All Medicine

Submissions from 2006 2006

Recurrent thromboembolic phenomena on therapeutic warfarin: A question of VKORC1 polymorphism, Rukshana Cader MD, Archan Shah MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, and Linda Canty MD

A case of spontaneous subdural hematomas caused by VP shunt drainage for normal pressure hvdrocephalus, Carmel Celestin MD and Maura Brennan MD

The effect of a patient's risk taking attitude on the cost effectiveness of testing strategies, Deepa Chandrasekaran MD, Samuel Borden MD, and Rukmini Modem MD

Renal palliative care., Lewis Cohen MD and Michael Germain MD

Time to end systolic velocity, a novel tissue Doppler measurement, correlates best with maximal longitudinal contraction, James Cook MD, Leng Jiang MD, Hany Aziz MD, Lisa Massie MD, Adrian Fluture MD, and Prabhdeep Sethi MD

Insights into left ventricular synchrony: Peak velocity versus peak contraction, James Cook MD, Kenneth Santiago MD, Leng Jiang MD, and Adrian Fluture MD

Managing hospitalized patients with heart failure, Cindy Cunningham

Cadasil: Cognitive decline in a 35 Y/O woman, Arnulfo Deray MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Victoria Peters MD

Incidence of common duct stones after positive intraoperative cholangiogram, David Desilets MD

Physician characteristics, attitudes, and use of computerized order entry., Jan Fitzgerald, Peter Lindenauer MD, David Ling MD, Penny Pekow, Evan Benjamin MD, Nancy Hoople, and Deborah Naglieri-Prescod

Immunophenotypic changes and clinical outcome in B-cell lymphomas treated with rituximab., Jonathan Freeman MD and Richard Steingart MD

High humidity, low humidity, and mist therapy for croup, Richard Gabor MD

The acute effect of aerobic exercise on brachial artery endothelial function in renal transplant recipients., Michael Germain MD

Withdrawal from dialysis: A palliative care perspective., Michael Germain MD and Lewis Cohen MD

Baseline Cystatin C measurement is a potent predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcomes following ACS: A PROVE IT-TIMI 22 analysis, Gregory Giugliano MD

Antibiotic side effects, Eric Granowitz MD

Testing a classification model for emergency department errors., Elizabeth Henneman, Fidela Blank, Katherine Williamson, and Philip Henneman MD

Prehospital hypotension is a predictor of the need for an emergent, therapeutic operation in trauma patients with normal systolic blood pressure in the emergency department., Philip Henneman MD

Computerized Physician Order Entry(CPOE): Employing pre-built chemotherapy care sets: Antiemetic and supportive care medication omissions., Donald Higby MD, Wilson Mertens MD, Deborah Naglieri-Prescod, and Lucinda Cassells MD

An updated method to assess ICU clinical performance and resource utilization, Thomas Higgins MD

Changes in medication use after computerized physician order entry(CPOE)implementation., Thomas Higgins MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Mark Tidswell MD

NT-proBNP levels in the ICU do not predict the etiology of respiratory distress., Thomas Higgins MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, and James Cook MD

Severity-adjusted outcome after CPOE implementation, Thomas Higgins MD, William McGee MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Mark Tidswell MD

Baystate educational innovation project, Kevin Hinchey MD, Samuel Borden MD, Lauren Meade MD, Michael Picchioni MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, and David Longworth MD

See one, do one, teach one: Introducing the manager model into the PGY-2 year, Kevin Hinchey MD and Michael Picchioni MD

Acute detection of reperfused and non-reperfused acute myocardial infarction with Tc-99m glucaric acid, William Hiser MD

Geometric determinants of functional tricuspid regurgitation: Insights from 3-dimensional echocardiography, Leng Jiang MD

The going home initiative: Getting trauma ICU patients home with hospice, Paul Jodka MD, Betty Babb, and Beth Stadnicki

Tolosa-Hunt syndrome: A rare entity, Cyrus Khan MD, Raul Octaviani MD, and Stephen Ryzewicz MD

Purple urinary catheter and bag syndrome in a nonagenarian, Venkta Kodali MD

Variable Troponin T and CK MB Leak and ECG changes in Rhabdomyolysis without chest trauma, Venkta Kodali MD and Hany Aziz MD

Creutzfeldt Jacob disease and myasthenia gravis presenting as delirium in an octgenarian, Venkta Kodali MD, Maura Brennan MD, Todd Capizzi MD, Donna Mercado MD, George Baquis MD, Benjamin Liptzin MD, and David Longworth MD

A nutritional supplement formula for influenza A (H5N1) infection in humans., Harvey Lederman MD

Cutaneous malignant melanoma., Aimee Leonard MD

Large mucosal lip defects: Management by second intention healing, Aimee Leonard MD

Rapid preparation of high-quality frozen sections using the Cryo-Hist embedding machine, Aimee Leonard MD

Surgical Pearl: The use of a laboratory vortex for poly-L-lactic acid injection., Aimee Leonard MD

Treatment of giant keratoacanthoma with intralesional 5-fluorouracil., Aimee Leonard MD

Viral hepatitis, risk behaviors, aminotransferase levels, and screening options at a county correctional center, Thomas Lincoln MD

Facilitators and barriers to continuing healthcare after jail: A community-integrated program, Thomas Lincoln MD and Thomas Conklin MD

Volume, quality of care, and outcome in pneumonia., Peter Lindenauer MD

Physician characteristics, attitudes and use of computerized order entry, Peter Lindenauer MD, David Ling MD, Nancy Hoople, Evan Benjamin MD, and Deborah Naglieri-Prescod

Quality of care for patients hospitalized for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease., Peter Lindenauer MD, Penny Pekow, and Evan Benjamin MD

A question of heterogenous VISA in a patient with persistent respiratory alkalosis, Gina Luciano MD, Simon Li MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, and Michael Chin

Female sex is associated with improved short-term outcome following prolonged ventricular fibrillation, Timothy Mader MD

Paramedic compliance with ACLS epinephrine guidelines in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest., Timothy Mader MD

Sex differences exist in porcine ventricular morphology, Timothy Mader MD

Stroke volume variability, SVO2 and intravascular volume during CVVHD, Patrick Mailloux MD and William McGee MD

Physical activity patterns during pregnancy in a diverse population of women., Glenn Markenson MD and Penny Pekow

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in pediatric sports: A case series of three young athletes, Julio Martinez-Silvestrini MD

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Central venous catheterization: Better and worse., William McGee MD

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The pulmonary artery catheter in critical care., William McGee MD, Patrick Mailloux MD, and Paul Jodka MD

Update in perioperative medicine., Donna Mercado MD

Chemotherapy ordering in a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) environment: A longitudinal analysis of defects from oncologist to patient, Wilson Mertens MD, Deborah Naglieri-Prescod, and Donald Higby MD

Long term effects of renal artery stenting with carbon dioxide angiography on renal function and blood pressure control, Leelakrishna Nallamshetty MD, Hetal Patel MD, George Hartnell MD, and Barbara Greco MD

Technical factors in renal artery stenting: Effects on contrast volume, fluoroscopy time and post procedure creatinine., Leelakrishna Nallamshetty MD, Hetal Patel MD, George Hartnell MD, and Barbara Greco MD

An HIV-positive elderly woman with a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, Rosette Odulio MD and Maura Brennan MD

Lost in translation, William Ortiz MD, Kevin Hinchey MD, Michael Rosenblum MD, and Sandra Bellantonio MD

Evaluation of Phospho-mTOR (Mamalian Target of Rapamycin) expression in benign, proliferative and malignant epithelial lesions of the breast, Christopher Otis MD, Sandra Camelo-Piragua MD, Darius Arabadjief MD, Melissa Arabadjief MD, Raavi Gupta MD, Brooke Pazik, Sharon Marconi, and Reva Ricketts-Loriaux MD

Evaluation of the PI3K/pAkt pathway in breast carcinoma which are negative for ER, PR and HER-2/neu receptor expression, Christopher Otis MD, Raavi Gupta MD, Brooke Pazik, Sharon Marconi, and Reva Ricketts-Loriaux MD

Evaluation of the relationships between pAkt and beta-catenin in invasive breast carcinoma, Christopher Otis MD, Sharon Marconi, Brooke Pazik, Darius Arabadjief MD, Melissa Arabadjief MD, Sandra Camelo-Piragua MD, Raavi Gupta MD, and Reva Ricketts-Loriaux MD

Experience with clinical cases of Mycobacterium abscessus at a large Midwestern medical center, Armando Paez MD

Daptomycin therapy for serious infections due to methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, Armando Paez MD and Daniel Skiest MD

Rapid loss of daptomycin susceptibility in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus blood culture isolates from an infective endocarditis patient, Armando Paez MD, P Wilk, Robert Bourgeault, Carol Ann Rauch MD, and Richard Brown MD

Maternal body mass index, delivery route, and induction of labor in a midwifery caseload., Penny Pekow, Barbara Graves, and Susan DeJoy

Ejaculation disorders, Michael Picchioni MD

Task-specific mini-CEXs: A way of documenting competence and enhancing feedback, Michael Picchioni MD, Michael Rothberg MD, Lauren Meade MD, David Ling MD, and Kevin Hinchey MD

Differences in triage thresholds for patients presenting with possible acute coronary syndromes: More than meets the eye., J. Hector Pope MD

Employing statistical process control (SPC) charting to evaluate menopausal symptoms in women enrolled in a clinical trial of a complementary intervention., Lindsay Rockwell MD, Wilson Mertens MD, Grace Makari-Judson MD, and Lucinda Cassells MD

Aspirin desensitization prior to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, Mario Rodenas MD and Jonathan Bayuk MD

A Quality Improvement(QI) curriculum in action: Diabetes management, Michael Rosenblum MD and Kevin Hinchey MD

Effects of local variation, specialty, and beliefs on antiviral prescribing for influenza., Michael Rothberg MD, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD, and David Rose MD

Addressing gaps in abortion education: A sexual health elective created by medical students, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD