Submissions from 2008
Blood volume changes during dialysis and their impact on cardiac performance, Patrick Mailloux MD, William McGee MD, Thomas Higgins MD, and Lori-Ann Kozikowski
Dietary behaviors, physical activity, and cigarette smoking among pregnant Puerto Rican women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow
Predictors of excessive and inadequate gestational weight gain in Hispanic women, Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow
Evidence base for evaluation, management and rehabilitation of ankle injuries, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD
What conclusions should be drawn between critical care physician management and patient mortality in the intensive care unit, William McGee MD
A human patient simulation program training residents in critical care medicine-quantitative analysis, William McGee MD, Gladys Fernandez MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, and Gerard Langlois
Optimal steroid therapy may improve outcome in septic shock, William McGee MD, Thomas Higgins MD, Paul Jodka MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, and Elizabeth Lederman
Physiologic management of hemodynamics in the operating room using arterial pressure-based stroke volume and stroke volume variation, William McGee MD and Lori-Ann Kozikowski
Effect of oncologist-based counseling on patient-perceived breast cancer risk and psychological distress, Wilson Mertens MD, Deborah Katz MD, Marlene Quinlan, Ruth Barham, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Sandra Hubbard, Pam Hyder, and Mary jean Pineau
Neuropsychiatric complications and psychopharmacology of end-stage renal disease, Adam Mirot MD, Michael Germain MD, Lewis Cohen MD, and Ed Tessier
Outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus wound infections among 'lipotourists' from the United States who underwent abdominoplasty in the Dominican Republic, Armando Paez MD and Eric Granowitz MD
Perineal cutaneous herpes simplex infections in a hospitalized patient: A differential diagnosis to pressure ulcer, Armando Paez MD, Mayu Sekiguchi MD, and Kathy Gibson-Tierney
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: From the Hospital to the Community, Armando Paez MD and Daniel Skiest MD
Stones, bones, and abdominal moans: Multimodality imaging review of hyperparathyroidism, Kavitha Parithivel MD, Justin Polga MD, and Daniel Case MD
Physical activity and gestational diabetes mellitus among Hispanic women, Penny Pekow and Glenn Markenson MD
Smoking and risk of preterm birth among predominantly Puerto Rican women, Penny Pekow and Glenn Markenson MD
Tracheoesophageal fistula masquerading as intestinal obstruction, Srikanth Penumetsa MD, Amit Bhargava MD, and Boyd Hehn MD
Door-to-balloon time: Are we evaluating the wrong metric, J. Mark Peterman MD, Gregory Giugliano MD, and Marc Schweiger MD
Primer to the Internal medicine clerkship: A guide produced by the clerkship directors in Internal medicine, Michael Picchioni MD
Update in pain medicine, Michael Picchioni MD
Does mandatory in-patient alcohol detoxification reduce ED recidivism or hospital admission for patients with chronic, severe alcohol dependence, Niels Rathlev MD
Preliminary observations of urinary calcium and osteopontin excretion in premature infants, term infants and adults, Gary Rockwell MD, Gregory Braden MD, and Thomas Campfield MD
A randomized pilot study of acupuncture for control of treatment-induced menopausal symptoms in breast cancer patients, Lindsay Rockwell MD, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Ruth Barham, and Wilson Mertens MD
A NOTES drainage of two infected pseudocysts: Endoscopic stapled cystgastrostomy., John Romanelli MD, David Desilets MD, and David Earle MD
Burst pressures in gastric closure: A NOTES comparison study of looped T-anchors vs. endoclips in the explanted porcine stomach, John Romanelli MD, David Desilets MD, and David Earle MD
Pancreatic pseudocystgastrostomy with a peroral, flexible stapler: Human natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery anastomoses in 2 patients (with videos), John Romanelli MD, David Desilets MD, and David Earle MD
NOTES pancreatic pseudocystgastrostomy: A human NOTES anastomosis., John Romanelli MD, David Desilets MD, David Earle MD, and Loki Skylizard MD
A NOTES survival study of a novel gastric closure device: Looped T-anchors, John Romanelli MD, David Desilets MD, Carolanne Lovewell, and Christopher Chapman MD
Sensory impairment, Alvaro Rosales MD, Ashish Verma MD, and Sandra Bellantonio MD
Patient knowledge and attitudes about avian influenza in an internal medicine clinic, Michael Rothberg MD
Choosing the best hospital: The limitations of public quality reporting, Michael Rothberg MD, Evan Benjamin MD, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Complications of viral influenza, Michael Rothberg MD, Sarah Haessler MD, and Richard Brown MD
Recognition and management of chronic kidney disease in an elderly ambulatory population, Michael Rothberg MD, Eileen Kehoe MD, Abbie Courtemanche MD, Thabo Kenosi MD, Penny Pekow, Maura Brennan MD, Jeffrey Mulhern MD, and Gregory Braden MD
Potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized elders, Michael Rothberg MD, Penny Pekow, Maura Brennan MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, Mark Heelon, and Peter Lindenauer MD
Do pediatricians manage influenza differently than internists, Michael Rothberg MD, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD, and David Rose MD
Unintended precipitation of methadone withdrawal by naltrexone, Pragathi Saligram MD, Senthil Sivalingam MD, and Xiao Liu MD
DLBD - Diagnosis Lost By Delay, Amit Saxena MD and Jagadeesan Udayarani MD
Hernia in adults and children, Joseph Schmidt MD
Drug-eluting stents and acute myocardial infarction: Experience from the TAXUS ARRIVE registry program, Marc Schweiger MD
The role of simulation in critical care education, Susan Scott
A case of delayed hepatotoxicity following N-acetylcysteine therapy, Mayu Sekiguchi MD, Alvaro Rosales MD, and Michael Rosenblum MD
Declining prevalence of diabetes mellitus in hereditary haemochromatosis: The result of earlier diagnosis, Sabyasachi Sen MD
Fatal pheochromocytoma crisis precipitated by dobutamine stress echocardiography, Prabhdeep Sethi MD, William Hiser MD, Leng Jiang MD, Ashequl Islam MD, Mara Slawsky MD, and Nitin Bhatnagar MD
Premature closure may be detrimental in the elderly, Reham Shaaban MD, Rukshana Cader MD, and Sandra Bellantonio MD
Choriocarcinoma in an AIDS patient: Relapsing but not fatal, Archan Shah MD, Mark Tidswell MD, Michel Prefontaine MD, Daniel Skiest MD, and Liron Pantanowitz MD
The significance of common bile duct dilatation in older adults, Abdullah Shaikh MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and David Desilets MD
Mice lacking the thyroid hormone receptor-alpha gene spend more energy in thermogenesis, burn more fat, and are less sensitive to high-fat diet-induced obesity, J Enrique Silva MD
Thyroid-adrenergic interactions: physiological and clinical implications, J Enrique Silva MD
Near fatal Foley, Senthil Sivalingam MD and Maura Brennan MD
An unusual cardiac cause of delirium, Senthil Sivalingam MD and Arnulfo Deray MD
Unusual initial presentation of Lupus as renal infarcts and pulmonary embolism in setting of nephrosis in young hispanic male, Senthil Sivalingam MD and Barbara Greco MD
CD4+ T-cell decline after the interruption of antiretroviral therapy in ACTG A5170 is predicted by differential expression of genes in the ras signaling pathway, Daniel Skiest MD
Detection of nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor-resistant HIV-1 after discontinuation of virologically suppressive antiretroviral therapy, Daniel Skiest MD
Prevalence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization in HIV-infected ambulatory patients, Daniel Skiest MD
Reply to Cooper et al, Daniel Skiest MD
Extensive development of flat warts as a cutaneous manifestation of immune reconstitution syndrome, Daniel Skiest MD and Wayne Duke MD
The FOTO study: 24-week results support, Daniel Skiest MD and Jane Garb
Testicular cooling associated with testicular torsion and its detection by infrared thermography: An experimental study in sheep, Howard Smithline MD, Geoffrey A. Capraro MD, Timothy Mader MD, and Bret Coughlin MD
Musculoskeletal disorders in systemic disease, Blake Spirko MD and Allison Brewer MD
Bleeding disorders of profuse concern, Richard Steingart MD
