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Submissions from 2013

 

Fatigued but not intellectually compromised, Adam Kellogg MD

 

A rare complication of COPD: Infected emphysematous bullae, Shiv Khosla MD and Maura Brennan MD

 

Varicella zoster encephalitis in the elderly: The deadly imitator, Eimear Kitt MD, Behdad Besharatian MD, Jessie Leyse MD, and Maura Brennan MD

 

Toilet trouble: Defecation syncope in the elderly, Eimear Kitt MD, Michael Voisine MD, Behdad Besharatian MD, and Maura Brennan MD

 

Translating knowledge into practice in critical care settings, Tara Lagu MD

 

Variation exists in rates of admission to intensive care units for heart failure patients across hospitals in the United States, Tara Lagu MD

 

Mythmaking in medical education and medical practice., Tara Lagu MD, Nicholas Hannon, and Michael Rothberg MD

 

Access to subspecialty care for patients with mobility impairment: a survey, Tara Lagu MD, Nicholas Hannon, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Jill Avrunin, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

A mixed-methods analysis of patient reviews of hospital care in England: Implications for public reporting of health care quality data in the United States, Tara Lagu MD, Nicholas Hannon, Amy Shatz, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Acute decompensated heart failure is routinely treated as a cardiopulmonary syndrome, Tara Lagu MD and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Spending more, doing more, or both? An alternative method for quantifying utilization during hospitalizations, Tara Lagu MD and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Contributors to variation in hospital spending for critically ill patients with sepsis, Tara Lagu MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Nicholas Hannon, Jay Steingrub MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Oxcarbazepinetherapy for central DI, Daniel Landry MD, Basmah Abdalla MD, and Gregory Braden MD

 

Impact of the 2008 USPSTF recommendation on PSA screening in elderly men, Shin Yin Lee MD

 

Nearly fatal constipation in a frail elder, Shin Yin Lee MD, Yee Chuan Ang MD, and Maura Brennan MD

 

Impact of the 2008 USPSTF Recommendation on PSA screening in elderly men, Shin Yin Lee MD, Mihaela Stefan MD, Jennifer Friderici, and Maura Brennan MD

 

It is not just musculoskeletal chest pain!, Jyothirmayi Lekkala MD

 

Adherence to HIV Treatment and Care Among Previously Homeless Jail Detainees, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Contribution of substance use disorders on HIV treatment outcomes and antiretroviral medication adherence among HIV-infected persons entering jail, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Jails as an Opportunity to Increase Engagement in HIV Care: Findings from an Observational Cross-Sectional Study, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Planning for success predicts virus suppressed: results of a non-controlled, observational study of factors associated with viral suppression among HIV-positive persons following jail release, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Screening for Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Short-Term Correctional Institutions: Summary of Evidence Reviewed for the 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Update on STDs in correctional settings, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Jails as an opportunity to increase engagement in HIV care: findings from an observational cross-sectional study, Thomas Lincoln MD and Maureen Desabrais

 

Development and validation of a mortality risk-adjustment model for patients hospitalized for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Development, validation, and results of a risk-standardized measure of hospital 30-day mortality for patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Utilization Patterns and Outcomes Associated With Central Venous Catheter in Septic Shock: A Population-Based Study*, Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Income inequality and 30 day outcomes after acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia: Retrospective cohort study, Peter Lindenauer MD, Tara Lagu MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Jill Avrunin, and Penny Pekow

 

A Case of Unprovoked Bilateral Deep Vein Thrombosis and Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism, Kah Poh Loh MD

 

A rare cause of dilated bile duct incidentally detected on imaging, Kah Poh Loh MD

 

Fatal Infections associated with group C and group G streptococci, Kah Poh Loh MD

 

A typical case of IgA nephropathy, Kah Poh Loh MD, David Burgess MD, Owolabi Ogunneye MD, and Ashish Verma MD

 

Gastric malignancy in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency, Kah Poh Loh MD, John Hunt MD, and Vaibhav Mehendiratta MD

 

Culture and complexities of shared medical decision-making: The family-doctor-patient triad, Kah Poh Loh MD, Shin Yin Lee MD, and Maura Brennan MD

 

Building chief residents' leadership skills, Gina Luciano MD, Rebecca Blanchard PhD, and Kevin Hinchey MD

 

Can we rely on EM resident self-assessment of EM knowledge?, Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton MD

 

Can we rely on EM resident self-assessment of EM knowledge?, Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton MD

 

Predicting annual in-service scores using audience response system, Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton MD

 

Variability by institution in emergency medicine inservice reviews with audience response units, Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton MD

