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Submissions from 2008

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

Consensus statement on the diagnosis and treatment of children with idiopathic short stature: A summary of the Growth Hormone Research Society, the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, and the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Workshop, Edward Reiter 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 don’t 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 doesn’t 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