Submissions from 2007
Virtual-reality training improves angled telescope skills in novice laparoscopists., Sabha Ganai MD and Neal Seymour MD
A concept analysis of self-monitoring., Suzanne Garvin
Dr. Gates and colleagues respond, George Hartnell MD
Introduction, Hal Jenson MD
Congenital malformations of the skull and meninges., Paul Kanev MD
Public reporting and pay for performance in hospital quality improvement., Peter Lindenauer MD, Evan Benjamin MD, and Michael Rothberg MD
Stroke volume variation to stroke volume relationship using a less invasive arterial pressure-based technology, William McGee MD
A simplified physiologic algorithm to optimize fluid management using arterial pressure-based stroke volume variations, William McGee MD and Lori-Ann Kozikowski
Comparing the effect of atrial fibrillation on various cardiac output methods, William McGee MD and Lori-Ann Kozikowski
A pilot simulation program training residents in critical care medicine qualitative analysis, William McGee MD and Patrick Mailloux MD
Principles of effective consultation: An update for the 21st-century consultant., Donna Mercado MD
Evaluation of the IRMA TRU point and i-STAT creatinine assays., James Nichols, Cathy Bartholomew, Jane Garb, and L Jin MD
Modern lessons from Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Illyich"., David Page MD
Black thyroid, Liron Pantanowitz MD
Management of AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma., Liron Pantanowitz MD
Hormonal treatment of idiopathic short stature., Edward Reiter MD
Posaconazole for the treatment of azole-refractory oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis in subjects with HIV infection., Daniel Skiest MD
This is your brain off drugs: Neurocognitive function before and after ART discontinuation in patients with high CD4 Nadir(ACTG A5170), Daniel Skiest MD
Results of phase 2 trial of eritoram, a synthetic TLR-4 antagonist, in patients with severe sepsis, Mark Tidswell MD
The anesthesiologist and pulmonary arterial hypertension, Mark Tidswell MD and Thomas Higgins MD
Colloid carcinoma of the minor duodenal papilla, Heike Varnholt MD, Richard Wait MD, James Mueller MD, and David Desilets MD
Embracing, with strengthened spirits., Deepak Asudani MD
Site -2548 of the leptin gene is associated with gender-specific trends in newborn size and cord leptin levels, Theonia Boyd MD
Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring, Ronald Burkman MD, Susan DeJoy, Fadi Bsat MD, and Carla Provost
Conversion locked-in syndrome after implantation of a spinal cord stimulator., Neil Connelly MD, Paul Kanev MD, Alan Weintraub MD, and Edward Solis MD
Prolonged neuromuscular block in two patients undergoing abdominal surgery, Neil Connelly MD, Kevin Morneault MD, Timothy Lacy MD, and Frank Dupont MD
Ultrasound-guided hip arthrocentesis in the ED., Katharine Freeman MD
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis, Erica Giblin MD, Kenneth Frankel MD, and Keith Mortman MD
Mortality in Friedreich's Ataxia, Gregory Giugliano MD and Prabhdeep Sethi MD
Failures of NovaSure, ThermaChoice, and Roller-Ball endometrial ablation, Daniel Grow MD, Ronald Burkman MD, Carrie Bell MD, and Albert Hsu MD
Increasing patient safety and efficiency in transfusion therapy using formal process definitions., Elizabeth Henneman, Philip Henneman MD, and Chester Andrzejewski MD
Effects of an impedance threshold device on hemodynamics and restoration of spontaneous circulation in prolonged porcine ventricular fibrillation, Timothy Mader MD
Epidural clonidine added to a bupivacaine infusion increases analgesic duration in labor without adverse maternal or fetal effects., Robert Parker MD, Neil Connelly MD, Tanya Lucas MD, S Serban MD, Charles Gibson, and Evan Berman MD
Major determinants of height development in Turner syndrome (TS) patients treated with GH: Analysis of 987 patients from KIGS., Edward Reiter MD
Microcytic anemia., Matthew Richardson MD
Outpatient transfusion practice and factors leading to inpatient transfusion in a pediatric hematology/oncology program., Matthew Richardson MD, Lisa Martel, and Lisa Martensson
Disruptions and satisfaction in internal medicine resident continuity clinic differ between inpatient and outpatient rotations., Michael Rosenblum MD and Timothy Mulligan MD
