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Submissions from 2018 2018

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

Pregnancy-Associated Stroke, Sharon Holley

Sexually transmitted infections of the lower gastrointestinal tract, Rahul Jawale

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

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

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

Interprofessional team care for heart failure: A home health quality pilot, Maura McQueeney

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

Single incision laparoscopic proficiency correlates with residency training level, Maria Carmen Mora MD, Kaitlyn Wong MD, Gladys Fernandez M.D., and Michael Tirabassi MD

Food mixtures for combating childhood malnutrition, Peter Pellett

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

Association of Antibiotic Treatment With Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for an Asthma Exacerbation Treated With Systemic Corticosteroids, Mihaela Stefan MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Kerry Spitzer, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer

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

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

Submissions from 2017 2017

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

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

Results of a Quality Improvement Project Aimed at Eliminating Healthcare Waste by Changing Medical Resident Test Ordering Behavior, Selma Demir 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

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

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

Radiologists' Recommendations for Additional Imaging on Inpatient CT Studies: Do Referring Physicians Follow Them?, Owen Hanley MD, Amir Lotfi, Tiara Sanborn MD, Jennifer Friderici, Poornachandran Manikantan MD, Linda Canty MD, and Mihaela Stefan MD

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

An Evaluation of Shared Mental Models and Mutual Trust on General Medical Units: Implications for Collaboration, Teamwork, and Patient Safety, Kevin Hinchey MD

Future of Positive Airway Pressure Technology, Karin Johnson MD

Quantifying and exploring the recent national increase in surgical stabilization of rib fractures, Erica Kane MD, Elan Jeremitsky MD, and Andrew Doben

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

Keeping It Simple in Sepsis Measures, Peter Lindenauer

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

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

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

The Metamorphosis of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Programs: The Changing Role of the Interventional Cardiologist and its Manpower Implications, Amir Lotfi

Targeted Temperature Management Effectiveness in the Elderly: Insights from a Large Registry, Timothy Mader MD, Lauren Westafer DO, and Nadia Villarroel MD

Inconsistencies in Outcomes of Donor Breast Milk for Preterm Infants, Laura Madore MD

Primary Care Interventions for Early Childhood Development: A Systematic Review, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD

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

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

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

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

Adult adiposity and risk of early menopause, Kathleen Szegda

Impact of patient age on clinical features, serologic test reactivity and long-term outcome of culture-confirmed early Lyme disease, Paul Visintainer

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

Comparison of In-Hospital Outcomes and Readmission Rates in Acute Pulmonary Embolism Between Systemic and Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis (from the National Readmission Database), Nitesh Ainani MD

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

More beds are not the answer: transforming detoxification units into medication induction centers to address the opioid epidemic, Peter Friedmann MD

Palliative Nephrology: Time for New Insights, Michael Germain MD

Successful Use of Noninvasive Ventilation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. How Do High-Performing Hospitals Do It?, Sarah Goff MD, Mihaela Stefan MD, Penny Pekow, Lauren Williams, Vida Rastegar, and Peter Lindenauer

Treatment Trends and Outcomes in Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia, Sarah Haessler MD, Tara Lagu, Peter Lindenauer, Daniel Skiest M.D., Aruna Priya, Penny Pekow, and Thomas Higgins MD

Pseudo-monoclonal gammopathy: a report of four cases, Majd Jaawad

Blood Management Strategies to Reduce Transfusions After Elective Lower-Extremity Joint Arthroplasty Surgeries: One Tertiary Care Hospital's Early Experience With an Alternative Payment Model-a Total Joint "Bundle"., Ankit Kansagra MD, Chester Andrzejewski MD, Robert Krushell MD, Andrew Lehman MD, Jordan Greenbaum MD, Paul Visintainer, Joan McGirr, Kathleen Mahoney MD, Darlene Cloutier, Alice Ehresman, and Mihaela Stefan 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

Effects of an Ambulation Orderly Program Among Cardiac Surgery Patients, Saki Miwa MD, Paul Visintainer, Richard Engelman MD, Amanda Miller RN, Tara Lagu, Peter Lindenauer, and Quinn Pack MD

Template for Reporting Results of Biomarker Testing of Specimens From Patients With Carcinoma of the Endometrium, Christopher Otis

Health Beliefs and the Developmental Treatment Cascade, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Elderly Patients, Victor Pinto-Plata

