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Submissions from 2009

 

Lidocaine jelly and plain aqueous gel for urethral straight catheterization and the Q-tip test: A randomized controlled trial, Oz Harmanli MD, Obi Okafor MD, and Alex Knee

 

Epidemiology and outcomes of clostridium difficile-associated disease among patients on prolonged acute mechanical ventilation, Thomas Higgins MD

 

Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa, Gina Luciano MD and Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Racial differences in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest, Timothy Mader MD

 

Perspectives of Latina and non-Latina white women on barriers and facilitators to exercise in pregnancy, Glenn Markenson MD

 

Targeted therapies to treat non-AIDS-defining cancers in patients with HIV on HAART therapy: Treatment considerations and research outlook, Liron Pantanowitz MD

 

Examining the Hendrich Fall Risk Models and the Morse Fall Scale, Cheryl Reilly, Christine Gryglik, Deborah Morsi, and Mary Brunton

 

Myocardial performance during progressive exercise in athletic adolescent males, Thomas Rowland MD

 

The history of thyroid hormone control of metabolic rate, J Enrique Silva MD

 

Demonstration of type-2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2) activity in mouse type 1 skeletal muscle, J Enrique Silva MD and Waile Ramadan MD

 

Mouse skeletal muscle microsomes have type-2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2) mRNA and activity. Possible role in hypermetabolism of TRa deficient mice, J Enrique Silva MD and Waile Ramadan MD

 

Practice management guidelines for identification of cervical spine injuries following trauma: update from the eastern association for the surgery of trauma practice management guidelines committee, Eleanor Winston MD

 

Phase II trial of CoQ10 for ALS finds insufficient evidence to justify phase III, Carmel Armon MD

 

Breast cancer receptor status: do results from a centralized pathology laboratory agree with SEER registry reports, Ronald Burkman MD

 

Electronic mail in pediatric practice, Robert Gerstle MD

 

The XNP remodeler targets dynamic chromatin in Drosophila, Sara Goldstein

 

Subgroup mortality probability models: are they necessary for specialized intensive care units, Thomas Higgins MD

 

Effect of clinical-decision support on documentation compliance in an electronic medical record, Glenn Markenson MD

 

Value of public-private partnerships: Highlighting open platforms, James Nichols

 

Colonic adenoma with squamous metaplasia, Liron Pantanowitz MD

 

Endurance athletes stroke volume response to progressive exercise: A critical review, Thomas Rowland MD

 

Caudally threaded thoracic epidural catheter as the sole anesthetic in a premature infant and ultrasound confirmation of the catheter tip, Donald Schwartz MD and Andrew King MD

 

Health behavior interests of adolescents with unhealthy diet and exercise: implications for weight management, Peter Thunfors

 

Estimating prognosis in end-stage renal disease, Stephen Wittenberg MD and Lewis Cohen MD

 

Relationship between migraine history and breast cancer risk among premenopausal and postmenopausal women, Ronald Burkman MD

 

Society of Interventional Radiology clinical practice guidelines, John Cardella MD

 

Maternal hemodynamic monitoring and the Vigileo monitor, Neil Connelly MD, Karthik Raghunathan MD, Tanya Lucas MD, and Karin Zuegge MD

 

High pregnancy-related anxiety and prenatal depressive symptoms as predictors of intention to breastfeed and breastfeeding initiation, Tarayn Fairlie MD

 

Psychopharmacology and preschoolers: A critical review of current conditions, Jack Fanton MD

 

Cluster randomized trials to study the comparative effectiveness of therapeutics: Stakeholders' concerns and recommendations, Sarah Goff MD

 

Detection and differentiation of normal, cancerous, and metastatic cells using nanoparticle-polymer sensor arrays, D Joseph Jerry

 

Resumption of smoking after release from a tobacco-free correctional facility, Thomas Lincoln MD and Thomas Conklin MD

 

Financing of care, Benjamin Liptzin MD

 

