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Submissions from 2009 2009

 

Baseline characteristics of participants in a randomized trial to prevent gestational diabetes, Glenn Markenson MD

 

A prospective cohort of pregnant Hispanic women and risk of gestational diabetes: Design and baseline characteristics, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow

 

Correlates of depression during pregnancy in latina women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow

 

Correlates of discontinuing physical activity at the onset of pregnancy among Hispanic women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow

 

Predictors of smoking cessation at the onset of pregnancy in Hispanic women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow

 

Abnormalities of the breast in pregnancy and lactation, Holly Mason MD and Richard Wait MD

 

Forty-six month follow-up of a patient with West Nile virus paralysis, Nancy Miller MD

 

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the breast shares cytogenetic abnormality with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the salivary gland: A case report with molecular analysis and review of the literature, Christopher Otis MD, Sandra Camelo-Piragua MD, Claudine Habib MD, Prathima Kanumuri MD, and Holly Mason MD

 

Differentiating HIV-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphomas with similar plasmacellular differentiation, Liron Pantanowitz MD

 

Pathology of Kaposi's sarcoma, Liron Pantanowitz MD

 

Targeted therapy for Kaposi sarcoma, Liron Pantanowitz MD

 

Images in HIV/AIDS: Unsuspected parvovirus B19 infection in a person with AIDS, Liron Pantanowitz MD, Vandita Johari MD, Adriana Doldan Silvero MD, and Adriana Doldan-Silvero MD

 

Cost and workforce implications of subjecting all physicians to aviation industry work-hour restrictions, Michael Payette MD

 

PROLOG: Gynecology and surgery, Heather Sankey MD

 

Medium conditioned by human endothelial progenitor cells (hEPCs) increases survival and insulin expression during differentiation of human islet-derived precursor cells (hIPCs), Sabyasachi Sen MD

 

Improved survival and differentiation of human bone marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) in serum-free conditions using Human Endothelial Progenitor Cell (hEPC)-conditioned media, Sabyasachi Sen MD and Jagendra Yadava

 

The use of etanercept as a non-surgical treatment for temporomandibular joint psoriatric arthritis: A case report, Michael Spink MD

 

A brief intervention using a computerized patient self management assessment tool improves blood glucose control (HbA1c), Garry Welch, Sofija Zagarins MD, and Jane Garb

 

A preliminary study of the application of speckle tracking imaging for assessing myocardial function during exercise stress echocardiography, Gui Hua Yao MD, Hany Aziz MD, John Abboud MD, William Hiser MD, and Leng Jiang MD

 

Right ventricular global longitudinal strain is not uniformly impaired in patients with pulmonary hypertension, Gui Hua Yao MD, Jiang Cui MD, William Hiser MD, and Leng Jiang MD

 

Is epicardial fat a risk factor for significant coronary artery disease? An echocardiographic study, Gui Hua Yao MD, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, James Cook MD, and Leng Jiang MD

 

Allometric model using body weight containing variables improves scaling of left atrial size in obesity but remains challenging in severely obese subjects, Gui Hua Yao MD, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, Jiang Cui MD, William Hiser MD, and Leng Jiang MD

 

Superiority of biplane Simpson's rule over biplane area-length method in left atrial volume quanitification: Comparison with real-time three-dimensional echocardiography, Gui Hua Yao MD, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, William Hiser MD, Mara Slawsky MD, James Cook MD, Leng Jiang MD, and Gustavo Camarano MD

 

YKL-40, a potential biomarker for colorectal cancer, Richard Arenas MD, Christopher Chapman MD, Q Jackie Cao MD, Rong Shao, and Brooke Bentley

 

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

 

Primary lateral sclerosis, Carmel Armon MD

 

SOD1 A4V familial ALS in North America: Can understanding the past lead to a better future, Carmel Armon MD

 

Ethical dilemmas in the reflective writing of clerkship students[Award Presentation], Elisabeth Bennett, Thomas Campfield MD, and John O'Reilly MD

 

Effect of dipyridamole plus aspirin on hemodialysis graft patency, Gregory Braden MD and Jeffrey Kaufman MD

 

