Submissions from 2019
Embracing the complexity: Older adults with cancer-related cognitive decline-A Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology Position Paper, Maya Abdallah MD
Cryptogenic adrenal infarction: a rare case of unilateral adrenal infarction in a pregnant woman, Krishna Agarwal MD and Myat Han Soe
Small Cell Lung Cancer with Pituitary Metastasis Presenting as Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency: A Case Report and Literature Review, Suheil-Albert Atallah-Yunes MD, Jackson Clark MD, and Shazia Samanani MD
Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy and myocarditis: a systematic review of reported cases, Suheil-Albert Atallah-Yunes MD and Anis Kadado MD
Pericardial effusion due to pembrolizumab-induced immunotoxicity: A case report and literature review, Suheil-Albert Atallah-Yunes MD and Anis Kadado MD
Plasmablastic lymphoma achieving sustained remission with antiretroviral therapy alone, Suheil Albert Atallah-Yunes, Dermot Murphy MD, Romany Abdelmalak MD, Luke Mantle MD, and Syed Ali MD
Benign ethnic neutropenia, Suheil Albert Atallah-Yunes and Audrey Ready
A rare presentation of Austrian syndrome with septic arthritis in an immunocompetent female, Ayman Battisha MD
Coronary Fistula between Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD) and Pulmonary Artery (PA) Leading to Sudden Cardiac Death: Case Report with Literature Review, Ayman Battisha MD
STEMI and CVA in Hypercoagulable State with Ostium Secundum Defect, Ayman Battisha MD
Malignant Course of the Right Coronary Artery Originating from the Left Main Coronary Artery: An Odd Exit, Ayman Battisha MD and Shakil Shaikh MD
Capecitabine-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report, Prathna Bhardwaj MD, Vinod Chaubey MD, and Ashequl Islam MD
A Rare Case of Extramedullary Relapse of Multiple Myeloma Causing Bowel Obstruction, Prathna Bhardwaj MD, Majd Jawad, and Syed Ali MD
Right Sided Intracardiac Thrombosis during Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Case Report and Literature Review, Anusha Bhat MD and Armand Golchin MD
Influence of comorbidity on survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States, Anusha Bhat MD and Sudeep Siddappa Malleshappa MD
Trends and Predictors of 30-day Readmission Among Patients Hospitalized with Infective Endocarditis in the United States, Anusha Bhat MD, Sudeep Siddappa Malleshappa MD, Amir Lotfi, Mara Slawsky MD, and Quinn Pack MD
The Impact of an Institutional Grant Program on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Capital of Women Researchers, Rebecca Blanchard PhD and Reva Kleppel
An Acute Care for Elders Quality Improvement Program for Complex, High-Cost Patients Yields Savings for the System, Maura Brennan MD, Alex Knee, Erin Leahy MD, Mike Ehresman, Heidi-Ann Courtney, Patricia Coffelt, and Mihaela Stefan MD
Efficacy of cryotherapy as first line therapy in patients with Barrett's neoplasia: a systematic review and pooled analysis, Jean Chalhoub MD
Pediatric High Altitude Cerebral Edema in the Nepal Himalayas, Benjamin Church DO and Benjamin Mattingly MD
Assessment of "10 essential" preparedness among day-hikers on Mount Monadnock, Nicholas Daniel MD, Samir Patel, Peter St. Marie, and Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD
Electrocardiographic Associations Seen with Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Selma Demir MD
Patient-Centered Care and Autonomy: Shared Decision-Making in Practice and a Suggestion for Practical Application in the Critically Ill, Peter A. Depergola and William McGee MD
NOTES: alive and well, David Desilets MD
Changes in State Technical Assistance Priorities and Block Grant Funds for Addiction After ACA Implementation, Peter Friedmann MD
Correlates of Patient-Centered Care Practices at U.S. Substance Use Disorder Clinics, Peter Friedmann MD
Impact of Medicaid Restrictions on Availability of Buprenorphine in Addiction Treatment Programs, Peter Friedmann MD
