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Submissions from 2009

 

Atypical hip pain in a female runner: A case report, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD and Katrina Lewis MD

 

Wellens Syndrome, Benjamin Mattingly MD

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A simple physiologic algorithm for managing hemodynamics using stroke volume and stroke volume variation: Physiologic optimization program, William McGee MD

 

Comment, William McGee MD

 

Strategies and new developments in the management of bacterial meningitis, Justine Miranda MD

 

Blood glucose measurement in patients with suspected diabetic ketoacidosis: A comparison of Abbott MediSense PCx point-of-care meter values to reference laboratory values, James Nichols, Howard Smithline MD, Fidela Blank, and Penny Pekow

 

CARES: Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival, Benjamin Osborne MD

 

STEMI Regionalization, Benjamin Osborne MD

 

A review of perineal cutaneous herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in hospitalized patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital, Armando Paez MD, Mayu Sekiguchi MD, and Kathy Gibson-Tierney

 

Fatty infiltration of the aortic valve, Liron Pantanowitz MD and Leng Jiang MD

 

Mastitis and breast abscess, Liron Pantanowitz MD, Holly Mason MD, and Daniel Skiest MD

 

Cost and workforce implications of subjecting all physicians to aviation industry work-hour restrictions, Michael Payette MD

 

Effectiveness of antibiotic class in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Penny Pekow, Michael Rothberg MD, Oren Brody MD, Daniel Skiest MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Shop for quality or volume? Volume, quality, and outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery, Penny Pekow, Michael Rothberg MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Nodular rash many months after successful treatment of leprosy: A delayed presentation of erythema nodosum leprosum, Srikanth Penumetsa MD, Ilse Levin MD, Ranjit Dhelaria MD, Orlando Torres MD, and Alejandra Marin Ruiz MD

 

Abdominal 64-MDCT for suspected appendicitis: the use of oral and IV contrast material versus IV contrast material only, Niels Rathlev MD

 

Academic career development for clinical directors, Niels Rathlev MD

 

A trial to end ambulance diversion in Boston, Niels Rathlev MD

 

Keynote presentation: Emergency department crowding - effects on patient outcomes, Niels Rathlev MD

 

Panel discussion: Update on trauma care, Niels Rathlev MD

 

Penetrating neck trauma, Niels Rathlev MD

 

The effect of emergency department crowding on clinically oriented outcomes, Niels Rathlev MD and Timothy Mader MD

 

Magnetic retraction of the gallbladder during NOTES transvaginal cholecystectomy, John Romanelli MD, David Desilets MD, and David Earle MD

 

Gastric closure in NOTES using a novel, over-the-scope nitinol clip - A survival study in an animal model, John Romanelli MD, David Desilets MD, David Earle MD, and Christopher Chapman MD

 

Burst pressures in gastric closure - A NOTES study of the Lock-It system with the Padlock-G in the explanted porcine stomach, John Romanelli MD, David Earle MD, and David Desilets MD

 

Rapid resident cycling: The 14 day mini-block, Michael Rosenblum MD

 

The future is now: Continuity as a team-based concept in radical office redesign, Michael Rosenblum MD, Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD, and Lauren Meade MD

 

Rapid resident cycling: The 14-day mini-block, Michael Rosenblum MD and Kevin Hinchey MD

 

Survey of physician knowledge regarding antiretroviral medications in hospitalized HIV-infected patients, Michael Rothberg MD, Saarah Arshad MD, and Daniel Skiest MD

 

Public reporting of hospital quality: Recommendations to benefit patients and hospitals, Michael Rothberg MD, Evan Benjamin MD, and Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Uncommon cause for a common serious medical condition, Aashish Samat MD

 

Diagnosis of acute mitral valve insufficiency using emergency bedside echocardiography, Jeremy Sautner MD and Gavin Budhram MD

 

Real-time inter-rater reliability of the council of emergency medicine residency directors standardized direct observation assessment tool, Joseph Schmidt MD

 

Expanded use of the TAXUS Express Stent: Two-year safety insights from the 7,500 patient ARRIVE Registry programme, Marc Schweiger MD

 

MMSE limitations in diagnosing vascular dementia, Mayu Sekiguchi MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, and Maura Brennan MD

 

Medium conditioned by human endothelial progenitor cells (hEPCs) increases survival and insulin expression during differentiation of human islet-derived precursor cells (hIPCs), Sabyasachi Sen MD

 

Validity of the reduced-sample insulin modified frequently-sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test using the nonlinear regression approach, Sabyasachi Sen MD

 

Improved survival and differentiation of human bone marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) in serum-free conditions using Human Endothelial Progenitor Cell (hEPC)-conditioned media, Sabyasachi Sen MD and Jagendra Yadava

 

Facilitating internsÂ’ acquisition of medical knowledge and core skills through experiential learning, Reham Shaaban MD, Raquel Belforti MD, and Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Effect of duration of second stage of labor and mode of delivery on neonatal complications among preterm, Bhavesh Shah MD, Glenn Markenson MD, Michael Plevyak MD, and Penny Pekow

 

A retrospective observational comparison study Poractant alpha and Beractant in preterm infants with very low birth weight with respiratory distress syndrome, Bhavesh Shah MD, Penny Pekow, and Evan Horton

 

Effects of exercise on energy-regulating hormones and appetite in men and women, J Enrique Silva MD

 

Metabolic effects of thyroid hormones, J Enrique Silva MD

 

The history of thyroid hormone control of metabolic rate, J Enrique Silva MD

 

Demonstration of type-2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2) activity in mouse type 1 skeletal muscle, J Enrique Silva MD and Waile Ramadan MD

 

Mouse skeletal muscle microsomes have type-2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2) mRNA and activity. Possible role in hypermetabolism of TRa deficient mice, J Enrique Silva MD and Waile Ramadan MD

 

Mild cognitive impairment: Not to be forgotten, Manmeet Singh MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Geetika Sachdeva MD

 

Cultural differences in the perception of obesity and cardiovascular risk, Senthil Sivalingam MD

 

Severe triple vessel coronary artery disease and aneurysms in a young white man: Disease progression of childhood Kawasaki disease, Senthil Sivalingam MD

 

Cryptococcosis and other fungal infections of the central nervous system in AIDS, Daniel Skiest MD

 

Toxoplasmosis of the central nervous system: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment, Daniel Skiest MD

 

Rolofylline: A selective adenosine 1 receptor antagonist for the treatment of heart failure, Mara Slawsky MD

 

12-lead electrocardiogram findings of pulmonary hypertension occur more frequently in emergency department patients with pulmonary embolism than in patients without pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD

 

Classification and regression tree (CART) analysis: A novel method to derive and validate a pretest probability prediction rule for pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD

 

Empiric systemic anticoagulation in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD

 

Factors associated with positive D-dimer results in patients evaluated for pulmonary embolism: A prospective multivariate analysis, Howard Smithline MD

 

High frequency of repeated negative computerized tomographic pulmonary angiography in emergency department patients, Howard Smithline MD

 

History of anxiety significantly decreases the probability of pulmonary embolism in symptomatic emergency department patients, Howard Smithline MD

 

Influence of gender on the clinical presentation of venous thromboembolism (VTE): A prospective multi-center, observational study of emergency department patients, Howard Smithline MD

 

Measurement of phosphocreatine recovery kinetics in muscle using phosphorous magnetic resonance imaging, Howard Smithline MD

 

Measurement of phosphocreatine recovery kinetics in muscle using phosphorus magnetic resonance imaging, Howard Smithline MD

 

Potential impact of adjusting the threshold of the quantitative D-dimer based on pretest probability of acute pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD

 

Prospective multi-center assessment of interobserver agreement for radiologist interpretation of 64-channel CT angiography for pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD

 

Pulmonary infiltrates revealed on CT in patients with negative evaluation for pulmonary embolism, Howard Smithline MD

 

Outcome measures for acute decompensated heart failure, Howard Smithline MD, Fidela Blank, Richard Barus, and Thomas Fitzgerald

 

Achieving universal HIV screening: Predictors of what influences screening, Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Factors surrounding physician-patient discussions about HIV and the impact on testing, Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Physician knowledge of the revised HIV screening guidelines, Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Recurrent stupor associated with chronic valporic acid therapy and hyperammonemia, Mihaela Stefan MD

 

Experiential learning: Facilitating interns' acquisition of core skills with an innovative two-week training program, Mihaela Stefan MD, Kevin Hinchey MD, Raquel Belforti MD, and Reham Shaaban MD

 

International study of the prevalence and outcomes of infection in intensive care units, Jay Steingrub MD

 

Racial and ethnic disparities in mortality from acute lung injury, Jay Steingrub MD and Mark Tidswell MD

 

Developing an in-training examination for fellows: The experience of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, James Stewart MD

 

A surprising cause for a wound in a nursing home resident: An occult sweat gland carcinoma, Ashita Talsania MD and Maura Brennan MD

 

EKG warnings of impending mischief, Susan Torrey MD

 

Subtle EKG signs of ischemia and infarction, Susan Torrey MD

 

Vasopressor Use in the Emergency Department, Susan Torrey MD

 

Gastrointestinal complications after 3 months of dual antiplatelet therapy for drug-eluting stents as assessed by wireless capsule endoscopy, Neelima Vallurupalli MD

 

Munchausen's malingering microbes, Ashish Verma MD, Mohamed Elarabi MD, and Michael Rosenblum MD

 

Wellen's syndrome: Mark of the widow, Ashish Verma MD, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, Timothy Mulligan MD, and Siddharth Wartak MD

 

Ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in acute coronary syndromes, Siddharth Wartak MD, Amir Lotfi MD, and Michael Rothberg MD

 

Sickle cell anemia masking malignancy, Siddharth Wartak MD and David Rose MD

 

A web-based self-management assessment tool that improves HbA1c, Garry Welch, Rebecca Shayne MD, Sofija Zagarins MD, and Jane Garb

 

A web-based self management tool that improves A1c, Garry Welch, Rebecca Shayne MD, Sofija Zagarins MD, and Jane Garb

 

A brief intervention using a computerized patient self management assessment tool improves blood glucose control (HbA1c), Garry Welch, Sofija Zagarins MD, and Jane Garb

 

Estimating prognosis in end-stage renal disease, Stephen Wittenberg MD and Lewis Cohen MD

 

Lessons learned on pain, Jeannette Wolfe MD

 

Why am I taking this so hard, Jeannette Wolfe MD

 

Workflow interruptions in the hospitalist model of care, Surinder Yadav MD and Evan Benjamin MD

 

A hospitalist-led multidisciplinary team rounding model to improve quality of care, Surinder Yadav MD, Jan Fitzgerald, David Ling MD, Evan Benjamin MD, and Donna Borah

 

A preliminary study of the application of speckle tracking imaging for assessing myocardial function during exercise stress echocardiography, Gui Hua Yao MD, Hany Aziz MD, John Abboud MD, William Hiser MD, and Leng Jiang MD

 

Right ventricular global longitudinal strain is not uniformly impaired in patients with pulmonary hypertension, Gui Hua Yao MD, Jiang Cui MD, William Hiser MD, and Leng Jiang MD

 

Is epicardial fat a risk factor for significant coronary artery disease? An echocardiographic study, Gui Hua Yao MD, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, James Cook MD, and Leng Jiang MD

 

Allometric model using body weight containing variables improves scaling of left atrial size in obesity but remains challenging in severely obese subjects, Gui Hua Yao MD, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, Jiang Cui MD, William Hiser MD, and Leng Jiang MD

 

Superiority of biplane Simpson's rule over biplane area-length method in left atrial volume quanitification: Comparison with real-time three-dimensional echocardiography, Gui Hua Yao MD, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, William Hiser MD, Mara Slawsky MD, James Cook MD, Leng Jiang MD, and Gustavo Camarano MD

Submissions from 2008

 

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and soccer: a different epidemiological approach strengthen the previous findings, Carmel Armon MD

 

A randomized controlled trial of resistance exercise in individuals with ALS, Carmel Armon MD

 

From clues to mechanisms: Understanding ALS initiation and spread, Carmel Armon MD

 

Physicians should desist from aiding in executions, Carmel Armon MD

 

Reflections: neurology and the humanities. Three drawers, Carmel Armon MD