Utility of fetal echocardiography after normal cardiac imaging findings on detailed fetal anatomic ultrasonography, Fadi Bsat MD, Anna Tsirka MD, Yvonne Paris MD, Glenn Markenson MD, Roman Starikov MD, and Alex Knee

 

A randomized clinical trial comparing cycle control in a 21-day vs. a 24-day oral contraceptive (OC), Ronald Burkman MD

 

Transdermal ethinyl estradiol and norelgestromin for contraception, Ronald Burkman MD and Carrie Bell MD

 

Nezhat's Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy, Ronald Burkman MD and Daniel Grow MD

 

Questionable benefit of perioperative beta-blockade, Neil Connelly MD and Maureen McNeely MD

 

Implementation of a call center to facilitate medical management of obstructive sleep apnea, Michael Coppola MD

 

Endoscopic interventions for weight loss surgery, David Desilets MD

 

Gastric transmural pressure measurements in vivo: Implications for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), David Desilets MD, Timothy Mader MD, John Romanelli MD, and David Earle MD

 

NOTES transgastric ventral hernia repair, David Desilets MD, John Romanelli MD, and David Earle MD

 

Critical care ultrasound: Undifferentiated hypotension, Tala Elia MD

 

Down-regulation of sfrp1 in a mammary epithelial cell line promotes the development of a cd44high/cd24low population which is invasive and resistant to anoikis, Kelly Gauger, Sallie Schneider, and Melissa Troester

 

Metastatic versus primary oncocytic papillary adenocarcinoma of the endometrium: A report of a case and review of the literature, James Gebhardt MD

 

Book Review, Eric Granowitz MD

 

Blunt pancreatoduodenal injury: A multicenter study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma (ReCONECT), Ronald Gross MD, Lisa Patterson MD, and Yorell Manon-Matos MD

 

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist pretreatment did not decrease postoperative adhesion formation after abdominal myomectomy in a randomized control trial, Daniel Grow MD and Mohammed Ahmed MD

 

Egg activation and ICSI failure in humans: Sperm devoid of PLCZI, Daniel Grow MD and Teru Jellerette

 

Simulating patient flow through an Emergency Department using process-driven discrete event simulation, Philip Henneman MD

 

Many emergency health care workers do not verify patient identity prior to performing common tasks, Philip Henneman MD and Elizabeth Henneman

 

Prolonged acute mechanical ventilation: Implications for hospital benchmarking, Thomas Higgins MD

 

Prospective validation of the intensive care unit admission Mortality Probability Model (MPM0-III)., Thomas Higgins MD

 

Midwives on the inside: Educational experiences with incarcerated women, Donna Jackson-Kohlin MD

 

Clinical Pathologic Case Competition, Adam Kellogg MD

 

Does proteinuria predict severity in eating disorders, Laura Koenigs MD, Nancy Miller MD, Allison Paroskie MD, and Claire Norton

 

Management of infective endocarditis: Clinical experience with outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy, Julius Larioza MD, Richard Brown MD, Amy Girard, and Lena Heung MD

 

Characteristics of a residential and working community with diverse exposure to World Trade Center dust, gas, and fumes, Sybille Liautaud MD

 

Financing of hospital-based psychiatry, Benjamin Liptzin MD

 

Post-liver transplant cholestatic disorder with biliary strictures: de novo versus recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis, Kenneth McPartland MD

 

STEMI Regionalization, Benjamin Osborne MD

 

Anthracotic pigment in pleural fluid: A case report, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Robert Goulart MD

 

Fatty infiltration of the aortic valve, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Leng Jiang MD

 

Cytologic findings of psammocarcinoma in peritoneal washings, Liron Pantanowitz MD, Christopher Otis MD, and Robert Goulart MD

 

Effectiveness of antibiotic class in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Penny Pekow, Michael Rothberg MD, Oren Brody MD, Daniel Skiest MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Shop for quality or volume? Volume, quality, and outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery, Penny Pekow, Michael Rothberg MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Academic career development for clinical directors, Niels Rathlev MD

 

Best practice updates for surgical care in weight loss surgery, John Romanelli MD

 

Expert panel on weight loss surgery: Executive report update, John Romanelli MD

 

