Submissions from 2008
Door-to-balloon time: Are we evaluating the wrong metric, J. Mark Peterman MD, Gregory Giugliano MD, and Marc Schweiger MD
Pancreatic pseudocystgastrostomy with a peroral, flexible stapler: Human natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery anastomoses in 2 patients (with videos), John Romanelli MD, David Desilets MD, and David Earle MD
Choosing the best hospital: The limitations of public quality reporting, Michael Rothberg MD, Evan Benjamin MD, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Preparing for practice: Addressing special health care needs in pediatric residency programs., Matthew Sadof MD
Unintended precipitation of methadone withdrawal by naltrexone, Pragathi Saligram MD, Senthil Sivalingam MD, and Xiao Liu MD
The structure of FSTL3.activin A complex: Differential binding of N-terminal domains influences follistatin-type antagonist specificity, Alan Schneyer
A case of delayed hepatotoxicity following N-acetylcysteine therapy, Mayu Sekiguchi MD, Alvaro Rosales MD, and Michael Rosenblum MD
Fatal pheochromocytoma crisis precipitated by dobutamine stress echocardiography, Prabhdeep Sethi MD, William Hiser MD, Leng Jiang MD, Ashequl Islam MD, Mara Slawsky MD, and Nitin Bhatnagar MD
The significance of common bile duct dilatation in older adults, Abdullah Shaikh MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and David Desilets MD
The FOTO study: 24-week results support, Daniel Skiest MD and Jane Garb
A personal reflection: A final embrace, Mark Stambovsky
Significantly misclassified left atrial size by left atrial dimension or area: Comparison with left atrial volume by two- or three-dimensional echocardiography, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, William Hiser MD, Leng Jiang MD, and Gui Hua Yao MD
Heparin and hyperkalemia: The unexpected cost of prophylaxis, Ashish Verma MD, Lauren Meade MD, and Ryan Joyce MD
Common false positive findings on FDG PET/CT: An atlas of artifacts, normal variants, and incidentals, Erez Vidan MD and Laurie Gianturco MD
The mask of sickle cell anemia, Siddharth Wartak MD
SIADH with profound hyponatremia in a patient with long-term use of valproate, aripiprazole and mirtazapine, Jacqueline White MD, Senthil Sivalingam MD, Srikanth Penumetsa MD, Amit Bhargava MD, and Lauren Meade MD
Efficacy of online gonadotropin patient education versus in office patient education, Halina Wiczyk MD and Pamela Behrens
Recurrent low oocyte maturity (RLOM), a new category of oocyte factor infertility, Halina Wiczyk MD, Andrew Moore MD, Daniel Grow MD, Margaret Arny, Kelly Lynch MD, and M Yusoff Dawood MD
Trazodone for sleep disturbance after alcohol detoxification: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial., Peter D. Friedmann, Jennifer S. Rose, Robert Swift, Robert L. Stout, Richard P. Millman, and Michael D. Stein
A 4-year follow-up study of atopic dermatitis therapy with 0.1% tacrolimus ointment in children and adult patients., S Reitamo, M Rustin, J Harper, K Kalimo, A Rubins, F Cambazard, E E A Brenninkmeijer, C Smith, J Berth-Jones, T Ruzicka, G Sharpe, and A Taieb
Genetic disorders and dysmorphology, Mary-Alice Abbott MD
A judgment call, Deepak Asudani MD and Sharon Wretzel MD
Bedside echocardiography in the management of a thoracic stab wound with early pericardial tamponade, Gavin Budhram MD
Can the heat of localized soft tissue infections be quantified non-invasively using an infrared thermography camera, Geoffrey A. Capraro MD, Sondra Jasienowski, and Fidela Blank
Tissue oxygenation in soft tissue infections, Geoffrey A. Capraro MD, Sondra Jasienowski, and Fidela Blank
Clinical endpoints in peripheral endovascular revascularization trials: A case for standardized definitions, John Cardella MD
How to think like a radiologist, Tara Catanzano MD
Effect of the oxytocin antagonist antocin and agonist decomoton on baboon luteal cell production and release of progesterone, M Yusoff Dawood MD
Rabies, Donna Fisher MD
Bacterial therapies: completing the cancer treatment toolbox, Neil Forbes
Identifying potentially preventable readmissions, Norbert Goldfield MD
Novices outperform experienced laparoscopists on virtual reality laparoscopy simulator, Daniel Grow MD, Andrew Moore MD, Ron Bush, and Neal Seymour MD
Endocrine Emergencies, Philip Henneman MD
Designing property specifications to improve the safety of the blood transfusion process, Philip Henneman MD and Elizabeth Henneman
Outcome prediction in critical care: The Mortality Probability Models, Thomas Higgins MD
Rates and outcomes of clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) among patients on prolonged acute mechanical ventilation (PAMV), Thomas Higgins MD
Using scan statistics for quality control and program evaluation, Thomas Higgins MD
ADAMTS13 activity and inhibitor, Vandita Johari MD, Jonathan Freeman MD, Claudine Habib MD, and Adriana Doldan-Silvero MD
Electronic health records in ambulatory care, Jeffrey Kaufman MD
Alcoholic emergencies, Adam Kellogg MD
Alcoholic emergenices, Adam Kellogg MD
Neck and chest trauma, Adam Kellogg MD
The influence of triage systems and triage scores on timeliness of ED analgesic administration, Timothy Mader MD
Blood volume changes during dialysis and their impact on cardiac performance, Patrick Mailloux MD, William McGee MD, Thomas Higgins MD, and Lori-Ann Kozikowski
Physiologic management of hemodynamics in the operating room using arterial pressure-based stroke volume and stroke volume variation, William McGee MD and Lori-Ann Kozikowski
Managing quality point of care testing, James Nichols
The future of point-of-care testing, James Nichols
Iron and associated expression of the transferrin receptor (CD71) and heme-oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in kaposi sarcoma, Patrick O'Donnell MD, Sharon Marconi, and Liron Pantanowitz MD
Unique histopathologic variants of cutaneous kaposi sarcoma, Patrick O'Donnell MD and Liron Pantanowitz MD
Cystic struma ovarii (with macrocystic change), Christopher Otis MD and Liron Pantanowitz MD
Appendiceal granulation polyp, Liron Pantanowitz MD
HIV-associated plasmablastic lymphoma: Lessons learned from 112 published cases, Liron Pantanowitz MD
Controversies in precocious puberty treatment, Edward Reiter MD
Issues in precocious puberty, Edward Reiter MD
New guidelines for GH treatment, Edward Reiter MD
Nicotine gum for pregnant smokers: A randomized controlled trial, Heather Sankey MD
Collaboration with primary care: Developing clinical skills, overcoming system challenges, Barry Sarvet MD
Guide to teaching pediatricians, Barry Sarvet MD
Working with advanced practice nurses to increase access to treatment, Barry Sarvet MD
Transcriptional responses to estrogen and progesterone in mammary gland identify networks regulating p53 activity, Sallie Schneider and D Joseph Jerry
Extensive development of flat warts as a cutaneous manifestation of immune reconstitution syndrome, Daniel Skiest MD and Wayne Duke MD
Musculoskeletal disorders in systemic disease, Blake Spirko MD and Allison Brewer MD
Prostaglandin inhibitors in the treatment of single-system Langerhans cell histiocytosis: Pharmacologic rationale and report of two cases, Philippa Sprinz MD and Stephen O'Connor
Multicenter implementation of a consensus-developed, evidence-based, spontaneous breathing trial protocol, Jay Steingrub MD, Thomas Higgins MD, and Patrick Mailloux MD
I dont have a drinking problem, Jeannette Wolfe MD
ACR Appropriateness Criteria on Hodgkin's lymphoma: Favorable prognosis stage I and II, Michael Yunes MD
Interpretation of newborn screening tests, Mary-Alice Abbott MD
A randomized controlled trial of resistance exercise in individuals with ALS, Carmel Armon MD
From clues to mechanisms: Understanding ALS initiation and spread, Carmel Armon MD
