Submissions from 2010
The management of the open abdomen in trauma and emergency general surgery: Part 1-damage control, Eleanor Winston MD
Randomized controlled trial comparing metformin with OCP vs. OCP alone in the treatment of adolescents with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), Holley Allen MD
The value of vitamin D therapy in neonatal hypocalciuric hypercalcemia, Holley Allen MD, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD, Edward Reiter MD, Mary-Alice Abbott MD, and Nancy Dunbar MD
Management of the most severely injured spleen: a multicenter study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma (ReCONECT), Reginald Alouidor MD and Ronald Gross MD
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) in an elderly woman, Emily Baiyee MD
A double "HIT", Sandra Bellantonio MD
Non-adherence: Hypertensive emergency in a nongenarian, Sandra Bellantonio MD and Curtis Andrews MD
Paradox and promise in the knowledge society, Elisabeth Bennett
Cognitive impairment in the ICU: Could more have been done for this elder?, Maura Brennan MD
RMSF in an elderly woman, Maura Brennan MD and Emily Baiyee MD
Geriatrics: The art and heart behind the science, Maura Brennan MD and Amit Bhargava MD
Mad as a hatter, stiff as a board, Maura Brennan MD, Amit Bhargava MD, Tara Lagu MD, and Miguel Mujica-Baella MD
Leg pain from a pericardial effusion, Maura Brennan MD, Ashita Talsania MD, and Manmeet Singh MD
Comparison of Bishop Score with modified Bishop Score to predict cesarean delivery after induction of labor, Fadi Bsat MD, Glenn Markenson MD, Andrew Healy MD, Michael Plevyak MD, and Alex Knee
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater: Time to revisit VBAC, Ronald Burkman MD
Hormone therapy and fatal breast cancer, Ronald Burkman MD
Transdermal ethinyl estradiol and norelgestromin for conception, Ronald Burkman MD and Carrie Bell MD
Does requiring shoulder dystocia training for hospital credentialing improve the management and outcomes of this complication?, Ronald Burkman MD, Alex Knee, Susan DeJoy, and Carrie Bell MD
Therapy with hydrochlorothiazide and spironlactone decreases the risk of calcium oxalate precipitation in premature infants, Thomas Campfield MD, Gary Rockwell MD, and Gregory Braden MD
Insulin resistance and nephrolithiasis: Risk in obese adolescents, Thomas Campfield MD, Rishita Tiwari MD, Chrystal Wittcopp MD, Gregory Braden MD, and Holley Allen MD
Best cases from the AFIP: Atypical presentation of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia with myxoma (Mazabraud syndrome), Daniel Case MD, Christopher Chapman MD, Jonathan Freeman MD, and James Polga MD
Sirolimus-induced lung injury, Mohamed Elarabi MD, Ashita Talsania MD, Ashish Verma MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and Maura Brennan MD
One can't judge a stent by its cover, Gregory Giugliano MD and Marc Schweiger MD
Complementary, holistic, and integrative medicine: Recurrent abdominal pain, David Gottsegen MD
Successful pelvic floor rehabilitation practice for the obstetrician gynecologist, Oz Harmanli MD and Keisha Jones MD
The importance and accuracy of documentation in structured fields, Andrew Healy MD, Glenn Markenson MD, Fadi Bsat MD, and Michael Plevyak MD
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