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Submissions from 2020 2020

Sex, gender, and medicine, Jeannette Wolfe MD

Submissions from 2019 2019

Embracing the complexity: Older adults with cancer-related cognitive decline-A Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology Position Paper, Maya Abdallah MD

Health-Related Quality of Life and Treatment of Older Adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: a Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology Review Paper, Maya Abdallah MD

Cryptogenic adrenal infarction: a rare case of unilateral adrenal infarction in a pregnant woman, Krishna Agarwal MD and Myat Han Soe

Small Cell Lung Cancer with Pituitary Metastasis Presenting as Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency: A Case Report and Literature Review, Suheil-Albert Atallah-Yunes MD, Jackson Clark MD, and Shazia Samanani MD

Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy and myocarditis: a systematic review of reported cases, Suheil-Albert Atallah-Yunes MD and Anis Kadado MD

Pericardial effusion due to pembrolizumab-induced immunotoxicity: A case report and literature review, Suheil-Albert Atallah-Yunes MD and Anis Kadado MD

Plasmablastic lymphoma achieving sustained remission with antiretroviral therapy alone, Suheil Albert Atallah-Yunes, Dermot Murphy MD, Romany Abdelmalak MD, Luke Mantle MD, and Syed Ali MD

Benign ethnic neutropenia, Suheil Albert Atallah-Yunes and Audrey Ready

A rare presentation of Austrian syndrome with septic arthritis in an immunocompetent female, Ayman Battisha MD

Cardiovascular, electrophysiologic, and hematologic effects of omega-3 fatty acids beyond reducing hypertriglyceridemia: as it pertains to the recently published REDUCE-IT trial, Ayman Battisha MD

Coronary Fistula between Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD) and Pulmonary Artery (PA) Leading to Sudden Cardiac Death: Case Report with Literature Review, Ayman Battisha MD

STEMI and CVA in Hypercoagulable State with Ostium Secundum Defect, Ayman Battisha MD

Malignant Course of the Right Coronary Artery Originating from the Left Main Coronary Artery: An Odd Exit, Ayman Battisha MD and Shakil Shaikh MD

Capecitabine-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report, Prarthna Bhardwaj MD, Vinod Chaubey MD, and Ashequl Islam MD

A Rare Case of Extramedullary Relapse of Multiple Myeloma Causing Bowel Obstruction, Prarthna Bhardwaj MD, Majd Jawad, and Syed Ali MD

Right Sided Intracardiac Thrombosis during Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Case Report and Literature Review, Anusha Bhat MD and Armand Golchin MD

Influence of comorbidity on survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States, Anusha Bhat MD and Sudeep Siddappa Malleshappa MD

Trends and Predictors of 30-day Readmission Among Patients Hospitalized with Infective Endocarditis in the United States, Anusha Bhat MD, Sudeep Siddappa Malleshappa MD, Amir Lotfi, Mara Slawsky MD, and Quinn Pack MD

Utility of ICD Codes for Stress Cardiomyopathy in Hospital Administrative Databases: What Do They Signify?, Anusha Bhat MD, Katharine White MD, Kyle Gobeil MD, Tara Lagu, Peter Lindenauer, and Quinn Pack MD

The Impact of an Institutional Grant Program on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Capital of Women Researchers, Rebecca Blanchard PhD and Reva Kleppel

An Acute Care for Elders Quality Improvement Program for Complex, High-Cost Patients Yields Savings for the System, Maura Brennan MD, Alex Knee, Erin Leahy MD, Mike Ehresman, Heidi-Ann Courtney, Patricia Coffelt, and Mihaela Stefan MD

Efficacy of cryotherapy as first line therapy in patients with Barrett's neoplasia: a systematic review and pooled analysis, Jean Chalhoub MD

Pediatric High Altitude Cerebral Edema in the Nepal Himalayas, Benjamin Church DO and Benjamin Mattingly MD

Assessment of "10 essential" preparedness among day-hikers on Mount Monadnock, Nicholas Daniel MD, Samir Patel, Peter St. Marie, and Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

Electrocardiographic Associations Seen with Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Selma Demir MD

Patient-Centered Care and Autonomy: Shared Decision-Making in Practice and a Suggestion for Practical Application in the Critically Ill, Peter A. Depergola and William McGee MD

NOTES: alive and well, David Desilets MD

Using urinary biomarkers to reduce acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery, Daniel Engelman MD; Cheryl Crisafi, MSN, RN, CNL; Michael Germain MD; Barbara Greco MD; Richard Engelman MD; and Thomas Schwann MD

Commentary: Looking to prevent acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery? Just check the urine, Daniel Engelman MD and Michael Germain MD

Association Between Patient Cost Sharing and Cardiac Rehabilitation Adherence, Michel Farah, Maya Abdallah MD, Heidi Szalai, Tara Lagu, Peter Lindenauer, and Quinn Pack MD

Changes in State Technical Assistance Priorities and Block Grant Funds for Addiction After ACA Implementation, Peter Friedmann MD

Correlates of Patient-Centered Care Practices at U.S. Substance Use Disorder Clinics, Peter Friedmann MD

Impact of Medicaid Restrictions on Availability of Buprenorphine in Addiction Treatment Programs, Peter Friedmann MD

Medicaid coverage in substance use disorder treatment after the affordable care act, Peter Friedmann MD

The relationship of Medicaid expansion to psychiatric comorbidity care within substance use disorder treatment programs, Peter Friedmann MD

ACR Appropriateness Criteria ® Cervical Neck Pain or Cervical Radiculopathy, Seth Gemme MD

Recommendations for the Emergency Department Prevention of Sport-Related Concussion, Seth Gemme MD

Identifying dimensions of fatigue in haemodialysis important to patients, caregivers, and health professionals: an international survey, Michael Germain MD

Patient Perspectives on the Meaning and Impact of Fatigue in Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of Qualitative Studies, Michael Germain MD

Impact of calcification on percutaneous coronary intervention: MACE-Trial 1-year results, Gregory Giugliano MD

Small-vessel PCI outcomes in men, women, and minorities following platinum chromium everolimus-eluting stents: Insights from the pooled PLATINUM Diversity and PROMUS Element Plus Post-Approval studies, Gregory Giugliano MD

A Novel Algorithm for Improving the Diagnostic Accuracy of Prehospital ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Mat Goebel MD

Hacking 9-1-1: Infrastructure Vulnerabilities and Attack Vectors, Mat Goebel MD

Advance care planning with patients on hemodialysis: an implementation study, Sarah Goff MD, Jamie Klingensmith, Michael Germain MD, and Lewis Cohen MD

Organizational characteristics associated with high performance on quality measures in pediatric primary care: A positive deviance study, Sarah Goff MD, Aruna Priya, Michael Moran, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer

Characteristics of High Performing Primary Care Pediatric Practices: A Qualitative Study, Sarah Goff MD, Aruna Priya, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer

Leveraging Peer Teaching for Global Health Elective Preparation: Implementation of a Resident-Led Global Health Simulation Curriculum, Ian Goodman MD

A Timely Problem: Parental Leave During Medical Training, Amy Gottlieb MD

Job Negotiations in Academic Medicine: Building a Competency-Based Roadmap for Residents and Fellows, Amy Gottlieb MD

Moving the Needle on Gender Equity: a Call for Personal and Organizational Action, Amy Gottlieb MD

Multiple tendon ruptures associated with statin therapy, Shreyas Gowdar MD

Preoperative leukopenia does not affect outcomes in cancer patients undergoing elective and emergent abdominal surgery: A brief report, Heather Grant MD, Jane Garb, Richard Arenas MD, and Mihaela Stefan MD

Gene expression signature of atypical breast hyperplasia and regulation by SFRP1, Kelly Gregory, Giovanna Crisi MD, Brooke Bentley, Jeffrey Kane, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Holly Mason MD, Ben Schneider, Sallie Schneider PhD, and D Joseph Jerry

The opioid epidemic in rural northern New England: An approach to epidemiologic, policy, and legal surveillance, Haley Guhn-Knight, Randall Hoskinson, and Peter Friedmann MD

Public perception towards bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Sarah Gul MD

An Unusual Case of Extrapulmonary Hydatid Cyst Masquerading as a Mediastinal Tumor, Kamesh Gupta MD

Hepatic Sarcoidosis Complicated with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Kamesh Gupta MD, Tuyyab Hassan MD, Shahid Rizwan MD, Rahul Jawale, and David Desilets MD

Physician burnout and healthcare epidemiology: Dual implications worthy of greater scrutiny, Sarah Haessler MD

Blood cultures versus respiratory cultures: Two different views of pneumonia, Sarah Haessler MD and Peter Lindenauer

A Practice Improvement Project to Increase Advance Care Planning in a Dementia Specialty Practice, Maryam Hasan MD

An analysis of homeless patients in the United States requiring ICU admission, Thomas Higgins M.D., Mihaela Stefan MD, Tara Lagu, Peter Lindenauer, and Jay Steingrub MD

Guidelines for the Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation After Percutaneous Valve Repair or Replacement: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography Developed in Collaboration with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Japanese Society of Echocardiography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Ashequl Islam MD

A Curriculum to Teach Learners How to Develop and Present a Case Report, Kathryn Jobbins DO

Respiratory arousal control needed for insomnia patients with OSA, Karin Johnson MD and Douglas Johnson MD

Acute bacterial skin and soft tissue infections: new drugs in ID armamentarium, Nageshwar Jonnalagadda MD

A Rare Case of Fulvestrant-Associated Jaundice and Hepatotoxicity, Aditya Kalakonda MD

Differential risk of disease progression between isolated anastomotic ulcers and mild ileal recurrence after ileocolonic resection in patients with Crohn's disease, Aditya Kalakonda MD

A Rare Oncologic Emergency: Spontaneous Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Metastatic Colon Adenocarcinoma, Kathleen Kalmbach and Nicholas Daniel

Prescription Opioid Misuse Index in sickle cell patients: A brief questionnaire to assess at-risk for opioid abuse, Osama Kandalaft

Fall Prevention Initiative: A Fall Screening and Intervention Pilot Study on the Ambulatory Setting, Susan Kartiko MD, Ida Konderwicz, Erin Jarosz, and Christian Minshall

Identification of High-Yield Targets for Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Efforts Within a Nonfreestanding Children's Hospital, James Klatte MD, Alex Knee, Frank Szczerba PharmD, Evan Horton, Kathleen Kopcza, and Donna Fisher MD

Ankle-Brachial Index in Addition to Stress Testing in Patients Who Presented With Chest Pain and 1-Year Major Cardiovascular Events, Alex Knee

Impact of Child Psychiatry Access Programs on Mental Health Care in Pediatric Primary Care: Measuring the Parent Experience, Alex Knee and Barry Sarvet MD

Association of Elevated Plasma Interleukin 18 Level With Increased Mortality in a Clinical Trial of Statin Treatment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Lori-Ann Kozikowski, Lesley DeSouza, and Jay Steingrub MD

Impact of Complications on Resource Utilization During 90-Day Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Bundle for Medicare Beneficiaries, Aaron Kugelmass MD

Understanding Readmissions in Medicare Beneficiaries During the 90-Day Follow-Up Period of an Acute Myocardial Infarction Admission, Aaron Kugelmass MD

Association of in-hospital resource utilization with post-acute spending in Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional study, Tara Lagu

Physician Beliefs About Online Reporting of Quality and Experience Data, Tara Lagu

What Words Convey: The Potential for Patient Narratives to Inform Quality Improvement, Tara Lagu

Are Pediatric Readmission Reduction Efforts Falling Flat?, Tara Lagu MD and Peter Lindenauer

Reporting of Patient Experience Data on Health Systems' Websites and Commercial Physician-Rating Websites: Mixed-Methods Analysis, Tara Lagu, Aruna Priya, Sarah Goff MD, and Peter Lindenauer

Reporting of Patient Experience Data on Health Systems' Websites and Commercial Physician-Rating Websites: Mixed-Methods Analysis, Tara Lagu, Aruna Priya, Sarah Goff MD, and Peter Lindenauer

Hemodialysis Catheter Device Protection: Damned if We Do; Patients Are Damned if We Don't, Daniel Landry MD and Gregory Braden M.D.

Derivation and validation of a prognostic model to predict mortality in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, Daniel Landry MD, Lewis Cohen MD, and Michael Germain MD

A Motivational Telephone Intervention to Reduce Early Dropouts in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A FEASIBILITY PILOT STUDY, Grace LaValley, Heidi Szalai, Michel Farah, and Quinn Pack MD

Changes in coding of pneumonia and impact on the hospital readmission reduction program, Peter Lindenauer

Poor Metered-Dose Inhaler (MDI) Technique Is Associated with Overuse of Inhaled Corticosteroids in COPD, Peter Lindenauer

Unexpected Harm From an Intensive COPD Intervention, Peter Lindenauer

Patient Perception of How Smoking Status Influences Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance After an Acute Cardiac Hospitalization, Peter Lindenauer, Sarah Goff MD, Heidi Szalai, and Quinn Pack MD

Association Between Alcohol Use Disorders and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Peter Lindenauer and Sarah Haessler MD

The implications of acute clinical care responsibilities on the contemporary practice of interventional cardiology, Amir Lotfi

Development and Validation of a Test for Competence in Evidence-Based Medicine, Gina Luciano MD

Delays in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Defibrillation, and Epinephrine Administration All Decrease Survival in In-hospital Cardiac Arrest, Timothy Mader MD

Disability-Adjusted Life Years Following Adult Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States, Timothy Mader MD

Predicting Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Lactate, Need for Vasopressors, and Cytochrome c, Timothy Mader MD

Value, Chronic Critical Illness, and Choosing Wisely, Rachel Madrid and William McGee MD

Metrics of diabetes risk are only minimally improved by exercise training in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors, Grace Makari-Judson MD

Comparison of Clinical Outcomes: Bivalirudin With Transfemoral Access Versus Heparin With Transradial Access in Patients With ST segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Jaya Mallidi, John Ulahannan, Vinod Chaubey MD, Auras Atreya, Muhammad Shakoor MD, Donna Fisher MD, Jane Garb, and Amir Lotfi

Pemetrexed, Bevacizumab, or the Combination As Maintenance Therapy for Advanced Nonsquamous Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: ECOG-ACRIN 5508, John McCann MD