Submissions from 2010
A fulminant complication of advanced lymphoma, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD and Chirag Vaidya MD
Does a condom availability program in an inner city public school decrease the rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia infection, Laura Koenigs MD
Advancements in Neurotrauma Care, Marianne Langlois
Decision making and the spine patient for nurses, APRNs and PAs, Marianne Langlois
Outcomes of cranial repair after craniectomy, Marianne Langlois
Self-destruction, abscesses and more: Necrotizing pancreatitis, Paula Lusardi
So your patient's last wish is to go home to die: "The going home initiative", Paula Lusardi and Danielle Plouffe
A randomized comparison of cardiocerebral and cardiopulmonary resuscitation using a swine model of prolonged ventricular fibrillation, Timothy Mader MD, Adam Kellogg MD, and Joshua Walterscheid MD
Reflecting on our history: Digitizing materials for hospital archives, Margot Malachowski MLS
Reflecting on our history: Digitizing materials for hospital archives, Margot Malachowski MLS
Hypogammaglobinemia in an elder, Carmela Mancini MD
Axillary and Intramammary lymph nodes visualized on mammography: Review of suspicious imaging features and avoidance of pitfalls in characterization, David March MD and Paryssa Khadem MD
Mammographic asymmetries: Review of terminology and strategies for increasing cancer detection, David March MD, Paryssa Khadem MD, Giovanna Crisi MD, Vivian Miller MD, and Dmitry Rakita MD
Change in modified Bishop Score as a predictor of cesarean delivery rate after cervical ripening, Glenn Markenson MD, Fadi Bsat MD, Andrew Healy MD, Michael Plevyak MD, and Alex Knee
Expectations and outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation, William McGee MD
Pulmonary arterial hypertension, idiopathic, William McGee MD and Jason Cross
CLSI EP23: Laboratory quality control based on risk management, James Nichols
Evaluation of ketosis in diabetes, James Nichols
Point-of-care testing in diabetes, James Nichols
Reducing medical errors and improving patient safety at the point of care, James Nichols
Perineal cutaneous herpes simplex infections in a hospitalized patient: A differential diagnoses to pressure ulcer, Armando Paez MD, Mayu Sekiguchi MD, and Kathy Gibson-Tierney
Stepwise approach to establishing multiple outreach laboratory information system-electronic medical record interfaces, Liron Pantanowitz MD
Odontogenic fibroma, Liron Pantanowitz MD, David Gang MD, and Monica Hollowell MD
Overview of laboratory data tools available in a single electronic medical record, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Neil Kudler MD
Unique histologic variants of cutaneous Kaposi sarcoma, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Patrick O'Donnell MD
Warfarin-associated intracranial hemorrhage: At the crossroads of prevention, Michael Picchioni MD and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD
Age of onset of selected pubertal characteristics: Cross-sectional data from non-hispanic white boys, Edward Reiter MD
Comparative effectiveness of macrolides and quinolones for patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD), Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Oren Brody MD, Daniel Skiest MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Antibiotic therapy and treatment failure in patients hospitalized for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Daniel Skiest MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Delivery room management of preterm infants at risk for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), Robert Rothstein MD
Pulmonary Fibrosis after chemotherapy with Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine for colorectal carcinoma, Geetika Sachdeva MD, Ashish Arora MD, and Mark Tidswell MD
Mastitis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): the calm before the storm?, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD
Weekend emergency department visits in Nebraska: higher utilization, lower acuity, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD
Moral dilemma: Full code or futile code?, Mayu Sekiguchi MD and Maura Brennan MD
Anemia as a risk factor for necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants, Bhavesh Shah MD, Rachana Singh MD, Paul Visintainer, and Kathleen Meyer MD
Do red blood cell transfusions increase the risk of necrotizingenterocolitis in preterm infants, Rachana Singh MD, Paul Visintainer, Bhavesh Shah MD, and Kathleen Meyer MD
Objectively quantified level of dyspnea is not associated with large clot burden in patients with acute PE, Howard Smithline MD
The likelihood of acute pulmonary embolism in ED patients is not lower among patients taking warfarin, Howard Smithline MD
Neurosyphilis: An unusual case of dementia, Ashita Talsania MD, Richard Brown MD, and Maura Brennan MD
When cellulitis is more than a simple infection, Ashita Talsania MD, Aashish Samat MD, and Stephen Ryzewicz MD
Recurrent digtoxicity: Digibind dosing challenges for older hemodialysis patients, Ashita Talsania MD, Manmeet Singh MD, and Maura Brennan MD
Grafts as a predictor of peri-operative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: A single center retrospective analysis, Siddharth Wartak MD, Prabhdeep Sethi MD, Jane Garb, and Amir Lotfi MD
Factors associated with survival following blunt chest trauma in older patients: results from a large regional trauma cooperative, Eleanor Winston MD and Lisa Patterson MD
Sensitivity/specificity of alcohol amounts in seniors., Peter D. Friedmann, Richard Saitz, and Donna Vaillancourt
In-hospital outcomes with thrombolytic therapy in patients with renal dysfunction presenting with acute ischaemic stroke, Varun Agrawal MD
The tumor lysis syndrome in a child with multicentric Castleman disease, Holley Allen MD, Saniana Mehrotra MD, and Matthew Richardson MD
Biopsy-Proven Rasmussen's encephalitis: seizure suppression and partial reversal of deficits with antiepileptic medications and tacrolimus, Carmel Armon MD, Sivakumar Natanasabapathy MD, Dennis Oh MD, Luis Moral MD, Barbara Greco MD, and William House MD
A rare etiology for pancreatitis in an adult nursing home patient, Amit Bhargava MD, Curtis Andrews MD, and Raquel Belforti MD
Inadequate Vitamin D status in adolescents with substantial bone mineral density loss during use of Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Injectable Contraceptive, Ronald Burkman MD
Recovery of bone mineral density in adolescents following the use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate contraceptive injections, Ronald Burkman MD
Simpler is often better, and patience can be a virtue, Ronald Burkman MD
Proficiency-based virtual reality laparoscopic skills training: A 7-year experience, Ron Bush, Peter Wu MD, and Neal Seymour MD
Effect of an educational pamphlet on colon cancer screening: A randomized, prospective trial, David Desilets MD, Abdullah Shaikh MD, Syed Hussain MD, and Shelley Rahn MD
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration an extremely rare complication in a case of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Ranjit Dhelaria MD
Sirolimus-induced lung injury: An unusual cause of ARDS, Mohamed Elarabi MD and Ashish Verma MD
Nurse diabetes case management interventions and blood glucose control: Results of a meta-analysis, Jane Garb, Garry Welch, and Sofija Zagarins MD
Pediatricians and physical activity counseling: How does residency prepare them for this task?, Sarah Goff MD
Auditory late effects of childhood cancer therapy: A report from the Children's Oncology Group, Satkiran Grewal MD
A surgical site infection cluster: the process and outcome of an investigation--the impact of an alcohol-based surgical antisepsis product and human behavior, Sarah Haessler MD, Neil Connelly MD, Gary Kanter MD, Jan Fitzgerald, Annette Golubchik MD, Michael Albert MD, Charles Gibson, and Mary Ellen Scales
Risk factors leading to post sling voiding dysfunction and sling revision-A multicenter case-control study, Oz Harmanli MD
How much do women know about hysterectomy? A survey of women in an academic obstetrics and gynecology practice, Oz Harmanli MD, Heather Sankey MD, and Alex Knee
Complete globozoospermia associated with PLCzeta deficiency treated with calcium ionophore and ICSI results in pregnancy, Teru Jellerette
Frequency of sleep apnea in stroke and TIA patients: a meta-analysis, Karin Johnson MD and Douglas Johnson MD
Check on critical care, gain $50 for some caveat patients, Michael Lemanski MD
Emergency Department specific exception allows you to sidestep some HPI rules, Michael Lemanski MD
Missed opportunities for osteoporosis treatment in patients hospitalized for hip fracture, Peter Lindenauer MD and Penny Pekow
Activated protein C and hospital mortality in septic shock: a propensity-matched analysis, Peter Lindenauer MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, and Jay Steingrub MD
