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Submissions from 2011

Homozygous lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency due to a new loss of function mutation and review of the literature, Rose Ganim MD and Sarah Haessler MD

Residents-as-Teachers: Implementing a Toolkit in Morning Report to Redefine Resident Roles, Jane Garb, Beth Carter MD, Michael Rothberg MD, and Gina Luciano MD

A novel anemia management protocol (AMP), Michael Germain MD

Computer simulations in the design and evaluation of anemia management protocols, Michael Germain MD

Palliative care in CKD: The earlier the better, Michael Germain MD

When Enough Is Enough: The Nephrologist's Responsibility in Ordering Dialysis Treatments, Michael Germain MD

Renal transplantation from HBs antigen positive donor to antigen negative recipient immunized with intradermal hepatitis B vaccine: First American experience, Michael Germain MD, Daniel Skiest MD, and Gregory Braden MD

Acute renal artery occlusion: making the case for renal artery revascularization, Gregory Giugliano MD, Leehapong Navaravong MD, and Ronana Ali MD

Accuracy of ICD-9_CM coding for identifying obstetric complications in administrative data, Sarah Goff MD, Glenn Markenson MD, Alex Knee, and Peter Lindenauer MD

Peer pressure, role modeling, and the social dynamics of medical training: What unconscious factors influence the hand hygiene behavior of medicine teams?, Sarah Haessler MD, Anju Bhagavan MD, Kevin Hinchey MD, Reva Kleppel, and Paul Visintainer

2009 pandemic H1N1-associated myocarditis in a previously healthy adult, Sarah Haessler MD, Armando Paez MD, Michael Rothberg MD, and Thomas Higgins MD

In response, Sarah Haessler MD, Mary Ellen Scales, Jan Fitzgerald, and Neil Connelly MD

Nurses' visual scanning patterns during the medication administration process, Philip Henneman MD

Profitability of patients discharged from an emergency department, Philip Henneman MD

The effect of advanced age on length of stay and contribution margin in an emergency department outpatient population, Philip Henneman MD

Geography and travel distance impact emergency department visits, Philip Henneman MD, Jane Garb, Geoffrey A. Capraro MD, Haiping Li, Howard Smithline MD, and Richard Wait MD

Nurses' behaviors and visual scanning patterns may reduce patient identification errors, Philip Henneman MD and Elizabeth Henneman

Esophagus and stomach disorders, Philip Henneman MD and Rakesh Talati MD

Mechanism of trauma, Aaron Hexdall MD

Postoperative Respiratory Care, Thomas Higgins MD

The Use of Scan Statistics and Control Charts in Assessing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Quality Control Programs, Thomas Higgins MD

Do elderly patients fare well in the ICU?, Thomas Higgins MD and Maura Brennan MD

How quickly do clinicians adopt EMR note templates?, Thomas Higgins MD, Neil Kudler MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

Alternative perceptions of the educational value of attending rounds, Kevin Hinchey MD

A Curriculum to Develop Chief Resident Leadership Skills, Kevin Hinchey MD and Gina Luciano MD

The Roles of the Chief Resident, Kevin Hinchey MD and Gina Luciano MD

Porto-gastric fistula from penetration of coil from gastric varix after TIPS procedure for bleeding gastric varices, Syed Hussain MD and Rony Ghaoui MD

How much teamwork exists between nurses and junior doctors in the intensive care unit?, Paul Jodka MD, Elizabeth Henneman, Elaine Blonaisz, Nancy Doubleday, and Paula Lusardi

Quiz page september 2011 a patient with postpartum hypertension and seizure, Paul Jodka MD, Ashish Verma MD, and Shaji Daniel MD

Improvement in headaches with CPAP for obstructive sleep apnea, Karin Johnson MD

Optic neuropathy cause by dronedarone, Karin Johnson MD

Emergency Airway Management; Trauma Resuscitation, Adam Kellogg MD

No Diversion in Western Massachusetts, Adam Kellogg MD

Functional alignment, not structural integration, of medical schools and teaching hospitals is associated with high performance in academic health centers, Mark Keroack MD

Predicting the restenosis benefit of drug-eluting versus bare metal stents in percutaneous coronary intervention, Aaron Kugelmass MD

A novel method, using detailed administrative data, for severity of illness adjustment in observational studies of treatment effectiveness, Tara Lagu MD

Physician, monitor thyself: A physician's guide to the opportunities and challenges of social media, Tara Lagu MD

Physician, monitor thyself: professionalism and accountability in the use of social media, Tara Lagu MD

An alternative approach for quantifying hospital resource utilization: Implications of "standard costs" for hospital performance measurement and comparative effectiveness research, Tara Lagu MD and Peter Lindenauer MD

Validation of a model that uses enhanced administrative data to predict mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis, Tara Lagu MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, Penny Pekow, Michael Rothberg MD, Jay Steingrub MD, and Thomas Higgins MD

Development and validation of a model that uses enhanced administrative data to predict mortality in patients with sepsis, Tara Lagu MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Jay Steingrub MD, and Thomas Higgins MD

Development of a model that uses enhanced administrative data to predict mortality among patients with sepsis, Tara Lagu MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Jay Steingrub MD, and Thomas Higgins MD

The relationship between hospital spending and mortality in patients with sepsis, Tara Lagu MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Jay Steingrub MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

Variation in the treatment of patients with septic shock, Tara Lagu MD, Jay Steingrub MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer MD

Aldosterone deficiency as the cause of intradialytic hypotension and its successful management with fludricortisone, Daniel Landry MD, Arley Diaz MD, Benjamin Freda MD, and Gregory Braden MD

Clinical experience with daptomycin for outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy, Julius Larioza MD, Amy Girard, and Richard Brown MD

ACEP Facility Billing Guidelines, Michael Lemanski MD

Adherence to HIV treatment and care among previously homeless jail detainees, Thomas Lincoln MD

Best practices to enhance linkages for HIV+ jail inmates for improved health outcomes, Thomas Lincoln MD

Does dually-based medical and mental health care at a county jail reduce recidivism for HIV+ individuals?, Thomas Lincoln MD

Improving medical engagement of HIV+ inmates through dually-based mental health and case management, Thomas Lincoln MD

Making the case for case management: Obtaining outside support for HIV-infected jail detainees, Thomas Lincoln MD

Managing STDs in correctional settings: Behind the walls, Thomas Lincoln MD

Managing STDs in the correctional setting: The new guidelines and a handbook for clinicians, Thomas Lincoln MD

nPEP & PrEP, Thomas Lincoln MD

STDs in Corrections: A Guide for Clinicians, Thomas Lincoln MD

STDs in the correctional setting: New guidelines and a handbook, Thomas Lincoln MD

Strategies to enhance linkages between care for HIV/AIDS in jail and community settings, Thomas Lincoln MD

Continuing medical education program in the journal of hospital medicine, Peter Lindenauer MD

Development, validation, and results of a measure of 30-day readmission following hospitalization for pneumonia, Peter Lindenauer MD

Use and outcomes of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after spinal fusion surgery, Peter Lindenauer MD and Penny Pekow

Effect on protein intake on amelioration of glomerular hyperfiltration in morbidly obese adults after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, Xiao Liu MD

Effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on blood and renal functions in normal tensive, non-diabetic, morbidly obese patients, Xiao Liu MD

No change of spontaneous physical activites after RYGB, Xiao Liu MD

Eustachian valve endocarditis: Rare case reports and review of literature, Amir Lotfi MD and Guarav Alreja MD

Influence of Low-Dose Aspirin (81 mg) on the Incidence of Definite Stent Thrombosis in Patients Receiving Bare-Metal and Drug-Eluting Stents, Amir Lotfi MD, Jiang Cui MD, Siddharth Wartak MD, Michael Davis, Marc Schweiger MD, and Gregory Giugliano MD

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: comparing apples to apples, Amir Lotfi MD and Gregory Giugliano MD

The going home initiative: Getting critical care patients home with hospice, Paula Lusardi, Paul Jodka MD, Mark Stambovsky, Beth Stadnicki, Betty Babb, Danielle Plouffe, and Nancy Doubleday

Incidence of treated cardiac arrest in hospitalized patients in the United States, Timothy Mader MD

Therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to initial non-shockable rhythms, Timothy Mader MD, Richard Misiaszek MD, and Ryan Coute

Pseudosubarachnoid hemorrhage in a 42-year-old, Patrick Mailloux MD and Melody Brewer MD

Sorafinib plus chemotherapy for patients with advanced breast cancer previously treated with bevacizumab, Grace Makari-Judson MD

Fast track, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Sandra Hubbard, and Holly Mason MD

Breast cancer survivors perceptions regarding relapse and related disease risk, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Chandravathi Loke MD, Deborah Katz MD, Ruth Barham, and Wilson Mertens MD

Inpatient stress testing reduces subsequent ED visits and readmissions for chest pain, Jaya Mallidi MD, Jennifer Friderici, Fadi Saab MD, and Michael Rothberg MD

Neurological complications of pregnancy, Glenn Markenson MD and Carmel Armon MD

Neurologic Disease and Pregnancy, Glenn Markenson MD, Carmel Armon MD, George Baquis MD, George Howard MD, Philip Hsu MD, and Karin Johnson MD

Association of gestational weight gain with cesarean delivery rate after labor induction, Glenn Markenson MD, Fadi Bsat MD, Andrew Healy MD, Penny Pekow, and Michael Plevyak MD

Validity of using ICD-9CM codes to identify selected obstetric complications, procedures and comorbidities, Glenn Markenson MD, Sarah Goff MD, Alex Knee, and Peter Lindenauer MD

Physical activity and risk of small-for-gestational-age birth among predominantly Puerto Rican women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow

Prenatal stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms as predictors of intention to breastfeed among Hispanic women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow

Lumbar exam in chronic pain, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD

Myositis ossificans presenting as anterior thigh pain in a high school student: A case report, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD

A preliminary study of a new stroke volume variation algorithm for predicting fluid responsiveness in patients with severe arrhythmias, William McGee MD

A simple physiologic algorithm for managing hemodynamics in the intensive care unit utilizing stroke volume and stroke volume variation/Manejo hemodinamico del paciente critico utilizando el volumen latido (VS), William McGee MD

Houston, we have a problem! Use of advanced hemodynamics to solve clinical challenging situations, William McGee MD

Survey of peak flow rates in mechanical ventilation, William McGee MD

Utilization of formal echocardiography for shock: The emperor has no clothes, William McGee MD

Lactic acidosis and delta anion gap: Do serial lactate measurements add value?, William McGee MD, Ashish Arora MD, and Geetika Sachdeva MD

Establishing goals of volume management in critically ill patients with failure using applied hemodynamic physiology, William McGee MD, Benjamin Freda MD, and Patrick Mailloux MD

Automated reporting of safety bundles: Streamlining the performance improvement process, William McGee MD, Thomas Higgins MD, and Mark Tidswell MD

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Hypercapnic cerebral edema presenting in a woman with asthma: A case report, William McGee MD and Ryan Joyce MD

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Safe placement of central venous catheters: a measured approach, William McGee MD and Patrick Mailloux MD

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Ventilator autocycling and delayed recognition of brain death, William McGee MD and Patrick Mailloux MD

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Intraoperative monitoring, William McGee MD and Karthik Raghunathan MD

Volume resposiveness in critically ill patients, William McGee MD and Bogdan Tiru MD

Concomitant thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and ANCA-associated vasculitis in an adolescent, Christine McKiernan MD, Varun Agrawal MD, Chirag Vaidya MD, Jiuming Ye MD, Jonathan Freeman MD, Peter Blier MD, Chester Andrzejewski MD, Michael Germain MD, and Gregory Braden MD

Lost or Found in Transition: Educational Innovation for Transitions of Care, Lauren Meade MD

Milestones: Theory to practice, Lauren Meade MD

Recalling breast cancer presentation and therapy: Associations between patient inaccuracies and demographic characteristics, Wilson Mertens MD, Chandravathi Loke MD, Deborah Katz MD, Ruth Barham, and Grace Makari-Judson MD