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Submissions from 2012

 

Advocacy and critical issues, Richard Friedberg MD

 

Validity of using ICD-9-CM codes to identify selected categories of obstetric complications, procedures and co-morbidities, Sarah Goff MD, Penny Pekow, Glenn Markenson MD, Alex Knee, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Are general surgeons behind the curve when it comes to disaster preparedness training? A survey of general surgery and emergency medicine trainees in the United States by the Eastern Association for the Surgery for Trauma Committee on Disaster Preparednes, Ronald Gross MD

 

From theory to actual practice: Creation and application of milestones in an internal medicine residency program, 2004-2010, Kevin Hinchey MD, Lauren Meade MD, Samuel Borden MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, and Michael Picchioni MD

 

Pathologists are coagulation consultants: New challenges and updates, Vandita Johari MD

 

Predictors of liver donation without kidney recovery in a cohort of expanded criteria donors: Identifying opportunities to improve expanded criteria donor kidney utilization., George Lipkowitz MD

 

Libraries in New England working to develop healthy communities and increase health literacy, Margot Malachowski MLS

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Indexed hemodynamic measurements may be inappropriate at body surface area extremes, William McGee MD, Karthik Raghunathan MD, and Adam Adler MD

 

Talar trauma: A multimodality review of talar fractures and associated injuries, Chiedozie Mkpolulu MD

 

Manifestations of hamate injuries on plain radiographs, Chiedozie Mkpolulu MD, Marc Haber MD, Khaldoon Al Dulaimy MD, and Khaldoon Al Dulaimy MD

 

A thermo-modulating container for transport and storage of glucose meters in a cold weather environment, James Nichols

 

Association between nursing home care quality and 30-day readmission rates for patients hospitalized with heart failure, Owolabi Ogunneye MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Jennifer Friderici, and Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Primary central nervous system posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder in an elderly liver transplant recipient, Wei Ooi MD, Saurabh Dahiya MD, and Armen Asik MD

 

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection - a mimic, Wei Ooi MD, Saurabh Dahiya MD, and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD

 

Metastatic goblet cell carcinoid tumor to the ovary, Christopher Otis MD

 

Community-acquired, health care-associated, and ventilator-associated pneumonia: three variations of a serious disease, Susan Scott

 

Transdifferentiation of glioblastoma stem-like cells into mural cells drives vasculogenic mimicry in glioblastomas, Stephan Scully, Brooke Bentley, Sherry Taylor MD, Dennis Oh MD, Robert Schapiro MD, Luis Moral MD, Wei Yan, and Rong Shao

 

Birth weight- and fetal weight-growth restriction: Impact on neurodevelopment., Bhavesh Shah MD, Frederick Hampf MD, Herbert Gilmore MD, and Susan McQuiston MD

 

Pertussis in childhood, John Snyder MD and Donna Fisher MD

 

Why women lose at the negotiating table, Jeannette Wolfe MD

 

Buprenorphine for human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients: does it serve as a bridge to hepatitis C virus therapy?, Lynn E. Taylor, Michaela A. Maynard, Peter D. Friedmann, Cynthia J. Macleod, Josiah D. Rich, Timothy P. Flanigan, and Diana L. Sylvestre

 

Knowledge sharing in academic medical centers: Examining the nexus of higher education and workforce development, Elisabeth Bennett, Rebecca Blanchard PhD, and Gladys Fernandez MD

 

Metabolic and neuroendocrine responses to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. I: Energy balance, metabolic changes, and fat loss, Gregory Braden MD, Xiao Liu MD, John Romanelli MD, and J Enrique Silva MD

 

Endoscopic closure devices, David Desilets MD

 

Esophageal function testing, David Desilets MD

 

Loss of SFRP1 promotes ductal branching in the murine mammary gland, Kelly Gauger, Giovanna Crisi MD, and Sallie Schneider PhD

 

Brief overview of the coagulation cascade, Vandita Johari MD and Chandravathi Loke MD

 

Variation in the care of septic shock: The impact of patient and hospital characteristics, Tara Lagu MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Jay Steingrub MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

What is the best method for estimating the burden of severe sepsis in the United States?, Tara Lagu MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Meng-Shoiu Shieh, Penny Pekow, Jay Steingrub MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Bariatric Surgery, Xiao Liu MD

 

Pharmacology of anticoagulants, Chandravathi Loke MD, Syed Ali MD, and Vandita Johari MD

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Importance of intravenous fluid dose and composition in surgical ICU patients, William McGee MD, Karthik Raghunathan MD, and Thomas Higgins MD

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The Obese Patient and Bariatric Surgery, Donna Mercado MD

 

Bariatric Surgery, Donna Mercado MD, Mihaela Stefan MD, and Xiao Liu MD

 

Bring in the negotiator: The basics of the art of negotiations, Grace Mitchell MD

 

Histology of serosal membranes, Christopher Otis MD

 

Fine needle aspiration of salivary gland masses in HIV-infected patients, Liron Pantanowitz MD

 

Solutions to emergency department 'boarding' and crowding are underused and may need to be legislated, Niels Rathlev MD

 

Little evidence of correlation between growth in health care spending and reduced mortality, Michael Rothberg MD, Jaime Cohen MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Profiling of ABC transporters ABCB5, ABCF2 and nestin-positive stem cells in nevi, in situ and invasive melanoma, Namrata Setia MD and Jane Garb

 

Necrotizing enterocolitis and the role of anemia of prematurity, Bhavesh Shah MD and Rachana Singh MD

 

Complementary and alternative medicine in children: an analysis of the recent literature, John Snyder MD and Patrick Brown MD

 

