All Scholarly Works

Submissions from 2012 2012

Functionality and operation of fluoroscopic automatic brightness control/automatic dose rate control logic in modern cardiovascular and interventional angiography systems, M. Terry LaFrance

Engaged patients say what? Patient feedback on the NHS Choices website, Tara Lagu MD

Early cardiac arrest in patients hospitalized with pneumonia: a report from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation Program, Timothy Mader MD

Quick-and-Dirty CAM Searching for Chronic Pain Sufferers, Margot Malachowski MLS

Outcomes of patients admitted for observation of chest pain, Jaya Mallidi MD, Srikanth Penumetsa MD, Jennifer Friderici, William Hiser MD, and Michael Rothberg MD

Clinical laboratory testing has limited value in diagnosing the cause of fatigue in ambulatory cancer patients, Wilson Mertens MD, Lucinda Cassells MD, David Katz MD, Ruth Barham, and Saurabh Dahiya MD

Acute cytomegalovirus colitis mimicking exacerbation of ulcerative colitis: Precipitating or coincidental?, Owolabi Ogunneye MD and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD

Relapse pattern and prognosis of primary CNS lymphoma, Wei Ooi MD and Saurabh Dahiya MD

Measuring quality of inpatient care, Adrienne Seiler MD and Evan Benjamin MD

High glucose induced inflammation and intracellular lipid accumulation in human mesenchymal stem cells is reduced by mitochondrial antioxidant manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) up-regulation, Sabyasachi Sen MD

The effect of controlled aerobic exercise on endothelial dysfunction in patients with pre-diabetes: A crossover pilot study, Sabyasachi Sen MD, Pragathi Saligram MD, and Ashequl Islam MD

The impact of COPD on management and outcomes of patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: A 10-year retrospective observational study, Mihaela Stefan MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Robert Goldberg MD

Is partial colectomy the operation of choice in pediatric Clostridium difficile colitis?, David Tashjian MD and Kevin Moriarty MD

Limiting options: sex ratios, incarceration rates, and sexual risk behavior among people on probation and parole., Traci C. Green, Enrique R. Pouget, Magdalena Harrington, Faye S. Taxman, Anne G. Rhodes, Daniel O'Connell, Steven S. Martin, Michael Prendergast, and Peter D. Friedmann

Psychostimulant-related deaths among former inmates., Susan Calcaterra, Patrick Blatchford, Peter D. Friedmann, and Ingrid A. Binswanger

Collaborative behavioral management among parolees: drug use, crime and re-arrest in the Step'n Out randomized trial., Peter D. Friedmann, Traci C. Green, Faye S. Taxman, Magdalena Harrington, Anne G. Rhodes, Elizabeth Katz, Daniel O'Connell, Steven S. Martin, Linda K. Frisman, Mark Litt, William Burdon, Jennifer G. Clarke, and Bennett W. Fletcher

Aorto-pulmonary artery disruption following acute type-A aortic dissection repair with the use of BioGlue®., Ak Alameddine MD, Victor Alimov MD, John Rousou MD, and Jonathan Freeman MD

Somalian guy with FTD, Yee Chuan Ang MD

We need an interpreter, Yee Chuan Ang MD, Shin Yin Lee MD, and Maura Brennan MD

Variations of vertebral artery origin, duplications of the vertebrobasilar system and carotid-basilar anastomoses, Jane An MD, Cheri Nguyen MD, Richard Hicks MD, and Shan Li MD

ALSUntangled 15: Coconut Oil, Carmel Armon MD

Embolic stroke, a delayed sequela of blunt chest trauma, Sonali Arora MD, Auras Atreya MD, T. Vijay Gadiraju MD, Srikanth Penumetsa MD, William Hiser MD, and Ashish Arora MD

The importance of goals of care in elders with mild dementia, Sonali Arora MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Shiv Khosla MD

Hip fractures in elders nearing end of life: Is there a role for palliative surgery?, Auras Atreya MD, Sonali Arora MD, and Maura Brennan MD

Does living in a family slow dementia, Dev Basu MD

A qualitative investigation of the decision to initiate Do Not Hospitaliz orders amongst health care proxies of nursing home residents with dementia, Sandra Bellantonio MD, Sarah Goff MD, and Michael Rothberg MD

A rare etiology of acute cardiomyopathy and respiratory failure, Sandra Bellantonio MD and Shin Yin Lee MD

Tamsulosin ("Flomax") use for women with bladder outlet obstruction and urinary incontinence in the nursing home: A demonstrative case and critical discussion of its use, Sandra Bellantonio MD, Sandeep Sharma MD, and Liesbeth Tryzelaar MD

Do Not Record (DNR) code status=RESUSCITATE, Anju Bhagavan MD and Sandra Bellantonio MD

Frozen with pain, Anju Bhagavan MD, Ashita Talsania MD, and Sandra Bellantonio MD

"Did you just say . . . the baby's coming!!??": A nurse's guide to prepare for a safe precipitous delivery in the emergency department, Connie Blake

Consensus treatment plans for induction therapy of newly diagnosed proliferative lupus nephritis in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus, Peter Blier MD

Association of factor V gene polymorphism with arteriovenous graft failure, Gregory Braden MD

Does living in a family slow cognitive decline in dementia?, Maura Brennan MD and Dev Basu MD

Dementia and "delirium" due to whole brain radiation in a cancer survivor, Maura Brennan MD and Mohamed Elarabi MD

When hallucinations are not due to delirium or psychiatric disease: Charles Bonnet Syndrome, Maura Brennan MD, T. Vijay Gadiraju MD, Sonali Arora MD, and Auras Atreya MD

The impact of natural disasters: Case of a "delirious" elder, Maura Brennan MD and Eimear Kitt MD

Terminal suffering: The complex interplay of pain and delirium at end of life, Maura Brennan MD and Geetika Sachdeva MD

Effect of antenatal corticosteroids on fetal growth and gestational age at birth, Fadi Bsat MD

Estrogen-related genes and their contribution to racial differences in breast cancer risk, Ronald Burkman MD

Patient-centered care-a new and challenging paradigm in health care, Ronald Burkman MD

Responsiveness of a giant prolactinoma to medical management, Peter Butler MD, Pragathi Saligram MD, and Yousef Altowaireb MD

Are we human or are we surgeon?: comment on "join the club", Nicholas Coe MD

Emergent pediatric US: What every radiologist should know, Jonathan Cogley MD, Stephen O'Connor, Roozbeh Houshyar MD, Khaldoon Al Dulaimy MD, and Khaldoon Al Dulaimy MD

Medical Ethics, Lewis Cohen MD

Palliative care: Help me die with dignity, Lewis Cohen MD

Transitioning into the weekend, staffing constraints and delayed care, Wanda Colon-Cartagena MD and Randa Jaber MD

Emerging technologies for endoscopic hemostasis, David Desilets MD

Corrigendum to "Novel NaPi-IIc mutations causing HHRH and idiopathic hypercalciuria in several unrelated families: Long-term follow-up in one kindred" [Bone 50 (2012) 1100-1106], Nancy Dunbar MD

Novel NaPi-IIc mutations causing HHRH and idiopathic hypercalciuria in several unrelated families: Long-term follow-up in one kindred, Nancy Dunbar MD

Decongestive treatment of heart failure-Cardiorenal Implications, Benjamin Freda MD

Decongestive treatment of heart failure-Ultrafiltration and diuretics, Benjamin Freda MD

Now and future agenda: Key policy issues, Richard Friedberg MD

Renal Palliative Care, Michael Germain MD and Lewis Cohen MD

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

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

Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates at major trauma centers compared with a national benchmark: A multi-institutional study of the AAST, Ronald Gross MD

Is antibiotic prophylaxis necessary for midurethral sling procedures? A series of 174 cases without preoperative antibiotics, Oz Harmanli MD, Keisha Jones MD, and Stephen Metz MD

Preterm Birth and 17 Alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate, Andrew Healy MD

Getting the patient out of the woods - Near death from babesiosis in an elder, Randa Jaber MD and Maura Brennan MD

Scurvy from "Too much Coca-Cola" in a malnourished and bipolar woman, Payal Jhawar MD

Fungal bronchitis: Morbidity, mortality, and treatment, Douglas Johnson MD

Airway management in blunt neck trauma, Adam Kellogg MD

Alcohol withdrawal syndromes, Adam Kellogg MD

Population: A case of a delirious elder, Eimear Kitt MD

Functionality and operation of fluoroscopic automatic brightness control/automatic dose rate control logic in modern cardiovascular and interventional angiography systems: A Report of Task Group 125 Radiography/Fluoroscopy Subcommittee, Imaging Physics Co, M. Terry LaFrance

Patient opinion of hospital care in England: Analysis of reviews from the NHS Choices website, Tara Lagu MD, Nicholas Hannon, Sarah Goff MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

Incorporating initial treatments improves performance of a mortality prediction model for patients with sepsis, Tara Lagu MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Jay Steingrub MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

Elderly female with hypercalcemia: Hodgkin lymphoma masquerading as relapsed, Shin Yin Lee MD, Yee Chuan Ang MD, and Sandra Bellantonio MD

Procedure intensity and the cost of care, Peter Lindenauer MD and Tara Lagu MD

Primary care physicians' use of publicly reported quality data in hospital referral decisions, Peter Lindenauer MD and Michael Rothberg MD

Joint injections, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD

Changing ICU practice: The RN/MD collaboration project, William McGee MD, Paula Lusardi, and Elizabeth Henneman

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Cardiac output measured with both esophageal doppler device and Vigileo-FloTrac Device, William McGee MD and Karthik Raghunathan MD

Observational study of functional hemodynamics during one lung ventilation, William McGee MD, Karthik Raghunathan MD, Charles Gibson, Gary Hochheiser MD, and Rose Ganim MD

Less is more: management of pediatric splenic injury, Kevin Moriarty MD and David Tashjian MD

Surgical management of pediatric adhesive bowel obstruction, Kevin Moriarty MD and David Tashjian MD

A study to assess heart failure readmission of patients discharged to skilled nursing facilities and to determine best practices that determine post discharge outcomes, Owolabi Ogunneye MD

Nursing home care quality and 30-day readmission rates for patients with heart failure, Owolabi Ogunneye MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Jennifer Friderici, Mara Slawsky MD, Reva Kleppel, Stephanie Calcasola, Mihaela Stefan MD, and T. Vijay Gadiraju MD

Risk factor model to predict a missed clinic appointment in an urban, academic and underserved setting, Owolabi Ogunneye MD, Orlando Torres MD, Jane Garb, Reva Kleppel, Thomas Higgins MD, and Michael Rothberg MD

Birds don't make the best companions: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in the elderly, Wei Ooi MD

Covert cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematous, Armando Paez MD, Senthil Sivalingam MD, Pragathi Saligram MD, and Sivakumar Natanasabapathy MD

More educated emergency department patients are less likely to receive opioids for acute pain, Niels Rathlev MD

Time series analysis of emergency department length of stay per 8-hour shift, Niels Rathlev MD

The patient centered medical home journey, Michael Rosenblum MD

Prophylaxis rates for venous thromboembolism and gastrointestinal bleeding in general medical patients: too low or too high?, Michael Rothberg MD

Continuing medical education activity in echocardiography, Thomas Rowland MD

Orthostatic effects on echocardiographic measures of ventricular function, Thomas Rowland MD

Delirium or pain or urinary retention, Geetika Sachdeva MD

The Strongest Families intervention is more effective than usual care in children with mild or moderate oppositional, attention or anxiety disorders, Barry Sarvet MD

Spontaneous resolution of a Chiari malformation Type I and syrinx after supratentorial craniotomy for excision of a cavernous malformation, Clemens Schirmer MD