Submissions from 2014
Long Eye Lashes, Too Long to See Them!, Fadi Alkhatib MD
A palliative approach to dialysis care: a patient-centered transition to the end of life, Lewis Cohen MD and Michael Germain MD
Early experience treating tricuspid valve endocarditis with a novel extracellular matrix cylinder reconstruction, Joseph Flack MD
Use of paracentesis in hospitalized patients with decompensated cirrhosis and ascites: Opportunities for quality improvement, Rony Ghaoui MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, Jennifer Friderici, and Tara Lagu MD
The Hawthorne effect in measurements of hand hygiene compliance: a definite problem, but also an opportunity, Sarah Haessler MD
Images of America Baystate Medical Center, Thomas Higgins MD and Linda Baillargeon
Comparing Failed and Successful Revascularization, William Hiser MD
Left Atrial Myxoma: A Zebra in the Differential for Altered Mental Status & Seizure, Issra Jamal MD
Left heart chamber quantification in obese patients: how does larger body size affect echocardiographic measurements?, Leng Jiang MD
"Phenotyping" hospital value of care for patients with heart failure, Tara Lagu MD
The authors reply, Peter Lindenauer MD
The authors reply, Peter Lindenauer MD
Attitudes of hospital leaders toward publicly reported measures of health care quality, Peter Lindenauer MD, Tara Lagu MD, Penny Pekow, Amy Shatz, Nicholas Hannon, and Evan Benjamin MD
Outcomes associated with invasive and noninvasive ventilation among patients hospitalized with exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Peter Lindenauer MD, Mihaela Stefan MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, and Penny Pekow
Recent advances in delirium recognition and management, Benjamin Liptzin MD
From hospital to community: Use of antipsychotics in hospitalized elders, Kah Poh Loh MD
From hospital to community: Use of antipsychotics in hospitalized elders, Kah Poh Loh MD, Sheryl Ramdass MD, Jane Garb, Maura Brennan MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Tara Lagu MD
Perceived psychosocial stress and glucose intolerance among pregnant Hispanic women, Glenn Markenson MD
Pain, distress, and anticipated recovery for older versus younger emergency department patients after motor vehicle collision, Niels Rathlev MD
Behavioral health care for children: the Massachusetts child psychiatry access project, Barry Sarvet MD
Silent Manifestations of Anti CTLA-4 Therapy in a Patient with Metastatic Melanoma, Abid Shah MD
Transient serotonin syndrome caused by concurrent use of tramadol and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, Muhammad Shakoor MD
Unique presentations of invasive lobular breast cancer: a case series, Muhammad Shakoor MD
Regulation of fibroblast growth factor 2 expression in oxygen-induced retinopathy, Jeffrey Shenberger MD
Seizures Controlling the Heart - A Rare Case of Ictal Asystole, Dilpreet Singh MD
Resolution of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo After a Visit to Six Flags, Donielle Sliwa MD
Endocrine disruption in human placenta: expression of the dioxin-inducible enzyme, CYP1A1, is correlated with that of thyroid hormone-regulated genes, Thomas Wadzinski MD
Divergent Phenotypes in Siblings with X-Linked CGD, Fadi Alkhatib MD
Non-Invasive Treatment of Hypertriglyceridemic Pancreatitis. An Insulin Success Story., Jasdeep Badwal MD
Sonographic confirmation of intubation: comparison of 3 methods in a pig model, Gavin Budhram MD, David Murman MD, Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton MD, and Alison Sullivan
High altitude pulmonary edema in an experienced mountaineer. Possible genetic predisposition, Babette Davis DO
Short-term global health education programs abroad: Disease patterns observed in Haitian migrant worker communities around La Romana, Dominican Republic, Brian Ferrara MD
The cost of defensive medicine on 3 hospital medicine services, Jennifer Friderici, Reva Kleppel, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Do hospitalists overuse proton pump inhibitors? Data from a contemporary cohort, Jane Garb, Adrienne Seiler MD, and Tara Lagu MD
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
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
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
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
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