Dental care for children with special health care needs in Massachusetts, Matthew Sadof MD

 

Developing effective collaboration in children's mental health: One question at a time, Barry Sarvet MD

 

Expanded use of the TAXUS Express Stent: Two-year safety insights from the 7,500 patient ARRIVE Registry programme, Marc Schweiger MD

 

Facilitating interns’ acquisition of medical knowledge and core skills through experiential learning, Reham Shaaban MD, Raquel Belforti MD, and Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Metabolic effects of thyroid hormones, J Enrique Silva MD

 

12-lead electrocardiogram findings of pulmonary hypertension occur more frequently in emergency department patients with pulmonary embolism than in patients without pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD

 

Classification and regression tree (CART) analysis: A novel method to derive and validate a pretest probability prediction rule for pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD

 

Empiric systemic anticoagulation in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD

 

Factors associated with positive D-dimer results in patients evaluated for pulmonary embolism: A prospective multivariate analysis, Howard Smithline MD

 

High frequency of repeated negative computerized tomographic pulmonary angiography in emergency department patients, Howard Smithline MD

 

History of anxiety significantly decreases the probability of pulmonary embolism in symptomatic emergency department patients, Howard Smithline MD

 

Influence of gender on the clinical presentation of venous thromboembolism (VTE): A prospective multi-center, observational study of emergency department patients, Howard Smithline MD

 

Prospective multi-center assessment of interobserver agreement for radiologist interpretation of 64-channel CT angiography for pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD

 

Pulmonary infiltrates revealed on CT in patients with negative evaluation for pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD

 

Achieving universal HIV screening: Predictors of what influences screening, Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Factors surrounding physician-patient discussions about HIV and the impact on testing, Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Laboratory and diagnostic test interpretation, Diane Szlachetka

 

EKG warnings of impending mischief, Susan Torrey MD

 

Subtle EKG signs of ischemia and infarction, Susan Torrey MD

 

Workflow interruptions in the hospitalist model of care, Surinder Yadav MD and Evan Benjamin MD

 

A hospitalist-led multidisciplinary team rounding model to improve quality of care, Surinder Yadav MD, Jan Fitzgerald, David Ling MD, Evan Benjamin MD, and Donna Borah

 

Cardiovascular implications of proteinuria: An indicator of chronic kidney disease, Varun Agrawal MD

 

Continuous glucose monitoring improved glucose control in adults but not in young adults or children with type 1 diabetes, Nancy Allen

 

Smoking is a probable risk factor for ALS: An evidenced-based update(2003-2008), Carmel Armon MD

 

A rare case of octogenarian pseudosyncope, Emily Baiyee MD and Maura Brennan MD

 

Is it elder abuse, Raquel Belforti MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, Todd Capizzi MD, Elizabeth Case MD, Sarah Workman MD, Zulfiqar Chaudhry MD, and Jackcy Jacob MD

 

Quinolone induced hypoglycemia in an elder with acute kidney injury, Amit Bhargava MD and Maura Brennan MD

 

Rare cause of infective endocarditis presenting as delirium in NH resident, Amit Bhargava MD, Imran Dosani MD, Ashish Verma MD, Siddharth Wartak MD, Sarah Haessler MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Sandra Bellantonio MD

 

Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B, DRB1, and DQB1 allotypes associated with disease and protection of trachoma endemic villagers, Linda Bobo MD

 

Assessment of echocardiography image acquisition and image interpretation skills in emergency medicine residents, Gavin Budhram MD

 

Epilepsia partialis continua in the elderly, Melisha Cumberland MD, Ashish Verma MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and Maura Brennan MD

 

A NOTES survival study of a novel gastric closure device: Loop-anchor purse-string, David Desilets MD, John Romanelli MD, Carolanne Lovewell, Christopher Chapman MD, and David Earle MD

 

Primum non nocere (first, do no harm): A prescription error resulting in a near-fatal fall, Ranjit Dhelaria MD and Maura Brennan MD

 

AGS resident chapters: First year's progress, Tara DuVal MD, Gina Luciano MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and Maura Brennan MD

 

Is it senile ptosis? An uncommon presentation of carotid cavernous aneurysm, Fei Gu MD and Senthil Sivalingam MD