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Submissions from 2011

Lack of circulating bioactive and immunoreactive IGF-I changes despite improved fitness in chronic kidney disease patients following 48 weeks of physical training, Sheila Sullivan and Michael Germain MD

Acupuncture stimulation and obstetrics: "To stick or not to stick?--That Is the question", Halina Wiczyk MD

Entrapment of an arterial pressure catheter by a previously deployed Starclose device, Ak Alameddine MD and John Rousou MD

A population-based statewide registry of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Massachusetts, Carmel Armon MD

To the editor, Carmel Armon MD

Acute brachial diplegia due to lyme disease, George Baquis MD

Muscarinic receptor agonists stimulate human colon cancer cell migration and invasion, Angelica Belo MD

Caring for the caretaker: A nursing process approach, Elaine Bloniasz

Advanced Illness and Elders at the End of Life, Maura Brennan MD

Breast cancer risk and ovariectomy, hysterectomy, and tubal sterilization in the women's contraceptive and reproductive experiences study, Ronald Burkman MD

Do not withdraw stylets when advancing spinal needles, Steven Dunn MD

Acute kidney injury-Key issues in diagnosis and management, Benjamin Freda MD

Respiratory Conditions, Barbara Graves

Stress urinary incontinence and laparoscopy, Oz Harmanli MD

Postoperative Respiratory Care, Thomas Higgins MD

Do elderly patients fare well in the ICU?, Thomas Higgins MD and Maura Brennan MD

The Roles of the Chief Resident, Kevin Hinchey MD and Gina Luciano MD

Porto-gastric fistula from penetration of coil from gastric varix after TIPS procedure for bleeding gastric varices, Syed Hussain MD and Rony Ghaoui MD

Validation of a model that uses enhanced administrative data to predict mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis, Tara Lagu MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, Penny Pekow, Michael Rothberg MD, Jay Steingrub MD, and Thomas Higgins MD

Development of a model that uses enhanced administrative data to predict mortality among patients with sepsis, Tara Lagu MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Jay Steingrub MD, and Thomas Higgins MD

Variation in the treatment of patients with septic shock, Tara Lagu MD, Jay Steingrub MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer MD

Telavancin versus vancomycin for hospital-acquired pneumonia due to gram-positive pathogens, Patrick Lee MD

STDs in Corrections: A Guide for Clinicians, Thomas Lincoln MD

Alcohol abuse and treatment in the elderly, Benjamin Liptzin MD

Effect on protein intake on amelioration of glomerular hyperfiltration in morbidly obese adults after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, Xiao Liu MD

Physical activity and risk of small-for-gestational-age birth among predominantly Puerto Rican women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow

A simple physiologic algorithm for managing hemodynamics in the intensive care unit utilizing stroke volume and stroke volume variation/Manejo hemodinamico del paciente critico utilizando el volumen latido (VS), William McGee MD

Blood glucose testing in the hospital: error sources and risk management, James Nichols

Quality assurance for design control and implementation of immunohistochemistry assays; Approved guideline—second edition, Christopher Otis MD

What is best evidence in pathology?, Christopher Otis MD

Teams and Professionalism, David Page MD

Review of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and squamous lesions of the uterine cervix, Liron Pantanowitz MD

Complications of tube thoracostomy placement in the emergency department, Niels Rathlev MD

Myocardial function in rowers, Thomas Rowland MD

Prevention of sudden cardiac death in young athletes: Controversies and conundrums, Thomas Rowland MD

Sepsis-induced right ventricular dysfunction in refractory septic shock, Geetika Sachdeva MD, . ., Ashish Arora MD, and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD

Unmet dental needs and barriers to care for children with significant special health care needs, Matthew Sadof MD

Bridging the divide between child psychiatry and primary care: The use of telephone consultation within a population-based collaborative system, Barry Sarvet MD

Physiological importance and control of non-shivering facultative thermogenesis, J Enrique Silva MD

Evaluation of skeletal muscle during calf exercise by 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients on statin medications, Howard Smithline MD

Association between marital status and survival among patients with sepsis treated in the intensive care unit, Jay Steingrub MD, Tara Lagu MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Richard Wells MD

The effect of loading dose timing of eritoran on 28-day mortality in patients with severe sepsis and higher risk of mortality: Analysis of data from a phase II trial, Mark Tidswell MD

Evaluation of clinical outcomes for gastric bypass surgery: results from a comprehensive follow-up study, Garry Welch, Cheryl Wesolowski, Sofija Zagarins MD, Jay Kuhn MD, John Romanelli MD, Jane Garb, and Nancy Allen

Motivational interviewing delivered by diabetes educators: Does it improve blood glucose control among poorly controlled type 2 diabetes patients?, Garry Welch, Sofija Zagarins MD, and Jane Garb

Submissions from 2010

Co-editor, Elisabeth Bennett

The coming paradigm shift: Synthesis and future directions in virtual HRD, Elisabeth Bennett

The ecology of virtual HRD, Elisabeth Bennett

Advanced Illness Care and Elders at the End of Life, Maura Brennan MD

Biopsychosocial variables associated with substantial bone mineral density loss during the use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate in adolescents: Adolescents who lost 5% or more from baseline vs. those who lost less than 5%, Ronald Burkman MD

Contemporary patterns of spontaneous labor with normal neonatal outcomes, Ronald Burkman MD

LegalEASE-Urinary tract injury: Early recognition may save the day, Ronald Burkman MD

Safety starts at the office, Ronald Burkman MD

The Thr92Ala 5' type 2 deiodinase gene polymorphism is associated with a delayed triiodothyronine secretion in response to the thyrotropin-releasing hormone-stimulation test: a pharmacogenomic study, Peter Butler MD

Effect of body mass index on time to therapeutic activated partial thromboplastin time in patients on a heparin protoccl, Katherine Carey, Jennifer Lose, and Kimberly Ackerbauer

Health-care referrals from direct-to-consumer genetic testing, Matthew Fickie MD

Russell body gastritis, David Gang MD, Claudine Habib MD, Rony Ghaoui MD, and Liron Pantanowitz MD

Learning and attention problems among children with pediatric primary hypertension, Laura Gebhardt

Growing concerns, larger than fatigue, . . and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD

Validation of a statistical model to predict vancomyacin-induced nephrotoxicity in adult non-intensive care unit patients, Seth Housman, Safia Kuriakose, Erica Tenholder, Evan Horton, Jane Garb, and Daniel Skiest MD

Successful engraftment of donor marrow after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in autosomal-recessive hyper-IgE syndrome caused by dedicator of cytokinesis 8 deficiency, Alicia Johnston MD

Point-of-care connectivity: Ten years after the connectivity industry consortium, James Nichols

Point-of-Care Testing: Needs, Opportunity, and Innovation, 3rd Edition, by Christopher P. Price, Andrew St John, and Larry J. Kricka, eds, James Nichols and David Unold MD

Cytomorphology of cervicovaginal melanoma: ThinPrep versus conventional Papanicolaou tests, Christopher Otis MD, Robert Goulart MD, Rukmini Modem MD, Liron Pantanowitz MD, and Namrata Setia MD

Surgical competence today: What have we gained? What have we lost?, David Page MD

Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase levels are higher in slow-twitch than fast-twitch mouse skeletal muscle and are increased in hypothyroidism, Waile Ramadan MD and J Enrique Silva MD

Loop-anchor purse-string closure of gastrotomy in NOTES(R) Procedures: Survival studies in a porcine model, John Romanelli MD, David Desilets MD, Christopher Chapman MD, Carolanne Lovewell, and David Earle MD

Reproducibility of Doppler measures of ventricular function during maximal upright cycling, Thomas Rowland MD and Michael Willers MD

Nebulised sodium bicarbonate for acute chloramine toxicity due to household bleach inhalation, Geetika Sachdeva MD

