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Submissions from 2014

 

Do hospitalists overuse proton pump inhibitors? Data from a contemporary cohort, Jane Garb, Adrienne Seiler MD, and Tara Lagu MD

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How do interruptions impact nurses' visual scanning patterns when using barcode medication administration systems?, Philip Henneman MD

 

Spirometry for the primary care pediatrician, Robert Kaslovsky MD and Matthew Sadof MD

 

Potential hazard due to induced radioactivity secondary to radiotherapy: the report of task group 136 of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, M. Terry LaFrance

 

Design and methods of a double blind randomized placebo-controlled trial of extended-release naltrexone for HIV-infected, opioid dependent prisoners and jail detainees who are transitioning to the community, Thomas Lincoln MD, Daniel Skiest MD, and Maureen Desabrais

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Reply: Long-Acting Bronchodilators in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Still More to Know, Peter Lindenauer MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Penny Pekow, and Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Elderly Onset Neuromyelitis Spectrum Disorders, Kah Poh Loh MD

 

The impact of the distance from the interventional cardiologist's home to the hospital during off hours, Amir Lotfi MD, Guarav Alreja MD, Mohammad Amin Kashef MD, Gregory Giugliano MD, Jane Garb, and Marc Schweiger MD

 

Commercial insurance coverage for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in patients with heart failure in the United States, Quinn Pack MD

 

A Rare Cause of Cauda Equina by Invasion, Sheryl Ramdass MD

 

Toward scar-free surgery: an analysis of the increasing complexity from laparoscopic surgery to NOTES, John Romanelli MD

 

Right ventricular myocardial responses to progressive exercise in young adult males, Thomas Rowland MD

 

Silent Manifestations of Anti CTLA-4 Therapy in a Patient with Metastatic Melanoma, Abid Shah MD

 

Seizures Controlling the Heart - A Rare Case of Ictal Asystole, Dilpreet Singh MD

 

Body Mass Index and Risk of Hospitalization among Adults Presenting with Asthma Exacerbation to the Emergency Department, Howard Smithline MD

 

Seizure control for intracranial arteriovenous malformations is directly related to treatment modality: a meta-analysis, Paul Visintainer

 

Part-time Academic Emergency Medicine: Possibilities, Pitfalls, and Pearls, Jeannette Wolfe MD

 

An Atypical Case of Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia, Annie Yang MD

 

A cluster randomized trial of an organizational linkage intervention for offenders with substance use disorders: study protocol., Peter D. Friedmann, Lori J. Ducharme, Wayne Welsh, Linda Frisman, Kevin Knight, Timothy Kinlock, Shannon Gwin Mitchell, Elizabeth Hall, Terry Urbine, Michael Gordon, Sami Abdel-Salam, Dan O'Connell, Carmen Albizu-Garcia, Hannah Knudsen, Jamieson Duval, and Juliane Fenster

 

Medications for addiction treatment: an opportunity for prescribing clinicians to facilitate remission from alcohol and opioid use disorders., Tae Woo Park and Peter D. Friedmann

 

Unexpected traumatic rupture of left atrium mimicking aortic rupture, Ak Alameddine MD, Victor Alimov MD, and John Rousou MD

 

Long Eye Lashes, Too Long to See Them!, Fadi Alkhatib MD

 

Too Little Can Make You Bleed, Too Much Can Give You a Heart Attack!, Fadi Alkhatib MD

 

Bridging the digital chasm: Linking digital natives with digital immigrants, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD, Gina Luciano MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, Anna Stepczynski MD, Behdad Besharatian MD, and Auras Atreya MD

 

Non-Invasive Treatment of Hypertriglyceridemic Pancreatitis. An Insulin Success Story., Jasdeep Badwal MD

 

Leukostasis as a Cause of Seizure, Amy Bodnarchuk MD

 

Health Sciences Librarianship, edited by M. Sandra Wood New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. 448p. ISBN 978-0-8108-8812-8. $125.00 (hardcover); ISBN 978-0-8108-8813-5. $75.00 (softcover), Ellen Brassil

 

Human Metapneumovirus in a Elderly Female, Paul Cheriyan MD

 

Transient Constrictive Pericarditis after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Avoiding a Second Surgery, Thomas Chin MD

 

A profile of midwifery in Paraguay, Anissa Dickerson CNM

 

Ah! I can't bear it! This is the worst headache of my life!, Stanlies D'Souza MD

 

Oh no! Both arteries in my neck are blocked! Now what?, Stanlies D'Souza MD

 

Impact of the 2008 U.S. Preventative services task force recommendation on frequency of prostate-specific antigen screening in older men, Jennifer Friderici and Mihaela Stefan MD

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How cardiologists present the benefits of percutaneous coronary interventions to patients with stable angina: a qualitative analysis, Sarah Goff MD and Reva Kleppel

 

When Clot is not Your First Thought, Vikram Grewal MD

 

Outcomes of patients with healthcare-associated pneumonia: worse disease or sicker patients?, Sarah Haessler MD, Tara Lagu MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, Aruna Priya, and Daniel Skiest MD

 

CMV-Induced Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an Immunosuppressed Patient, Owen Hanley MD

 

The impact of age and gender on resource utilization and profitability in ED patients seen and released, Philip Henneman MD

 

Where are the brakes? Assessing driving safety in dementia, Thomas Higgins MD

 

Thick serum can clog the brain!, Sami Ibrahimi MD

 

Left Atrial Myxoma: A Zebra in the Differential for Altered Mental Status & Seizure, Issra Jamal MD

 

The Effect of Information Presentation on Beliefs About the Benefits of Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Mohammad Amin Kashef MD

 

Stones and the Missing Gallbladder, Jin Kim MD

 

Impact of the 2008 U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommendation on frequency of prostate-specific antigen screening in older men, Shin Yin Lee MD, Jennifer Friderici, and Mihaela Stefan MD

 

National patterns of risk-standardized mortality and readmission after hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: Update on publicly reported outcomes measures based on the 2013 release, Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Use and Outcomes Associated with Long-acting Bronchodilators among Patients Hospitalized for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Peter Lindenauer MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Penny Pekow, and Mihaela Stefan MD

 

From hospital to community: Use of antipsychotics in hospitalized elders, Kah Poh Loh MD

 

Paraneoplastic autoimmune hemolytic anemia in ovarian cancer: a marker of disease activity, Kah Poh Loh MD

 

An Unusual Cause of Delirium and Debility: Refractory Hypercalcemia in a Man with B-Cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia, Kah Poh Loh MD, Saurabh Dahiya MD, and Maura Brennan MD

 

The Medical Library Association Guide to Providing Consumer and Patient Health Information, edited by Michelle Spatz New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. 224p. ISBN 978-1-4422-2570-1. $55.00 (softcover), Margot Malachowski MLS

 

Impact of an exercise intervention on physical activity during pregnancy: the behaviors affecting baby and you study, Glenn Markenson MD

 

Scurvy as a Consequence of Untreated Psychiatric Illness, Olubukola Ojewoye MD

 

The prognostic importance of weight loss in coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Quinn Pack MD

 

Gemcitabine-induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy (GITMA), Hari Pokharel MD

 

Images in anesthesiology: Severe unilateral atelectasis during induction of anesthesia, Praveen Prasanna MD and Donald Schwartz MD

 

The Swollen Belly and Crowded Pericardium, Ryan Quarles

 

The Plot Thickens: Portal Vein Thrombosis in Ulcerative Colitis, Sheryl Ramdass MD

 

Incidence and predictors of acute psychological distress and dissociation after motor vehicle collision: a cross-sectional study, Niels Rathlev MD

 

The affordable care act and emergency care, Niels Rathlev MD

 

What We Teach: A Fellow's Perspective on House Staff Education, Risheen Reejhsinghani

 

Laryngeal mask airway placement in children prior to an intravenous line utilizing heart rate as an indicator of anesthetic depth, Donald Schwartz MD, Annmarie Begley, Charles Gibson RN, Paul Visintainer, and Neil Connelly MD

 

Does knowledge of the cost of cardiovascular tests influence physician ordering patterns?, Marc Schweiger MD, Gregory Giugliano MD, James Cook MD, and Janice Mayforth

 

Inflammatory Breast Cancer - An Unsuspected Mimic, Abid Shah MD

 

Better representing transgender patients in the electronic health record, Anant Shenoy MD, Nikolaus Kashey, Patrick Brown MD, and Neil Kudler MD

 

Predictive models for severe intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants, Rachana Singh MD and Paul Visintainer

 

Stressors May Compromise Medication Adherence Among Adults With Diabetes and Low Socioeconomic Status, Garry Welch

 

Bending the cost curve: a unique collaboration between radiation oncologists and blue cross blue shield of massachusetts to optimize the use of advanced technology, Brian Acker MD

