All Scholarly Works

Submissions from 2006 2006

Does obesity affect vaginal hysterectomy outcomes, Oz Harmanli MD

Read cases with the experts. Cardiac imaging. Body MRI categorical course., George Hartnell MD

Baystate educational innovation project, Kevin Hinchey MD, Samuel Borden MD, Lauren Meade MD, Michael Picchioni MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, and David Longworth MD

See one, do one, teach one: Introducing the manager model into the PGY-2 year, Kevin Hinchey MD and Michael Picchioni MD

A nutritional supplement formula for influenza A (H5N1) infection in humans., Harvey Lederman MD

Cutaneous malignant melanoma., Aimee Leonard MD

Large mucosal lip defects: Management by second intention healing, Aimee Leonard MD

Rapid preparation of high-quality frozen sections using the Cryo-Hist embedding machine, Aimee Leonard MD

Chemotherapy ordering in a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) environment: A longitudinal analysis of defects from oncologist to patient, Wilson Mertens MD, Deborah Naglieri-Prescod, and Donald Higby MD

Task-specific mini-CEXs: A way of documenting competence and enhancing feedback, Michael Picchioni MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Lauren Meade MD, David Ling MD, and Kevin Hinchey MD

The influence of H. pylori infection on postoperative marginal ulcer and stricture formation in bariatric surgery patients, John Romanelli MD

Does division of the nerve of Latarjet during Roux-En-Y laparoscopic gastric bypass influence delayed emptying of the gastric pouch in the early postoperative period, John Romanelli MD and Jane Garb

Does the presence of asymptomatic cholelithiasis preoperatively predict the development of cholecystitis in the weight loss period following bariatric surgery, John Romanelli MD and Jane Garb

A Quality Improvement(QI) curriculum in action: Diabetes management, Michael Rosenblum MD and Kevin Hinchey MD

After the funding is gone: An analysis of predictors of sustainability efforts at the inner city asthma intervention sites, Matthew Sadof MD

Demonstration of construct valifity for a new virtual reality laparoscopic skills trainer, Neal Seymour MD, David Earle MD, and Ron Bush

Characterization of angular gaze by expert laparoscopic surgeons using a face-mounted display, Neal Seymour MD, David Earle MD, Ron Bush, and David Lin MD

Validation of an operating room performance tool for surgical residents, Neal Seymour MD, David Earle MD, and Alexander Perez MD

Use of a new performance assessment tool for a complex laparoscopic task, Neal Seymour MD, David Earle MD, John Romanelli MD, and Jay Kuhn MD

The use of a virtual reality trainer to increase surgical resident skill on complex laparoscopic tasks, Neal Seymour MD, David Earle MD, John Romanelli MD, Jay Kuhn MD, and Ron Bush

Complex laparoscopic task performance on two new computer-based skills training devices, Neal Seymour MD, Michael Ganey MD, and Ron Bush

Thermogenic mechanisms and their hormonal regulation., J Enrique Silva MD

Validity of dyspnea measures in patients with acute decompensated heart failure, Howard Smithline MD, Fidela Blank, Thomas Fitzgerald, and Sondra Jasienowski

Can we better determine the etiology of community-acquired pneumonia?, Richard Brown MD

The adolescent with a chronic illness., James Burns MD and Matthew Sadof MD

Time to end systolic velocity, a novel tissue Doppler measurement, correlates best with maximal longitudinal contraction, James Cook MD, Leng Jiang MD, Hany Aziz MD, Lisa Massie MD, Adrian Fluture MD, and Prabhdeep Sethi MD

Insights into left ventricular synchrony: Peak velocity versus peak contraction, James Cook MD, Kenneth Santiago MD, Leng Jiang MD, and Adrian Fluture MD

Effects of recurrent withdrawal on spinal GABA release during chronic morphine infusion in the rat., Stuart Dunbar MD, I Karamian, A Yeatman MD, and J Zhang

Surgical training and simulation laboratory at Baystate Medical Center., David Earle MD