Identifying what pediatric residents are taught about children and youth with special health care needs and the medical home, Matthew Sadof MD

How to best deliver care to children with chronic illness: Cystic fibrosis as a model, Matthew Sadof MD and Robert Kaslovsky MD

Infectious Chlamydia pneumoniae is associated with elevated interleukin-8 and airway neutrophilia in children with refractory asthma, Paul Salva MD

Improving access to mental health care for children: The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project, Barry Sarvet MD

Pharmacoeconomic comparison of treating penicillin-allergic patients with pneumonia, Jennifer Schimmel MD, Kirthana Raman, Adam Pesaturo, Jason Cross, and Jennifer Friderici

Critical influence of framing coil orientation on intra-aneurysmal and neck region hemodynamics in a sidewall aneurysm model, Clemens Schirmer MD

Reply to 'Successful resuscitation of bupivacaine-induced cardiotoxicity in a neonate', Donald Schwartz MD, Karthik Raghunathan MD, and Neil Connelly MD

Effects of Tai Chi training on improving physical function in patients with coronary heart diseases, Reed Shnider MD

Congestive Heart Failure, Mara Slawsky MD, Gregory Valania MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and Fadi Saab MD

Inter-professional Management of the Complex Acute Surgical Patient, Mihaela Stefan MD and Gladys Fernandez MD

Inter-Professional Management of the Complex Acute Surgical Patient, Mihaela Stefan MD and Gladys Fernandez MD

Fulminant clostridium difficile colitis post total hip replacement, Mihaela Stefan MD and Ella Gupta MD

A prospective, observational study of Xigris Use in the United States (XEUS), Jay Steingrub MD

Studying the use of oral contraception: a review of measurement approaches, Katharine White MD

Perineal reconstruction with an extrapelvic vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap, Peter Wu MD and John Nigriny MD

Applying the chronic care model to homeless veterans: effect of a population approach to primary care on utilization and clinical outcomes., Thomas P. O'Toole, Lauren Buckel, Claire Bourgault, Jonathan Blumen, Stephen G. Redihan, Lan Jiang, and Peter Friedmann

Statistical methodology for analysis of endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest techniques, Ak Alameddine MD, Victor Alimov MD, and Daniel Engelman MD

Iatrogenic abnormalities of the extraperitoneal spaces, Jeffrey Alvis MD

Perinatal detection of gallstones in siblings, Anastasios Angelides MD

Septicimia and the Coastal Region, Anju Bhagavan MD, Sarah Haessler MD, and Ashita Talsania MD

Energy homeostasis following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB), Gregory Braden MD, Xiao Liu MD, Jay Kuhn MD, J Enrique Silva MD, and John Romanelli MD

Multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm birth study: 2-year outcomes, Fadi Bsat MD

Does standardization of care through clinical guidelines improve outcomes and reduce medical liability, Ronald Burkman MD

Health care reform and costs: Physician compensation and new technology, Ronald Burkman MD

Should there be an expanded role for palliative care in end-stage renal disease, Lewis Cohen MD

Final roller coaster ride, Ranjit Dhelaria MD

Twiddlers Syndrome – An uncommon twist, Ranjit Dhelaria MD and Geetika Sachdeva MD

Implementation of full patient simulation training in surgical residency, Gladys Fernandez MD, Patrick Lee MD, David Page MD, Elizabeth D'Amour, Richard Wait MD, and Neal Seymour MD

Helping students "Get it", Gladys Fernandez MD, William McGee MD, Thomas Higgins MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, David Page MD, Elizabeth D'Amour, Richard Wait MD, and Neal Seymour MD

Pediatric Feeding Problems, Richard Gabor MD

Determining optimum hemoglobin sampling for anemia management from every-treatment data, Michael Germain MD

Fetal MR Imaging from nothing: One institution's experience in a watershed area between major academic referral centers, Peter Ghobrial MD