Submissions from 2011
A rare etiology of pancreatitis in a nursing home patient, Amit Bhargava MD, Curtis Andrews MD, Raquel Belforti MD, and Maura Brennan MD
Are employees ready for simulation? The development of a readiness for simulation scale, Rebecca Blanchard PhD
Longitudinal data analysis with latent growth modeling: An introduction and illustration for higher education researchers, Rebecca Blanchard PhD
Literature review of residents as teachers from an adult learning perspective, Rebecca Blanchard PhD, Kevin Hinchey MD, and Elisabeth Bennett
Use of Aspirin Associates with Longer Primary Patency of Hemodialysis Grafts, Gregory Braden MD
Advanced Illness and Elders at the End of Life, Maura Brennan MD
Dead but still our patient, Maura Brennan MD and Mohamed Elarabi MD
An avoidable rehospitalization due to poor documentation and communication of cognitive status, Maura Brennan MD, Shin Yin Lee MD, and Yee Chuan Ang MD
Recurrent SSRI-induced myoclonus in a frail octogenarian, Maura Brennan MD, Shin Yin Lee MD, and Yee Chuan Ang MD
Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)-A rare cause of falls and syncope in an elder, Maura Brennan MD and Geetika Sachdeva MD
His mother, Maura Brennan MD and Ashish Verma MD
Ultrasound-guided IV placement by nursing staff reduces requirement for emergency physician intervention, Gavin Budhram MD
Papillary carcinoma mimicking subacute thyroiditis in a postpartum female, Peter Butler MD, Kamal Shoukri MD, and Ibitoro Osakwe MD
Chronic diarrhea associated with persistent norovirus excretion in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Report of two cases, Todd Capizzi MD, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Richard Steingart MD, and Wilson Mertens MD
Cough and Fever in a 28 year-old IV Drug User, Monique Carreno MD and Curtis Andrews MD
The Baystate manager model: Competency based progression in ambulatroy training, Eric Churchill MD, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD, and Michael Rosenblum MD
The "no dialysis" option, Lewis Cohen MD and Michael Germain MD
The future of sleep medicine, Michael Coppola MD
Pharmacy student impact on inappropriate prescribing of acid suppressive therapy, Jason Cross, Mihaela Stefan MD, and Michael Rothberg MD
Allometric model improves scaling of left atrial size in obese population: The use of body weight containing variables is challenged, Jiang Cui MD, Gui Hua Yao MD, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, William Hiser MD, James Cook MD, and Leng Jiang MD
Primary testicular lymphoma with cardiac involvement in an immunocompetent male, Saurabh Dahiya MD, Wei Ooi MD, Jaya Mallidi MD, and Richard Steingart MD
Enteral stents, David Desilets MD
GI endoscopes, David Desilets MD
Sphincter of Oddi manometry, David Desilets MD
Unilateral twitching & confusion due to paraneoplastic encephalitis, Ranjit Dhelaria MD, Anju Bhagavan MD, and Sandra Bellantonio MD
Effectiveness of Chantix® (Varenicline) for smoking cessation in an inner city medicaid population, Ranjit Dhelaria MD, Ella Gupta MD, Reva Kleppel, Jennifer Friderici, and Michael Rothberg MD
NOTES(®) stapled cystgastrostomy: a novel approach for surgical management of pancreatic pseudocysts, David Earle MD, David Desilets MD, and John Romanelli MD
All that itches is scabies, Mohamed Elarabi MD and Sandra Bellantonio MD
Unusual course of recurrent myeloid sarcoma in an elderly patient with AML, Mohamed Elarabi MD, Chandravathi Loke MD, and Sandra Bellantonio MD
Ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm, a ticking bomb after cardiac surgery, Joseph Flack MD, Fadi Saab MD, James Cook MD, and Leehapong Navaravong MD
Acute kidney injury-Key issues in diagnosis and management, Benjamin Freda MD
Hospital care of the renal patient, Benjamin Freda MD
Practical approach to the diagnosis and management of hyponatremia, Benjamin Freda MD
The approach to the patient with acute kidney injury, Benjamin Freda MD
Decongestive treatment of acute decompensated heart failure: Cardiorenal implications of ultrafiltration and diuretics, Benjamin Freda MD, Mara Slawsky MD, Jaya Mallidi MD, and Gregory Braden MD
Effects of patients awareness of CAD risk factors on health related behaviors, Jennifer Friderici, Siddharth Wartak MD, Michael Rothberg MD, and Naweed Alzaman MD
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
Predicting the restenosis benefit of drug-eluting versus bare metal stents in percutaneous coronary intervention, Aaron Kugelmass 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