Submissions from 2008
Clostridium botulinum, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD
Clostridium tetani, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD
Coccidioides species, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD
Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD
Cryptococcus neoforms, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD
Histoplasma capsulatum, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD
Mycobacterium leprae, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD
Phaeohyphomycoses, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD
Shigella species, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD
Streptococcus pyogenes, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD
The combined mammographic and sonographic evaluation of palpable breast lesions: Negative predictive value with at least 3-year follow-up, Erica Tyler MD and David March MD
Atrial stunning following cardioversion resulting in flash pulmonary edema, Michael Wall MD and Sandra Bellantonio MD
Suture survival in an acidic environment: Implications for Natural Orifice Transgastric Endolumenal Surgery (NOTES), Eyad Wohaibi MD, Sabha Ganai MD, Richard Wait MD, and John Romanelli MD
Demonstration of increasing laparoscopic clinical skill over time: Use of a new network-based resident assessment tool, Eyad Wohaibi MD, David Lin MD, David Earle MD, and Neal Seymour MD
A mother and son with an isolated 6q subtelomere deletion and comparison to other reported cases, Mary-Alice Abbott MD
Prospective detection of hyperglycemia in critically ill children using continuous glucose monitoring, Holley Allen MD, Dennis Brenner MD, and Christine McKiernan MD
Diagnostic utility of mammaglobin in lesions of the uterine cervix, Margaret Assaad MD, Christopher Otis MD, Sharon Marconi, and Liron Pantanowitz MD
Reflective writing and facilitated discussion enhance teaching of clinical ethics, Maura Brennan MD, Thomas Campfield MD, Elisabeth Bennett, and John O'Reilly MD
Ligneous inflammation of the female genital tract, Gabriel Caponetti MD, Christopher Otis MD, Sharon Marconi, and Liron Pantanowitz MD
Adequacy of lymph node retrieval in colonic adenocarcinoma depends on surgical and anatomic factors, Christopher Chapman MD and Wayne Duke MD
Infant safe sleeping in homeless family shelters, Sonia Chaudhry MD and Nancy Miller MD
Simulation based training for third year medical students: A combined medical and surgical effort to link theory with practice, Elizabeth D'Amour, Mihaela Stefan MD, Gladys Fernandez MD, Michael Picchioni MD, David Page MD, Joel Abraham MD, Rukshana Cader MD, Neal Seymour MD, and Richard Wait MD
Tumor-targeted delivery of TRIAL using Salmonella typhimurium enhances breast cancer survival, Sabha Ganai MD, Richard Arenas MD, and Neil Forbes
Patients' beliefs and preferences regarding doctors' medication recommendations, Sarah Goff MD
Combination of enzyme replacement and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation as therapy for Hurler syndrome, Satkiran Grewal MD
Increasing the quality and quantity of feedback in medical education, Kevin Hinchey MD and Michael Picchioni MD
Protein-passivated Fe3O4 nanoparticles: Low toxicity and rapid heating for thermal therapy, D Joseph Jerry
Pulmonary infections, David Longworth MD
Prolonged cardiac arrest: A revised model of porcine ventricular fibrillation, Timothy Mader MD
Performance of intraoperative axillary sentinel lymph node touch prep evaluation: Effect of surgical submission of "Suspicious" sentinel lymph nodes, Juliana Meyer MD, Holly Mason MD, Sabha Ganai MD, Maryanne Hornish, Giovanna Crisi MD, and Robert Goulart MD
Case/control study of patients who have high-level oocyte immaturity on multiple cycles during ICSI, Andrew Moore MD, Margaret Arny, Kelly Lynch MD, Diana Atashroo MD, M Yusoff Dawood MD, and Daniel Grow MD
Pre-analytical variables, James Nichols
Evaluation of HemoCue glucose 201 room temperature microcuvettes [Erratum], James Nichols, Aparna Rajadhyaksha MD, and Mirian Rodriguez
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: From the Hospital to the Community, Armando Paez MD and Daniel Skiest MD
Kaposi sarcoma: Appraisal of therapeutic agents, Liron Pantanowitz MD
Editorial comment: Sweet syndrome--a diagnosis seeking a cause, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Wayne Duke MD
Keloids do not harbor EBV or HHV8, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Wayne Duke MD
Gout, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Monica Hollowell MD
Cystitis glandularis, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Christopher Otis MD
Primer to the Internal medicine clerkship: A guide produced by the clerkship directors in Internal medicine, Michael Picchioni MD
Evaluation of the Enterprise Point-of-Care (EPOC) system for blood gas and electrolyte analysis, Aparna Rajadhyaksha MD, James Nichols, and Mirian Rodriguez
Potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized elders, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Maura Brennan MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, Mark Heelon, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Accuracy of resident obstetrical procedure numbers in the case log system, Heather Sankey MD
Depression and gestational weight gain among low-income Hispanic and White non-Hispanic women, Heather Sankey MD
Drug-eluting stents and acute myocardial infarction: Experience from the TAXUS ARRIVE registry program, Marc Schweiger MD
