All Medicine

Submissions from 2008 2008

Cramping with Crohn's: New diagnosis of Crohn's in a 88 year old man, Syed Hussain MD, Siddharth Wartak MD, Alvaro Rosales MD, and Arnulfo Deray MD

The efficacy of intravenous immunoglobin in the treatment of refractory Clostridium difficile diarrhea, Melina Irizarry MD, Michael Wall MD, and Sarah Haessler MD

An education program to increase knowledge of and immunization with adult pertussis vaccination among parents of newborns, Pui-Ying Iroh Tam MD, Brian W. Smith MD, and Donna Fisher MD

A pilot study to measure and improve collaboration in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Paul Jodka MD, Nancy Doubleday, Paula Lusardi, Elaine Blonaisz, and Elizabeth Henneman

The "Going Home Initiative": Direct transfer of terminally-ill intensive care unit patients to home hospice, Paul Jodka MD, Paula Lusardi, Nancy Doubleday, Danielle Plouffe, Betty Babb, and Thomas Higgins MD

Asymmetry correction in the irradiated breast: Outcomes of reduction mammoplasty and mastopexy after breast conserving therapy, Melissa Johnson MD, Michael Chin, Glen Brooks MD, and Anoush Hadaegh MD

Alcoholic emergencies, Adam Kellogg MD

Alcoholic emergenices, Adam Kellogg MD

Neck and chest trauma, Adam Kellogg MD

Images in dermatology: Handful of sweets., Sandhya Kommana MD, Carol Richardson MD, Brendan Kelly MD, and Archan Shah MD

The impact of concordant and discordant conditions on the quality of care for hyperlipidemia, Tara Lagu MD

Chart critical care with this checklist, Michael Lemanski MD

Prove patients critical status before coding 99291, Michael Lemanski MD

Necrotizing fasciitis in a chronic left lower extremity wound, Ilse Levin MD and Roy Sittig MD

Effects of quality improvement collaboratives, Peter Lindenauer MD

Length of stay and mortality in pulmonary embolism: high time for evidence-based discharge criteria, Peter Lindenauer MD

The era of big performance measurement: here at last, Peter Lindenauer MD

Who do you want taking care of your parent, Peter Lindenauer MD

Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists, and family physicians, Peter Lindenauer MD and Michael Rothberg MD

Enhanced visualization of left ventricular endocardial borders with contrast echocardiography in morbid obese patients. ., Xiao Liu MD

A medical center is not a hospital: Reflections of a department chair still in the game, David Longworth MD

Pulmonary infections, David Longworth MD

Update in infectious disease treatment, David Longworth MD

Update on infectious disease prevention: human papillomavirus, hepatitis A, David Longworth MD

High-dose atorvastatin does not negatively influence clinical outcomes among clopidogrel treated acute coronary syndrome patients--a Pravastatin or Atorvastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy-Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 22 (PROVE IT-TIMI 22) a, Amir Lotfi MD, Marc Schweiger MD, and Gregory Giugliano MD

The risks of lunch--postprandial hypotension, Gina Luciano MD and Maura Brennan MD

Cardiac arrest in the Emergency Department: A report from the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Timothy Mader MD

Prolonged cardiac arrest: A revised model of porcine ventricular fibrillation, Timothy Mader MD

Risk of cardiopulmonary arrest after acute respiratory compromise in hospitalized patients, Timothy Mader MD

The effect of adenosine A1 receptor antagonism on return of spontaneous circulation and short-term survival in prolonged ventricular fibrillation, Timothy Mader MD

The influence of triage systems and triage scores on timeliness of ED analgesic administration, Timothy Mader MD

Simulation as an educational modality for multidisciplinary training experience in Critical Care Medicine, Patrick Mailloux MD and Gladys Fernandez MD

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

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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

The impact of oral contrast administration for abdominal CT imaging on ED length of stay, patient symptoms and satisfaction: A prospective randomized clinical trial, 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 novel factor VIIa/tissue factor inhibitor, recombinant nematode anticoagulant protein C2, alters PT/INR in dose-dependent manner proportionate with plasma concentration in patients with nSTE-ACS: Data from the ANTHEM-TIMI 32 trial, 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

Improved measures of quality of life, lipid profile, and lipoatrophy after treatment interruption in HIV-infected patients with immune preservation: Results of ACTG 5170, 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