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

Shared Decisionmaking in the Emergency Department: A Guiding Framework for Clinicians, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

Embryo cryopreservation and preeclampsia risk, Cynthia Sites MD

Embryo cryopreservation and preeclampsia risk, Cynthia Sites MD, Donna M. Wilson, and Maya Barsky MD

Nitric oxide synthase inhibition restores orthostatic tolerance in young vasovagal syncope patients, Paul Visintainer

Decreasing Emergency Department Walkout Rate and Boarding Hours by Improving Inpatient Length of Stay, Andrew Artenstein MD, Niels Rathlev MD, Vernette Townsend, Michael Vemula MD, and Joseph Schmidt MD

Outcomes In Two Massachusetts Hospital Systems Give Reason For Optimism About Communication-And-Resolution Programs, Evan Benjamin MD

Perspectives on the Nephrology Match for Fellowship Applicants, Gregory Braden M.D.

Geographical assignment of hospitalists in an urban teaching hospital: feasibility and impact on efficiency and provider satisfaction, Christine Bryson MD, Jane Garb, Reva Kleppel, Farzan Irani MD, Sivakumar Natanasabapathy MD, and Mihaela Stefan MD

A Case of Larsen Syndrome, Stanlies D'Souza

Anesthetic Management for Laparoscopy in a Patient With Complete Non-Fenestrated Fontan Circulation, Stanlies D'Souza

Difficult Airway Management in a Patient with Klippel- Feil Syndrome, Stanlies D'Souza

Assessing informed consent in an opioid relapse prevention study with adults under current or recent criminal justice supervision, Peter Friedmann MD

Type 3 renal tubular acidosis associated with growth hormone deficiency, Jane Garb, Holley Allen MD, Edward Reiter MD, Thomas Campfield MD, and Gregory Braden M.D.

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

Transfusion-Associated Circulatory Overload: Evidence-Based Strategies to Prevent, Identify, and Manage a Serious Adverse Event, Elizabeth Henneman, Chester Andrzejewski MD, Thomas Panaccione RN, and Kimberly Dziel RN

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

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

Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor Refractory to Thalamotomy, Ashleigh Menhadji MD and Stanlies D'Souza

Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Among Smokers Hospitalized for Coronary Heart Disease, Quinn Pack MD, Aruna Priya, Tara Lagu, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer

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

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

Evaluating Integrated Mental Health Care Programs for Children and Youth, Barry Sarvet MD

Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project 2.0: A Case Study in Child Psychiatry Access Program Redesign, Barry Sarvet MD

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

Individual-specific Variation in the Respiratory Activities of HMECs and Their Bioenergetic Response to IGF1 and TNFα, Sallie Schneider PhD, Elizabeth Henchey, Nazeen Sultana, D Joseph Jerry, D. Joseph Jerry, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Giovanna Crisi MD, Richard Arenas MD, Holly Mason MD, and Nagendra Yadava PhD

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

Admission or Observation? Population Health Is Here, James Stewart MD

A Case of Intractable Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV), Long-Chau Van DO and Stanlies D'Souza

Current Status of Gender and Racial/Ethnic Disparities Among Academic Emergency Medicine Physicians, Lauren Westafer DO

First trimester medication abortion practice in the United States and Canada, Katharine White MD

Phase 1 Study of Ipilimumab Combined With Whole Brain Radiation Therapy or Radiosurgery for Melanoma Patients With Brain Metastases, Harriet Eldredge-Hindy MD

Primary Pulmonary Myxoid Sarcoma: A Newly Described Entity-Report of a Case and Review of the Literature, Rose Ganim MD and James Mueller MD

Colpotomy and the Modalities for Closure, Oz Harmanli MD

Procalcitonin Test Availability: A Survey of Acute Care Hospitals in Massachusetts, Peter Lindenauer

Procalcitonin Test Availability: A Survey of Acute Care Hospitals in Massachusetts, Peter Lindenauer

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

Prospective comparison of non-invasive risk markers of major cardiovascular events in COPD patients, Victor Pinto-Plata

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

Hospital Variation in Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and End-of-Life Healthcare Use in the United States, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer

A pilot clinical trial of recombinant human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in acute respiratory distress syndrome, Mark Tidswell MD

Low Thyroid Hormone Levels Disrupt Thyrotrope Development, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD

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