The changing nature of care: A healthcare team at the bedside, Michael Rosenblum MD and Michael Rothberg MD
Determinants of endurance exercise capacity in the heat in prepubertal boys., Thomas Rowland MD
Notice of duplicate publication., Paul Salva MD and Chester Andrzejewski MD
FSTL3 deletion reveals roles for TGF-beta family ligands in glucose and fat homeostasis in adults, Alan Schneyer
Regarding: muscular dystrophy and the safety of inhalational agents, Donald Schwartz MD
Prevention of contrast induced nephropathy: Recommendations for the high risk patient undergoing cardiovascular procedures, Marc Schweiger MD
Thiamine for the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure, Howard Smithline MD
A combined medical and surgical simulation based training curriculum for 3rd year medical students: Student's perspective, Mihaela Stefan MD, Gladys Fernandez MD, Joel Abraham MD, Gerard Langlois, Rukshana Cader MD, and Elizabeth D'Amour
Integration of simulation based training into third year medical students' clerkship curriculum: A combined medical and surgical effort to link theory with practice, Mihaela Stefan MD, Gladys Fernandez MD, Gerard Langlois, Joel Abraham MD, Rukshana Cader MD, and Elizabeth D'Amour
Simulation for training internal medicine residents in ACLS: What did we learn, Mihaela Stefan MD, Gerard Langlois, and Elizabeth D'Amour
Surgical considerations in early pregnancy: Ectopic pregnancy and ovarian torsion., Elizabeth Stevens
Psychosocial aaspects of type 2 diabetes, Garry Welch
Flu review: New guidelines and regs from the CDC for the 6/07 flu season, Jeannette Wolfe MD
Ketorolac prevents recurrent withdrawal induced hyperalgesia but does not inhibit tolerance to spinal morphine in the rat., J Zhang, Stuart Dunbar MD, and I Karamian
Submissions from 2006
Acute motor axonal neuropathy: A curious variant of Guillain-Barre Syndrome(GBS), Carmel Armon MD
Succinylcholine or rocuronium? A meta-analysis of the effects on intubation conditions., Jeffrey Arnold MD
Development of a simulation program to teach adult resuscitation in an internal medicine residency program, Raquel Belforti MD, Mihaela Stefan MD, and Gerard Langlois
The Human Patient Simulator(HPS): Is it essential to be in the 'Hot Seat' for better learning, Rukshana Cader MD, Joel Abraham MD, Mihaela Stefan MD, and Gladys Fernandez MD
Recurrent thromboembolic phenomena on therapeutic warfarin: A question of VKORC1 polymorphism, Rukshana Cader MD, Archan Shah MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, and Linda Canty MD
The effect of a patient's risk taking attitude on the cost effectiveness of testing strategies, Deepa Chandrasekaran MD, Samuel Borden MD, and Rukmini Modem MD
Profile of a bacterial tumor killer, Neil Forbes
Using chemical engineering to develop cancer therapeutics, Neil Forbes
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome: A rare entity, Cyrus Khan MD, Raul Octaviani MD, and Stephen Ryzewicz MD
Variable Troponin T and CK MB Leak and ECG changes in Rhabdomyolysis without chest trauma, Venkta Kodali MD and Hany Aziz MD
A question of heterogenous VISA in a patient with persistent respiratory alkalosis, Gina Luciano MD, Simon Li MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, and Michael Chin
Use of an aggressive MCF-7 cell line variant, TMX2-28, to study cell invasion in breast cancer., Sharon Marconi and Christopher Otis MD
Update in perioperative medicine., Donna Mercado MD
Long term effects of renal artery stenting with carbon dioxide angiography on renal function and blood pressure control, Leelakrishna Nallamshetty MD, Hetal Patel MD, George Hartnell MD, and Barbara Greco MD
Technical factors in renal artery stenting: Effects on contrast volume, fluoroscopy time and post procedure creatinine., Leelakrishna Nallamshetty MD, Hetal Patel MD, George Hartnell MD, and Barbara Greco MD
Matrix metalloproteinases in the progression and regression of Kaposi's sarcoma., Liron Pantanowitz MD
Systemic capillary leak syndrome: Clarkson's Disease, Archan Shah MD, William McGee MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, and Linda Canty MD
Early surgical intervention in acute cholecystitis for our elderly, Michael Wall MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Michael Rosenblum MD
Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in refractory clostridium difficile diarrhea, Michael Wall MD, Melina Irizarry MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, Orlando Torres MD, and Eric Granowitz MD
Duration of nonmethadone outpatient treatment: results from a national survey., Peter D. Friedmann, Jeffrey A. Alexander, Yining Yey, Tammie Nahra, Soheil Soliman, and Harold A. Pollack
Training primary care clinicians in maintenance care for moderated alcohol use., Peter D. Friedmann, Jennifer Rose, Jumi Hayaki, Susan Ramsey, Anthony Charuvastra, Catherine Dube, Debra Herman, and Michael D. Stein
Pharmacist-led cardiac risk reduction model., Tracey H. Taveira, Wen-Chih Wu, Oanh J. Martin, Mark D. Schleinitz, Peter Friedmann, and Satish C. Sharma
Prime-boost with alternating DNA vaccines designed to engage different antigen presentation pathways generates high frequencies of peptide-specific CD8+ T cells., Joanna N. Radcliffe, Joanne S. Roddick, Peter S. Friedmann, Freda K. Stevenson, and Stephen M. Thirdborough
Diagnostic utility of bile duct curettage specimens in bile duct cytology, Margaret Assaad MD, Maryanne Hornish, Robert Goulart MD, David Desilets MD, and Liron Pantanowitz MD
Diagnostic accuracy of image-guided percutaneous fine needle aspiration biopsy of the mediastinum, Margaret Assaad MD, Liron Pantanowitz MD, and Christopher Otis MD
Urinary excretion and renal expression of osteopontin in premature infants at risk for nephrocalcinosis, Gregory Braden MD, Giovanna Crisi MD, and Thomas Campfield MD
Low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) predicts death in chronic hemodialysis patients, Gregory Braden MD and Jeffrey Mulhern MD
Risk factors for calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA): A case control study in chronic hemodialysis patients, Gregory Braden MD, Jeffrey Mulhern MD, Penny Pekow, Michael Germain MD, George Lipkowitz MD, Arley Diaz MD, and Robert Madden MD
Introduction of a MIRC-based digital teaching file to supplement the subspecialty emergency radiology curriculum in radiologic training., Devang Doshi MD, Bret Coughlin MD, Sunah Kim MD, Stephen O'Connor, Frank Welte MD, and Steve Lee MD
Accuracy of ultrasound-guided percutaneous biopsy of complex cystic breast masses., Devang Doshi MD, Bret Coughlin MD, David March MD, and Giovanna Crisi MD
Complex breast masses: Imaging-pathologic correlation and diagnostic approach., Devang Doshi MD, Bret Coughlin MD, David March MD, and Giovanna Crisi MD
Charge-dependent cellular uptake and tissue penetration of gold nanoparticles, Neil Forbes
Estradiol stimulates the biosynthetic pathways of breast cancer cells: Detection by metabolic flux analysis, Neil Forbes
Critical values: Lessons learned on handoff communication, Richard Friedberg MD
Withdrawal from dialysis: A palliative care perspective., Michael Germain MD and Lewis Cohen MD
Baseline Cystatin C measurement is a potent predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcomes following ACS: A PROVE IT-TIMI 22 analysis, Gregory Giugliano MD
Is severe perineal damage increased in women with prior anal sphincter injury?, Oz Harmanli MD
Fatal attraction: Do as I say, not as I did., George Hartnell MD
What should we do now? Making sense of preventing contrasted-induced nephropathy., George Hartnell MD
Prehospital hypotension is a predictor of the need for an emergent, therapeutic operation in trauma patients with normal systolic blood pressure in the emergency department., Philip Henneman MD
Female sex is associated with improved short-term outcome following prolonged ventricular fibrillation, Timothy Mader MD
Sex differences exist in porcine ventricular morphology, Timothy Mader MD
The pulmonary artery catheter in critical care., William McGee MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, and Paul Jodka MD
Assessing glucose meter accuracy., James Nichols
Pediatrician characteristics associated with child abuse identification and reporting: Results from a national survey of pediatricians., David Norton MD