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Submissions from 2011

 

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

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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

 

Public health and clinical impact of increasing emergency department-based HIV testing: perspectives from the 2007 conference of the National Emergency Department HIV Testing Consortium, 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

 

The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with simvastatin plus ezetimibe in patients with chronic kidney disease (Study of Heart and Renal Protection): a randomised placebo-controlled trial, Gregory Braden 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

 

A novel method, using detailed administrative data, for severity of illness adjustment in observational studies of treatment effectiveness, Tara Lagu 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

 

Successful models of collaborative practice: The Baystate story, Susan DeJoy

 

Unilateral twitching & confusion due to paraneoplastic encephalitis, Ranjit Dhelaria MD, Anju Bhagavan MD, and Sandra Bellantonio MD

 

All that itches is scabies, Mohamed Elarabi MD and Sandra Bellantonio MD

 

Unusual course of recurrent myeloid sarcoma in an elderly patient with AML, Mohamed Elarabi MD, Chandravathi Loke MD, and Sandra Bellantonio MD

 

Ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm, a ticking bomb after cardiac surgery, Joseph Flack MD, Fadi Saab MD, James Cook MD, and Leehapong Navaravong MD

 

Alternative perceptions of the educational value of attending rounds, Kevin Hinchey MD

 

Three brothers, one genotype, evolving sweat chlorides - Is this really CF?, Robert Kaslovsky MD

 

Adherence to HIV treatment and care among previously homeless jail detainees, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Best practices to enhance linkages for HIV+ jail inmates for improved health outcomes, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on blood and renal functions in normal tensive, non-diabetic, morbidly obese patients, Xiao Liu MD

 

Digitizing Hospital History: A Pilot Project, Margot Malachowski MLS

 

Neurologic Disease and Pregnancy, Glenn Markenson MD, Carmel Armon MD, George Baquis MD, George Howard MD, Philip Hsu MD, and Karin Johnson MD

 

Survey of peak flow rates in mechanical ventilation, William McGee MD

 

Lactic acidosis and delta anion gap: Do serial lactate measurements add value?, William McGee MD, Ashish Arora MD, and Geetika Sachdeva MD

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Hypercapnic cerebral edema presenting in a woman with asthma: A case report, William McGee MD and Ryan Joyce MD

 

Congenital CNS malformations and their association with pediatric epilepsy: A pictoral review with emphasis on pathophysiology and epidemiology, Cheri Nguyen MD, Richard Hicks MD, and Stanley Polansky MD

 

Laboratory quality control based on risk management, James Nichols

 

Reducing patient identification errors related to glucose point-of-care testing, James Nichols, Guarav Alreja MD, Namrata Setia MD, and Liron Pantanowitz MD

 

Use of ultra pure nitric oxide generated by the reduction of nitrogen dioxide to reverse pulmonary hypertension in hypoxemic swine, Charles Plant MD

 

Measures of crowding in the emergency department: A Systematic review, Niels Rathlev MD

 

Developing a successful scholarly activities program, Michael Rothberg MD

 

Is the 'Athlete's Heart' arrhythmogenic?: Implications for Sudden Cardiac Death, Thomas Rowland MD

 

Chronic cough in women, Heather Sankey MD

 

Hemangiopericytomas of the skull base, Clemens Schirmer MD

 

Racial and socioeconomic disparities in reduction mammoplasty: an analysis of nationwide inpatient sample database, Joseph Shin MD and Marisa Amaral MD

 

When will I go through menopause?, Cynthia Sites MD