 

Blood transfusion and the risk of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery, Ak Alameddine MD, Paul Visintainer, Victor Alimov MD, and John Rousou MD

 

SKP2 Overexpression Is Associated With Increased Serine 10 Phosphorylation of p27 (pSer10p27) in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Brooke Bentley, Sharon Marconi, Christopher Otis MD, and Sallie Schneider PhD

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Bradycardic Asystolic Arrest in an Obese Parturient During Caesarian Section Under Spinal Anesthesia, Stanlies D'Souza

 

Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients, Jack Fanton MD, Michael Germain MD, and Lewis Cohen MD

 

Renovascular Hypertension and Ischemic Nephrology, Barbara Greco MD

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GnRH agonist and GnRH antagonist protocols: comparison of outcomes among good-prognosis patients using national surveillance data, Daniel Grow MD

 

Use of Bakri Balloon for Treatment of Persistent Hematocolpos After a LeFort Colpocleisis: A Case Report, Oz Harmanli MD and Keisha Jones MD

 

Severe sepsis outcomes: how are we doing?*, Thomas Higgins MD

 

Management and outcomes of pneumonia among children with complex chronic conditions, Tara Lagu MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Variation in Resource Utilization for the Management of Uncomplicated Community-Acquired Pneumonia across Community and Children's Hospitals, Tara Lagu MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Do-not-resuscitate status and observational comparative effectiveness research in patients with septic shock*, Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Place of residence and outcomes of patients with heart failure: analysis from the telemonitoring to improve heart failure outcomes trial, Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Does early second-trimester sonography predict adverse perinatal outcomes in monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies?, Glenn Markenson MD

 

The heart of the matter: A review of the cardiac pathology present on noncardiac emergency CT exams, Jeffrey Morris MD, Dmitry Rakita MD, and Alena Kreychman MD

 

A survey of handoff practices in emergency medicine, Benjamin Osborne MD

 

The current and potential capacity for cardiac rehabilitation utilization in the United States, Quinn Pack MD

 

Effect of pain location and duration on life function in the year after motor vehicle collision, Niels Rathlev MD

 

Reducing patient placement errors in emergency department admissions: right patient, right bed, Niels Rathlev MD, Christine Bryson MD, Patricia Samra, Lynn Garreffi, Haiping Li, Bonnie Geld, and Paul Visintainer

 

The effects of viewing axis on laparoscopic performance: a comparison of non-expert and expert laparoscopic surgeons, Sang Won Rhee MD, Gladys Fernandez MD, Ron Bush, and Neal Seymour MD

 

The assessment of bone mineral content and density of the lumbar spine and proximal femur in US submariners, Annely Richardson MD

 

Determinants of Patient Satisfaction in Internal Medicine Resident Continuity Clinics: Findings of the Educational Innovations Project Ambulatory Collaborative, Michael Rosenblum MD

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A Case of DIC in the third trimester following intrauterine fetal death: An indwelling neuraxial catheter dilemma, Adam Schwabauer and Stanlies D'Souza

 

Endogenous erythropoietin varies significantly with inflammation-related proteins in extremely premature newborns, Bhavesh Shah MD

 

Variation and outcomes associated with direct hospital admission among children with pneumonia in the United States, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Tara Lagu MD, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Association of inflammation markers with menstrual symptom severity and premenstrual syndrome in young women, Sofija Zagarins MD

 

Beta Cell Expansion Induced by Activin, Melissa Brown, Alan Schneyer, and Ibrahim Osumanu

 

Bedside ultrasound AIDS identification and removal of cutaneous foreign bodies: a case series, Gavin Budhram MD

 

The Baystate Frailty Study, John Budrow, Mihaela Stefan MD, Tara Lagu MD, and Keith Spencer

 

Premature discontinuation rates of LARC methods of contraception: a descriptive study, Cunningham Cassidy, Katharine White MD, and Annie Fu

 

Imaging of nontraumatic acute hip pain in children: multimodality approach with attention to the reduction of medical radiation exposure, Tara Catanzano MD

 

The Utilization of Surgical Rib Fixation: Age Restrictions, Andrew Doben MD and Caitlyn Ryan

 

Neonatal Neurosonography, Joel Fritz MD, Stanley Polansky MD, and Stephen O'Connor MD

 

Patient Beliefs Regarding Benefits of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Chronic Stable Angina, Sarah Goff MD and Carla Lauture