syndrome, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Nephrolithiasis and Nephrocalcinosis From Topiramate Therapy in Children With Epilepsy, Sarah Barnett MD, Anthony Jackson MD, Beth Rosen MD, Jane Garb, and Gregory Braden M.D.

Noninvasive ventilation using bipap: Expanding indications to post cardiac surgery care, William McGee MD

Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug Administration and Postpartum Blood Pressure in Women With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, Corina Schoen MD

Novel Educational Information Management Platform Improves the Surgical Skill Evaluation Process of Surgical Residents, Ruchi Thanawala MD, Jonathan Jesneck MD, and Neal Seymour MD

Outcomes in Women and Minorities Compared With White Men 1 Year After Everolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation: Insights and Results From the PLATINUM Diversity and PROMUS Element Plus Post-Approval Study Pooled Analysis, Gregory Giugliano MD

Outcomes of Noninvasive and Invasive Ventilation in Patients Hospitalized with Asthma Exacerbation, Mihaela Stefan MD, Tara Lagu, Aruna Priya, Penny Pekow, Jay Steingrub MD, Nancy Hill RN, and Peter Lindenauer

Outcomes of Peripheral Vascular Interventions in Select Patients With Lower Extremity Acute Limb Ischemia, Mark Hirko MD

Oxcarbazepine Therapy for Complete Central Diabetes Insipidus, Basmah Abdallah MD, Spencer Hodgins MD, Daniel Landry MD, Michael O'Shea M.D., and Gregory Braden M.D.

Paediatric hospital admission processes and outcomes: a qualitative study of parents' experiences and priorities, Peter Lindenauer

Pain is Associated with Missed Clinic Visits Among HIV-Positive Women, Thomas Lincoln MD

Pain Management for Primary Care Providers: A Narrative Review of High-Impact Studies, 2014-2016, Michael Picchioni MD

Participation in Pulmonary Rehabilitation Following Hospitalization for COPD among Medicare Beneficiaries, Mihaela Stefan MD, Aruna Priya, Quinn Pack MD, Penny Pekow, Tara Lagu, Victor Pinto-Plata, and Peter Lindenauer

Patient Perception of How Smoking Status Influences Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance After an Acute Cardiac Hospitalization, Peter Lindenauer, Sarah Goff MD, Heidi Szalai, and Quinn Pack MD

Patient preferences for treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections in the emergency department, Danyel Adams

Patient Preferences Regarding Shared Decision Making in the Emergency Department: Findings From a Multisite Survey, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

Patient Preferences regarding Shared Decision-making in the Emergency Department: Findings from a multi-site survey, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Fatigue in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review, Michael Germain MD

Perplexing presentation of uterine prolapse and a prolapsed pedunculated leiomyoma, Oz Harmanli MD

Personal Control Over Decisions to Participate in Research by Persons With Histories of Both Substance Use Disorders and Criminal Justice Supervision, Peter Friedmann MD

Personalizing care in cardiogenic shock: Searching for a common hemodynamic language, Fotis Katsikeris MD, Evan Lau MD, Daniel Engelman MD, and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD

Perspectives and perceptions of urgent and alert values in surgical pathology and cytopathology: A survey of clinical practitioners and pathologists, Anthony Cretara MD and Christopher Otis

Physical activity and depressive symptoms during pregnancy among Latina women: a prospective cohort study, Kathleen Szegda and Glenn Markenson MD

Physician Engagement: The "Secret Sauce" to Success in Bundled Health Care, Daniel Engelman MD and Evan Benjamin MD

Pneumonia Outcome Measures Modified to Address Concerns about Coding-Related Biases, Peter Lindenauer

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Older Adults Experiencing Motor Vehicle Collision: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study, Niels Rathlev MD

Postural Hyperventilation as a Cause of Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Increased Systemic Vascular Resistance and Decreased Cardiac Output When Upright in All Postural Tachycardia Syndrome Variants, Paul Visintainer

Practical Pearl: Adolescent Male Sexual Health - January 2018, Paula Braverman MD

Practical Pearl: Allergic Rhinitis - April 2018, Nico Vehse

Practical Pearl: Antiviral RX for FLU - Jan. 2017, Donna Fisher MD

Practical Pearl: Anxiety about Summer Camp - June 2016, Bruce Waslick MD

Practical Pearl: Asthma - April 2017, Nico Vehse

Practical Pearl: Bronchiolitis - Nov. 2018, Weijen Chang MD

Practical Pearl: C. difficile infection (CDI) - July 2017, Donna Fisher MD

Practical Pearl: Chest Pain - July 2015, Yvonne Paris MD

Practical Pearl: Chlamydia Infection - Sept 2018, Paula Braverman MD

Practical Pearl: Community Acquired Pneumonia - March 2017, Harry Hoar

Practical Pearl: Concussion - August 2018, Molly Senn-McNally MD

Practical Pearl: Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection - Dec. 2017, Donna Fisher MD

Practical Pearl: Constipation - April 2016, Anastasios Angelides MD

Practical Pearl: Diagnosis and Management of the Flu - Dec 2015, Donna Fisher MD

Practical Pearl: Hand and Wrist Fractures - March 2016, Jacqueline Vanderzanden MD

Practical Pearl: Headaches - October 2015, Brooke Surran MD

Practical Pearl: Hyperlipidemia - Sept. 2015, Charlotte Boney MD

Practical Pearl: Hypertension - February 2018, Yvonne Paris MD

Practical Pearl: Infantile Colic and GER - MAY 2015, Anastasios Angelides MD

Practical Pearl: Iron Deficiency Anemia - May 2016, Joanna Luty MD

Practical Pearl: Irregular Periods in Adolescent Girls - October 2016, Shannon Fitzgerald MD

Practical Pearl: Lead Poisoning - August 2015, Hillary Branch MD

Practical Pearl: Lyme Disease - May 2018, Donna Fisher MD

Practical Pearl: Making Sense of Expanded Newborn Screening - March 2018, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Practical Pearl: New Guideline on ALTE - July 2016, Beth Carter MD

Practical Pearl: Obesity - May 2017, Rushika Conroy MD

Practical Pearl: Poison Ivy/Oak Contact Dermatitis - July 2018, Baystate Childrens's Hospital

Practical Pearl: Precocious Puberty - August 2016, Holley Allen MD

Practical Pearl: Prenatal Screening, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Practical Pearl: Restrictive Eating Disorders - April 2015, Laura Koenigs MD

Practical Pearl: Screening for Child Abuse - Feb. 2017, Stephen Boos MD

Practical Pearls: Influenza - October 2018, Mike Klatte MD

Practical Pearl: Sleep Problems associated with ADHD - August 2017, Stephen Boos MD

Practical Pearl: Syncope - Sept. 2016, Yvonne Paris MD

Practical Pearl: TB Screening and Management - Sept. 2017, Donna Fisher MD

Practical Pearl: Thyroid Screening - Feb. 2016, Sena Cantas Orsdemir MD

Practical Pearl: Vitamin D Screening - January 2016, Charlotte Boney MD

Preconception urinary phthalate concentrations and sperm DNA methylation profiles among men undergoing IVF treatment: a cross-sectional study, Holly Dinnie, Tayyab Rahil, and Cynthia Sites MD

Predictors of Hospital Admission and Urological Intervention in Adult Emergency Department Patients with Computerized Tomography Confirmed Ureteral Stones, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

Pregnancy-Associated Stroke, Sharon Holley

Prenatal Perceived Stress and Adverse Birth Outcomes Among Puerto Rican Women, Kathleen Szegda and Glenn Markenson MD

Prevalence of cranial MRI findings in girls with central precocious puberty: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Jane Garb and Holley Allen MD

Prevalence of persistent blood eosinophilia: relation to outcomes in patients with COPD, Victor Pinto-Plata

Preventability of Early Versus Late Hospital Readmissions in a National Cohort of General Medicine Patients, Peter Lindenauer

Prevention and management of sternal wound infections, Richard Engelman MD

Prioritization, Development, and Validation of American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Performance Measures, Quinn Pack MD

Prospective Assessment of the Feasibility of a Trial of Low Tidal Volume Ventilation for Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure, Jay Steingrub MD and Mark Tidswell MD

Prospective evaluation of 18F-FACBC PET/CT and PET/MRI versus multiparametric MRI in intermediate- to high-risk prostate cancer patients (FLUCIPRO trial)., Ivan Jambor MD

Prospective evaluation of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate mesh in CDC class I/high-risk ventral and incisional hernia repair: 18-month follow-up, David Earle MD and John Romanelli MD

Quality improvement in neurology, Anant Shenoy MD

Quality Improvement in Neurology: Neurotology Quality Measurement Set, Anant Shenoy MD

Quality improvement in neurology: Stroke and Stroke Rehabilitation Quality Measurement Set update, Anant Shenoy MD

Quality of Care of Hospitalized Infective Endocarditis Patients: Report from a Tertiary Medical Center, Mohammad Amin Kashef MD, Jennifer Friderici, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD, Auras Atreya, Peter Lindenauer, and Tara Lagu

Radial artery as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting: a state-of-the-art primer, Thomas Schwann MD

Rapidly involuting congenital haemangioma of the liver, Deirdre Lewis MD, Kevin Hachey MD, Shannon Fitzgerald MD, and Ruben Vaidya MD

Rationale and Models for Career Advancement Sponsorship in Academic Medicine: The Time Is Here; the Time Is Now, Amy Gottlieb MD

Reflections on the First 50 Years of Human Patient Simulation: Mission Accomplished?, Kathleen Ventre MD

Relapse to opioid use disorder after inpatient treatment: Protective effect of injection naltrexone, Peter Friedmann MD and Donna M. Wilson

Reply to Soo Hoo and Esquinas: Risk Trajectories of Readmission and Death in the First Year after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Don't Shortchange Noninvasive Ventilation, Peter Lindenauer

Rescue of a subclavian-subclavian arteriovenous "necklace" graft by a HeRO® catheter, Hamed Jalaeian

Respiratory and Bronchitic Symptoms Predict Intention to Quit Smoking among Current Smokers with, and at Risk for, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Peter Lindenauer

Results of a Patient Survey Regarding COPD Knowledge, Treatment Experiences, and Practices With Inhalation Devices, Victor Pinto-Plata

Results of a Pulmonologist Survey Regarding Knowledge and Practices With Inhalation Devices for COPD, Victor Pinto-Plata

Risk Trajectories of Readmission and Death in the First Year after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Peter Lindenauer

Rotenone Treatment Reveals a Role for Electron Transport Complex I in the Subcellular Localization of Key Transcriptional Regulators During T Helper Cell Differentiation, Nagendra Yadava PhD

Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Associated with Situs Ambiguus, Isolated Levocardia, and Polysplenia, Safieh Golestaneh MD, Mohammad Amin Kashef MD, William Hiser MD, Amir Lotfi, and Timothy Egan MD

Sarcoidosis of the external nose: The role of pharmacologic rhinoplasty in diagnosis and treatment, Jonathan Lee MD

Seasonal Variation of Trauma in Western Massachusetts: Fact or Folklore?, Jeffry Nahmias MD, Shiva Poola MD, Andrew Doben, Jane Garb, and Ronald Gross

Sexually transmitted infections of the lower gastrointestinal tract, Rahul Jawale

Short-Term Safety of Nicotine Replacement in Smokers Hospitalized With Coronary Heart Disease, Quinn Pack MD, Aruna Priya, Tara Lagu, Penny Pekow, Auras Atreya, and Peter Lindenauer

Simulation-Based Selection of Surgical Trainees: Considerations, Challenges, and Opportunities, Gladys Fernandez M.D.

Simulation center best practices: A review of ACS-accredited educational institutes' best practices, 2011 to present, Gladys Fernandez M.D.

Simulation center best practices: A review of ACS-accredited educational institutes' best practices, 2011 to present, Gladys Fernandez M.D.

Sleep Disturbance in Smokers with Preserved Pulmonary Function and with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Peter Lindenauer

Social Support and Pain Outcomes After Trauma Exposure Among Older Adults: A Multicenter Longitudinal Study, Niels Rathlev MD

Society of Interventional Radiology Reporting Standards for Thoracic Central Vein Obstruction: Endorsed by the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN), British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR), Canadian Interventional Radiology Association (CIRA), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR), Vascular Access Society of the Americas (VASA), and Vascular Access Society of Britain and Ireland (VASBI), Bertrand Janne d'Othee MD

Society of Interventional Radiology Reporting Standards for Thoracic Central Vein Obstruction: Endorsed by the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN), British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR), Canadian Interventional Radiology Association (CIRA), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR), Vascular Access Society of the Americas (VASA), and Vascular Access Society of Britain and Ireland (VASBI), Bertrand Janne d'Othee MD

Society of Interventional Radiology Reporting Standards for Thoracic Central Vein Obstruction: Endorsed by the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN), British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR), Canadian Interventional Radiology Association (CIRA), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR), Vascular Access Society of the Americas (VASA), and Vascular Access Society of Britain and Ireland (VASBI), Bertrand Janne d'Othee MD

State-Targeted Funding and Technical Assistance to Increase Access to Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, Paul Friedmann MD

Stent Thrombosis, Amir Lotfi

Strengthening the Radiology Learning Environment, Tara Catanzano MD and Amy Oliveira MD

Successful Strategies for Practice-Based Recruitment of Racial and Ethnic Minority Pregnant Women in a Randomized Controlled Trial: the IDEAS for a Healthy Baby Study, Sarah Goff MD, Penny Pekow, Katharine White MD, Haley Guhn-Knight, Tara Lagu, and Peter Lindenauer

Successful Treatment of Relapsed Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presenting as Central Nervous System Myeloid Sarcoma: A Single-Institution Case Series, Kenneth E. Bujold

Sudden Death in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease Without Severe Systolic Dysfunction, Hany Aziz MD

Supplement Use and Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in a Cooperative Group Trial (S0221): The DELCaP Study, James Stewart MD

Survival prediction based on qualitative MRI diffusion signature in patients with recurrent high grade glioma treated with bevacizumab, Mary Tenenbaum MD

Survival prediction based on qualitative MRI diffusion signature in patients with recurrent high grade glioma treated with bevacizumab, Mary Tenenbaum MD

Technical Aspects of the Use of the Radial Artery in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Thomas Schwann MD

Televisits to Partially Substitute for Clinic Visits Are Feasible and Well Accepted by Tech-Savvy Patients With T1DM and Their Families: A Prospective Pilot Study, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD, Victoria Cobb MD, Alexander Moskovitz MD, and Holley Allen MD

The Affordable Care Act Transformation of Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Peter Friedmann MD

The dangers of extreme body mass index values in patients with Clostridium difficile, Thomas Higgins MD and William McGee MD

The difficulty of predicting postoperative acute kidney injury from preoperative clinical data, Daniel Engelman MD

The Effect of an Exercise Intervention on Gestational Weight Gain: The Behaviors Affecting Baby and You (B.A.B.Y.) Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Glenn Markenson MD

The Effect of Perioperative Cimetidine Administration on Time to Colorectal Cancer Recurrence, Mashrafi Ahmed

The Ethical Justification of Equal Candidacy for Organ Transplantation in Alcoholic Patients, Peter A. Depergola

The Ethical Principle of Vulnerability and the Case Against Human Organ Trafficking, Peter A. Depergola

The impact of Bakri balloon tamponade on the rate of postpartum hysterectomy for uterine atony, Anderson Lo, Peter St. Marie, Parul Yadav MD, and Glenn Markenson MD

The Impact of Postoperative Enteral Immunonutrition on Postoperative Complications and Survival in Gastric Cancer Patients - Randomized Clinical Trial, Philip Brandt MD

The Incremental Cost of Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A National Cohort Analysis, George Lipkowitz MD

The influence of tumor necrosis factor-α on the tumorigenic Wnt-signaling pathway in human mammary tissue from obese women, Sallie Schneider PhD

The left distal trans-radial artery access for coronary angiography and intervention: A US experience, Vikram Grewal MD, Kyle Gobeil MD, Khawar Maqsood MD, Ali Haider MD, Amir Mohani MD, Gregory Giugliano MD, and Amir Lotfi

The optimization of home oxygen weaning in premature infants trial: Design, rationale, methods, and lessons learned, Kathleen Meyer MD