A retrospective observational study of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in adults with severe sepsis: Comparison with a controlled clinical trial, Jay Steingrub MD
Evolution of mechanical ventilation in response to clinical research, Jay Steingrub MD
Multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled study of the nitric oxide scavenger pyridoxalated hemoglobin polyoxyethylene in distributive shock, Jay Steingrub MD
Multicenter validation of a computer-based clinical decision support tool for glucose control in adult and pediatric intensive care units, Jay Steingrub MD
Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of activated Protein C for the treatment of acute lung injury, Jay Steingrub MD
Multicenter implementation of a consensus-developed, evidence-based, spontaneous breathing trial protocol, Jay Steingrub MD, Thomas Higgins MD, and Patrick Mailloux MD
A replicable method for blood glucose control in critically Ill patients, Jay Steingrub MD and Mark Tidswell MD
Blood glucose control with three different QI strategies, Jay Steingrub MD and Mark Tidswell MD
eProtocol-insulin development and refinement in teo research networks, Jay Steingrub MD and Mark Tidswell MD
Randomized clinical trial of activated protein C for the treatment of acute lung injury, Jay Steingrub MD and Mark Tidswell MD
Why weaning from mechanical ventilation doesnt occur, Mark Tidswell MD, Thomas Higgins MD, and Boyd Hehn MD
Cirrhosis and liver failure, Susan Torrey MD
ST segment depression during vasodilator stress testing predicts long term mortality in women, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, M Javed Ashraf MD, James Cook MD, and William Hiser MD
Significantly misclassified left atrial size by left atrial dimension or area: Comparison with left atrial volume by two- or three-dimensional echocardiography, Neelima Vallurupalli MD, William Hiser MD, Leng Jiang MD, and Gui Hua Yao MD
Late post-partum eclampsia and posterior reversible Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome, Ashish Verma MD, Basil Lau MD, Shaji Daniel MD, and Paul Jodka MD
Heparin and hyperkalemia: The unexpected cost of prophylaxis, Ashish Verma MD, Lauren Meade MD, and Ryan Joyce MD
Atrial stunning following cardioversion resulting in flash pulmonary edema, Michael Wall MD and Sandra Bellantonio MD
The mask of sickle cell anemia, Siddharth Wartak MD
Is blood glucose control improvement sustained one year after an intensive diabetes case management intervention? Findings from a pilot study invovling poorly controlled Hispanic Type 2 patients, Garry Welch, Jane Garb, and Paula Santiago-Kelley
The impact of case management interventions on blood glucose control (HbA1c) in diabetes: Results of a meta-analysis of clinical trials, Garry Welch, Sofija Zagarins MD, and Jane Garb
SIADH with profound hyponatremia in a patient with long-term use of valproate, aripiprazole and mirtazapine, Jacqueline White MD, Senthil Sivalingam MD, Srikanth Penumetsa MD, Amit Bhargava MD, and Lauren Meade MD
Drowning: A brief primer on submersion injuries, Jeannette Wolfe MD
I dont have a drinking problem, Jeannette Wolfe MD
Is this a gender issue or just life in the ED, Jeannette Wolfe MD
Romance in exam room one, Jeannette Wolfe MD
ACR Appropriateness Criteria on Hodgkin's lymphoma: Favorable prognosis stage I and II, Michael Yunes MD
Submissions from 2007
Thinking globally: Adrenal tuberculosis in an Indian male on vacation in the United States, Abayomi Agbebi MD and David Ling MD
ALS 1996 and beyond: New hopes and challenges, Carmel Armon MD
Amiodarone for atrial fibrillation, Carmel Armon MD
Neuromuscular disorders. Highlights of the American Academy of Neurology 59th Annual Meeting, Carmel Armon MD
Occurrence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis among Gulf War veterans, Carmel Armon MD
Sports and trauma in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis revisited, Carmel Armon MD
Tales of Pacific Tangles: Cycad exposure and Guamanian neurodegenerative diseases, Carmel Armon MD
Sedation of elderly patients undergoing coronary arteriography does not result in adverse outcomes and improves postprocedural care, M Javed Ashraf MD, James Cook MD, Marc Schweiger MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and Neelima Vallurupalli MD
Embracing, with strengthened spirits., Deepak Asudani MD