Immunophenotypic changes and clinical outcome in B-cell lymphomas treated with rituximab., Jonathan Freeman MD and Richard Steingart MD

NT-proBNP levels in the ICU do not predict the etiology of respiratory distress., Thomas Higgins MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, and James Cook MD

Intra-operative hyperglycemia commonly occurs in cardiac bypass patients, Gary Kanter MD

Optimal administration of perioperative antibiotics using system redesign, Gary Kanter MD

Differences in triage thresholds for patients presenting with possible acute coronary syndromes: More than meets the eye., J. Hector Pope MD

High dose atorvastatin does not impact the efficacy of clopiclogrel: A PROVE IT TIMI-22 analysis, Marc Schweiger MD, Gregory Giugliano MD, and Amir Lotfi MD

The impact of body mass index on concordance in the interpretation of matched noncontrast and contrast abdominal pelvic computed tomographic scans in ED patients with nontraumatic abdominal pain., Jeannette Wolfe MD, Howard Smithline MD, Fidela Blank, Bret Coughlin MD, and Steve Lee MD

Disturbed sleep and its relationship to alcohol use., Michael D. Stein and Peter D. Friedmann

Glutathione-mediated delivery and release using monolayer protected nanoparticle carriers, Neil Forbes

Percentage hematogones by flow cytometric analysis is lower in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome than in cytopenic patients without myelodysplastic syndrome, Raavi Gupta MD and John Hunt MD

Myelodysplastic syndrome with isolated del(20q): A distinct clinicopathologic entity, Raavi Gupta MD and Vandita Johari MD

Patient preference and outcomes-based surgical care among octogenarians and nonagenarians., K Francis Lee MD

Volume, quality of care, and outcome in pneumonia., Peter Lindenauer MD

Stroke volume variability, SVO2 and intravascular volume during CVVHD, Patrick Mailloux MD and William McGee MD

Evaluation of Phospho-mTOR (Mamalian Target of Rapamycin) expression in benign, proliferative and malignant epithelial lesions of the breast, Christopher Otis MD, Sandra Camelo-Piragua MD, Darius Arabadjief MD, Melissa Arabadjief MD, Raavi Gupta MD, Brooke Pazik, Sharon Marconi, and Reva Ricketts-Loriaux MD

Evaluation of the relationships between pAkt and beta-catenin in invasive breast carcinoma, Christopher Otis MD, Sharon Marconi, Brooke Pazik, Darius Arabadjief MD, Melissa Arabadjief MD, Sandra Camelo-Piragua MD, Raavi Gupta MD, and Reva Ricketts-Loriaux MD

Correlation between villous mineralization, embryonic demise and aneuploidy, Solveig Pflueger MD and Aparna Rajadhyaksha MD

Clonality of borderline and serous carcinoma of the ovary: Molecular studies identify a monoclonal origin for primary tumors and their implants, Reva Ricketts-Loriaux MD and Christopher Otis MD

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Fiberoptic intubation, Donald Schwartz MD, Neil Connelly MD, and Steven Dunn MD

Predictors of HIV disease progression in patients who stop ART with CD4 cell counts >350 cells/mm, Daniel Skiest MD

Treatment failure resulting from resistance of staphylococcus aureus to daptomycin., Daniel Skiest MD

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in pediatric depression: Is the balance between benefits and risks favorable?, Bruce Waslick MD

Disaster myths and hurricane Katrina 2005: Can public officals and the media learn to provide reponsible crisis communication during disasters, Jeffrey Arnold MD

Tenofovir-associated acute and chronic kidney disease: A case of multiple drug interactions., John Bedford MD, Gregory Braden MD, and Anne Morris

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons practice guideline series: Antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac surgery, part I-duration., Richard Engelman MD

Contributing author, Katharine Freeman MD

Mapping the rectum: Spatial analysis of transanal endoscopic microsurgical outcomes using GIS technology., Jane Garb, Richard Wait MD, Albert Alexander MD, Sabha Ganai MD, Prathima Kanumuri MD, and R Rao MD