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Submissions from 2005

 

The impact of diabetes on hospital admission, length of stay and mortality of emergenacy department patients with asthma and COPD, Benjamin Osborne MD, Howard Smithline MD, and Jill Griffin MD

 

The impact of diabetes on hospital admission, length of stay and mortality of emergenacy department patients with CHF, Benjamin Osborne MD, Howard Smithline MD, and Jill Griffin MD

 

The addition of geriatric consultation to a multidisciplinary trauma team improves care for elderly trauma patients, Barbara Ostiguy GNP, MSN; Maura Brennan MD; Patricia Letourneau; and Lisa Patterson MD

 

Emergence of daptomycin(D)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an infective endocarditis patient: A case report., Armando Paez MD, Richard Brown MD, P Wilk, Robert Bourgeault, and Carol Ann Rauch MD

 

Leukemic ascites., Liron Pantanowitz MD and Richard Steingart MD

 

Chronic pain and mental illness: overcoming barriers to effective management in general medicine settings, Michael Picchioni MD

 

Invited talk, Michael Picchioni MD

 

Reducing frustrations with chronic pain in a resident clinic through education and policy: a case of practice-based learning and improvement meets systems-based practice, Michael Picchioni MD

 

Teaching chronic pain management, Michael Picchioni MD

 

Mammalian bites and associated infections, Stephen Playe MD

 

Acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department: Diagnostic characteristics, tests, and challenges., J. Hector Pope MD

 

Cost-effective approaches to influenza prevention and treatment, Michael Rothberg MD

 

"Shotgun" versus sequential testing. Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for vaginitis., Michael Rothberg MD

 

Warfarin plus aspirin after myocardial infarction or the acute coronary syndrome: Meta-analysis with estimates of risk and benefit., Michael Rothberg MD, James Cook MD, and Carmel Celestin MD

 

Management of influenza symptoms in healthy children: Cost-effectiveness of rapid testing and antiviral therapy., Michael Rothberg MD, Donna Fisher MD, Brendan Kelly MD, and David Rose MD

 

Vaccination versus treatment of influenza in working adults: A cost-effectiveness analysis, Michael Rothberg MD and David Rose MD

 

Physician beliefs and practices regarding influenza diagnosis and treatment, Michael Rothberg MD, Barbara W. Stechenberg MD, and David Rose MD

 

How specific is it: The current tissue Doppler cutoff values for left ventricular dyssynchrony, Kenneth Santiago MD, Leng Jiang MD, Lisa Massie MD, and Hany Aziz MD

 

Diabetes self-management among low-income Spanish-speaking patients: A pilot study., Jeffrey Scavron MD

 

The effect of Insulin-like Growth Factor-I on parity induced protection against breast cancer, Sallie Schneider, D Joseph Jerry, and Brooke Pazik

 

Addition of a tissue-factor/factor VIIa inhibitor to standard treatments in NSTE-ACS managed with an early invasive strategy: Results of the phase 2 ANTHEM-TIMI 32 double-blind randomized clinical trial, Marc Schweiger MD

 

Prognostic implications of elevated troponin in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome but no critical epicardial coronary disease: a TACTICS-TIMI-18 substudy., Marc Schweiger MD and Amir Lotfi MD

 

Fish oil supplementation and risk of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation in patients with implantable defibrillators: a randomized controlled trial., Reed Shnider MD and James Cook MD

 

A relaxation response randomized trial on patients with chronic heart failure., Mara Slawsky MD

 

Research opportunities in the management of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease., Howard Smithline MD

 

A descriptive study of heavy emergency department users at an academic emergency department reveals heavy ED users have better access to care than average users., Howard Smithline MD, Philip Henneman MD, Fidela Blank, John Santoro MD, Ann Maynard, and Haiping Li

 

Drotrecogin alfa (activated) for adults with severe sepsis and a low risk of death., Jay Steingrub MD

 

Drotrecogin alfa (activated) treatment in severe sepsis from the global, Jay Steingrub MD

 

Effect of airway pressure display on interobserver agreement in the assessment of vascular pressures in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome, Jay Steingrub MD

 

Hepatic disease and pregnancy: An overview of diagnosis and management., Jay Steingrub MD

 

LY315920NA/S-5920, a selective inhibitor of group IIA secretory phospholipase A2, fails to improve clinical outcome for patients with severe sepsis., Jay Steingrub MD

 

Obesity does not alter the pharmacokinetics of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in severe sepsis., Jay Steingrub MD

 

Influence of participation in clinical trials on outcome of sepsis patients, Jay Steingrub MD, Mark Tidswell MD, and Lori-Ann Kozikowski

 

Recognition and management of adrenal emergencies., Susan Torrey MD

Submissions from 2004

 

Vital sign changes in patients undergoing platelet transfusion therapy., Chester Andrzejewski MD, Theresa Stec, Timothy Lacy MD, Jay Steingrub MD, and Mark Collins MD

 

Assessment: Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography: Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology., Carmel Armon MD

 

Early antiepileptic drug reduction following anterior temporal lobectomy for medically intractable complex partial epilepsy., Carmel Armon MD

 

Excess incidence of ALS in young Gulf War veterans, Carmel Armon MD

 

Neuromuscular disorders. Highlights of the American Academy of Neurology 56th Annual meeting, Carmel Armon MD

 

Occurrence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis among Gulf War veterans., Carmel Armon MD

 

Impact of an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome on a hospital in Taiwan, ROC., Jeffrey Arnold MD

 

Information-sharing in out-of-hospital disaster response: the future role of information technology., Jeffrey Arnold MD and K Francis Lee MD

 

May we live in interesting times--Society of General Internal Medicine clinician-educators respond to new challenges in graduate medical education., Stewart Babbott MD

 

Will I Pass the Boards?, Stewart Babbott MD and Kevin Hinchey MD

 

Antipyretic effectiveness of intravenous ketorolac tromethamine., Robert Baevsky MD and Howard Smithline MD

 

Dissection headache sine stroke., George Baquis MD and Brian W. Smith MD

 

Effects of testosterone on behavior, depression, and cognitive function in older men with mild cognitive loss., Sandra Bellantonio MD

 

Diabetes translation research: where are we and where do we want to be?, Evan Benjamin MD

 

Physician leadership: enhancing the career development of academic physician administrators and leaders., Evan Benjamin MD

 

Treating hypertension in patients with diabetes., Evan Benjamin MD

 

The potential preventability of postoperative myocardial infarction: underuse of perioperative beta-adrenergic blockade., Evan Benjamin MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Nancy Hoople

 

Lipid-lowering therapy and in-hospital mortality following major noncardiac surgery., Evan Benjamin MD, Peter Lindenauer MD, and Penny Pekow

 

Internal medicine-pediatrics residency training: current program trends and outcomes., Samuel Borden MD

 

Breaking bad news., Maura Brennan MD

 

Caring for those left behind., Maura Brennan MD

 

End of life decisions., Maura Brennan MD

 

Outcomes of the first residency program Geriatric Medicine Track., Maura Brennan MD and Sandra Bellantonio MD

 

Driving and older adults: the physician's role., Maura Brennan MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and Syed Hussain MD

 

Severe hyponatremia after initiation of hydrochlorothiazide Therapy for Hypertension., Maura Brennan MD and Kurt Diebold MD

 

Paradoxical embolism induced stroke in elderly women., Maura Brennan MD and Jay Steingrub MD

 

Legionella pneumonia: the spectrum continues to expand., Richard Brown MD

 

Surgical site infections in cardiac surgery: an 11-year perspective., Richard Brown MD and Richard Engelman MD

 

Effects of Insulin Resistance on Substrate Utilization During Exercise in Overweight Women., Stuart Chipkin MD

 

Tight glycemic control in diabetic coronary artery bypass graft patients improves perioperative outcomes and decreases recurrent ischemic events., Stuart Chipkin MD

 

Measuring quality of dying in end-stage renal disease., Lewis Cohen MD and Michael Germain MD

 

Update on psychotropic medication use in renal disease., Lewis Cohen MD, Michael Germain MD, and Ed Tessier

 

Endoscopic 6 mm zilver self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) for malignant obstruction of the bifurcation: a pilot study, David Desilets MD

 

Secondary triage of the injured pediatric patient within the trauma center: Support for a selective resource-sparing two-stage system., Richard Gabor MD

 

Doxercalciferol safely suppresses PTH levels in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with chronic kidney disease stages 3 and 4., Michael Germain MD

 

Acute renal failure and hyperkalaemia associated with cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors., Michael Germain MD, Gregory Braden MD, Michael H. O'Shea MD, and Jeffrey Mulhern MD

 

Palliative care., Michael Germain MD and Lewis Cohen MD

 

Expression of c-Kit in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast, Robert Goulart MD, Giovanna Crisi MD, Sharon Marconi, and Grace Makari-Judson MD

 

Cecil's textbook of medicine, 22nd edition, Michael R. Grey MD

 

Termination., Michael R. Grey MD

 

Timing is everything., Thomas Higgins MD

 

Pharmacologic approaches to sedation, pain relief and neuromuscular blockade in the intensive care unit. Part III: Neuromuscular blockade, Thomas Higgins MD and Paul Jodka MD

 

Clinical utility of folic acid testing for anemia and dementia screen., Kevin Hinchey MD and M Javed Ashraf MD

 

Standardizing the conversation and calibrating the education: tools for a successful evaluation of the Core Competencies, Kevin Hinchey MD and Stewart Babbott MD

 

Renal effects of topiramate in children with seizures., Anthony Jackson MD, Herbert Gilmore MD, Beth Rosen MD, Sarah Barnett MD, Gregory Braden MD, Dina Kornblau MD, and Jane Garb

 

Measurements of contrast intensity in systole are more accurate predictors of myocardial blood flow, validated by microspheres., Leng Jiang MD

 

Altered basal inferior/posterior geometry directly contributes to leaflet tethering in functional ischemic mitral regurgitation., Leng Jiang MD and William Hiser MD

 

An electronic health record for corrections for the public domain, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Hampden County public health model for corrections, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Prevalence and indicators of Chlamydia trachomatis among men entering Massachusetts Correctional Facilities: Policy Implications., Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Reflections of a PCP on prescribing buprenorphine in the primary care setting, Thomas Lincoln MD

 

Completing tuberculosis prophylaxis in jail: targeting treatment and comparison of rifampin/pyrazinamide with isoniazid regimens., Thomas Lincoln MD and David Rose MD

 

Making it count twice: turning quality improvement into research., Peter Lindenauer MD

 

Working towards a culture of safety at Baystate Medical Center., Peter Lindenauer MD and Evan Benjamin MD

 

Use of antihypertensive agents in the management of patients with acute ischemic stroke., Peter Lindenauer MD, Evan Benjamin MD, and Penny Pekow

 

Quality of care for hospitalized elders at high risk of delirium., Peter Lindenauer MD, Maura Brennan MD, Sandra Bellantonio MD, and Sik Ang MD

 

Coping with chemotherapy and radiation therapy, Grace Makari-Judson MD

 

Contralateral breast cancer: factors associated with stage and size at presentation., Grace Makari-Judson MD and Wilson Mertens MD

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Recombinant human platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase for treatment of severe sepsis: results of a phase III, multicenter, randomized,double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trial., William McGee MD

 

Synergies in quality improvement projects decrease the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia., William McGee MD, Karin Johnson MD, and Mary Ellen Scales

 

Controversies in perioperative medication management, Donna Mercado MD and David Ling MD

 

A physician's support for incorporating spirituality into the healing process, Wilson Mertens MD

 

Taking a 'leap of faith': acceptance and value of a cancer program-sponsored spiritual event., Wilson Mertens MD

 

A novel cancer program-sponsored spiritual event; analysis of attendee responses, Wilson Mertens MD and Donald Higby MD

 

A Structured spiritual service for cancer patients and families: Analysis of attendee responses., Wilson Mertens MD and Donald Higby MD

 

Is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) a plausible explanation for the recent increase in large breast tumors, Wilson Mertens MD, Deborah Katz MD, Richard Arenas MD, and Grace Makari-Judson MD