Submissions from 2004
Safety of drotrecogin alfa (activated): Results of Xeus, a prospective multicenter observational study In Chest 2004;126(4)Suppl:724S, Jay Steingrub MD
The pharmacokinetics of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in severe sepsis patients weighing greater than 135 kg in Chest 2004;126(4)Suppl:863S, Jay Steingrub MD
Statistical analysis of vital sign value changes in patients undergoing uncomplicated transfusions, Jay Steingrub MD and Chester Andrzejewski MD
Peripartum cardiomyopathy., Mark Tidswell MD
GIS localization of community acquired MRSA soft tissue abscesses in children, Michael Tirabassi MD, Kevin Moriarty MD, Jane Garb, Ric Skinner, George Wadie MD, and Christopher Boyd MD
GIS localization of community acquired MRSA soft tissue abscesses in children, Michael Tirabassi MD, Kevin Moriarty MD, Jane Garb, Ric Skinner, George Wadie MD, and Christopher Boyd MD
Investigating racial disparities in percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI) rates, Richard Wait MD, Jane Garb, and James Cook MD
Early antiepileptic drug reduction following anterior temporal lobectomy for medically intractable complex partial epilepsy., Carmel Armon MD
Effects of Insulin Resistance on Substrate Utilization During Exercise in Overweight Women., Stuart Chipkin MD
Measuring quality of dying in end-stage renal disease., Lewis Cohen MD and Michael Germain MD
Cecil's textbook of medicine, 22nd edition, Michael R. Grey MD
Don't use thiopental to decrease propofol injection pain., Timothy Lacy MD, Neil Connelly MD, and Katharine Freeman MD
Hampden County public health model for corrections, Thomas Lincoln MD
New technology for the early detection of breast cancer, Holly Mason MD
A physician's support for incorporating spirituality into the healing process, Wilson Mertens MD
Prognostic evaluation and review of immunohistochemically detected disseminated tumor cells in peritumoral lymph nodes of patients with pN0 colorectal cancer., James Mueller MD
Safety and efficacy of anastrozole for the treatment of pubertal gynecomastia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial., Edward Reiter MD
Profile of chest trauma in a level I trauma center., Richard Wait MD and Imtiaz Munshi MD
Liability tort reform - not a done deal, Ronald Burkman MD
A calcified lesion on abdominal X-ray., K Francis Lee MD
Coping with chemotherapy and radiation therapy, Grace Makari-Judson MD
A unique pattern of injury secondary to seatbelt-related blunt abdominal trauma., Imtiaz Munshi MD
Loss of heterozygosity occurs via mitotic recombination in Trp53+/- mice and associates with mammary tumor susceptibility of the BALB/c strain., Christopher Otis MD and D Joseph Jerry
Inflammatory fibroid polyps are not inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors., Liron Pantanowitz MD
The effect of matching comprehensive services to patients' needs on drug use improvement in addiction treatment., Peter D. Friedmann, James C. Hendrickson, Dean R. Gerstein, and Zhiwei Zhang
Information-sharing in out-of-hospital disaster response: the future role of information technology., Jeffrey Arnold MD and K Francis Lee MD
Treating hypertension in patients with diabetes., Evan Benjamin MD
Reproductive factors and risk of breast carcinoma in a study of white and African-American women., Ronald Burkman MD
E-mail communication between pediatricians and their patients., Robert Gerstle MD
Timing is everything., Thomas Higgins MD
Variations in influenza vaccination among the elderly., Stephenie C. Lemon, William Rakowski, Melissa A. Clark, Jason Roy, and Peter D. Friedmann
Use of antihypertensive agents in the management of patients with acute ischemic stroke., Peter Lindenauer MD, Evan Benjamin MD, and Penny Pekow
Experience with cryopreserved cadaveric femoral vein allografts used for hemodialysis access., Robert Madden MD, Alexander Kurbanov MD, and George Lipkowitz MD
Contralateral breast cancer: factors associated with stage and size at presentation., Grace Makari-Judson MD and Wilson Mertens MD
Association of admission date with cancer patient survival at a regional hospice: utility of a statistical process control analysis., Wilson Mertens MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Evan Benjamin MD
Charcot-Leyden crystals: pathology and diagnostic utility., Liron Pantanowitz MD
Ligneous (pseudomembranous) inflammation involving the female genital tract associated with type-1 plasminogen deficiency., Liron Pantanowitz MD
Antenatal necrotic injury in severe twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. A case and review., Michael Plevyak MD
Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of a long-acting growth hormone (GH) preparation (nutropin depot) in GH-deficient children., Edward Reiter MD
Scaling or normalising maximum oxygen uptake to predict 1-mile run time in boys., Thomas Rowland MD
Beckman Access versus the Bayer ACS:180 and the Abbott AxSYM cardiac Troponin-I real-time immunoassays: an observational prospective study., Howard Smithline MD and Robert Baevsky MD
The effectiveness of wireless telephone communication technology on ambient noise level reduction within the ED., Howard Smithline MD and Robert Baevsky MD
Does morphine change the physical examination in patients with acute appendicitis, Howard Smithline MD, Jeannette Wolfe MD, Jane Garb, and Viriato Fiallo MD
Patient encounter time intervals in the evaluation of emergency department patients requiring abdominopelvic CT: oral contrast versus no contrast, Jeannette Wolfe MD, Howard Smithline MD, Fidela Blank, Bret Coughlin MD, and Steve Lee MD
Anatomic variations of the radial artery: significance when harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting, Ak Alameddine MD, Victor Alimov MD, Richard Engelman MD, John Rousou MD, Joseph Flack MD, David Deaton MD, and Daniel Engelman MD
Feasibility of thoracoscopic U-clip esophageal anastomosis: an alternative for esophageal atresia reconstruction., Gregory Banever MD, Michael Tirabassi MD, Kevin Moriarty MD, Stanley Konefal MD, Edward Reiter MD, and Richard Wait MD
Diabetes translation research: where are we and where do we want to be?, Evan Benjamin MD
Internal medicine-pediatrics residency training: current program trends and outcomes., Samuel Borden MD
Driving and older adults: the physician's role., Maura Brennan MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and Syed Hussain MD
Legionella pneumonia: the spectrum continues to expand., Richard Brown MD
Costs and net health effects of contraceptive methods., Ronald Burkman MD
Altered basal inferior/posterior geometry directly contributes to leaflet tethering in functional ischemic mitral regurgitation., Leng Jiang MD and William Hiser MD
Tracheostomy scar revision using acellular dermal matrix allograft., Melissa Johnson MD
Is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) a plausible explanation for the recent increase in large breast tumors, Wilson Mertens MD, Deborah Katz MD, Richard Arenas MD, and Grace Makari-Judson MD
Commenting on "Vulvar langerhans cell histocytosis: a case report and review of the literature", Christopher Otis MD
Carotid body tumor (paraganglioma)., Liron Pantanowitz MD
Crohn's disease of the esophagus., Liron Pantanowitz MD
Cardiac responses to progressive upright exercise in adult male cyclists., Thomas Rowland MD
Frequency of adverse reactions in apheresis patients having same day intravascular access device placement., Chester Andrzejewski MD
Extra-catheter venous thrombosis associated with intravenous immune globulin therapy in two patients undergoing therapeutic plasma exchange., Chester Andrzejewski MD and Vandita Johari MD
Vital sign changes in patients undergoing platelet transfusion therapy., Chester Andrzejewski MD, Theresa Stec, Timothy Lacy MD, Jay Steingrub MD, and Mark Collins MD
Assessment: Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography: Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology., Carmel Armon MD
Neuromuscular disorders. Highlights of the American Academy of Neurology 56th Annual meeting, Carmel Armon MD
Impact of an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome on a hospital in Taiwan, ROC., Jeffrey Arnold MD
May we live in interesting times--Society of General Internal Medicine clinician-educators respond to new challenges in graduate medical education., Stewart Babbott MD
Antipyretic effectiveness of intravenous ketorolac tromethamine., Robert Baevsky MD and Howard Smithline MD
Lipid-lowering therapy and in-hospital mortality following major noncardiac surgery., Evan Benjamin MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Penny Pekow
Maternal vascular underperfusion: nosology and reproducibility of placental reaction patterns., Theonia Boyd MD
Absence of an effect of injectable and implantable progestin-only contraceptives on subsequent risk of breast cancer., Ronald Burkman MD
Comorbid factitious and conversion disorders., Lewis Cohen MD
Diagnoses and presenting symptoms in an infant psychiatry clinic: comparison of two diagnostic systems., Kenneth Frankel MD
Doxercalciferol safely suppresses PTH levels in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with chronic kidney disease stages 3 and 4., Michael Germain MD
Acute renal failure and hyperkalaemia associated with cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors., Michael Germain MD, Gregory Braden MD, Michael H. O'Shea MD, and Jeffrey Mulhern MD
Follow-up study of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) Pap tests with a negative initial biopsy result, stratified by conventional versus ThinPrep Pap Methods, Robert Goulart MD, Q Jackie Cao MD, Maryanne Hornish, and Margaret Assaad MD
Making it count twice: turning quality improvement into research., Peter Lindenauer MD
A Structured spiritual service for cancer patients and families: Analysis of attendee responses., Wilson Mertens MD and Donald Higby MD
High-resolution imaging of the thyroid gland using optical coherence tomography., Liron Pantanowitz MD
The scratch test., Liron Pantanowitz MD
Limited prognostic value of a staging system for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome., Michael Plevyak MD
All dysuria is local. A cost-effectiveness model for designing, Michael Rothberg MD
Association of the timing of ST-segment resolution with TIMI myocardial perfusion grade in acute myocardial infarction., Marc Schweiger MD
Will I Pass the Boards?, Stewart Babbott MD and Kevin Hinchey MD
Dissection headache sine stroke., George Baquis MD and Brian W. Smith MD
The potential preventability of postoperative myocardial infarction: underuse of perioperative beta-adrenergic blockade., Evan Benjamin MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Nancy Hoople
Breaking bad news., Maura Brennan MD
Caring for those left behind., Maura Brennan MD
End of life decisions., Maura Brennan MD
Outcomes of the first residency program Geriatric Medicine Track., Maura Brennan MD and Sandra Bellantonio MD
Severe hyponatremia after initiation of hydrochlorothiazide Therapy for Hypertension., Maura Brennan MD and Kurt Diebold MD
Paradoxical embolism induced stroke in elderly women., Maura Brennan MD and Jay Steingrub MD
Surgical site infections in cardiac surgery: an 11-year perspective., Richard Brown MD and Richard Engelman MD
Safety concerns and health benefits associated with oral contraception., Ronald Burkman MD
Endoscopic 6 mm zilver self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) for malignant obstruction of the bifurcation: a pilot study, David Desilets MD
Acceleration of Integra incorporation in complex tissue defects with subatmospheric pressure., Anoush Hadaegh MD
Clinical utility of folic acid testing for anemia and dementia screen., Kevin Hinchey MD and M Javed Ashraf MD