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Subtyping clinical specimens of influenza a virus by use of a simple method to amplify RNA targets, Andrew Artenstein MD

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Critical Synthesis Package: Scale of Emotional Arousability (SEA), Rebecca Blanchard PhD

 

AMA Guides™ to the Evaluation of Work Ability and Return to Work (2nd ed.), edited by James B. Talmage, J. Mark Melhorn, and Mark H. Hyman chicago: American Medical Association, 2011. 510p. ISBN: 978-1-60359-530-8. $119.12, Ellen Brassil

 

Evaluation of left ventricular function by bedside ultrasound in acute toxic myocarditis., Cara Brown MD and Gavin Budhram MD

 

ADHD and the DSM-5: Update on revisions to diagnostic criteria, Patrick Brown MD

 

Coding case scenarios, Fadi Bsat MD

 

Post-op Takotsubo's cardiomyopathy after pneumoperitoneum induced asystole, Lori Circeo MD

 

Immobile transesophageal echocardiographic probe after cardiopulmonary bypass, Frederick Conlin MD

 

Patterns of homelessness and implications for HIV health after release from jail, Maureen Desabrais and Thomas Lincoln MD

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A Case of Cesarean Hysterectomy for Placenta Previa and Percreta, Stanlies D'Souza

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Cerebrospinal-cutaneous Fistula in a Parturient Following Neuraxial Blockade, Stanlies D'Souza

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Difficult Airway in a Patient With Tracheal Stenosis, Stanlies D'Souza

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Femur Surgery in Multi-System Atrophy, Stanlies D'Souza

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Prolonged Wakeup Caused by Pneumocephalus Following Resection of Craniopharyngioma, Stanlies D'Souza

 

This is the worst headache in my life: A case of subarachnoid hemorrhage, Stanlies D'Souza MD

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Thoracic Neuraxial Anesthesia for Lumbar Spine Decompressive Surgery, Stanlies D'Souza

 

Febrile illness in a young traveler: dengue fever and its complications, Herbert Duber MD and Stephen Kelly MD

 

Cuffed endotracheal tubes are okay for neonates, Steven Dunn MD

 

Repair of umbilical and epigastric hernias, David Earle MD

 

Resolution MRI for localized regional (vaginal) recurrence of endometrial cancer after hysterectomy: Imaging protocols and impact on radiation therapy, Qiqing Ge, Seth Kaufman MD, Dustin Nguyen MD, Sara Smolinski MD, Njogu Njuguna MD, and Dmitry Rakita MD

 

Hospital workers' perceptions of waste: a qualitative study involving photo-elicitation, Sarah Goff MD, Reva Kleppel, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Michael Rothberg MD

 

Successful nonoperative management of the most severe blunt renal injuries: a multicenter study of the research consortium of new England centers for trauma, Ronald Gross MD

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Red cell exchange transfusion for severe carbon monoxide poisoning merits further study, Aaron Hexdall MD and William McGee MD

 

Perioperative management of a patient with Hemophilia A and known Factor VIII inhibitory antibodies undergoing drainage of a chest wall abscess, Vanita Jain MD and Frederick Conlin MD

 

Anesthetic management of a patient with hypokalemic periodic paralysis undergoing ascending aortic aneurysm repair, Vanita Jain MD and James Khoury MD

 

A case of malignant hyperthermia during laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery., Alan Kulig MD

 

Acute decompensated heart failure is routinely treated as a cardiopulmonary syndrome, Tara Lagu MD and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Adherence to HIV Treatment and Care Among Previously Homeless Jail Detainees, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Contribution of substance use disorders on HIV treatment outcomes and antiretroviral medication adherence among HIV-infected persons entering jail, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Jails as an Opportunity to Increase Engagement in HIV Care: Findings from an Observational Cross-Sectional Study, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Planning for success predicts virus suppressed: results of a non-controlled, observational study of factors associated with viral suppression among HIV-positive persons following jail release, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Jails as an opportunity to increase engagement in HIV care: findings from an observational cross-sectional study, Thomas Lincoln MD and Maureen Desabrais

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The effect of inpatient stress testing on subsequent emergency department visits, readmissions, and costs, Jaya Mallidi MD, Srikanth Penumetsa MD, Jennifer Friderici, Fadi Saab MD, and Michael Rothberg MD

 

Thoracic epidural anesthesia for lumbar decompression surgery in the high risk geriatric patient, Brian Martin MD

