Submissions from 2009
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Carmel Armon MD
A population-based statewide registry of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS) in Massachusetts, Carmel Armon MD
Computerized databases for ALS incidence calculations: Ready, steady, but don't go yet, Carmel Armon MD
Phase II trial of CoQ10 for ALS finds insufficient evidence to justify phase III, Carmel Armon MD
Primary lateral sclerosis, Carmel Armon MD
Smoking is a probable risk factor for ALS: An evidenced-based update(2003-2008), Carmel Armon MD
Smoking may be considered an established risk factor for sporadic ALS, Carmel Armon MD
SOD1 A4V familial ALS in North America: Can understanding the past lead to a better future, Carmel Armon MD
Subacute onset of paralysis in a person with AIDS, Saarah Arshad MD, Daniel Skiest MD, and Eric Granowitz MD
A rare case of octogenarian pseudosyncope, Emily Baiyee MD and Maura Brennan MD
Thrombocytopenia and centripetal rash in an elderly woman, Emily Baiyee MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Loren Inigo-Santiago MD
Is it elder abuse, Raquel Belforti MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, Todd Capizzi MD, Elizabeth Case MD, Sarah Workman MD, Zulfiqar Chaudhry MD, and Jackcy Jacob MD
Recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis in a patient with abnormal uterine bleeding, Raquel Belforti MD and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort MD
International outsourcing of medical research by high income countries: Changes from 1925-2005, Raquel Belforti MD, Michael Wall MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, Penny Pekow, and Michael Rothberg MD
The process of peer review in U.S. hospitals, Evan Benjamin MD
Using hospital standardized mortality ratios for public reporting: A comment by the consortium of chief quality officers, Evan Benjamin MD
One system's journey in creating a disclosure and apology program, Evan Benjamin MD, Deborah Morsi, Lynn Tenerowicz, Randolph Peto MD, and Pamela Burger
Emerging the concept of Virtual HR, Elisabeth Bennett
Integrating pluralistic organizational culture in an American Community hospital, Elisabeth Bennett
Reflection, learning, technology, and the socio-cultural context of virtual HRD: An emerging theory of network culture dynamics, Elisabeth Bennett
Virtual HRD: The intersection of knowledge management, culture, and intranets, Elisabeth Bennett
Quinolone induced hypoglycemia in an elder with acute kidney injury, Amit Bhargava MD and Maura Brennan MD
Ehrlichiosis presenting as a fever of unknown origin, Amit Bhargava MD, Imran Dosani MD, Senthil Sivalingam MD, Sarah Haessler MD, and Sufana Al Khunaizi MD
Rare cause of infective endocarditis presenting as delirium in NH resident, Amit Bhargava MD, Imran Dosani MD, Ashish Verma MD, Siddharth Wartak MD, Sarah Haessler MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Sandra Bellantonio MD
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B, DRB1, and DQB1 allotypes associated with disease and protection of trachoma endemic villagers, Linda Bobo MD
Immuno-localization of the calcium-sensing receptor in developing & adult human kidney, Gregory Braden MD, Giovanna Crisi MD, Sharon Marconi, and Thomas Campfield MD
Effect of dipyridamole plus aspirin on hemodialysis graft patency, Gregory Braden MD and Jeffrey Kaufman MD
Long-term gentamicin lock catheter prophylaxis is associated with gentamicin-resistant gram-positive bacteremias in chronic hemodialysis patients, Gregory Braden MD, Daniel Landry MD, Stephen Sweet MD, Sarah Haessler MD, and Chirag Vaidya MD
Management of infective endocarditis in outpatients: Clinical experience with outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy, Richard Brown MD, Julius Larioza MD, Amy Girard, and Lena Heung MD
Acute glaucoma after dilated eye exam in a patient with hyphema, retinal detachment, and vitreous hemorrhage, Gavin Budhram MD
Assessment of echocardiography image acquisition and image interpretation skills in emergency medicine residents, Gavin Budhram MD
Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism using emergency department bedside echocardiogram, Gavin Budhram MD and Richard Misiaszek MD
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