Submissions from 2011
Are surgeons capable of introspection?, David Page MD
Spectrum of breast disease encountered in HIV-positive patients at a community teaching hospital, Liron Pantanowitz MD, Sabyasachi Sen MD, Giovanna Crisi MD, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Jane Garb, and Daniel Skiest MD
Time-of-day effect on cardiac responses to progressive exercise, Thomas Rowland MD
Adolescent asthma: A developmental approach, Matthew Sadof MD and Robert Kaslovsky MD
Public-academic partnerships: Public-academic partnerships to address the need for child and adolescent psychiatric services, Barry Sarvet MD
Response to epidural anesthesia in neonates for pyloromyotomy and accompanying editorial, Donald Schwartz MD and Maureen McNeely MD
Cutaneous neoplasms With prominent verocay body-like structures: The so-called "rippled pattern", Namrata Setia MD
Type-2 Iodothyronine 5'Deiodinase (D2) in Skeletal Muscle of C57Bl/6 Mice. II. Evidence for a Role of D2 in the Hypermetabolism of Thyroid Hormone Receptor {alpha}-Deficient Mice, J Enrique Silva MD and Waile Ramadan MD
Type-2 iodothyronine 5'deiodinase in skeletal muscle of C57BL/6 mice. I. Identity, subcellular localization, and characterization, J Enrique Silva MD and Waile Ramadan MD
Improving quality of life for menopausal women, Cynthia Sites MD
Characteristics and outcomes of ventilated patients according to time to liberation from mechanical ventilation, Jay Steingrub MD
Medical ethics, end of life care and clinical research, Jay Steingrub MD, Mark Tidswell MD, and Paul Jodka MD
Pharmacokinetics and safety of a new paediatric fixed-dose combination of zidovudine/lamivudine/nevirapine in HIV-infected children, Maripat Toye RN MS
Factors Associated With Use of ASAM Criteria and Service Provision in a National Sample of Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Units., Emmeline Chuang, Rebecca Wells, Jeffrey A. Alexander, Peter D. Friedmann, and I-Heng Lee
Cataract surgery complications in nonagenarians., Victoria L. Tseng, Paul B. Greenberg, Wen-Chih Wu, Lan Jiang, Emily Li, Jessica M. Kang, Ingrid U. Scott, and Peter D. Friedmann
Repair of intervalvular fibrous body rupture during aortic valve replacement, Victor Alimov MD, Ak Alameddine MD, and Joseph Flack MD
ALSUntangled No. 11: Nu Tech Mediworld, Carmel Armon MD
Variations in faculty assessment of NICU flowsheet data: Implications for electronic data display, Patrick Brown MD
Ultrasound-guided IV placement by nursing staff reduces requirement for emergency physician intervention, Gavin Budhram MD
The evolution of combined oral contraception: improving the risk-to-benefit ratio, Ronald Burkman MD and Carrie Bell MD
GI endoscopes, David Desilets MD
In tumors Salmonella migrate away from vasculature toward the transition zone and induce apoptosis, Sabha Ganai MD, Richard Arenas MD, Brooke Bentley, and Neil Forbes
When Enough Is Enough: The Nephrologist's Responsibility in Ordering Dialysis Treatments, Michael Germain MD
Understanding diabetic ketoacidosis, Chelsea Gordner DO and James Nichols
Hypnosis for functional abdominal pain, David Gottsegen MD
Esophagus and stomach disorders, Philip Henneman MD and Rakesh Talati MD
Mechanism of trauma, Aaron Hexdall MD
Use and outcomes of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after spinal fusion surgery, Peter Lindenauer MD and Penny Pekow
Eustachian valve endocarditis: Rare case reports and review of literature, Amir Lotfi MD and Guarav Alreja MD
Intraoperative monitoring, William McGee MD and Karthik Raghunathan MD
Development of a postgraduate year 1 pharmacy residency program at a large teaching hospital, Aaron Michelucci and Evan Horton
Neck Trauma, Niels Rathlev MD
Heuristic map of myotomal innervation in humans using direct intraoperative nerve root stimulation, Clemens Schirmer MD and Sunah Kim MD
Atypical glandular cells on cervical cytology and breast disease: what is the association?, Kathryn Sharpless MD
Mice with a targeted deletion of the type 2 deiodinase are insulin resistant and susceptible to diet induced obesity, J Enrique Silva MD and Waile Ramadan MD
Operational methods of HIV testing in emergency departments: a systematic review, Daniel Skiest MD
The feasibility of measuring phosphocreatine recovery kinetics in muscle using a single-shot (31)P RARE MRI sequence, Howard Smithline MD
A personal reflection: the slippery slope of hope, Mark Stambovsky
Preoperative evaluation and management for patients with chronic kidney disease, Mihaela Stefan MD
The relative impact of diabetes distress vs depression on glycemic control in hispanic patients following a diabetes self-management education intervention, Garry Welch, Sofija Zagarins MD, and Nancy Allen
Letter to the editor, Jeannette Wolfe MD
Revisiting Paulozzi et al.'s "Prescription drug monitoring programs and death rates from drug overdose"., Traci C. Green, Nickolas Zaller, Josiah Rich, Sarah Bowman, and Peter Friedmann
Adrenal insufficiency following spontaneous bilateral adrenal hemorrhage during pregnancy with spontaneous recovery, Yousef Altowaireb MD, Kamal Shoukri MD, and J Enrique Silva MD
Commentary: Disability evaluations--Are the evaluators able?, Stuart Anfang MD
Forensic Evaluation of the Older Patient, Stuart Anfang MD
A Comparison of Obstetric Maneuvers for the Acute Management of Shoulder Dystocia, Ronald Burkman MD
LegalEASE-Sleep deprivation: It's not just an issue with residents, Ronald Burkman MD
VTE and OCs with dospirenone-Proceed with caution, Ronald Burkman MD
Papillary carcinoma mimicking subacute thyroiditis in a postpartum female, Peter Butler MD, Kamal Shoukri MD, and Ibitoro Osakwe MD
Mitochondrial dysfunction impairs tumor suppressor p53 expression/function, Shannon Compton, Sabyasachi Sen MD, D Joseph Jerry, Sallie Schneider, and Chul Kim
Addition of epinephrine to epidural bupivacaine infusions following initiation of labor analgesia with epidural fentanyl, Neil Connelly MD, Jorge P. Freiman MD, Tanya Lucas MD, Robert Parker MD, Karthik Raghunathan MD, Charles Gibson, Brennan Katz MD, and Chad Iwashita MD
Correlation of stromal expression of YKL-40 with recurrence of colorectal cancer, Jane Garb, Christopher Chapman MD, Brooke Bentley, Q Jackie Cao MD, Rong Shao, Richard Arenas MD, and Hannah Swayze-Quinn MD
Accuracy of ICD-9_CM coding for identifying obstetric complications in administrative data, Sarah Goff MD, Glenn Markenson MD, Alex Knee, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Sorafinib plus chemotherapy for patients with advanced breast cancer previously treated with bevacizumab, Grace Makari-Judson MD
Breast cancer survivors perceptions regarding relapse and related disease risk, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Chandravathi Loke MD, Deborah Katz MD, Ruth Barham, and Wilson Mertens MD
Validity of using ICD-9CM codes to identify selected obstetric complications, procedures and comorbidities, Glenn Markenson MD, Sarah Goff MD, Alex Knee, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Lumbar exam in chronic pain, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD
Speech and language development: monitoring process and problems, Susan McQuiston MD and Nancy Kloczko MD
Recalling breast cancer presentation and therapy: Associations between patient inaccuracies and demographic characteristics, Wilson Mertens MD, Chandravathi Loke MD, Deborah Katz MD, Ruth Barham, and Grace Makari-Judson MD
Geographic distribution of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue infections, Kevin Moriarty MD, Connie Rossini MD, David Tashjian MD, Jane Garb, and Richard Wait MD
Imaging characteristics of central pontine myelinolysis and extrapontine myelinolysis, Cheri Nguyen MD, Simon Li MD, and Shan Li MD
Perforated Peptic Ulcer, Benjamin Osborne MD
From critical values to critical diagnoses: A review with an emphasis on cytopathology, Christopher Otis MD and Christopher Chapman MD
Brainstem Glioma, Clemens Schirmer MD
Endovascular recanalization of symptomatic flow-limiting cervical carotid dissection in an isolated hemisphere, Clemens Schirmer MD
Evaluation of a combined strategy favoring endovasuclar therapy for aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery, Clemens Schirmer MD
Transvenous balloon-protected embolization of a scalp arteriovenous fistula using Onyx liquid embolic, Clemens Schirmer MD
ED technicians can successfully place ultrasound-guided intravenous catheters in patients with poor vascular access, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD
Use of P53 silenced endothelial progenitor stem cells (hEPC) in diabetic peripheral vascular disease, Sabyasachi Sen MD
A case of long-standing painful skin rash and depression, Sabyasachi Sen MD, David Gang MD, and Yousef Altowaireb MD
Endothelial dysfunction in healthy young pre-diabetic patients, pre and post aerobic exercise, Sabyasachi Sen MD and Ashequl Islam MD
Depot-specific adipose weight and gene expression is modulated by myostatin and activin, Sabyasachi Sen MD and Alan Schneyer
Antioxidants Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (MnSOD), Catalase (CAT), and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A (VEGF-A) Ameliorate High Glucose (HG) Concentration-Induced Adipogenesis in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Derived Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Sabyasachi Sen MD and J Enrique Silva MD
A Traumatic Motor Neuronopathy After a Cervical Burst Fracture, Anant Shenoy MD
BAT thermogenic deficiency in thyroid hormone receptor alpha-null (Thra-0/0) mice: Evidence for a cellular defect caused by under-expression of Thra-dependent genes needed for T3 activation of UCP1, J Enrique Silva MD and Waile Ramadan MD
Ethnic differences in the self-recognition of obesity and obesity-related comorbidities: a cross-sectional analysis, Senthil Sivalingam MD, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, Jennifer Friderici, James Cook MD, and Michael Rothberg MD
Emergency department medication lists are not accurate, Howard Smithline MD, Selin Caglar MD, Philip Henneman MD, Fidela Blank, and Elizabeth Henneman
Bartonella, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD
Sexism in the ED: How prevalent is gender bias?, Jeannette Wolfe MD
Improved exercise behaviors associated with a comprehensive structured exercise program following bariatric surgery, Sofija Zagarins MD and Garry Welch
Colocated general medical care and preventable hospital admissions for veterans with serious mental illness., Paul A. Pirraglia, Amy M. Kilbourne, Zongshan Lai, Peter D. Friedmann, and Thomas P. O'Toole
Autonomy and parental support associated with better A1cs for teens, Holley Allen MD, Jane Garb, and Paul Visintainer
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors but not obesity in pediatric type 1 diabetes, Holley Allen MD, Chrystal Wittcopp MD, Nancy Dunbar MD, Paul Visintainer, and Edward Reiter MD
Is there a different relationship between Vitamin DE 250H and parathyroid hormone in children with type 1 diabetes, Holley Allen MD, Chrystal Wittcopp MD, Edward Reiter MD, Paul Visintainer, Nancy Dunbar MD, and Emily Frydman MD
Cost-minimization analysis of the direct costs of TPE and IVIg in the treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome, Chester Andrzejewski MD
Mystery diarrhea leads to a QI initiative on drug-related diarrhea in long-term care, Sandra Bellantonio MD
Myasthenia gravis in the setting of polypharmacy in an 86 year old, Rebeca Bell MD and Sandra Bellantonio MD
A rare etiology of pancreatitis in a nursing home patient, Amit Bhargava MD, Curtis Andrews MD, Raquel Belforti MD, and Maura Brennan MD
Dead but still our patient, Maura Brennan MD and Mohamed Elarabi MD
An avoidable rehospitalization due to poor documentation and communication of cognitive status, Maura Brennan MD, Shin Yin Lee MD, and Yee Chuan Ang MD
Recurrent SSRI-induced myoclonus in a frail octogenarian, Maura Brennan MD, Shin Yin Lee MD, and Yee Chuan Ang MD
Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)-A rare cause of falls and syncope in an elder, Maura Brennan MD and Geetika Sachdeva MD
Diabetes, women, and the ObGyn, Ronald Burkman MD
Chronic diarrhea associated with persistent norovirus excretion in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Report of two cases, Todd Capizzi MD, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Richard Steingart MD, and Wilson Mertens MD
Cough and Fever in a 28 year-old IV Drug User, Monique Carreno MD and Curtis Andrews MD
How many criteria does it take to remove a single parathyroid gland?, Nicholas Coe MD