Hospital variation in time to defibrillation after in-hospital cardiac arrest, Timothy Mader MD

 

The effect of ambient temperature on cold saline during simulated infusion to induce therapeutic hypothermia, Timothy Mader MD

 

Physical activity before and during pregnancy and duration of second stage of labor among Hispanic women, Glenn Markenson MD, Penny Pekow, and Michael Plevyak MD

 

Best practices for patient safety in point of care blood glucose monitoring, James Nichols

 

Verification of method performance for clinical laboratories, James Nichols

 

Evaluation of glucose on the EPOC™ Point of Care blood analysis system, James Nichols and Mirian Rodriguez

 

Glucose meters: A review of technical challenges to obtaining accurate results, James Nichols and Ksenia Tonyushkina MD

 

Resident preparation for practice: A white paper from the College of American Pathologists and Association of Pathology Chairs, Christopher Otis MD

 

Adipose tissue: A normal constituent of the uterine cervical stroma, Christopher Otis MD, Liron Pantanowitz MD, and Adriana Doldan Silvero MD

 

A 57-year-old HIV-positive man with persistent fever, weight loss, and pancytopenia, Liron Pantanowitz MD

 

Intracerebroventricular administration of drugs, Adam Pesaturo

 

Gastric closure in NOTES using a novel, over-the-scope nitinol clip - A survival study in an animal model, John Romanelli MD, David Desilets MD, David Earle MD, and Christopher Chapman MD

 

Single-port laparoscopic surgery: An overview, John Romanelli MD and David Earle MD

 

Burst pressures in gastric closure - A NOTES study of the Lock-It system with the Padlock-G in the explanted porcine stomach, John Romanelli MD, David Earle MD, and David Desilets MD

 

Diagnosis of acute mitral valve insufficiency using emergency bedside echocardiography, Jeremy Sautner MD and Gavin Budhram MD

 

The biology of activin: recent advances in structure, regulation and function, Alan Schneyer

 

A guest editorial: 7 tips for critical care nurses to take back nursing, Mark Stambovsky

 

Obstetric triage: Models and trends in resident education by midwives, Elizabeth Stevens

 

Relationship of alcohol use and sexual risk taking among hazardously drinking incarcerated women: an event-level analysis., Michael D. Stein, Bradley J. Anderson, Celeste M. Caviness, Cynthia Rosengard, Susan Kiene, Peter Friedmann, and Jennifer G. Clarke

 

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury in renal transplant recipients after cardiac catheterization, Varun Agrawal MD

 

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Carmel Armon MD

 

Computerized databases for ALS incidence calculations: Ready, steady, but don't go yet, Carmel Armon MD

 

Integrating pluralistic organizational culture in an American Community hospital, Elisabeth Bennett

 

Reflection, learning, technology, and the socio-cultural context of virtual HRD: An emerging theory of network culture dynamics, Elisabeth Bennett

 

Virtual HRD: The intersection of knowledge management, culture, and intranets, Elisabeth Bennett

 

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

 

Association between efficacy and body weight or body mass index for two low-dose oral contraceptives, Ronald Burkman MD

 

Implementation of a rapid response team: A success story, Sheila Elliott and Susan Scott

 

Spontaneous left anterior descending coronary artery dissection in a patient with neurofibromatosis, Gregory Giugliano MD and Prabhdeep Sethi MD

 

Angina Pectoris, Marc Haber MD

 

Colpocleisis: A simple, effective and underutilized procedure for pelvic organ prolapse, Oz Harmanli MD

 

Studying rigorously defined health care processes using a formal process modeling language, clinical simulation, observation, and eye tracking, Philip Henneman MD and Elizabeth Henneman

 

Integrating quality across the continuum of medical education, Hal Jenson MD

 

Derangements in blood glucose following initial resuscitation from in-hospital cardiac arrest: A report from the national registry of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Timothy Mader MD

 

A randomized controlled trial of prenatal physical activity to prevent gestational diabetes: Design and methods, Glenn Markenson MD

 

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