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Submissions from 2013

 

Avoiding Hiroshima in your emergency department patients: Reducing radiation in ED imaging, Marc Haber MD

 

Unusual emergency imaging studies that are unusually helpful, Marc Haber MD

 

Asymptomatic microscopic hematuria in women requires separate guidelines, Oz Harmanli MD

 

Improvement in headaches with continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea: A retrospective analysis, Karin Johnson MD and Jane Garb

 

Fatigued but not intellectually compromised, Adam Kellogg MD

 

Variation exists in rates of admission to intensive care units for heart failure patients across hospitals in the United States, Tara Lagu MD

 

Income inequality and 30 day outcomes after acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: Retrospective cohort study, Peter Lindenauer MD, Tara Lagu MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Jill Avrunin, and Penny Pekow

 

Failure to deliver ICD shocks after a failed discharge despite redetection of rapid ventricular tachycardia? What is the cause?, John Marenco MD

 

No diversion in Western Massachusetts, Niels Rathlev MD, Fidela Blank, Benjamin Osborne MD, Adam Kellogg MD, Haiping Li, John Santoro MD, and Paul Visintainer

 

Ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous access program is associated with a marked reduction in central venous catheter use in noncritically ill emergency department patients, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

 

Eosinophilia and rash, Liza Smith MD

 

Peri-implant primary squamous cell carcinoma: a case report with 5 years' follow-up, Michael Spink MD

 

Epidemiology and outcomes of acute respiratory failure in the United States, 2001 to 2009: a national survey, Mihaela Stefan MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Penny Pekow, Michael Rothberg MD, Jay Steingrub MD, Tara Lagu MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Antibiotics, QT prolongation and torsade…oh my!, Susan Torrey MD

 

Not every atrial fib needs to be admitted, Susan Torrey MD

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Busting the myths of the emergency medicine gender gap, Jeannette Wolfe MD

 

Clinical practice. Alcohol use in adults., Peter D. Friedmann

 

Long term disability evaluations for private insurers, Stuart Anfang MD

 

AM last page: A snapshot of three common program evaluation approaches for medical education, Rebecca Blanchard PhD

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Rescue shock timing and outcomes during the metabolic phase of ventricular fibrillation, Ryan Coute, Timothy Mader MD, Scot Millay MD, and Adam Kellogg MD

 

Renal artery stenosis: Prevalence of, risk factors for, and management of in-stent stenosis, Barbara Greco MD

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Coronary perfusion pressure response to intraosseous administration after prolonged cardiac arrest, Joshua Harris MD, Ryan Coute, Adam Kellogg MD, Scot Millay MD, and Timothy Mader MD

 

The association between ICU readmission rate and patient outcomes, Thomas Higgins MD

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Facing dementia: integrating palliation into all aspects of care, Allison Kostrzewa RN

 

A mixed-methods analysis of patient reviews of hospital care in England: Implications for public reporting of health care quality data in the United States, Tara Lagu MD, Nicholas Hannon, Amy Shatz, and Peter Lindenauer MD

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A blinded evaluation of combination drug therapy for prolonged ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest, Timothy Mader MD, Ryan Coute, Scot Millay MD, and Adam Kellogg MD

 

Data set for reporting of endometrial carcinomas: recommendations from the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR) between United Kingdom, United States, Canada, and Australasia., Christopher Otis MD

 

Major depression and PTSD in pregnant smokers enrolled in Nicotine Gum Treatment Trial., Heather Sankey MD

 

Childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder, Barry Sarvet MD

 

Systemic inflammation associated with mechanical ventilation among extremely preterm infants, Bhavesh Shah MD

 

50 Gastrointestinal Cases and Associated Imaging, Abdullah Shaikh MD, Syed Hussain MD, David Desilets MD, and Tara Catanzano MD

 

Adherence to practice guidelines for atypical glandular cells on cervical cytology, Kathryn Sharpless MD

 

Talking with patients about dying., Gurmukteshwar Singh MD

 

Respiratory distress, Liza Smith MD

 

Association between antibiotic treatment and outcomes in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbation of COPD treated with systemic steroids, Mihaela Stefan MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Aortic valve endocarditis due to lactobacillus casei complicated by stroke and vertebral osteomyelitis: A case report, Durane Walker MD and Armando Paez MD

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Misleading indexed hemodynamic parameters: the clinical importance of discordant BMI and BSA at extremes of weight, Adam Adler MD, Karthik Raghunathan MD, and William McGee MD

 

American Society for Apheresis white paper: considerations for medical staff apheresis medicine physician credentialing and privileging., Chester Andrzejewski MD

 

How to overcome barriers and establish a successful home HD program., Gregory Braden MD

 

Gangrene from finger pricking, Saurabh Dahiya MD, Michael Voisine MD, and Aashish Samat MD

 

Prosthetic mesh contamination during NOTES(®) transgastric hernia repair: A randomized controlled trial with swine explants, David Earle MD, John Romanelli MD, Philip Omotosho MD, Peter Wu MD, Connie Rossini MD, Hannah Swayze-Quinn MD, and David Desilets MD

 

Pursuing permanent hemodialysis vascular access in patients with a poor prognosis: juxtaposing potential benefit and harm, Michael Germain MD

 

The impact of increasing the upper age limit of donation on the eligible blood donor population in Canada., Michael Germain MD

 

Exercise training improves HR responses and VÿO2peak in predialysis kidney patients, Michael Germain MD and Sheila Sullivan

 

The SVV-SV relationship during one lung ventilation, Charles Gibson RN, Adam Adler MD, William McGee MD, Gary Hochheiser MD, and Rose Ganim MD

 

Bar-code verification: Reducing but not eliminating medication errors, Philip Henneman MD, Fidela Blank, and Elizabeth Henneman

 

Promoting Antifungal Stewardship as a Means of Optimizing the Management of Invasive Fungal Infections, Patrick Lee MD

 

Update on HIV PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis), Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Endovascular management of hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm, Marvin Morris MD

 

Fetal Demise Due to Uterine Trauma With Massive Intraperitoneal Hemorrhage Associated With Chronic Perforation of the Inferior Vena Cava by an Infrarenal Filter: A Case Report With Call for Definitive Consensus Regarding Filter Positioning in Nonpregnant Women of Childbearing Age, Marvin Morris MD

 

Overcoming the obstacles to research during residency: What does it take?, Michael Rothberg MD

 

Efficacy and safety of switching suppressed patients with elevated triglycerides from lopinavir/ritonavir or fosamprenavir/ritonavir to atazanavir/ritonavir or darunavir/ritonavir based therapy: The LARD study, Daniel Skiest MD

 

Hysterectomy, James Wang MD and Ronald Burkman MD

 

Just call it "treatment"., Peter D. Friedmann and Robert P. Schwartz

 

When tube feeds result in weight loss, Mohammed Albugeaey MD, Shin Yin Lee MD, and Iheanyichukwu Ogu MD

 

Milestones for Apheresis education, Chester Andrzejewski MD

 

Nursing hemotherapy bedside biovigilance in the recognition and management of suspected transfusion reactions, Chester Andrzejewski MD and Joan McGirr

 

Hemotherapy bedside biovigilance involving vital sign values and characteristics of patients with suspected transfusion reactions associated with fluid challenges: can some cases of transfusion-associated circulatory overload have proinflammatory aspects?, Chester Andrzejewski MD, Theresa Stec, Jean Provencher, Lynne O'Hearn, Paul Visintainer, and Jay Steingrub MD

 

Complications of skull base trauma: A pictorial review with correlation to clinicopathologic finding, Jane An MD, Shan Li MD, and Cheri Nguyen MD

 

Calcific temdonitis of longus colli - A potential for diagnostic and therapeutic pitfalls, Sonali Arora MD

 

Double trouble: Heart & lung in distress, Sonali Arora MD, Auras Atreya MD, and Amir Lotfi MD

 

In the blink of an eye: The deadly story of epidemic meningitis, Andrew Artenstein MD

 

Double trouble: Heart & lung in distress!, Auras Atreya MD

 

Predictors of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients undergoing elective cardiac catherization for chronic ischemic heart disease, Auras Atreya MD

 

Predictors of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients undergoing elective cardiac catherization in chronic ischemic heart disease, Auras Atreya MD

 