The Progression of Billowing of Endologix AFX2® Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Device as a Precursor for the Rupture of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Heepeel Chang MD, Neal Hadro MD, Marc Norris MD, Sang Won Rhee MD, and Marvin Morris MD

The SGIM TEACH Program: A Curriculum for Teachers of Clinical Medicine, Michael Rosenblum MD

The Stay S.A.F.E. Strategy for Managing Interruptions Reduces Distraction Time in the Simulated Clinical Setting, William Soares MD and Philip Henneman MD

The Wolf Hidden behind the Clots: Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome, Myat Han Soe, Krishna Agarwal MD, and Alueshima Akough-Weir

Tissue Edema, Fluid Balance, and Patient Outcomes in Severe Sepsis: An Organ Systems Review, Will Jaffee MD, Spencer Hodgins MD, and William McGee MD

To Treat or Not to Treat? Exploring Factors Influencing Intravenous Thrombolysis Treatment Decisions for Minor Stroke, Edward Feldmann MD

Treatment of Achalasia with Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy: Analysis of 50 Consecutive Patients, Erica Kane MD, David Desilets MD, Donna M. Wilson, Marc Leduc MD, Vikram Budhraja, and John Romanelli MD

Trends in Aortic Valve Replacement Procedures Between 2009 and 2015: Has Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Made a Difference?, Aaron Kugelmass MD

Tricuspid valve annulus surgery during mitral valve surgery, Jeffrey Shuhaiber MD

Triple-Valve Endocarditis in a Diabetic Patient: Case Report and Literature Review, Anis Kadado MD, Vikram Grewal MD, and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD

Triple-Valve Endocarditis in a Diabetic Patient: Case Report and Literature Review, Anis Kadado MD and Vikram Grewal MD

TROP2 methylation and expression in tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer, Rahul Jawale, Christopher Otis, and Sallie Schneider PhD

Unpacking the Bundle to Lower Rates of Ventilation-Associated Pneumonia: Parts May Be Less Than the Sum, Peter Lindenauer

Update on Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials in the Past Decade for Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder in Child and Adolescent Patients: A Systematic Review, Bruce Waslick MD

Ureteric transection secondary to penetrating handlebar injury, David Tashjian MD, Michael Tirabassi MD, Robert Gaffey, and Jeffry Nahmias MD

Use of Accessible Examination Tables in the Primary Care Setting: A Survey of Physical Evaluations and Patient Attitudes, Tara Lagu

Use of Accessible Examination Tables in the Primary Care Setting: A Survey of Physical Evaluations and Patient Attitudes, Tara Lagu

Use of Antibiotics Among Patients Hospitalized for Exacerbations of Asthma, Peter Lindenauer, Mihaela Stefan MD, and Meng-Shiou Shieh

Use of a Perianal Swab Compared With a Stool Sample to Detect Symptomatic Clostridium difficile Infection, Paul Visintainer

Use of Inpatient Palliative Care Services in Patients With Advanced Cancer Receiving Critical Care Therapies, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Mihaela Stefan MD, Penny Pekow, Peter Lindenauer, and Tara Lagu

Use of p53-Silenced Endothelial Progenitor Cells to Treat Ischemia in Diabetic Peripheral Vascular Disease, D Joseph Jerry and Sabyasachi Sen MD

Use of the blood substitute HBOC-201 in critically ill patients during sickle crisis: a three-case series, Jonathan Davis MD, Nura El-Haj MD, Mark Tidswell MD, and Ernest DiNino MD

Utility of a 3D Roadmap During Balloon-occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Gastric Varices, Bertrand Janne d'Othee MD

Vacuum-assisted right atrial infected clot extraction due to persistent bacteraemia: a percutaneous approach for the management of right-sided endocarditis, Mashrafi Ahmed, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD, and Evan Lau MD

Value, Chronic Critical Illness, and Choosing Wisely, Rachel Madrid and William McGee MD

Variation in the Diagnosis of Aspiration Pneumonia and Association with Hospital Pneumonia Outcomes, Peter Lindenauer

What's new in the treatment of multidrug-resistant gram-negative infections?, Michael Lorenzo and Seth Housman

α-Blockers for uncomplicated ureteric stones: a clinical practice guideline, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD