Submissions from 2010
ECG image of the month. A childhood illness in an adult. Complete atrioventricular block, Jiang Cui MD, Mathias Stoenescu MD, and Leehapong Navaravong MD
Gastrotomy closure with the lock-it system and the Padlock-G clip: A survival study in a porcine model, David Desilets MD, John Romanelli MD, David Earle MD, and Christopher Chapman MD
Effect of an educational pamphlet on colon cancer screening: A randomized, prospective trial, David Desilets MD, Abdullah Shaikh MD, Syed Hussain MD, and Shelley Rahn MD
Final roller coaster ride, Ranjit Dhelaria MD
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration an extremely rare complication in a case of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Ranjit Dhelaria MD
Twiddlers Syndrome An uncommon twist, Ranjit Dhelaria MD and Geetika Sachdeva MD
Sirolimus-induced lung injury, Mohamed Elarabi MD, Ashita Talsania MD, Ashish Verma MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and Maura Brennan MD
Sirolimus-induced lung injury: An unusual cause of ARDS, Mohamed Elarabi MD and Ashish Verma MD
Simulation in critical care medicine: Helping students "Get it", Gladys Fernandez MD, Elizabeth D'Amour, William McGee MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, Neal Seymour MD, Richard Wait MD, and Gerard Langlois
Helping students "Get it", Gladys Fernandez MD, William McGee MD, Thomas Higgins MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, David Page MD, Elizabeth D'Amour, Richard Wait MD, and Neal Seymour MD
Venous thromboembolism: Have we made headway?, Jan Fitzgerald
Management of hyponatremia: Providing treatment and avoiding harm, Benjamin Freda MD, Chirag Vaidya MD, and Warren Ho MD
Pediatric Feeding Problems, Richard Gabor MD
Incidence and risk factors of developing nephrotoxicity in adult non-intensive care unit patients receiving vancomycin for greater than 48 hours, Jane Garb, Jason Cross, Daniel Skiest MD, Kathleen Kopcza, and Seth Housman
Use of 12x/month haemoglobin monitoring with a computer algorithm reduces haemoglobin variability, Jane Garb, Warren Ho MD, and Michael Germain MD
Nurse diabetes case management interventions and blood glucose control: Results of a meta-analysis, Jane Garb, Garry Welch, and Sofija Zagarins MD
A longitudinal study of uremic pruritus in hemodialysis patients, Michael Germain MD
Determining optimum hemoglobin sampling for anemia management from every-treatment data, Michael Germain MD
Evaluation of cinacalcet HCl treatment after kidney transplantation, Michael Germain MD
An integrative approach to advanced kidney disease in the elderly, Michael Germain MD and Lewis Cohen MD
One can't judge a stent by its cover, Gregory Giugliano MD and Marc Schweiger MD
Angina Pectoris in Emergency Medicine, Marc Haber MD
Resident experience of abuse and harassment in emergency medicine: Ten years later, Marc Haber MD
A surgical site infection cluster: the process and outcome of an investigation--the impact of an alcohol-based surgical antisepsis product and human behavior, Sarah Haessler MD, Neil Connelly MD, Gary Kanter MD, Jan Fitzgerald, Annette Golubchik MD, Michael Albert MD, Charles Gibson, and Mary Ellen Scales
Strategies used by critical care nurses to identify, interrupt, and correct medical errors, Elizabeth Henneman, Fidela Blank, and Philip Henneman MD
Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Philip Henneman MD
Bar-Code Scanning May Reduce but Not Eliminate Medication and Patient Identification Errors In Clinical Simulation, Philip Henneman MD and Fidela Blank
Patient identification errors are common in a simulated setting, Philip Henneman MD, Donna Fisher MD, and Elizabeth Henneman
Experience modeling and analyzing medical processes: UMass/Baystate Medical safety project overview, Philip Henneman MD, Elizabeth Henneman, Lucinda Cassells MD, and Wilson Mertens MD
Error identification and recovery by student nurses using human patient simulation: Opportunity to improve patient safety, Philip Henneman MD, Elizabeth Henneman, Cheryl Reilly, and Joan Roche
Using discrete event simulation to study patient length of stay, Philip Henneman MD and Haiping Li
Emergency department patients who stay more than 6 hours contribute to crowding, Philip Henneman MD, Howard Smithline MD, Fidela Blank, John Santoro MD, Ann Maynard, Deborah Provost, Elizabeth Henneman, and Haiping Li
Disorders of the Small Intestine, Philip Henneman MD and Susan Torrey MD
Appendicitis, Philip Henneman MD and Jeannette Wolfe MD
Growing concerns, larger than fatigue, . . and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD
A fulminant complication of advanced lymphoma, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD and Chirag Vaidya MD
Association between lymphotoxin-alpha (tumor necrosis factor-beta) intron polymorphism and predisposition to severe sepsis is modified by gender and age, Thomas Higgins MD
A tale of Lutes and Ouds: Time to play together in the same key, Thomas Higgins MD
The author replies, Thomas Higgins MD
Simulation in critical care medicine - Helping students "Get It", Thomas Higgins MD, Gladys Fernandez MD, William McGee MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, David Page MD, Elizabeth D'Amour, Richard Wait MD, and Neal Seymour MD
Can residents learn to be good doctors without harming patients?, Kevin Hinchey MD and Michael Rothberg MD
Validation of a statistical model to predict vancomyacin-induced nephrotoxicity in adult non-intensive care unit patients, Seth Housman, Safia Kuriakose, Erica Tenholder, Evan Horton, Jane Garb, and Daniel Skiest MD
Use of HIV resistance testing after prolonged treatment interruption, Dmitri Iarikov MD, Carol Ann Rauch MD, Daniel Skiest MD, Claudia Martorell MD, and Robert Hoffman MD
Low Prevalence of Primary HIV Resistance in Western Massachusetts, Dmitri Iarikov MD, Daniel Skiest MD, Claudia Martorell MD, and Robert Hoffman MD
Popliteal artery embolization with the Mynx closure device, Ashequl Islam MD and Marc Norris MD
Preventing serious sequelae after an acute coronary syndrome: the consequences of thrombosis versus bleeding with antiplatelet therapy, Ashequl Islam MD and Pikeshkumar Patel MD
Frequency of sleep apnea in stroke and TIA patients: a meta-analysis, Karin Johnson MD and Douglas Johnson MD
Obstructive sleep apnea is a risk factor for stroke and atrial fibrillation, Karin Johnson MD and Douglas Johnson MD
Spotlight talk: Cardiac Resuscitation, Kim Krach MD
Spotlight talk: Electrocardiography, Kim Krach MD
Putting the public back in public reporting of health care quality, Tara Lagu MD and Peter Lindenauer MD
Patients' evaluations of health care providers in the era of social networking: an analysis of physician-rating websites, Tara Lagu MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Nicholas Hannon
Toxic Shock Syndrome, Julius Larioza MD and Richard Brown MD
Check on critical care, gain $50 for some caveat patients, Michael Lemanski MD
Emergency Department specific exception allows you to sidestep some HPI rules, Michael Lemanski MD
Put critical care clock on pause until physician returns, Michael Lemanski MD
A jail-community program for HIV inmates in need of mental health services, Thomas Lincoln MD
Strategies of correctional health care services organization medical director boot camp, Thomas Lincoln MD
Use of stand assist devices in the correctional system: A case report, Thomas Lincoln MD
Hospitalizations for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: how you count matters, Peter Lindenauer MD
The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk-standardized 30-day mortality and readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia, Peter Lindenauer MD
Missed opportunities for osteoporosis treatment in patients hospitalized for hip fracture, Peter Lindenauer MD and Penny Pekow
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis among medical patients at US hospitals, Peter Lindenauer MD, Michael Rothberg MD, and Penny Pekow
Association of corticosteroid dose and route of administration with risk of treatment failure in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Peter Lindenauer MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, and Evan Benjamin MD
Activated protein C and hospital mortality in septic shock: a propensity-matched analysis, Peter Lindenauer MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, and Jay Steingrub MD
Postprandial hypotension, Gina Luciano MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Michael Rothberg MD
Automated external defibrillators and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest, Timothy Mader MD
Body mass index and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest, Timothy Mader MD
Delayed time to defibrillation after intraoperative and periprocedural cardiac arrest, Timothy Mader MD
Outcomes of critically ill patients who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Timothy Mader MD
Rhythms and outcomes of adult in-hospital cardiac arrest, Timothy Mader MD
Time to invasive airway placement and resuscitation outcomes after inhospital cardiopulmonary arrest, Timothy Mader MD
Gastric transmural pressure measurements in vivo: Implications for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)., Timothy Mader MD, David Desilets MD, John Romanelli MD, and David Earle MD
A randomized comparison of cardiocerebral and cardiopulmonary resuscitation using a swine model of prolonged ventricular fibrillation, Timothy Mader MD, Adam Kellogg MD, and Joshua Walterscheid MD
The feasibility of inducing mild therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac resuscitation using iced saline infusion via an intraosseous needle, Timothy Mader MD, Adam Kellogg MD, and Joshua Walterscheid MD
An observational study to assess changes in arterial blood gas values during untreated porcine ventricular fibrillation, Timothy Mader MD, Adam Kellogg MD, Joshua Walterscheid MD, and Richard Misiaszek MD
A 58-year-old woman with an unusual cause of respiratory failure, Patrick Mailloux MD and Mark Jankowske MD
Improving the Effectiveness of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Simulated Environment Through Biofeedback, Patrick Mailloux MD, William McGee MD, Gerard Langlois, and Jennifer Friderici
Does Switching from Tamoxifen to an Aromatase Inhibitor Result in Weight Change in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients?, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Todd Capizzi MD, and Wilson Mertens MD
A rare cause of coagulopathy Acquired factor V inihibitor, Jaya Mallidi MD and Winthrop Whitcomb MD
Meta-analysis of catheter ablation as an adjunct to medical therapy for treatment of ventricular tachycardia in patients with structural heart disease, Jaya Mallidi MD and Winthrop Whitcomb MD
Hypogammaglobinemia in an elder, Carmela Mancini MD
Looking back at Lyme carditis, Jose Martagon-Villamil MD and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD
Electromyography and nerve conduction studies in a cervical spine surgery patient with elevated hemi-diaphragm: A case report, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD
Piriformis Syndrome, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD
Right anterolateral hip pain with physical activity and sports, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD
Safety and efficacy of fosamprenavir in human immunodeficiency virus-infected pregnant women, Claudia Martorell MD and Jane Garb
Expectations and outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation, William McGee MD
Linezolid vs. Vancomycin in the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia proven due to methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, William McGee MD
Threshold levels of extreme body surface area that may cause a misrepresentation of cardiac performance, William McGee MD
Pulmonary arterial hypertension, idiopathic, William McGee MD and Jason Cross
Continuous performance improvement works for reduction of central line associated blood stream infections, William McGee MD, Sheila Elliott, and Mary Ellen Scales
Hypercapneic Cerebral Edema in Asthma, William McGee MD, Ryan Joyce MD, and Charles Gibson
Unintended consequences of technology improvement, William McGee MD and Patrick Mailloux MD
Automated monitoring of pulse pressure variation during laparoscopy, William McGee MD, Karthik Raghunathan MD, Ryan Joyce MD, and Bader Al-Dossary MD