Submissions from 2009
Team training evolution at Baystate Health, Ronald Burkman MD, Randolph Peto MD, Molly Gray, Deborah Fuller, Michael Albert MD, and James Khoury MD
Sesamoid bones and accessory ossicles: A pictorial review with pathology and treatment, Daniel Case MD, Justin Polga MD, and James Polga MD
Integrating behavior changes into the family medicine curriculum: Successes and challenges, Eric Churchill MD
The DAVID (Dual Chamber and VVI Implantable Defibrillator) II trial, James Cook MD
Implementation of a call center to facilitate medical management of obstructive sleep apnea, Michael Coppola MD
Immuno-localization of CD44 and osteopontin in developing human kidney, Giovanna Crisi MD, Sharon Marconi, Gary Rockwell MD, Gregory Braden MD, and Thomas Campfield MD
Epilepsia partialis continua in the elderly, Melisha Cumberland MD, Ashish Verma MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and Maura Brennan MD
Endoscopic interventions for weight loss surgery, David Desilets MD
Gastric transmural pressure measurements in vivo: Implications for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), David Desilets MD, Timothy Mader MD, John Romanelli MD, and David Earle MD
NOTES transgastric ventral hernia repair, David Desilets MD, John Romanelli MD, and David Earle MD
A NOTES survival study of a novel gastric closure device: Loop-anchor purse-string, David Desilets MD, John Romanelli MD, Carolanne Lovewell, Christopher Chapman MD, and David Earle MD
The ins and outs of AIDS cholangiopathy, David Desilets MD, Abdullah Shaikh MD, and Tara Catanzano MD
Primum non nocere (first, do no harm): A prescription error resulting in a near-fatal fall, Ranjit Dhelaria MD and Maura Brennan MD
Infective endocarditis presenting from locally invasive adenocarcinoma of esophagus, Ranjit Dhelaria MD and Srikanth Penumetsa MD
Myasthenia flare with pleural metastasis of thymoma developing 6 years after the resection of invasive thymoma, Imran Dosani MD, Armen Asik MD, and Rose Ganim MD
AGS resident chapters: First year's progress, Tara DuVal MD, Gina Luciano MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and Maura Brennan MD
Loop-anchor purse-string versus endoscopic clips for gastric closure: A natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery comparison study using burst pressures, David Earle MD, David Desilets MD, and John Romanelli MD
Critical care ultrasound: Undifferentiated hypotension, Tala Elia MD
Implementation of a rapid response team: A success story, Sheila Elliott and Susan Scott
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons practice guideline series: Blood glucose management during adult cardiac surgery, Richard Engelman MD and Stuart Chipkin MD
Would a nursing home physician specialty resolve the workforce crisis in long-term care, William Freedberg MD
Bariatric surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity: A meta-analysis of weight loss outcomes for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and laparoscopic gastric bypass, Jane Garb, Garry Welch, Sofija Zagarins MD, Jay Kuhn MD, and John Romanelli MD
Takayasu arteritis in a young woman: A 4-year case history, Gregory Giugliano MD and Fadi Saab MD
Spontaneous left anterior descending coronary artery dissection in a patient with neurofibromatosis, Gregory Giugliano MD and Prabhdeep Sethi MD
Bivalirudin use during PCI for stent thrombosis in a patient with subacute intracranial hemorrhage, Gregory Giugliano MD and Senthil Sivalingam MD
Introduction of alcohol-based surgical antisepsis associated with a surgical site infection cluster: The problem with a culture of cutting corners, Annette Golubchik MD and Sarah Haessler MD
Book Review, Eric Granowitz MD
Evaluation of renal artery stenosis in dialysis patients, Barbara Greco MD
Is it senile ptosis? An uncommon presentation of carotid cavernous aneurysm, Fei Gu MD and Senthil Sivalingam MD
Angina Pectoris, Marc Haber MD
Pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Sarah Haessler MD and Richard Brown MD
The costs of delayed diagnosis: Pain, isolation, functional decline, Theodore Hartenstein MD and Maura Brennan MD
Resource management and process change in a simplified model of the emergency department, Philip Henneman MD
Simulating patient flow through an Emergency Department using process-driven discrete event simulation, Philip Henneman MD
Many emergency health care workers do not verify patient identity prior to performing common tasks, Philip Henneman MD and Elizabeth Henneman
Studying rigorously defined health care processes using a formal process modeling language, clinical simulation, observation, and eye tracking, Philip Henneman MD and Elizabeth Henneman
Many emergency care workers do not verify patient identity prior to performing common tasks, Philip Henneman MD, Elizabeth Henneman, and Donna Fisher MD
Acute aortic syndrome in a pregnant patient: Expecting the unexpected, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD and Gregory Giugliano MD
Exogenous lipoid pneumonia in a chronic laxative user, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD, Jose Martagon-Villamil MD, Ashish Arora MD, and Boyd Hehn MD
Neurogenic stress cardiomyopathy in a patient with adult chiari type 1 malformation, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD, Aashish Samat MD, Ashish Arora MD, and Patrick Mailloux MD
Purpura fulminans and the paradox of an unfortunate outcome, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD, Manmeet Singh MD, and Sarah Haessler MD
A metabolic hurricane in a patient with non-specific mid-epigastric pain, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD, Mihaela Stefan MD, and Melody Brewer MD
Masked hypercalcemia in a patient with chronic pain, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD, Ashita Talsania MD, Ilse Levin MD, and Stephen Ryzewicz MD
Nutritional and metabolic abnormalities in a patient with chronic pain, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD, Ashita Talsania MD, Ilse Levin MD, and Stephen Ryzewicz MD
Epidemiology and outcomes of clostridium difficile-associated disease among patients on prolonged acute mechanical ventilation, Thomas Higgins MD
Prolonged acute mechanical ventilation: Implications for hospital benchmarking, Thomas Higgins MD
Prospective validation of the intensive care unit admission Mortality Probability Model (MPM0-III)., Thomas Higgins MD
Subgroup mortality probability models: are they necessary for specialized intensive care units, Thomas Higgins MD
Web Logs: Blogging as a means of informatics education and information sharing, Thomas Higgins MD, Neil Kudler MD, and Patrick Brown MD
Critical care of the thoracic surgical patient, Thomas Higgins MD and Patrick Mailloux MD
Sources of satisfaction: A second administration of the program director satisfaction survey, Kevin Hinchey MD
Competency-based progression: The learner-manager-teacher model, Kevin Hinchey MD and Samuel Borden MD
I can do patient care on my own: Autonomy and the manager role, Kevin Hinchey MD and Michael Picchioni MD
The ambulatory learner milestones checklist: A tool to quantify resident competency, Kevin Hinchey MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD, and Lauren Meade MD
Baystate EIP: Present practice and future direction: Tracer and continuous healing relationships, Kevin Hinchey MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, Samuel Borden MD, Lauren Meade MD, Mihaela Stefan MD, and Reva Kleppel
Miller Cischer Syndrome, William House MD
Hypothermia for epilepsia partialis continua and complex partial seizures in an adult with Rasmussen's Encephalitis, William House MD, Carmel Armon MD, Erika LaChance MD, Luis Moral MD, Eric Smith MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, and Grace Albert
Myasthenia gravis and levitiracetam: Case report, Philip Hsu MD
Goodpasture's Syndrome preceded by upper respiratory illness, Syed Hussain MD and Jose Martagon-Villamil MD
Percutaneous revascularization of occluded renal arteries in the setting of acute renal failure, Ashequl Islam MD
Integrating quality improvement and residency education: Insights from the AIAMC National Initiative about the roles of the designated institutional official and program director, Hal Jenson MD and Kevin Hinchey MD
Clinical Pathologic Case Competition, Adam Kellogg MD
Spotlight talk: Cardiac life support update, Kim Krach MD
Spotlight talk: EKG presentations, Kim Krach MD
The quest for a 'better mousetrap', Aaron Kugelmass MD
Effect of patient comorbidities on filling of antihypertensive prescriptions, Tara Lagu MD
Management of infective endocarditis: Clinical experience with outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy, Julius Larioza MD, Richard Brown MD, Amy Girard, and Lena Heung MD
Fix your fracture care claims in 3 simple steps to avoid errant code, postop overlap, Michael Lemanski MD
Nomenclature and definitions for emergency department human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing: Report from the 2007 conference of the National Emergency Department HIV Testing Consortium, Michael Lemanski MD
Characteristics of a residential and working community with diverse exposure to World Trade Center dust, gas, and fumes, Sybille Liautaud MD
Sex and age correlates of Chlamydia prevalence in adolescents and adults entering correctional facilities, 2005: implications for screening policy, Thomas Lincoln MD
Resumption of smoking after release from a tobacco-free correctional facility, Thomas Lincoln MD and Thomas Conklin MD
Public reporting and pay-for-performance programs in perioperative medicine: Are they meeting their goals, Peter Lindenauer MD
An especially sweet elder, Gina Luciano MD, Douglas Porter MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Sandra Bellantonio MD
Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa, Gina Luciano MD and Mihaela Stefan MD
Body temperature changes are associated with outcomes following in-hospital cardiac arrest and return of spontaneous circulation, Timothy Mader MD
Cardiac arrests of hospital staff and visitors: Experience from the national registry of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Timothy Mader MD
Hospital variation in time to defibrillation after in-hospital cardiac arrest, Timothy Mader MD
Impact of physician and patient gender on pain management in the emergency department--a multicenter study, Timothy Mader MD
Racial differences in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest, Timothy Mader MD
The effect of ambient temperature on cold saline during simulated infusion to induce therapeutic hypothermia, Timothy Mader MD
The effect of ambient temperature on iced saline during simulated infusion to induce therapeutic hypothermia, Timothy Mader MD
The effect of the preshock pause on coronary perfusion pressure decay and rescue shock outcome in porcine ventricular fibrillation, Timothy Mader MD
Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest: A cost-effectiveness analysis, Timothy Mader MD
Time to invasive airway and outcomes after in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest, Timothy Mader MD
Using the American Heart Association's National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for performance improvement, Timothy Mader MD
Quantitative waveform measures of ventricular fibrillation predict return of spontaneous circulation and short-term survival, Timothy Mader MD, Adam Kellogg MD, and Joshua Walterscheid MD
Feasibility of intraosseous infusion of iced saline to induce therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac resuscitation, Timothy Mader MD, Joshua Walterscheid MD, and Adam Kellogg MD
Hemodynamic and Delta Blood Volume Relationships During Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, Patrick Mailloux MD and William McGee MD
Cascading drug errors−hyponatremia followed by hypernatremia: Mirtazapine−induced SIADH and volume depletion from Demeclocycline, Alejandra Marin Ruiz MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Fei Gu MD
The effect of duration of second stage labor and mode of delivery on neonatal complications among preterms, Glenn Markenson MD, Fadi Bsat MD, Michael Plevyak MD, and Penny Pekow
A prospective cohort of pregnant Hispanic women and risk of gestational diabetes: Design and baseline characteristics, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow
Correlates of depression during pregnancy in latina women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow
Correlates of discontinuing physical activity at the onset of pregnancy among Hispanic women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow
Predictors of smoking cessation at the onset of pregnancy in Hispanic women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow
Prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, and risk of hypertensive pregnancy among Latina women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow
Physical activity before and during pregnancy and duration of second stage of labor among Hispanic women, Glenn Markenson MD, Penny Pekow, and Michael Plevyak MD
Foot and ankle examination, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD