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Submissions from 2012

 

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

 

Vascular reactivity improves in pre-diabetic patients, post aerobic exercise, Sabyasachi Sen MD and Ashequl Islam MD

 

A large tumor on the right forearm, Namrata Setia MD, David Refermat MD, Jean Henneberry MD, and Carlos Prieto-Granada MD

 

Correlation between change in dyspnea severity and clinical outcome in patients with acute heart failure, Howard Smithline MD, Richard Barus, Fidela Blank, and Ryan Coute

 

Paralemmin-1 is over-expressed in estrogen-receptor positive breast cancers, Sallie Smith-Schneider PhD, Sharon Marconi, Christopher Otis MD, and Giovanna Crisi MD

 

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

 

The effectiveness and safety of beta-blocker therapy for patients hospitalized for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive lung disease with underlying comorbid ischemic heart disease or heart failure, Mihaela Stefan MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

From the white elephant to the common canary: Presentation and outcomes of common and not-so-common critical illnesses, Jay Steingrub MD

 

The effect of night time admission to a medical-surgical ICU, Mark Tidswell MD and Jay Steingrub MD

 

A novel CaSR mutation presenting as a severe case of neonatal familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD, Stephen O'Connor MD, and Nancy Dunbar MD

 

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

 

The patient handoff: A comprehensive curricular blueprint for resident education to improve continuity of care, Sean Mahar

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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

 

Supression of HIV achievable with prompt medical follow up: A longitudinal observation study of outcomes 6 months following release from jail: Data from the EnhanceLink Study, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Achieving secondary prevention low-density lipoprotein particle concentration goals using lipoprotein cholesterol-based data, Jaya Mallidi MD

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Linezolid in Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus nosocomial pneumonia: A randomized, controlled study, William McGee MD

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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