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Submissions from 2014

 

Variation in Diagnostic Coding of Patients With Pneumonia and Its Association With Hospital Risk-Standardized Mortality Rates: A Cross-sectional Analysis, Penny Pekow, Aruna Priya, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Dialysis withdrawal and palliative care, Arkadiy Pinkashov MD, Lewis Cohen MD, and Michael Germain MD

 

Atheroembolic kidney disease (AEKD): A case report, Hari Pokharel 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

 

Policies to Support Medical Home Transformation in Pediatric Practice, Matthew Sadof MD

 

Transition of adolescents with chronic health conditions to adult primary care: factors associated with physician acceptance, Matthew Sadof MD

 

Medico-legal risk associated with pediatric mental health telephone consultation programs., Barry Sarvet MD

 

Local control and results of leksell gamma knife therapy for the treatment of uveal melanoma, Clemens Schirmer MD

 

Deceptively simple or simply deceptive, Vijairam Selvaraj MD

 

Classification of shock based on functional hemodynamic parameters and bedside ultrasound findings, Ramakant Sharma MD, William McGee MD, and Adam Adler MD

 

I couldn't see, couldn't hear and was scared of losing my mind: Susac Syndrome, Karen Singh MD

 

We see with our eyes, but we see with our brains as well: Phantoms in the brain: Charles Bonnet hallucinations, Karen Singh MD

 

When Occam's razor fails: Linezolid induced lactic acidosis in a patient with several aortic atherosclerotic diseases, Karen Singh MD

 

Focal nodular hyperplasia, Sara Smolinski MD and Tara Catanzano MD

 

'Strep' spares the elder, not the 'staph' ! Reporting acute post- staphylococcal glomerulonephritis in an elder, Dhivya Sundaramurthy MD and Annie Yang MD

 

Site of initial diabetes education does not affect metabolic outcomes in children with T1DM, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD, Paul Visintainer, Thomas Wadzinski MD, and Holley Allen MD

 

Role of chronic diuretic therapy in the era of new chronic lung disease: Clinical value and cost effectiveness, Paul Visintainer, Robert Rothstein MD, and Rachana Singh MD

 

24- and 36-Week Outcomes for the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study (CAMS), Bruce Waslick MD

 

Something to watch for: Parents must monitor what their children see and hear, Bruce Waslick MD and Peter Thunfors

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Code Sunset, Jeannette Wolfe MD

 

Bifurcated vaccination needle, Andrew Artenstein MD

 

Ramifications of single-port laparoscopic surgery: measuring differences in task performance using simulation., Nathan Conway MD, John Romanelli MD, Ron Bush, and Neal Seymour MD

 

Surgical rib fixation for flail chest deformity improves liberation from mechanical ventilation, Andrew Doben MD

 

Utility of alert-based CDSS in CPOE to improve compliance with plasma transfusion guidelines, Richard Friedberg MD

 

Measurement of the quality of care of patients admitted with decompensated cirrhosis, Rony Ghaoui MD, Jennifer Friderici, Paul Visintainer, Peter Lindenauer MD, Tara Lagu MD, and David Desilets MD

 

Liver cancer presenting as a pancreatic mass, Rony Ghaoui MD, Maria Gonzalez MD, and David Desilets MD

 

The Massachusetts BMI letter: A qualitative study of responses from parents of obese children, Sarah Goff MD

 

Contrast induced nephropathy, Marc Haber MD

 

Low dose imaging, what is it and how can it help my patient?, Marc Haber MD

 

Is antibiotic prophylaxis necessary before midurethral sling procedures for female stress incontinence? A decision analysis., Keisha Jones MD and Oz Harmanli MD

 

Hospital Case Studies, Gary Kerr PharmD

 

Deathbed wills: assessing testamentary capacity in the dying patient, Benjamin Liptzin MD

 

Physical activity before and during pregnancy and risk of abnormal glucose tolerance among Hispanic women, Glenn Markenson MD

 

Prenatal depressive symptoms and abnormalities of glucose tolerance during pregnancy among Hispanic women, Glenn Markenson MD

 

Measuring grade inflation: A clinical grade discrepancy score, Anna Paskausky

 

Severe acute and life-threatening asthma in children, Annabelle Quizon MD

 

Incidence and predictors of neck and widespread pain after motor vehicle collision among US litigants and nonlitigants, Niels Rathlev MD

 

A slice of Pisa anyone?, Vijairam Selvaraj MD

 

Anti-YKL-40 antibody and ionizing irradiation synergistically inhibit tumor vascularization and malignancy in glioblastoma, Rong Shao, Brooke Bentley, Sherry Taylor MD, Luis Moral MD, and Wei Yan

 