 

How do we change roles from being the clinician to family member when we care for our own?, April Mazzarino-Willett MSN and Alice Leveston MSW

 

High dose lamortrigine for chronic post stroke pain, Alfred McKee MD

 

Diffusion-weighted MRI of renal cell carcinoma, upper tract urothelial carcinoma, and renal infection: A pictorial review, Dustin Nguyen MD and Dmitry Rakita MD

 

Hemosuccus pancreaticus - A commonly forgotten and uncommon cause of upper gastrointestinal bleed, Iheanyichukwu Ogu MD, David Desilets MD, and Rony Ghaoui MD

 

Regional Implementation of a Pediatric Cardiology Chest Pain Guideline Using SCAMPs Methodology, Yvonne Paris MD

 

Complications in a child with Down Syndrome, Todd Payne DO and Donald Schwartz MD

 

Impact of kangaroo care on prenatal anxiety level and parenting skill for low birth weight preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit, Robert Rothstein MD, Paul Visintainer, Susan Sweeney RN, and Rachana Singh MD

 

A novel craniotomy simulator provides a validated method to enhance education in the management of traumatic brain injury, Clemens Schirmer MD

 

Evolving virtual reality simulation in neurosurgery, Clemens Schirmer MD

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Virtual reality-based simulation training for ventriculostomy: an evidence-based approach, Clemens Schirmer MD

 

Near-infrared Spectroscopy Assessment of Tissue Saturation of Oxygen in Torsed and Healthy Testes, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD, Fidela Blank, Ryan Coute, and Paul Visintainer

 

Heart rate changes in children during a sevoflurane induction are age dependent, Donald Schwartz MD, Annmarie Begley, Charles Gibson RN, Paul Visintainer, and Neil Connelly MD

 

Bronchoscopy following a peanut aspiration in a child with a possible full stomach, Donald Schwartz MD and Natalie Maida MD

 

Sulfa allergy: Cross-reactivity versus multiple concurrent allergies, Muhammad Shakoor MD

 

Potential influence of total parenteral nutrition on body composition at discharge in preterm infants, Jeffrey Shenberger MD

 

Not another one! Making sense of CT and MR imaging features of focal splenic masses and recommendations for incidental findings, Sara Smolinski MD, Dmitry Rakita MD, and Michael Morrow MD

 

Labor-induced pulmonary edema and cardiac arrest in a patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis, Cuong Vu MD

 

Telehealth Innovations in Diabetes, Garry Welch

 

A Practical Approach to Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Jackson Williams MD

 

Local vs. Global: The Differences in Providing Healthcare, Jackson Williams MD

 

Evaluation of the treatment of pectus carinatum with compressive orthotic bracing using three dimensional body scans, Kaitlyn Wong MD, David Tashjian MD, Michael Tirabassi MD, and Kevin Moriarty MD

 

Radiation free alternative method for measuring severity of pectus excavatum deformaties using three dimensional body scanning, Kaitlyn Wong MD, David Tashjian MD, Michael Tirabassi MD, and Kevin Moriarty MD

 

Parole officer-parolee relationships and HIV risk behaviors during community supervision., Traci C. Green, Jennifer Johnson, Magdalena Harrington, Enrique R. Pouget, Anne G. Rhodes, Faye S. Taxman, Daniel J. O'Connell, Steven S. Martin, Michael Prendergast, and Peter D. Friedmann

 

Microdroplet Sandwich Real-Time RT-PCR for Detection of Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Subtypes, Andrew Artenstein MD

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The "forgotten zone": Acquired disorders of the trachea in adults, Andrew Artenstein MD

 

Anesthesia for Thyroid Procedures in Clinical Decision Support: ANESTHESIA, Michael Bailin MD

 

Ultrasound in critical care, Gavin Budhram MD

 

Rapid Intrahost Evolution of Human Cytomegalovirus Is Shaped by Demography and Positive Selection, Donna Fisher MD

 

"Fat letters" in public schools: public health versus pride, Michael Flaherty DO

 

Diuretics or ultrafiltration for acute decompensated heart failure and cardiorenal syndrome?, Benjamin Freda MD, Jaya Mallidi MD, and Gregory Braden MD

 

Imaging results and endovascular management of hemosuccus pancreaticus; gastrointestinal hemorrhage from a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm eroding into the pancreatic duct, Qiqing Ge, Aram Fereshetian MD, and Njogu Njuguna MD

