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Submissions from 2010

Malignant mesothelioma: A personal perspective and a chronologic review of three decades, Christopher Otis MD

Time for oncologists to opt in for routine opt-out HIV testing?, Liron Pantanowitz MD

Development of electronic medical record charting for hospital-based transfusion and apheresis medicine services: Early adoption perspectives, Liron Pantanowitz MD, Vandita Johari MD, Chester Andrzejewski MD, Rebecca Levy MD, Darlene Cloutier, Jean Provencher, Joan McGirr, Jennifer Stebbins, Suzanne Cronin, Joshua Wherry, Joseph Fenton, and Eileen Donelan MD

Door-to-balloon time: Performance improvement in the multidisciplinary treatment of myocardial infarction, J. Mark Peterman MD

Door-to-balloon time: are we evaluating the wrong metric?, J. Mark Peterman MD, Gregory Giugliano MD, and Marc Schweiger MD

Case volume, quality of care, and care efficiency in coronary artery bypass surgery, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer MD

Aneurysm inflow-angle as a discriminant for rupture in sidewall cerebral aneurysms: morphometric and computational fluid dynamic analysis, Clemens Schirmer MD

Vertebral reconstruction using the telescopic plate spacer-thoracolumbar (TPS-TL) device, Clemens Schirmer MD

Emerging roles for the TGFbeta family in pancreatic beta-cell homeostasis, Alan Schneyer

Estrogen treatment impairs cognitive performance after psychosocial stress and monoamine depletion in postmenopausal women, Cynthia Sites MD

Pulse oximetry using a disposable finger sensor placed on the forehead in hypoxic patients, Howard Smithline MD, Ned Rudnitzky MD, Sandra Macomber, and Fidela Blank

Dietary vitamin D intake, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels and premenstrual syndrome in a college-aged population, Sofija Zagarins MD

Top manager effects on buprenorphine adoption in outpatient substance abuse treatment programs., Peter D. Friedmann, Lan Jiang, and Jeffrey A. Alexander

Operative blood loss, blood transfusion, and 30-day mortality in older patients after major noncardiac surgery., Wen-Chih Wu, Tracy S. Smith, William G. Henderson, Charles B. Eaton, Roy M. Poses, Georgette Uttley, Vincent Mor, Satish C. Sharma, Michael Vezeridis, Shukri F. Khuri, and Peter D. Friedmann

Electromechanical Dissociation, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

Scopolamine treatment and muscarinic receptor subtype-3 gene ablation augment azoxymethane-induced murine liver injury, Angelica Belo MD

A case-control study of body mass index and breast cancer risk in white and African-American women, Ronald Burkman MD

A James Joyce-like journey: Depression, technology, and health care costs, Ronald Burkman MD

LegalEASE-Breast complaints: How to reduce the risk of medical liabilty, Ronald Burkman MD

A need for better predictors of death, Lewis Cohen MD

Caudally threaded epidural catheter following a single-shot caudal block in a high-risk neonate: a combined caudal-epidural technique, Neil Connelly MD, Donald Schwartz MD, and Deevia Patel MD

Split decision, Michael Coppola MD

Parents' perception of medical errors, Sarah Goff MD

Overview of robotics in ObGyn surgery, Daniel Grow MD

Patient identification errors are common in a simulated setting, Philip Henneman MD, Donna Fisher MD, and Elizabeth Henneman

Preventing serious sequelae after an acute coronary syndrome: the consequences of thrombosis versus bleeding with antiplatelet therapy, Ashequl Islam MD and Pikeshkumar Patel MD

Unshackling birth: New models in the criminal justice system, Donna Jackson-Kohlin MD

Epstein-BARR virus-associated smooth muscle tumors, Hal Jenson MD

Hospitalizations for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: how you count matters, Peter Lindenauer MD

Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis among medical patients at US hospitals, Peter Lindenauer MD, Michael Rothberg MD, and Penny Pekow

Association of corticosteroid dose and route of administration with risk of treatment failure in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Peter Lindenauer MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, and Evan Benjamin MD

Looking back at Lyme carditis, Jose Martagon-Villamil MD and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD

An historical account and new advances in the cytologic diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma, Christopher Otis MD

Clinical history of HIV infection may be misleading in cytopathology, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Robert Goulart MD

Sedentary behaviors and abnormal glucose tolerance among pregnant Latina women, Penny Pekow and Glenn Markenson MD

Single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy: initial experience, John Romanelli MD and David Earle MD

Transgastric Endoscopic Guided Excision of a large gastric trichobezoar, Connie Rossini MD, Gregory Banever MD, and Kevin Moriarty MD

A guide to building collaborative mental health care partnerships in pediatric primary care, Barry Sarvet MD

Flawed experimental design reveals the need for guidelines requiring appropriate positive controls in endocrine disruption research, Alan Schneyer

Analysis of angiogenesis induced by local IGF-1 expression after myocardial infarction using microSPECT-CT imaging, Sabyasachi Sen MD

Role of antioxidants manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and Catalase (CAT) in preventing adipogenic and promoting osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) in hyperglycemia, Sabyasachi Sen MD and J Enrique Silva MD

Preface, Neal Seymour MD and Barry Sarvet MD

Mice lacking the thyroid hormone receptor-á gene are protected against fat-induced insulin resistance, J Enrique Silva MD

Mice lacking the thyroid hormone receptor-á gene have increased insulin sensitivity when fed a high-fat diet, J Enrique Silva MD

Type-2 iodothyronine deiodinase in mouse skeletal muscles, J Enrique Silva MD and Waile Ramadan MD

Factors associated with positive D-dimer results in patients evaluated for pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD

Does a motivational interviewing intervention delivered by diabetes educators improve HbA1c for poorly controlled type 2 diabetes patients?, Garry Welch, Sofija Zagarins MD, and Jane Garb

Is improvement in blood glucose control for type 2 diabetes associated with depression or diabetes distress following a diabetes education intervention?, Garry Welch, Sofija Zagarins MD, and Jane Garb

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

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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

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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