Reply to Cooper et al, Daniel Skiest MD
ST segment depression during vasodilator stress testing predicts long term mortality in women, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, M Javed Ashraf MD, James Cook MD, and William Hiser MD
Cigarette smoking cessation services in outpatient substance abuse treatment programs in the United States., Peter D. Friedmann, Lan Jiang, and Kimber P. Richter
Opportunities and challenges for diabetes prevention at two community health centers, Evan Benjamin MD, Dorothea von Goeler MD, and Penny Pekow
E-tools of change: An analysis of a corporate Intranet promoting organizational change, Elisabeth Bennett
A consensus document on robotic surgery, David Earle MD
Prosthetic material in inguinal hernia repair: How do I choose?, David Earle MD and Lisa Mark MD
Elderly patients without MPM-III risk factors fare surprisingly well, Thomas Higgins MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Paul Jodka MD
Mixed hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma may derive from 'hepatogones', John Hunt MD
A pilot study to measure and improve collaboration in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Paul Jodka MD, Nancy Doubleday, Paula Lusardi, Elaine Blonaisz, and Elizabeth Henneman
The "Going Home Initiative": Direct transfer of terminally-ill intensive care unit patients to home hospice, Paul Jodka MD, Paula Lusardi, Nancy Doubleday, Danielle Plouffe, Betty Babb, and Thomas Higgins MD
Chart critical care with this checklist, Michael Lemanski MD
Prove patients critical status before coding 99291, Michael Lemanski MD
A human patient simulation program training residents in critical care medicine-quantitative analysis, William McGee MD, Gladys Fernandez MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, and Gerard Langlois
Optimal steroid therapy may improve outcome in septic shock, William McGee MD, Thomas Higgins MD, Paul Jodka MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, and Elizabeth Lederman
Effect of oncologist-based counseling on patient-perceived breast cancer risk and psychological distress, Wilson Mertens MD, Deborah Katz MD, Marlene Quinlan, Ruth Barham, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Sandra Hubbard, Pam Hyder, and Mary jean Pineau
Public health implications of altered puberty timing, Edward Reiter MD
Exercise tolerance and thermoregulatory responses during cycling in boys and men, Thomas Rowland MD and Sean Hagenbuch MD
VR to OR: A review of the evidence that virtual reality simulation improves operating room performance, Neal Seymour MD
Thyroid-adrenergic interactions: physiological and clinical implications, J Enrique Silva MD
Geriatric Trauma, Reginald Alouidor MD
Nonventilatory interventions in the acute respiratory distress syndrome, Reginald Alouidor MD
Physicians should desist from aiding in executions, Carmel Armon MD
The belongings, Deepak Asudani MD
Adverse reactions to antibiotics in critical care, Richard Brown MD and Eric Granowitz MD
Emergency Thoracic Ultrasound, Gavin Budhram MD
Timing of menarche and first full-term birth in relation to breast cancer risk, Ronald Burkman MD
Postoperative hypertension, Gladys Fernandez MD and Neal Seymour MD
Improving patient satisfaction through aggressive surgical pain management, Christine Gryglik, Cheryl Reilly, and Michael Davis
Chronic fatigue syndrome, Hal Jenson MD
Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses types I and II, Hal Jenson MD
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis, Hal Jenson MD
Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, Hal Jenson MD
Polyomaviruses, Hal Jenson MD
Lymphoedematous variants of Kaposi's sarcoma, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Wayne Duke MD
Patterns of molecular genetic variation among cat breeds, Solveig Pflueger MD
Postoperative pulmonary embolus, Neal Seymour MD and Gladys Fernandez MD
A retrospective observational study of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in adults with severe sepsis: Comparison with a controlled clinical trial, Jay Steingrub MD
Evolution of mechanical ventilation in response to clinical research, Jay Steingrub MD
Submissions from 2007
Spotting a zebra by its stripes, Deepak Asudani MD, Martin Broder MD, and Sivakumar Natanasabapathy MD
Foreword, Ronald Burkman MD
The Transdermal Contraceptive Patch: An Updated Review of the Literature, Ronald Burkman MD
A psychiatric perspective of dialysis discontinuation, Lewis Cohen MD, Adam Mirot MD, Jane Garb, Gregory Braden MD, and Michael Germain MD
Deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis in laparoscopy: An evidence-based review, David Earle MD
Strokes in Young People: A Differential Diagnosis, Tala Elia MD and Susan Torrey MD
Critical values comparison: A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes survey of 163 clinical laboratories, Richard Friedberg MD
Future trends, Richard Friedberg MD
The role of the medical laboratory director, Richard Friedberg MD and Carol Ann Rauch MD
Can we use a catheter to do the q-tip test, Oz Harmanli MD
The national academy of clinical biochemistry laboratory medicine practice guidelines for point of care pH testing, James Nichols
Laboratory accreditation and inspection, Carol Ann Rauch MD and James Nichols
Influenza, Michael Rothberg MD
Patient knowledge and attitudes about antiviral medication and vaccination for influenza in an internal medicine clinic, Michael Rothberg MD