Predictors of PCI in patients undergoing elective cardiac catherization for chronic ischemic heart disease, Auras Atreya MD, Senthil Sivalingam MD, Paul Visintainer, and Michael Rothberg MD

 

Pulmonary cryptococcosis: An unlikely pathogen, Behdad Besharatian MD, Eimear Kitt MD, Armando Paez MD, Zenaib Sawan MD, and Raquel Belforti MD

 

Controversy Session: Imaging of the Acute Abdomen in Pregnancy: Current Roles and Controversies, Tara Catanzano MD

 

AIRP best cases in radiologic-pathologic correlation: Localized amyloidosis of the renal pelvis, Tara Catanzano MD, Srinivas Paidy MD, and David Unold MD

 

Cerebellar metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma in a pediatric patient with complex congenital heart disease., Rushika Conroy MD

 

T-wave inversion and diastolic dysfunction in patients with electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy, James Cook MD, Peter Ofman MD, Leehapong Navaravong MD, Leng Jiang MD, and Mathias Stoenescu MD

 

30-day outcomes and predictors of mortality in dialysis patients undergoing abdominal surgery, Arley Diaz MD and Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Post-operative outcomes in dialysis patients undergoing elective or emergent non-cardiac surgery, Arley Diaz MD and Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Open component separation for abdominal wall reconstruction, David Earle MD

 

Impact on clinical laboratories of the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act, Richard Friedberg MD

 

Isolated right-sided heart failure secondary to thyrotoxicosis, T. Vijay Gadiraju MD

 

Laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign conditions, Oz Harmanli MD

 

Method of biopsy and sample quality for genetic mutation testing in advanced non-small cell lung cancer in a community hospital, Subramony Iyer MD

 

Chronic opiate therapy and non-specific abdominal pain, Randa Jaber MD

 

Scurvy from "too much Coca-cola" in a malnouridhed and bipolar woman, Payal Jhawar MD

 

Asymptomatic enterococcus faecalis native aortic valve endocarditis presenting with cold right leg, Mohammad Amin Kashef MD

 

Induced Brugada-type electrocardiogram in a near fatal Flecainide overdose, Mohammad Amin Kashef MD and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD

 

A stroke of death: Artery of Percheron Syndrome, Eimear Kitt MD, Auras Atreya MD, and Behdad Besharatian MD

 

A stroke of death: Artery of Percheron Syndrome, Eimear Kitt MD, Auras Atreya MD, and Behdad Besharatian MD

 

Spontaneous atraumatic splenic hemorrhage, Shin Yin Lee MD

 

Is statin use associated with reduced mortality after pneumonia? A systematic review and meta-analysis, Peter Lindenauer MD

 

A rare case of a hemorrhagic spinal cord cavernoma, Alina Livshits MD

 

Malignant neurocardiogenic vasovagal syncope - An uncommon cardiovascular complication of Roux-En-Y gastric bypass surgery: The fainting syndrome, Kah Poh Loh MD

 

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes stratified by rhythm analysis, Timothy Mader MD and Ryan Coute

 

Donor-derived infections in the transplant recipient, Claire Magauran MD

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Establishing goals of volume management in critically ill patients with renal failure., Patrick Mailloux MD, Jennifer Friderici, Benjamin Freda MD, and William McGee MD

 

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

 

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

 

Balance assessment as an objective measure for return to play in adolescents after sports-induced concussion: A case series, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD

 

Effects of scleroderma antibodies and pooled human immunoglobulin on anal sphincter and colonic smooth muscle function, Vaibhav Mehendiratta MD

 

Keep your chin up, kid: A pictorial review of pediatric mandibular lesions, Grace Mitchell MD, Stephen O'Connor MD, and Stanley Polansky MD

 

Intracranial manifestations of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: A pictoral essay, Chiedozie Mkpolulu MD

 

Arcs and rings: A pictoral review of trauma patterns in skeletal system, Chiedozie Mkpolulu MD and James Polga MD

 

Catheter-directed thrombolysis in a patient with purpura fulminans, Marvin Morris MD

 

No pain, no gain: A multimodality pictorial review of sports-related injuries in pre-adolescent and adolescent athletes, Cheri Nguyen MD, Qiqing Ge, Jane An MD, Michael Habeeb MD, Jehangir Patel MD, and Stanley Polansky MD