Submissions from 2013
Learning to care for the dying, Monique Carreno MD, Maura Brennan MD, Diane Dietzen MD, and Gina Luciano MD
Pancreatic and biliary stents, David Desilets MD
Acquired hemophagocytic lymphohistocystosis (AHLH) - Atypical presentation as progressive skin necrosis, T. Vijay Gadiraju MD and Randa Jaber MD
Recent insights into life expectancy with and without dialysis, Michael Germain MD
Some feelings are more important: cognitive attitudes, affective attitudes, anticipated affect, and blood donation., Michael Germain MD
Norovirus gastroenteritis in immunocompromised patients, Sarah Haessler MD and Eric Granowitz MD
Collaboration in the commonwealth., Suzanne Hendery MD and Wilson Mertens MD
Resuscitation status may predict mortality in patients admitted to the ICU., Thomas Higgins MD
Golf ball in the left ventricle! Is there a role for surgery in the management of left ventricular thrombus, Sami Ibrahimi MD
A rare diagnosis of acute renal infarction revealing Burkitt's Lymphoma, Payal Jhawar MD
The effect of patient education in decision making regarding elective percutaneous coronary intervention, Mohammad Amin Kashef MD
Access to subspecialty care for patients with mobility impairment: a survey, Tara Lagu MD, Nicholas Hannon, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Jill Avrunin, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Oxcarbazepinetherapy for central DI, Daniel Landry MD, Basmah Abdalla MD, and Gregory Braden MD
Can we rely on EM resident self-assessment of EM knowledge?, Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton MD
Variability by institution in emergency medicine inservice reviews with audience response units, Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton MD
Variability by institution in emergency medicine inservice reviews with audience response units, Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton MD
Hypoglycemic myocardial stunning as cause of cardiogenic shock in a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy: A case report and review of literature, Khawar Maqsood MD and Amatur Amarah MD
Decubitus ulcers are associated with prolonged length of stay in critically ill patients, William McGee MD, Elizabeth Lederman, and Thomas Higgins MD
Differences in severity and resource utilization for medical and surgical ICU patients, William McGee MD, Elizabeth Lederman, and Thomas Higgins MD
Milestones: Do learners and teachers agree?, Lauren Meade MD
Boerhaave's syndrome as an initial presentation of eosinophilic esophagitis: A case series, Vaibhav Mehendiratta MD
Reversible myocardial dysfunction following intraocular bevacizumab administration, Srikanth Penumetsa MD and Gregory Giugliano MD
Communication milestone: A model for universal milestones that are adaptable across disciplines and at all levels of training, Michael Picchioni MD, Kevin Hinchey MD, Heather Sankey MD, and Sean Mahar
Occult etiology of emesis in an adolescent, Claire Poche MD
Unwarranted variability in antibiotic prophylaxis for cesarean section delivery: a national survey of anesthesiologists., Karthik Raghunathan MD, Neil Connelly MD, Jennifer Friderici, Deborah Naglieri-Prescod, Ryan Joyce MD, Praveen Prasanna MD, and Nandakumar Ponnusamy MD
Developing and Implementing a Milestone-Based Resident Evaluation Program, Michael Rosenblum MD and Kevin Hinchey MD
Myocardial inotropic response to progressive exercise in healthy subjects: A review, Thomas Rowland MD
A single center's experience with the bedside subdural evacuating port system: A useful alternative to traditional methods for chronic subdural hematoma evacuation, Clemens Schirmer MD
Superficial temporal artery dissection: A technical note, Clemens Schirmer MD
A rare case of Raynaud's Vasculitis secondary to Hepatitis B vaccine, Vijairam Selvaraj MD
Inflammation-initiating illnesses, inflammation-related proteins, and cognitive impairment in extremely preterm infants, Bhavesh Shah MD
Hospital performance measures and 30-day readmission rates, Mihaela Stefan MD, Penny Pekow, Aruna Priya, Michael Rothberg MD, Robert Goldberg MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Keys to communicating about prognosis in the ICU: A multicenter study of family, provider, and expert perspectives, Jay Steingrub MD
Esomeprazole induced hypomagnesemia, parathyroid hormone resistance and tetany, Dhivya Sundaramurthy MD
COOMBS negative hemolytic anemia - Where blood transfusion is not always the solution, Dhivya Sundaramurthy MD and T. Vijay Gadiraju MD
Effect of a dietitian-managed bone algorithm on serum phosphorus level in maintenance hemodialysis patients., Stephen Sweet MD
Do physicians under-recognize obesity?, Rachana Thapa MD
Effect of eritoran, an antagonist of MD2-TLR4, on mortality in patients with severe sepsis: The ACCESS randomized trial, Mark Tidswell MD
Acute kidney injury due to intravenous bleach injection., Ashish Verma MD
Should we do more to improve oral contraceptive continuation?, Jacqueline White MD
Why gender-specific medicine matters in the emergency department, Jeannette Wolfe MD
Impaired mitochondrial metabolism and mammary carcinogenesis, Nagendra Yadava PhD, Sallie Schneider PhD, D. Joseph Jerry, and Chul Kim
Meat And Cola: An Esophageal Bezoar Treated by a Novel, Inexpensive Approach, Adam Adler MD, Neil Connelly MD, and Abistanand Ankam MD
Transgastric laparoscopic band erosion, Jane An MD and Eckart Sachsse MD
Derivation of a clinical prediction rule for pediatric abusive head trauma., Stephen Boos MD
Strategies for Multivessel Revascularization in Patients with Diabetes, Frederick Conlin MD
Monitoring equipment for endoscopy, David Desilets MD
Review of: Strategies for multivessal revascularization in patients with diabetes, Stanlies D'Souza MD
Distinguishing benign from malignant mesothelial cells in effusions by Glut-1, EMA, and Desmin expression: an evidence-based approach, Roxanne Florence MD, Liron Pantanowitz MD, Paul Visintainer, and Christopher Otis MD
Handoffs in labor and delivery: Can we do better?, Sarah Goff MD, Alex Knee, Daniel Grow MD, and Fadi Bsat MD
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Submissions from 2012
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