Infection of an aortic stent graft with suprarenal fixation, Marvin Morris MD
The use of the Amplatzer plug to treat dysphagia lusoria caused by an aberrant right subclavian artery, Marvin Morris MD
Introducing clinical laboratory risk assessment: A look at the new guidelines from CLSI, James Nichols
Appropriateness of C-spine mobilization techniques by EMTs, Benjamin Osborne MD, Fidela Blank, Richard Barus, and Thomas Fitzgerald
Use of spinal immobilization techniques in stable patients: A multicenter evaluation, Benjamin Osborne MD, Fidela Blank, Richard Barus, and Thomas Fitzgerald
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia cytoplasmic inclusions, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Namrata Setia MD
Growth hormone: Health considerations beyond height gain, Edward Reiter MD
Leaking anastomosis after gastric bypass, John Romanelli MD
Postgraduate surgeon in the digital age: Video editing course, John Romanelli MD
Performance ramifications of single port laparoscopic surgery: Measuring differences in task performance using simulation, John Romanelli MD and Nathan Conway MD
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery gastrotomy closure in porcine explants with the Padlock-G clip using the Lock-It system, John Romanelli MD, David Desilets MD, and David Earle MD
(NOTES) stapled cystgastrostomy - A novel approach for surgical management of pancreatic pseudocysts, John Romanelli MD, David Desilets MD, and David Earle MD
Single incision laparoscopic partial hepatectomy, John Romanelli MD, Juliana Meyer MD, Richard Arenas MD, and Francis Cannizzo MD
Laparoscopic plication pf a gastrojejunostomy with endoscopic guidance in the porcine model, Connie Rossini MD, Viriato Fiallo MD, and Burritt Haag MD
Complications of seasonal and pandemic influenza, Michael Rothberg MD and Sarah Haessler MD
Predictors for getting a stress test in patients hospitalized for chest pains, Michael Rothberg MD, Srikanth Penumetsa MD, and Manmeet Singh MD
Skin microvascular reactivity in trained adolescents, Thomas Rowland MD
Dragon enhances BMP signaling and increases transepithelial resistance in kidney epithelial cells, Alan Schneyer
Are inpatients more satisfied with hospitalist physicians or primary care physicians?, Adrienne Seiler MD
Manganese super-oxide dismutase (MnSOD) and catalase (CAT) enhance survival and influence differentiation of human bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), Sabyasachi Sen MD
Human macro and micro-vascular endothelial cells differ in gene expression when exposed to high glucose in-vitro, Sabyasachi Sen MD and Saqib Inayatullah MD
Assessment of surgical skills and operative performance, Neal Seymour MD
GATA3 inhibits breast cancer metastasis through the reversal of epithelial-mesenchymal transition, Rong Shao, Wei Yan, Q Jackie Cao MD, Richard Arenas MD, and Brooke Bentley
Neurocognitive effects of treatment interruption in stable HIV-positive patients in an observational cohort, Daniel Skiest MD
12-lead ECG findings of pulmonary hypertension occur more frequently in emergency department patients with pulmonary embolism than in patients without pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD
Electrolyte profile of pediatric patients with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, Howard Smithline MD, Geoffrey A. Capraro MD, Blake Spirko MD, and Jane Garb
Oops rounds and other innovative ways to teach patient safety and team communication, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD and Jackson Williams MD
Using ABIM performance improvement modules to improve care set utilization, quality-care indicators and enhance resident education in quality improvement, Mihaela Stefan MD, Raquel Belforti MD, Sarah Workman MD, Amit Bhargava MD, Mayu Sekiguchi MD, Adrienne Seiler MD, Manmeet Singh MD, Jan Fitzgerald, Surinder Yadav MD, Anju Bhagavan MD, . ., Wei Ooi MD, and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD
Arterial compression of a vein: May Therner Syndrome, Ashita Talsania MD and Aashish Samat MD
Differentiation Syndrome (DS) a mimicker of ARDS, Ashita Talsania MD, Aashish Samat MD, and Michael Rossen MD
Pharmacy-nursing intervention to improve accuracy and completeness of medication histories, Ed Tessier, Elizabeth Henneman, and Mark Heelon
Patients' knowledge about coronary heart disease: A cross sectional study, Siddharth Wartak MD, Amir Lotfi MD, and Michael Rothberg MD