Medicaid coverage in substance use disorder treatment after the affordable care act, Peter Friedmann MD
The relationship of Medicaid expansion to psychiatric comorbidity care within substance use disorder treatment programs, Peter Friedmann MD
ACR Appropriateness Criteria ® Cervical Neck Pain or Cervical Radiculopathy, Seth Gemme MD
Recommendations for the Emergency Department Prevention of Sport-Related Concussion, Seth Gemme MD
Identifying dimensions of fatigue in haemodialysis important to patients, caregivers, and health professionals: an international survey, Michael Germain MD
Patient Perspectives on the Meaning and Impact of Fatigue in Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of Qualitative Studies, Michael Germain MD
Impact of calcification on percutaneous coronary intervention: MACE-Trial 1-year results, Gregory Giugliano MD
A Novel Algorithm for Improving the Diagnostic Accuracy of Prehospital ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Mat Goebel MD
Hacking 9-1-1: Infrastructure Vulnerabilities and Attack Vectors, Mat Goebel MD
Advance care planning with patients on hemodialysis: an implementation study, Sarah Goff MD, Jamie Klingensmith, Michael Germain MD, and Lewis Cohen MD
Organizational characteristics associated with high performance on quality measures in pediatric primary care: A positive deviance study, Sarah Goff MD, Aruna Priya, Michael Moran, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer
Characteristics of High Performing Primary Care Pediatric Practices: A Qualitative Study, Sarah Goff MD, Aruna Priya, Penny Pekow, and Peter Lindenauer
Leveraging Peer Teaching for Global Health Elective Preparation: Implementation of a Resident-Led Global Health Simulation Curriculum, Ian Goodman MD
A Timely Problem: Parental Leave During Medical Training, Amy Gottlieb MD
Moving the Needle on Gender Equity: a Call for Personal and Organizational Action, Amy Gottlieb MD
Preoperative leukopenia does not affect outcomes in cancer patients undergoing elective and emergent abdominal surgery: A brief report, Heather Grant MD, Jane Garb, Richard Arenas MD, and Mihaela Stefan MD
Gene expression signature of atypical breast hyperplasia and regulation by SFRP1, Kelly Gregory, Giovanna Crisi MD, Brooke Bentley, Jeffrey Kane, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Holly Mason MD, Ben Schneider, Sallie Schneider PhD, and D Joseph Jerry
The opioid epidemic in rural northern New England: An approach to epidemiologic, policy, and legal surveillance, Haley Guhn-Knight, Randall Hoskinson, and Peter Friedmann MD
Public perception towards bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Sarah Gul MD
An Unusual Case of Extrapulmonary Hydatid Cyst Masquerading as a Mediastinal Tumor, Kamesh Gupta MD
Blood cultures versus respiratory cultures: Two different views of pneumonia, Sarah Haessler MD and Peter Lindenauer
A Practice Improvement Project to Increase Advance Care Planning in a Dementia Specialty Practice, Maryam Hasan MD
A Curriculum to Teach Learners How to Develop and Present a Case Report, Kathryn Jobbins DO
Acute bacterial skin and soft tissue infections: new drugs in ID armamentarium, Nageshwar Jonnalagadda MD
A Rare Case of Fulvestrant-Associated Jaundice and Hepatotoxicity, Aditya Kalakonda MD
Differential risk of disease progression between isolated anastomotic ulcers and mild ileal recurrence after ileocolonic resection in patients with Crohn's disease, Aditya Kalakonda MD
Prescription Opioid Misuse Index in sickle cell patients: A brief questionnaire to assess at-risk for opioid abuse, Osama Kandalaft
Fall Prevention Initiative: A Fall Screening and Intervention Pilot Study on the Ambulatory Setting, Susan Kartiko MD, Ida Konderwicz, Erin Jarosz, and Christian Minshall