 

Do-not-hospitalize orders for individuals with advanced dementia: healthcare proxies' perspectives., Sarah Goff MD, Wanda Colon-Cartagena MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and Michael Rothberg MD

 

Relaxin for treatment of acute heart failure: making the case for treating targeted patient profiles, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD, Sonali Arora MD, and Mara Slawsky MD

 

Pregnancy offers new insights into mechanisms of breast cancer risk and resistance, D. Joseph Jerry, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Giovanna Crisi MD, and Karen Dunphy

 

Case studies of ketosis and the clinical utility of β-hydroxybutyrate, Rebecca Levy MD, Chelsea Gordner DO, and James Nichols

 

Screening for Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Short-Term Correctional Institutions: Summary of Evidence Reviewed for the 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Renal Lymphoma: MR Appearance With Diffusion-Weighted Imaging, Dustin Nguyen MD and Dmitry Rakita MD

 

Drug shortages as an impetus to improve parenteral nutrition practices, Alice O'Connor, Sean Illig, and Kathleen Kopcza

 

Probiotic Administration in Early Life, Atopy, and Asthma: A Meta-analysis of Clinical Trials., Annabelle Quizon MD

 

Duration of eptifibatide infusion after percutaneous coronary intervention and outcomes among high-risk patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: insights from EARLY ACS, Marc Schweiger MD

 

The 2010 Haiti earthquake response, Jennifer Severe MD

 

A Predictive Model for SIVH risk in Preterm Infants and Targeted Indomethacin Therapy for Prevention., Rachana Singh MD and Paul Visintainer

 

Development and validation of the Lifestyle Self-Efficacy Scale for Latinos with Diabetes (LSESLD), Garry Welch

 

Pediatric Febrile Urinary Tract Infections: Current Practice, Controversy, and the New AAP Guidelines, Jackson Williams MD

 

Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma: management of the open abdomen, part III-review of abdominal wall reconstruction, Eleanor Winston MD

 

Technical communication: decision support using anesthesia information management system records and accreditation council for graduate medical education case logs for resident operating room assignments, Michael Bailin MD

 

Abdominal Pain, Gavin Budhram MD

 

Immunolocalization of the calcium-sensing receptor in developing human kidney, Giovanna Crisi MD, Gary Rockwell MD, Gregory Braden MD, and Thomas Campfield MD

 

SAGES clinical spotlight review: endoluminal treatments for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), David Earle MD

 

Tobacco, Big Pharma, and ATS, Douglas Johnson MD

 

Development, validation, and results of a risk-standardized measure of hospital 30-day mortality for patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Hospitalized, elderly, and delirious: What should you do for these patients?, Benjamin Liptzin MD and Steven Fischel MD

 

Use of survivorship care plans to re-engineer brest cancer follow-up, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Sandra Hubbard, and Tamara Wrenn

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Playing With Curricular Milestones in the Educational Sandbox: Q-sort Results From an Internal Medicine Educational Collaborative., Lauren Meade MD

 

Correlates of high perceived stress among pregnant Hispanic women in Western Massachusetts., Penny Pekow and Glenn Markenson MD

 

Macrolides for the long-term management of asthma - a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials., Annabelle Quizon MD

 

Bartonella Infections, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD

 

Diphtheria, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD

 

Eosinophilic Meningitis, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD

 

Moraxella catarrhalis, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD

 

Pasteurella multocida, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD

 

Acute appendicitis, Jeannette Wolfe MD and Philip Henneman MD

 

The index of tobacco treatment quality: development of a tool to assess evidence-based treatment in a national sample of drug treatment facilities., A Paula Cupertino, Jamie J. Hunt, Byron J. Gajewski, Yu Jiang, Janet Marquis, Peter D. Friedmann, Kimberly K. Engelman, and Kimber P. Richter

 

A comparison of modified directly observed therapy to standard care for chronic hepatitis C., Patricia A. Cioe, Michael D. Stein, Kittichai Promrat, and Peter D. Friedmann

 

Alternative perfusion technique without axillary artery cannulation during combined aortic root and total arch replacement, Ak Alameddine MD, Victor Alimov MD, and Joseph Flack MD

 

Therapeutic targeting of NOTCH signaling ameliorates immune-mediated bone marrow failure of aplastic anemia, Chester Andrzejewski MD