Improving the quality and outcomes of perioperative care, Mihaela Stefan MD and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Bartholin's Cyst, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD and Michael Plevyak MD

 

Pregnancy, Vaginal Bleeding, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD and Michael Plevyak MD

 

Glioblastoma-derived tumor cells induce vasculogenic mimicry through Flk-1 protein activation, Brooke Bentley, Stephan Scully, Wei Yan, Sherry Taylor MD, Dennis Oh MD, Luis Moral MD, and Rong Shao

 

Examination of ancestral informative markers and self-reported race with tumor characteristics of breast cancer among Black and White women, Ronald Burkman MD

 

The practice of medicine-waste reduction, medical liability, and the R word, Ronald Burkman MD

 

Sleep and pain management are key components of patient care in ESRD, Lewis Cohen MD

 

Myocardial abscess 14 years after coronary bypass grafting, David Deaton MD, Ak Alameddine MD, Victor Alimov MD, and Laurie Gianturco MD

 

Endoluminal bariatric techniques, David Desilets MD

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Equipment for pediatric endoscopy, David Desilets MD

 

Is your laboratory's quality meeting the mark?, Richard Friedberg MD

 

Variation in local institutional review board evaluations of a multicenter patient safety study, Charles Gibson

 

Left ventricular noncompaction and aneurysm revealed by left ventriculography, Costin Ionescu MD

 

Incorporating initial treatments improves the performance of a mortality prediction model based on administrative data, Tara Lagu MD, Thomas Higgins MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Hospitalist utilization and hospital performance on 6 publicly reported patient outcomes, Peter Lindenauer MD

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Bariatric Surgery, Donna Mercado MD, Mihaela Stefan MD, and Xiao Liu MD

 

Coronary CT angiography versus standard evaluation in acute chest pain, J. Hector Pope MD

 

Checklists, safety, my culture and me, Karthik Raghunathan MD

 

Effectiveness of varenicline for smoking cessation at 2 urban academic health centers, Michael Rothberg MD, Ranjit Dhelaria MD, Jennifer Friderici, Ella Gupta MD, and Cyrus Khan MD

 

Comparative effectiveness of low-molecular-weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin for thromboembolism prophylaxis for medical patients, Michael Rothberg MD and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Not useful in modern healthcare, Ramakant Sharma MD

 

Genome sequence of Listeria monocytogenes 07PF0776, a Cardiotropic Serovar 4b strain, Daniel Skiest MD and Linda Bobo MD

 

Evaluation of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department and consistency with a national quality measure: quantifying the opportunity for improvement, Howard Smithline MD

 

A personal reflection: Evanescence, Mark Stambovsky

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Improving the Quality and Outcomes of Perioperative Care, Mihaela Stefan MD and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Fospropofol disodium (lusedra) injection for anesthesia-care sedation: A clinical review, Andrew Szkiladz

 

Missed opportunities in the treatment of pediatric appendicitis, David Tashjian MD and Kevin Moriarty MD

 

Overtreatment and undertreatment of hyperlipidemia in the outpatient setting, Ashish Verma MD, Paul Visintainer, Mohamed Elarabi MD, Siddharth Wartak MD, and Michael Rothberg MD

 

2011 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. Mentored implementation: building leaders and achieving results through a collaborative improvement model. Innovation in patient safety and quality at the national level, Winthrop Whitcomb MD

 

XX, XY and the art of asking - What, when and how to negotiate, Jeannette Wolfe MD

 

In vitro coagulation effects of ophthalmic doses of bevacizumab., Emily Li, Paul B. Greenberg, Victoria Tseng, Suzanne B. Woodmansee, Aisling R. Caffrey, Wen-Chih Wu, Peter D. Friedmann, and Kerry L. Laplante

 

Mediastinal drain entrapment detected on computed tomography in 2 obese patients after median sternotomy, Ak Alameddine MD, John Rousou MD, and Victor Alimov MD

 

Abbreviated MRI for patients presenting to the emergency department with hip pain, Khaldoon Al Dulaimy MD and Khaldoon Al Dulaimy MD

 

Is head trauma a risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? An evidence based review, Carmel Armon MD

 

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Digoxin Overdose, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Digoxin Overdose, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Gardner's Syndrome, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Gardner's Syndrome, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Horner's Syndrome, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Horner's Syndrome, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Hypercoagulable State, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Hypercoagulable State, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Hypersplenism, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Hypersplenism, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Pulseless Electrical Activity, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

Pulseless Electrical Activity, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

 

LegalEase-Informed consent-sometimes it’s not all that easy, Ronald Burkman MD

 

Patient satisfaction-a health care metric that is moving front and center, Ronald Burkman MD

 

Primary testicular lymphoma with cardiac involvement in an immunocompetent patient: case report and a concise review of literature, Saurabh Dahiya MD, Wei Ooi MD, Jaya Mallidi MD, Senthil Sivalingam MD, and Richard Steingart MD

 

Development and Operation of a Simulation Laboratory at a Major Medical Center, Gladys Fernandez MD and Neal Seymour MD

 

Partnering on state advocacy, Richard Friedberg MD

 

Social networking! A modern pandemic, T. Vijay Gadiraju MD

 

Improvement in glycemic control following a diabetes education intervention is associated with change in diabetes distress but not change in depressive symptoms, Jane Garb, Sofija Zagarins MD, Nancy Allen, and Garry Welch

 

Getting doctors to clean their hands: lead the followers, Sarah Haessler MD, Anju Bhagavan MD, Reva Kleppel, Kevin Hinchey MD, and Paul Visintainer

 

Evaluation and management of voiding dyssfunction after midurethral sling procedures, Oz Harmanli MD

 

Tocilizumab for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Evan Horton