Submissions from 2012
Floodlighting Unconscious Bias, Jeannette Wolfe MD
Gender Differences in Negotiation, Jeannette Wolfe MD
Understanding the drug treatment community's ambivalence towards tobacco use and treatment., Kimber P. Richter, Jamie J. Hunt, A Paula Cupertino, Susan Garrett, and Peter D. Friedmann
Patent foramen ovale and embolic stroke "en flagrant délit", Ak Alameddine MD, Victor Alimov MD, and Daniel Engelman MD
Frozen blue toes, Anju Bhagavan MD
Abusive head trauma Part II: Radiological aspects, Stephen Boos MD
Oral contraceptive formulation and risk of breast cancer, Ronald Burkman MD
Acute kidney injury secondary to type I cryogloblobulinemia associated with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: Rare presentation with unique renal pathology, Ranjit Dhelaria MD, Jonathan Freeman MD, and Barbara Greco MD
When fat planes take off: A pattern approach to the abdominal radiograph, Lindsay Fox MD and Tara Catanzano MD
Myelofibrosis associated with romiplostim treatment in a patient with immune thrombocytopenia, Jonathan Freeman MD and Maria Gonzalez MD
Update in anemia in CKD, Michael Germain MD
Extreme hypocalcemia associated with Denosumab, Michael Germain MD and Gregory Braden MD
ST segment elevation myocardial infarction as a presenting feature of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, Gregory Giugliano MD, Auras Atreya MD, Sonali Arora MD, and Senthil Sivalingam MD
Effect of concomitant oophorectomy on the perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic hysterectomy, Keisha Jones MD, Oz Harmanli MD, and Alex Knee
Applying for emergency medicine residency, Adam Kellogg MD
Association of diagnostic coding with trends in hospitalizations and mortality of patients with pneumonia, 2003-2009, Tara Lagu MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, Penny Pekow, Michael Rothberg MD, and Meng-Shoiu Shieh
Developing and implementing a chief resident leadership curriculum, Gina Luciano MD and Kevin Hinchey MD
So you want to change practice: Recognizing practice issues and channeling those ideas, Paula Lusardi
She sails in medicine, Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton MD
Hospital Collaboration with a Public Library, Margot Malachowski MLS
Hospital Collaboration with a Public Library, Margot Malachowski MLS
Advances in sports medicine and exercise sciences, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD
Applying milestones in training: Lessons form a multi-center educational study, Lauren Meade MD
TRACER: Early transitions of care, Lauren Meade MD
Where in the abdomen is the appendix? A review of normal vermiform appendix anatomy and correlation to observed clinical and radiologic presentations in acute appendicitis, Chiedozie Mkpolulu MD and Tara Catanzano MD
MR and CT imaging of orbital tumors: A pictorial essay, Cheri Nguyen MD, Jane An MD, and Shan Li MD
The function and evaluation of lines, tubing and support devices, Dustin Nguyen MD, Tara Catanzano MD, and Michael Swirsky MD
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome associated with para-influenza virus infection. Under so much pressure!, Owolabi Ogunneye MD, . ., James Canoy MD, Daniel Landry MD, and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD
A rare case of cerebellar abscess secondary to ppeptostreptococcus, Owolabi Ogunneye MD and Eric Churchill MD
Current handoff practices in EM residencies: A targeted needs assessment and opportunities for future education. Is there a need for transition?, Benjamin Osborne MD
The state of transitions of care in emergency medicine, Benjamin Osborne MD
Guillain-Barré syndrome, Beth Rosen MD
Education is ALL about patient care, Michael Rosenblum MD
Team-based care and practice partnerships: making continuity clinic work, Michael Rosenblum MD and Gina Luciano MD
MD Communication: A LEAN performance improvement project at Baystate Medical Center, Adrienne Seiler MD, Jasmine Paadam MD, Christine Bryson MD, and Roy Sittig MD
Improving patient glycemic control using a multi-faceted approach, Adrienne Seiler MD, Vasantha Reddy MD, Winthrop Whitcomb MD, Stephanie Calcasola, and Lynn Roncalli
P53 silenced endothelial progenitor stem cells (EPC) improve collateral circulation post femoral artery occlusion in diabetic mice, Sabyasachi Sen MD
Respiratory mechanics during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation: a physical model and preterm infant study, Rachana Singh MD
D-Dimer threshold increase with pretest probability unlikely for pulmonary embolism to decrease unnecessary computerized tomographic pulmonary angiography, Howard Smithline MD
Metabolic syndrome in obese adolescents is associated with risk for nephrolithiasis., Rishita Tiwari MD, Thomas Campfield MD, Chrystal Wittcopp MD, Gregory Braden MD, Paul Visintainer, Edward Reiter MD, and Holley Allen MD
Embedding the concepts of waste and systems failure reduction in an innovative quality curriculum for resident education, Surinder Yadav MD, Reva Kleppel, Jasmine Paadam MD, Reham Shaaban MD, and Lauren Meade MD
Urine sampling in hospitalised patients is erroneous and unreliable for clinical care, Surinder Yadav MD, Mary Ellen Scales, Mary Brunton, Denise Schoen, and Evan Benjamin MD
Association between hospital intraoperative blood transfusion practices for surgical blood loss and hospital surgical mortality rates., Wen-Chih Wu, Amal Trivedi, Peter D. Friedmann, William G. Henderson, Tracy S. Smith, Roy M. Poses, Georgette Uttley, Michael Vezeridis, Charles B. Eaton, and Vincent Mor
Adding positive reinforcement in justice settings: acceptability and feasibility., Danielle S. Rudes, Faye S. Taxman, Shannon Portillo, Amy Murphy, Anne Rhodes, Maxine Stitzer, Peter F. Luongo, and Peter D. Friedmann
Toxoplasma encephalitis in HIV: Is a CD4+ count greater than 200/ìL reassuring?, Ashish Arora MD, Jose Martagon-Villamil MD, T. Vijay Gadiraju MD, Auras Atreya MD, and Sonali Arora MD
A longitudinal simulation based medical education curriculum in an internal medicine residency program, Raquel Belforti MD, Ngina Muigai MD, and Mihaela Stefan MD
A rare cause of abdominal pain, Anju Bhagavan MD
Abusive head trauma Part I: Clinical aspects, Stephen Boos MD
The power of engagement: implementation of a career ladder program, Robert Bourgeault and Jason Newmark
Lessons from the trenches: Improving practice in an academic health center, Elizabeth Boyle MD and Gregory Delozier
An oldster teaches youngsters new tricks-the role of W. Edwards Deming in health care improvement, Ronald Burkman MD
LegalEase-Clinical decision making and diagnostic errors, Ronald Burkman MD
A face of malignancy revealed, Monique Carreno MD
Prevalence of formal accusations of murder and euthanasia against physicians, Lewis Cohen MD
Rescue shock timing and outcomes following 12 minutes of untreated ventricular fibrillation, Ryan Coute, Timothy Mader MD, and Adam Kellogg MD
Restoring coronary perfusion pressure before defibrillation after chest compression interruptions, Ryan Coute, Timothy Mader MD, and Adam Kellogg MD
Implementation of a palliative care ICU interdisciplinary conference, Diane Dietzen MD
POLST Implementaion in a Community Hospital, Diane Dietzen MD
When Italians cannot eat: An exploration of the cultural context of food at end-of-life, Diane Dietzen MD
Simulation for medical students, Gladys Fernandez MD
Boot cAMP: Educational outcomes after 4 successive years of preparatory simulation-based training at onset of internship, Gladys Fernandez MD, David Page MD, Nicholas Coe MD, Patrick Lee MD, Lisa Patterson MD, Loki Skylizard MD, Marisa Amaral MD, Richard Wait MD, and Neal Seymour MD
Diagnosis and management of hyponatremia, Benjamin Freda MD
Government and professional affairs update, Richard Friedberg MD
Primary hyperparathyroidism in the underinsured: a study of 493 patients, Jane Garb and Azad Jabiev MD
Left upper quadrant abdominal pain: Imaging considerations and a pictorial differential diagnosis, Peter Ghobrial MD
A prospective multicenter registry of laser therapy for degenerated saphenous vein graft stenosis: the COronary graft Results following Atherectomy with Laser (CORAL) trial, Gregory Giugliano MD
Ethical integrative pediatric care: A new perspective, David Gottsegen MD
Cervical spine injuries and helmet laws: A population-based study, Ronald Gross MD and Andrew Doben MD
Emergency ultrasound of the shock and hypotensive patient, Marc Haber MD
Accelerated aortic valve restenosis in a patient with ESRD, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD and Jorge Velez MD
How quickly do clinicians adopt EMR notes?, Thomas Higgins MD, Neil Kudler MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Patrick Brown MD
Scurvy from too much Coca-Cola in a malnourished and bipolar woman, Payal Jhawar MD
Shades of gray: Social media in medical education, Tara Lagu MD
Hospitalizations, costs, and outcomes of severe sepsis in the United States 2003 to 2007, Tara Lagu MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Jay Steingrub MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Meng-Shoiu Shieh
ACEP reimbursement frequently asked questions, Michael Lemanski MD
Enhancing the link: HIV, jails, and community care, Thomas Lincoln MD
Achieving secondary prevention low-density lipoprotein particle concentration goals using lipoprotein cholesterol-based data, Jaya Mallidi MD
Linezolid in Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus nosocomial pneumonia: A randomized, controlled study, William McGee MD
Why the gray zone may shift within the fog, William McGee MD and Karthik Raghunathan MD
Sorting the milestones: Can residents and attendings agree?, Lauren Meade MD
Pediatric ureteropelvic junction obstruction, Kevin Moriarty MD and David Tashjian MD
Parainfluenza virus infection associated with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: A case report, . ., Owolabi Ogunneye MD, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD, Daniel Landry MD, and Iheanyichukwu Ogu MD
Double trouble: Auto-immune hemolytic anemia and tumor lysis syndrome following fludarabine-based therapy for chronic lympocytic leukemia, Wei Ooi MD and Saurabh Dahiya MD
Resident curricula: A needs assessment, Michael Plevyak MD
New OB-GYN residents: An innovative approach to teaching the basics, Michael Plevyak MD and Heather Sankey MD
Resident obstetric ultrasound performance. Can we improve the quality?, Michael Plevyak MD and Heather Sankey MD
C-Kit protein expression in female lower genital traact melanoma, Carlos Prieto-Granada MD, Namrata Setia MD, Jane Garb, Wayne Duke MD, and Jean Henneberry MD
Association between statins given in hospital and mortality in pneumonia patients, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Bleeding risk and safety profile related to the use of eptifibatide: a current review, Marc Schweiger MD, Fadi Saab MD, and Costin Ionescu MD
The future of surgical simulation, Neal Seymour MD
Use of magnetic resonance imaging to measure endothelial function, Howard Smithline MD
Using acoustic analysis of coughs to identify respiratory infections in the emergency department, Howard Smithline MD, Ryan Coute, and Richard Barus
Benefits of a primary care clinic co-located and integrated in a mental health setting for veterans with serious mental illness., Paul A. Pirraglia, Emily Rowland, Wen-Chih Wu, Peter D. Friedmann, Thomas P. O'Toole, Lisa B. Cohen, and Tracey H. Taveira
Renal sarcoidosis presenting as acute kidney injury with granulomatous interstitial nephritis and vasculitis, Varun Agrawal MD, Giovanna Crisi MD, and Benjamin Freda MD
Effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on myocardial and renal injury: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Guarav Alreja MD and Amir Lotfi MD
Pregnancy-induced acute neurologic emergencies and neurologic conditions encountered in pregnancy, Jeffrey Alvis MD and Richard Hicks MD
Evidence-Based Guideline Update: Intraoperative Spinal Monitoring with Somatosensory and Transcranial Electrical Motor Evoked Potentials*, Carmel Armon MD