Emergency department bedside echocardiography in diagnosis of Ebstein's anomaly with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and atrial fibrillation, Gavin Budhram MD
Absence of human herpes virus-8 (HHV8) in nephrogenic systemic, Wayne Duke MD, Liron Pantanowitz MD, and Patrick O'Donnell MD
Diagnosis and laparoscopic treatment of surgical diseases during pregnancy: An evidence-based review, David Earle MD
Chapter 20: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound., Tala Elia MD
BOOT CAMP: Implementation of an intensive simulation-based educational curriculum for new surgical interns, Gladys Fernandez MD, Patrick Lee MD, Ron Bush, David Page MD, and Loki Skylizard MD
Medical student performance in surgical patient simulation correlates with end-of-clerkship oral examination performance, Gladys Fernandez MD, David Page MD, and Neal Seymour MD
Challenges in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal in the general hospital, Steven Fischel MD and Stephen Ryzewicz MD
Comparing drug effectiveness at health plans: The ethics of cluster randomized trials, Sarah Goff MD
Double blinded randomized comparison between lidocaine jelly and surgilube for urethral straight catheterization and the q-tip test, Oz Harmanli MD, Alex Knee, and Obi Okafor MD
Approach to Patients with Chest Pain, Philip Henneman MD
An introduction to statistical methods used in binary outcome modeling, Thomas Higgins MD
Metrics that matter: Can transparency fix the health care system, Thomas Higgins MD
Neonatal cranial ultrasound lesions and developmental delays at 2 years of age among extremely low gestational age children, Susan McQuiston MD
Analytical performance of the EPOC Point of Care blood analysis system, James Nichols, Aparna Rajadhyaksha MD, and Mirian Rodriguez
Rosai-dorfman disease: A rare pulmonary presentation, Patrick O'Donnell MD, Jonathan Freeman MD, and Vandita Johari MD
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome related Kaposi's sarcoma eroding the maxillary bone, Liron Pantanowitz MD
Images in HIV/AIDS: HIV-associated toxic megacolon, Liron Pantanowitz MD
Primary Kaposi sarcoma of the subcutaneous tissue, Liron Pantanowitz MD
Red blood cell transfusion practices within the institutions of the New England Pediatrics Sickle Cell Consortium, Allison Paroskie MD, Philippa Sprinz MD, and Joanna Luty MD
Blunt pancreato-duodenal injury: A multi-center study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma (ReCONECT), Lisa Patterson MD and Ronald Gross MD
Single port laparoscopic cholecystectomy with the TriPort system: A case report, John Romanelli MD, Lisa Mark MD, and Philip Omotosho MD
Rhodiola crenulata induces death and inhibits growth of breast cancer cell lines, Sallie Schneider
Declining prevalence of diabetes mellitus in hereditary haemochromatosis: The result of earlier diagnosis, Sabyasachi Sen MD
Randomized clinical trial of activated protein C for the treatment of acute lung injury, Jay Steingrub MD and Mark Tidswell MD
Why weaning from mechanical ventilation doesnt occur, Mark Tidswell MD, Thomas Higgins MD, and Boyd Hehn MD
Is this a gender issue or just life in the ED, Jeannette Wolfe MD
Feasibility of gaining access to women in jail for health interventions., Megan R. Hebert, Jennifer G. Clarke, Celeste M. Caviness, Moira K. Ray, Peter D. Friedmann, and Michael D. Stein
Violent and disruptive behavior among drug-involved prisoners: relationship with psychiatric symptoms., Peter D. Friedmann, Gerald Melnick, Lan Jiang, and Zachary Hamilton
Gender differences in comorbid disorders among offenders in prison substance abuse treatment programs., Caron Zlotnick, Jennifer G. Clarke, Peter D. Friedmann, Mary B. Roberts, Stanley Sacks, and Gerald Melnick
Utility of fetal echocardiography after normal fetal cardiac evaluation by detailed fetal anatomy ultrasound, Fadi Bsat MD, Roman Starikov MD, Glenn Markenson MD, and Alex Knee