Submissions from 2010
Hybrid notes: Incisionless intragastric stapled cystgastrostomy of a pancreatic pseudocyst, Kevin Moriarty MD, Connie Rossini MD, and Anastasios Angelides MD
Vitamin D deficiency testing, James Nichols
Therapeutic Drugs III: Neuroleptics (Antipsychotics), James Nichols and Monica Hollowell MD
Immunohistochemistry in Kaposi's Sarcoma, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Christopher Otis MD
Human patient simulation in critical care, Joan Roche
Faster pulmonary oxygen uptake kinetics in trained versus untrained male adolescents, Thomas Rowland MD
Developing effective child psychiatry collaboration with primary care: Leadership and management strategies, Barry Sarvet MD
Pelvic Pain, Joseph Schmidt MD
Ilioinguinal block following a caudal block - how practical, Donald Schwartz MD and Ajita Amin MD
Acheron, a Lupus antigen family member, regulates integrin expression, adhesion, and motility in differentiating myoblasts, Larry Schwartz
The ACS-APDS phase III curriculum, Neal Seymour MD
Fat and energy economy in hypo- and hyperthyroidism are not the mirror image of one another, J Enrique Silva MD
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery depletes plasma thiamine levels, Howard Smithline MD
Myofascial examination leads to diagnosis and successful treatment of migraine headache, Michael Sorrell MD
28-day mortality in high-risk with severe sepsis receiving eritoran with or without drotrecogin alfa: Analysis of data from a phase II trial, Mark Tidswell MD
Comparative efficacy of eritoran, a toll-like receptor 4 antagonist, in patients with severe sepsis and higher risk of mortality by type of causative pathogen, Mark Tidswell MD
Phase 2 trial of eritoran tetrasodium (E5564), a toll-like receptor 4 antagonist, in patients with severe sepsis, Mark Tidswell MD
Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study (CAMS): Rationale, design, and methods, Bruce Waslick MD, Shannon Compton, and Amy Albano
Minor blunt head injury in the intoxicated patient, Eleanor Winston MD and Lisa Patterson MD
Submissions from 2009
Cycle control with a 21-day compared with a 24-day oral contraceptive pill: a randomized controlled trial, Ronald Burkman MD
LegalEASE-Dispute resolution: Alternatives to the current tort system, Ronald Burkman MD
The environment, global warming, and the ObGyn: Revisited, Ronald Burkman MD
Team training evolution at Baystate Health, Ronald Burkman MD, Randolph Peto MD, Molly Gray, Deborah Fuller, Michael Albert MD, and James Khoury MD
Prenylated Rab acceptor domain family member 1 is involved in stimulated ACTH secretion and inhibition, Shannon Compton
Endosomal damage and TLR2 mediated inflammasome activation by alkane particles in the generation of aseptic osteolysis, Giovanna Crisi MD
Loop-anchor purse-string versus endoscopic clips for gastric closure: A natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery comparison study using burst pressures, David Earle MD, David Desilets MD, and John Romanelli MD
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Richard Friedberg MD and Vandita Johari MD
Is prophylactic vena cava filter placement beneficial in acute spinal cord injury, Ronald Gross MD, Patrick Lee MD, and Lisa Patterson MD
Effects of testosterone on cognition in young adult male rhesus monkeys, Daniel Grow MD
Resource management and process change in a simplified model of the emergency department, Philip Henneman MD
Critical care of the thoracic surgical patient, Thomas Higgins MD and Patrick Mailloux MD
Integrating quality improvement and residency education: Insights from the AIAMC National Initiative about the roles of the designated institutional official and program director, Hal Jenson MD and Kevin Hinchey MD
Body temperature changes are associated with outcomes following in-hospital cardiac arrest and return of spontaneous circulation, Timothy Mader MD
Strategies for recruiting Hispanic women into a prospective cohort study of modifiable risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus, Glenn Markenson MD
Comment, William McGee MD
Strategies and new developments in the management of bacterial meningitis, Justine Miranda MD
The importance of testing for pre-diabetes - Using the right tool, James Nichols
The need for perspective, Karthik Raghunathan MD, Donald Schwartz MD, and Neil Connelly MD
Rapid resident cycling: The 14-day mini-block, Michael Rosenblum MD and Kevin Hinchey MD
Real-time inter-rater reliability of the council of emergency medicine residency directors standardized direct observation assessment tool, Joseph Schmidt MD
An ergonomic analysis of the effects of camera rotation on laparoscopic performance, Neal Seymour MD
YKL-40, a secreted glycoprotein, promotes tumor angiogenesis, Rong Shao, Q Jackie Cao MD, Richard Arenas MD, Brooke Bentley, and Wei Yan
International study of the prevalence and outcomes of infection in intensive care units, Jay Steingrub MD
Ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in acute coronary syndromes, Siddharth Wartak MD, Amir Lotfi MD, and Michael Rothberg MD
The cutaneous biochemical redox barrier: a component of the innate immune defenses against sensitization by highly reactive environmental xenobiotics., Chris Pickard, Fethi Louafi, Carolann McGuire, Kelly Lowings, Pawan Kumar, Hywel Cooper, Rebecca J. Dearman, Marie Cumberbatch, Ian Kimber, Eugene Healy, and Peter S. Friedmann
Smoking may be considered an established risk factor for sporadic ALS, Carmel Armon MD
Thrombocytopenia and centripetal rash in an elderly woman, Emily Baiyee MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Loren Inigo-Santiago MD
Recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis in a patient with abnormal uterine bleeding, Raquel Belforti MD and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD
Obesity and women's health, Ronald Burkman MD
The impact of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate on adolescents' bone mineral density: Adolescents who lose 5% or more from baseline versus those who lose less than 5%, Ronald Burkman MD
Sesamoid bones and accessory ossicles: A pictorial review with pathology and treatment, Daniel Case MD, Justin Polga MD, and James Polga MD
Approach to the imaging of genitourinary infections: A review Lakeside Learning Center, Tara Catanzano MD and Roozbeh Houshyar MD
The ins and outs of AIDS cholangiopathy, David Desilets MD, Abdullah Shaikh MD, and Tara Catanzano MD
Tumour-targeted delivery of TRAIL using Salmonella typhimurium enhances breast cancer survival in mice, Sabha Ganai MD, Richard Arenas MD, and Neil Forbes
A comparison of short-term outcomes between laparoscopic supracervical and total hysterectomy, Oz Harmanli MD and Alex Knee
Acute aortic syndrome in a pregnant patient: Expecting the unexpected, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD and Gregory Giugliano MD
Web Logs: Blogging as a means of informatics education and information sharing, Thomas Higgins MD, Neil Kudler MD, and Patrick Brown MD
I can do patient care on my own: Autonomy and the manager role, Kevin Hinchey MD and Michael Picchioni MD
Goodpasture's Syndrome preceded by upper respiratory illness, Syed Hussain MD and Jose Martagon-Villamil MD
Percutaneous revascularization of occluded renal arteries in the setting of acute renal failure, Ashequl Islam MD
Variation in the number of hospital acquired conditions at heart hospitals among medicare beneficiaries in fiscal year 2007, Aaron Kugelmass MD and Patrick Brown MD
Public reporting and pay-for-performance programs in perioperative medicine: Are they meeting their goals, Peter Lindenauer MD
Quantitative waveform measures of ventricular fibrillation predict return of spontaneous circulation and short-term survival, Timothy Mader MD, Adam Kellogg MD, and Joshua Walterscheid MD
A simple physiologic algorithm for managing hemodynamics using stroke volume and stroke volume variation: Physiologic optimization program, William McGee MD
Ultrasound guided interventional breast procedure, Vivian Miller MD
The future of POCT, James Nichols
Techniques of freehand invasive sonography, Stephen O'Connor
CARES: Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival, Benjamin Osborne MD
Pseudomembranous appendicitis: Involvement of the appendix in pseudomembranous colitis, Christopher Otis MD, David Gang MD, and Liron Pantanowitz MD
Melamed-Wolinska Intracytoplasmic, Christopher Otis MD, Brooke Henninger MD, Robert Goulart MD, and Liron Pantanowitz MD
A review of perineal cutaneous herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in hospitalized patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital, Armando Paez MD, Mayu Sekiguchi MD, and Kathy Gibson-Tierney
Human immunodeficiency virus and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Liron Pantanowitz MD
Cholesteatoma, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Gabriel Caponetti MD
Pancreatic cystic lesions: Review of benign and malignant indicators on CT and MRI, Dmitry Rakita MD and Arel Golombeck MD
Abdominal 64-MDCT for suspected appendicitis: the use of oral and IV contrast material versus IV contrast material only, Niels Rathlev MD
Public reporting of hospital quality: Recommendations to benefit patients and hospitals, Michael Rothberg MD, Evan Benjamin MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Uncommon cause for a common serious medical condition, Aashish Samat MD
Activation of host wound responses in breast cancer microenvironment, Sallie Schneider, Melissa Troester, and D Joseph Jerry
Cryptococcosis and other fungal infections of the central nervous system in AIDS, Daniel Skiest MD
Toxoplasmosis of the central nervous system: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment, Daniel Skiest MD
Redefined genomic architecture in 15q24 directed by patient deletion/duplication breakpoint mapping, Mary-Alice Abbott MD
Insulin therapy to improve BMI in cystic fibrosis-related diabetes without fasting hyperglycemia, Holley Allen MD and Penny Pekow
The process of peer review in U.S. hospitals, Evan Benjamin MD
One system's journey in creating a disclosure and apology program, Evan Benjamin MD, Deborah Morsi, Lynn Tenerowicz, Randolph Peto MD, and Pamela Burger
Immuno-localization of the calcium-sensing receptor in developing & adult human kidney, Gregory Braden MD, Giovanna Crisi MD, Sharon Marconi, and Thomas Campfield MD
Long-term gentamicin lock catheter prophylaxis is associated with gentamicin-resistant gram-positive bacteremias in chronic hemodialysis patients, Gregory Braden MD, Daniel Landry MD, Stephen Sweet MD, Sarah Haessler MD, and Chirag Vaidya MD
Munchausen syndrome by proxy, Patrick Brown MD and Cheryl Tierney
The flu and you, Ronald Burkman MD
Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, James Burns MD and Ian Goodman MD
Integrating behavior changes into the family medicine curriculum: Successes and challenges, Eric Churchill MD
How a comprehensive pain control initiative improved patient satisfaction, Michael Davis, Christine Gryglik, and Cheryl Reilly
Analysis of the downstream costs of direct-to-consumer, Matthew Fickie MD
Bariatric surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity: A meta-analysis of weight loss outcomes for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and laparoscopic gastric bypass, Jane Garb, Garry Welch, Sofija Zagarins MD, Jay Kuhn MD, and John Romanelli MD
Dental stains, Lindsey Grossman MD
Herpes infections, Lindsey Grossman MD
Malocclusions, Lindsey Grossman MD
A common problem in designating studies: Case control or cohort, Oz Harmanli MD
Myasthenia gravis and levitiracetam: Case report, Philip Hsu MD
The quest for a 'better mousetrap', Aaron Kugelmass MD
The effect of the preshock pause on coronary perfusion pressure decay and rescue shock outcome in porcine ventricular fibrillation, Timothy Mader MD