Utility of serodiagnostics designed for use in the United States for detection of Lyme borreliosis acquired in Europe and vice versa, Paul Visintainer

 

Luteoma of pregnancy associated with nearly complete virilization of genetically female twins, Thomas Wadzinski MD, Yousef Altowaireb MD, Raavi Gupta MD, Rushika Conroy MD, and Kamal Shoukri MD

 

Hypnotherapy is more effective than nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation: Results of a randomized controlled trial, Sofija Zagarins MD

 

HIV testing in the nation's opioid treatment programs, 2005-2011: the role of state regulations., Thomas D'Aunno, Harold A. Pollack, Lan Jiang, Lisa R. Metsch, and Peter D. Friedmann

 

Emergency department utilization among recently released prisoners: a retrospective cohort study., Joseph W. Frank, Christina M. Andrews, Traci C. Green, Aaron M. Samuels, T Tony Trinh, and Peter D. Friedmann

 

Adoption of evidence-based clinical innovations: the case of buprenorphine use by opioid treatment programs., Christina M. Andrews, Thomas A. D'Aunno, Harold A. Pollack, and Peter D. Friedmann

 

Cigarette smoking as an expression of independence and freedom among inmates in a tobacco-free prison in the United States., Jacob J. van den Berg, Beth Bock, Mary B. Roberts, Lynda A R Stein, Peter D. Friedmann, Stephen A. Martin, and Jennifer G. Clarke

 

Calcium oxalate supersaturation increases early after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Varun Agrawal MD, Xiao Liu MD, Thomas Campfield MD, John Romanelli MD, J Enrique Silva MD, and Gregory Braden MD

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Connecting Mixed Methods as an Education Research Strategy, Rebecca Blanchard PhD

 

Weight loss after bariatric surgery in morbidly obese adolescents with MC4R mutations, Rushika Conroy MD

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Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia For Lumbar Spine Decompressive Surgery In An Elderly Patient, Stanlies D'Souza

 

A 9 year old girl with fever and cough, Michael Flaherty DO, Grace Mitchell MD, and Brendan Kelly MD

 

Tumour supressor secreted frizzled related protein 1 regulates p53-mediated apoptosis, Kelly Gauger and Sallie Schneider PhD

 

Using quality oncology practice initiative metrics for physician incentive compensation, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Tamara Wrenn, Wilson Mertens MD, Gordon Josephson MD, and James Stewart MD

 

Obamacare and the proper role of public libraries in health literacy, Margot Malachowski MLS

 

First-trimester sonographic prediction of obstetric and neonatal outcomes in monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies, Glenn Markenson MD

 

Factors associated with longer time to treatment for patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes: a cohort study, David Murman MD and Timothy Mader MD

 

Palliative care: Surgical time-out for introspection, David Page MD

 

Using highly detailed administrative data to predict pneumonia mortality, Penny Pekow, Aruna Priya, Raquel Belforti MD, Daniel Skiest MD, Tara Lagu MD, Thomas Higgins MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

A multicenter, open-label, observational study of testosterone gel (1%) in the treatment of adolescent boys with klinefelter syndrome or anorchia, Edward Reiter MD

 

Transition of adolescents with chronic health conditions to adult primary care: Factors associated with physician acceptance, Matthew Sadof MD

 

Introduction to Bedside Ultrasound, Volumes 1 and 2 By Matt Dawson, Mike Mallin. Lexington, KY: Emergency Ultrasound Solutions, 2012; $30 via iTunes or Inkling.com (with 100% going towards innovation scholarship) or free at http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/2013/09/scott-weingart-emcrit-ivc-ultrasoundalso-free-ibooks-alland-also-foamed-innovation-scholarship/), Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD and Gavin Budhram MD

 

A rare case of Raynaud’s vasculitis secondary to Hepatitis B vaccination: The induced auto-immune attack syndrome, Vijairam Selvaraj MD, Owolabi Ogunneye MD, Tara Lagu MD, and Stephen Ryzewicz MD

 

Myocardial dysfunction and shock from human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA): An unusual presentation, Ramakant Sharma MD and Lori Circeo MD

 

Treatment with neuromuscular blocking agents and the risk of in-hospital mortality among mechanically ventilated patients with severe sepsis, Jay Steingrub MD, Tara Lagu MD, Michael Rothberg MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Embryonic exposure to excess thyroid hormone causes thyrotrope cell death, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD

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Connecting the golden hour to the golden years, Jeannette Wolfe MD

 

The impact of a palliative care team on residents' experiences and comfort levels with pediatric palliative care, Kelly Wu MD, Jennifer Friderici, and Sarah Goff MD

Submissions from 2013

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Effects of body surface area-indexed calculations in the morbidly obese: a mathematical analysis, Adam Adler MD, Karthik Raghunathan MD, and William McGee MD

 

How we view and approach transfusion-associated circulatory overload: pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, mitigation, and prevention, Chester Andrzejewski MD

 

Diagnostic evaluation of the augmented breast, Jane An MD, Jennifer Hadro MD, David March MD, and Giovanna Crisi MD

 

Sepsis and scientific revolutions, Andrew Artenstein MD and Thomas Higgins MD

 

Improving the health status of minority women: overcoming the knowledge deficit, Auras Atreya MD

 

Incidence of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery before and after the institution of an intra-operative amiodarone prophylaxis protocol, Auras Atreya MD

 

Classic Osborn waves and incessant ventricular fibrillation in severe hypothermia, Auras Atreya MD and Sonali Arora MD

 

Use of ultrasound-guided cryotherapy for the management of chronic pain states., Neil Connelly MD, Ashish Malik MD, Lakshmi Madabhushi MD, and Charles Gibson RN

 

Not your typical “Lumpy Jaw”: A case of actinomyces osteonecrosis of the mandible, Prasanna Durairaj MD

 

Guidelines for the management of hiatal hernia, David Earle MD

 

Mice deficient in sfrp1 exhibit increased adiposity, dysregulated glucose metabolism, and enhanced macrophage infiltration, Kelly Gauger, Brooke Bentley, and Sallie Schneider PhD

 

Beyond baby blues: A review of central nervous system abnormalities in the peri- and postpartum period, Michael George MD and Shan Li MD

 

High resolution MRI for localized regional (vaginal) recurrence of endometrial cancer after hysterectomy: Imaging protocols and impact on radiation therapy, Qiqing Ge, Dmitry Rakita MD, and Njogu Njuguna MD

 

Amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, Rohini Harvey MD

 

Cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease, Rohini Harvey MD

 

Diseases of the external genitalia to cervix, Rohini Harvey MD

 

Re-examining the requirements for verification of patient identifiers during medication administration: No wonder it is error-prone, Philip Henneman MD

 

Man in the barrel syndrome, an unexpected etiology, Sami Ibrahimi MD

 

Uterine incision-to-delivery interval and perinatal outcomes in transverse versus vertical incisions in preterm cesarean deliveries, Gauri Luthra MD, Roman Starikov MD, and Glenn Markenson MD

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Physiologic goal-directed therapy in the perioperative period: the volume prescription for high-risk patients, William McGee MD and Karthik Raghunathan MD

 

Validating whole slide imaging for diagnostic purposes in pathology: guideline from the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center, Christopher Otis MD

 

Kidney cancer, Anthony Poindexter MD and Gregory Braden MD

 

Systemic inflammation, intraventricular hemorrhage, and white matter injury, Bhavesh Shah MD

 

Flecainide toxicity-treatment with intravenous fat emulsion and extra corporeal life support, Senthil Sivalingam MD, T. Vijay Gadiraju MD, Mini Hariharan MD, Auras Atreya MD, Joseph Flack MD, and Hany Aziz MD

 

"Not another one." making sense of CT and MR imaging features of focal splenic masses, Sara Smolinski MD, Michael Morrow MD, Qiqing Ge, Alena Kreychman MD, and Dmitry Rakita MD

 

Efficacy of clonidine versus phenobarbital in reducing neonatal morphine sulfate therapy days for neonatal abstinence syndrome. A prospective randomized clinical trial, Brooke Surran MD, Paul Visintainer, Kathleen Kopcza, Bhavesh Shah MD, and Rachana Singh MD

 

Impact of pharmacy student and resident-led discharge counseling on heart failure patients, Andrew Szkiladz, Katherine Carey, Kimberly Ackerbauer, Mark Heelon, Jennifer Friderici, and Kathleen Kopcza

 

Gender Diversity, Jeannette Wolfe MD

 

Contact hypersensitivity: quantitative aspects, susceptibility and risk factors., Peter S. Friedmann and Christopher Pickard

 

Oxcarbazepine Therapy for Central Diabetes Insipidus, Basmah Abdalla MD, Tara Lagu MD, Benjamin Freda MD, Daniel Landry MD, and Gregory Braden MD

 

Linezolid for treatment of toxic shock syndrome in a patient with penicillin and clindamycin allergy, Sora Al Rowas MD

 

Effect of Patients' Awareness of CVD Risk Factors on Health-Related Behaviors, Naweed Alzaman MD, Siddharth Wartak MD, Jennifer Friderici, and Michael Rothberg MD

 

Diagnosing the cause of progressive dyspnea in an elderly man, Maura Brennan MD