 

Variability by institution in emergency medicine inservice reviews with audience response units, Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton MD

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A blinded evaluation of combination drug therapy for prolonged ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest, Timothy Mader MD, Ryan Coute, Scot Millay MD, and Adam Kellogg MD

 

Implementing postgraduate training for physician assistants in emergency medicine at a major urban academic medical center, JohnPaul Magenis PA

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Covering all bases: A simulated, longitudinal case-based approach to teaching critical care fellows, Patrick Mailloux MD

 

Sorafenib or placebo with either gemcitabine or capecitabine in patients with HER-2-negative advanced breast cancer that progressed during or after bevacizumab, Grace Makari-Judson MD

 

Use of survivorship care plans to re-engineer brest cancer follow-up, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Sandra Hubbard, and Tamara Wrenn

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The effect of inpatient stress testing on subsequent emergency department visits, readmissions, and costs, Jaya Mallidi MD, Srikanth Penumetsa MD, Jennifer Friderici, Fadi Saab MD, and Michael Rothberg MD

 

Hypoglycemic myocardial stunning as cause of cardiogenic shock in a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy: A case report and review of literature, Khawar Maqsood MD and Amatur Amarah MD

 

Failure to deliver ICD shocks after a failed discharge despite redetection of rapid ventricular tachycardia? What is the cause?, John Marenco MD

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Applying dynamic parameters to predict hemodynamic response to volume expansion in spontaneously breathing patients with septic shock: The eye cannot see what the mind does not know, William McGee MD

 

Decubitus ulcers are associated with prolonged length of stay in critically ill patients, William McGee MD, Elizabeth Lederman, and Thomas Higgins MD

 

Differences in severity and resource utilization for medical and surgical ICU patients, William McGee MD, Elizabeth Lederman, and Thomas Higgins MD

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Physiologic goal-directed therapy in the perioperative period: the volume prescription for high-risk patients, William McGee MD and Karthik Raghunathan MD

 

Milestones: Do learners and teachers agree?, Lauren Meade MD

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Playing With Curricular Milestones in the Educational Sandbox: Q-sort Results From an Internal Medicine Educational Collaborative., Lauren Meade MD

 

There is no "i" in teamwork in the patient-centered medical home: defining teamwork competencies for academic practice, Lauren Meade MD

 

Boerhaave's syndrome as an initial presentation of eosinophilic esophagitis: A case series, Vaibhav Mehendiratta MD

 

Hemosuccus pancreaticus - A commonly forgotten and uncommon cause of upper gastrointestinal bleed, Iheanyichukwu Ogu MD, David Desilets MD, and Rony Ghaoui MD

 

An algorithm for transition of care in the emergency department, Benjamin Osborne MD

 

Management dilemma: Progressive thrombosis in a patient with sarcoidosis, cirrhosis and a history of bleeding esophageal varices, Lu Pan MD, Iheanyichukwu Ogu MD, Kah Poh Loh MD, Joseph Rozell MD, David Desilets MD, and Linda Canty MD

 

Perioperative use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and risks for adverse outcomes of surgery, Penny Pekow and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Reversible myocardial dysfunction following intraocular bevacizumab administration, Srikanth Penumetsa MD and Gregory Giugliano MD

 

Communication milestone: A model for universal milestones that are adaptable across disciplines and at all levels of training, Michael Picchioni MD, Kevin Hinchey MD, Heather Sankey MD, and Sean Mahar

 

Occult etiology of emesis in an adolescent, Claire Poche MD

 

Kidney cancer, Anthony Poindexter MD and Gregory Braden MD

 

Campylobater Ileocolitis: Presentation Mimicking Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Hari Pokharel MD

 

Performance of two highly sensitive troponin I assays for the evaluation of suspected acute coronary syndrome: Results from the multi-center Rule Out Myocardial Infarction Using Computer Assisted Tomography (ROMICAT) II biomarker sub-study, J. Hector Pope MD

 

Cardiac Catheterization the Definitive Treatment of Cardio-Embolic Myocardial Infarction from Infective Endocarditis?, Leena Rahmat MD and T. Vijay Gadiraju MD

 

Variations in institutional review board reviews of a multi-center, Emergency Department (ED)-based genetic research protocol, Niels Rathlev MD

 

No diversion in Western Massachusetts, Niels Rathlev MD, Fidela Blank, Benjamin Osborne MD, Adam Kellogg MD, Haiping Li, John Santoro MD, and Paul Visintainer

 

Transforming primary care training-patient-centered medical home entrustable professional activities for internal medicine residents, Michael Rosenblum MD

 

Developing and Implementing a Milestone-Based Resident Evaluation Program, Michael Rosenblum MD and Kevin Hinchey MD

 

Association between sedating medications and delirium in older inpatients, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Jill Avrunin, Tara Lagu MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Impact of kangaroo care on prenatal anxiety level and parenting skill for low birth weight preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit, Robert Rothstein MD, Paul Visintainer, Susan Sweeney RN, and Rachana Singh MD

 

Ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous access program is associated with a marked reduction in central venous catheter use in noncritically ill emergency department patients, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

 

Near-infrared Spectroscopy Assessment of Tissue Saturation of Oxygen in Torsed and Healthy Testes, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD, Fidela Blank, Ryan Coute, and Paul Visintainer

 

Heart rate changes in children during a sevoflurane induction are age dependent, Donald Schwartz MD, Annmarie Begley, Charles Gibson RN, Paul Visintainer, and Neil Connelly MD

 

Duration of eptifibatide infusion after percutaneous coronary intervention and outcomes among high-risk patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: insights from EARLY ACS, Marc Schweiger MD

 

A rare case of Raynaud's Vasculitis secondary to Hepatitis B vaccine, Vijairam Selvaraj MD

 

Deceptively simple or simply deceptive!: A rare case of acute renal failure and MODS secondary to anaplasmosis, Vijairam Selvaraj MD

 

Rare case of acute renal failure and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome secondary to anaplasmosis, Vijairam Selvaraj MD

 

A slice of Pisa anyone?, Vijairam Selvaraj MD and Anju Bhagavan MD

 

Dronedarone-induced optic neuropathy, Vijairam Selvaraj MD and Karin Johnson MD

 

Significance of common bile duct dilation in post cholecystectomy patients, Abdullah Shaikh MD, Tara Catanzano MD, and David Desilets MD

 

50 Gastrointestinal Cases and Associated Imaging, Abdullah Shaikh MD, Syed Hussain MD, David Desilets MD, and Tara Catanzano MD

 

Complications of Intracoronary Abciximab Bolus-only versus Standard Protocol during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Coronary Syndrome, Muhammad Shakoor MD

 

Sulfa allergy: Cross-reactivity versus multiple concurrent allergies, Muhammad Shakoor MD

 

Talking with patients about dying., Gurmukteshwar Singh MD

 

Successful kidney transplantation from a hepatitis B surface antigen-positive donor to an antigen-negative recipient using a novel vaccination regimen, Gurmukteshwar Singh MD, Daniel Skiest MD, Michael Germain MD, Michael O'Shea MD, and Gregory Braden MD

 

Not all dementias are alike: FTD with a family history of "Alzheimer's Disease", Karen Singh MD, T. Vijay Gadiraju MD, and Maura Brennan MD

 

A Predictive Model for SIVH risk in Preterm Infants and Targeted Indomethacin Therapy for Prevention., Rachana Singh MD and Paul Visintainer

 

Flecainide toxicity-treatment with intravenous fat emulsion and extra corporeal life support, Senthil Sivalingam MD, T. Vijay Gadiraju MD, Mini Hariharan MD, Auras Atreya MD, Joseph Flack MD, and Hany Aziz MD

 

Evaluation of dyspnea severity assessment methods, Howard Smithline MD, Fidela Blank, Richard Barus, Ryan Coute, and Alex Knee

 

Evaluation of dyspnea severity assessment methods, Howard Smithline MD, Fidela Blank, Richard Barus, Ryan Coute, Alex Knee, and Paul Visintainer

 

Supplemental thiamine for the treatment of acute heart failure, Howard Smithline MD, Fidela Blank, Richard Barus, Ryan Coute, Alex Knee, and Paul Visintainer

 

Supplemental thiamine for the treatment of acute heart failure, Howard Smithline MD, Fidela Blank, Richard Barus, Ryan Coute, Alex Knee, and Paul Visintainer

 

Eosinophilia and rash, Liza Smith MD

 

Respiratory distress, Liza Smith MD

 

Hospital performance measures and 30-day readmission rates, Mihaela Stefan MD, Penny Pekow, Aruna Priya, Michael Rothberg MD, Robert Goldberg MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Association between antibiotic treatment and outcomes in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbation of COPD treated with systemic steroids, Mihaela Stefan MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Epidemiology and outcomes of acute respiratory failure in the United States, 2001 to 2009: a national survey, Mihaela Stefan MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Penny Pekow, Michael Rothberg MD, Jay Steingrub MD, Tara Lagu MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD