Submissions from 2011
Resident experience on reproductive endocrinology and infertility rotations and perceived knowledge, Cynthia Sites MD
Randomized comparison of DRV/r vs ATV/r on serum lipids in HIV+ persons on fully suppressive LPV/r or FPV/r with high serum triglycerides, Daniel Skiest MD and Jane Garb
Medical consultation and best practices for preoperative evaluation of elderly patients, Mihaela Stefan MD, Gladys Fernandez MD, and Laura Iglesias Lino MD
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
Physical activity and risk of small-for-gestational-age birth among predominantly Puerto Rican women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow
Blood glucose testing in the hospital: error sources and risk management, James Nichols
Quality assurance for design control and implementation of immunohistochemistry assays; Approved guidelinesecond 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
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
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
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