Identification of High-Yield Targets for Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Efforts Within a Nonfreestanding Children's Hospital, James Klatte MD, Alex Knee, Frank Szczerba PharmD, Evan Horton, Kathleen Kopcza, and Donna Fisher MD
Impact of Child Psychiatry Access Programs on Mental Health Care in Pediatric Primary Care: Measuring the Parent Experience, Alex Knee and Barry Sarvet MD
Association of Elevated Plasma Interleukin 18 Level With Increased Mortality in a Clinical Trial of Statin Treatment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Lori-Ann Kozikowski, Lesley DeSouza, and Jay Steingrub MD
Understanding Readmissions in Medicare Beneficiaries During the 90-Day Follow-Up Period of an Acute Myocardial Infarction Admission, Aaron Kugelmass MD
Physician Beliefs About Online Reporting of Quality and Experience Data, Tara Lagu
What Words Convey: The Potential for Patient Narratives to Inform Quality Improvement, Tara Lagu
Are Pediatric Readmission Reduction Efforts Falling Flat?, Tara Lagu MD and Peter Lindenauer
Reporting of Patient Experience Data on Health Systems' Websites and Commercial Physician-Rating Websites: Mixed-Methods Analysis, Tara Lagu, Aruna Priya, Sarah Goff MD, and Peter Lindenauer
Hemodialysis Catheter Device Protection: Damned if We Do; Patients Are Damned if We Don't, Daniel Landry MD and Gregory Braden M.D.
A Motivational Telephone Intervention to Reduce Early Dropouts in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A FEASIBILITY PILOT STUDY, Grace LaValley, Heidi Szalai, Michel Farah, and Quinn Pack MD
Changes in coding of pneumonia and impact on the hospital readmission reduction program, Peter Lindenauer
Poor Metered-Dose Inhaler (MDI) Technique Is Associated with Overuse of Inhaled Corticosteroids in COPD, Peter Lindenauer
Unexpected Harm From an Intensive COPD Intervention, Peter Lindenauer
Patient Perception of How Smoking Status Influences Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance After an Acute Cardiac Hospitalization, Peter Lindenauer, Sarah Goff MD, Heidi Szalai, and Quinn Pack MD
Association Between Alcohol Use Disorders and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Peter Lindenauer and Sarah Haessler MD
Delays in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Defibrillation, and Epinephrine Administration All Decrease Survival in In-hospital Cardiac Arrest, Timothy Mader MD
Disability-Adjusted Life Years Following Adult Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States, Timothy Mader MD
Predicting Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Lactate, Need for Vasopressors, and Cytochrome c, Timothy Mader MD
Comparison of Clinical Outcomes: Bivalirudin With Transfemoral Access Versus Heparin With Transradial Access in Patients With ST segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Jaya Mallidi, John Ulahannan, Vinod Chaubey MD, Auras Atreya, Muhammad Shakoor MD, Donna Fisher MD, Jane Garb, and Amir Lotfi
Pressure Injuries at Intensive Care Unit Admission as a Prognostic Indicator of Patient Outcomes, William McGee MD and Elizabeth Lederman
Why a Pelvic Exam is Needed to Diagnose Cervicitis and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Kathleen Mealey MD, Paula Braverman MD, and Laura Koenigs MD
Adolescent vaccinations: updates for the general practitioner, Kathleen Mealey MD and Laura Koenigs MD
Evaluation of the National Healthcare Safety Network Hemovigilance Module for transfusion-related adverse reactions in the United States, Lynne O'Hearn, Kelly Passanisi, Lynn Eaton, and Paul Visintainer
Examining the "Repletion Reflex": The Association between Serum Potassium and Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure, Kevin O'Sullivan, Mohammad Amin Kashef MD, Alex Knee, Alexander Roseman, Penny Pekow, Mihaela Stefan MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Quinn Pack MD, Peter Lindenauer, and Tara Lagu
Exercise Testing and Exercise Rehabilitation for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation, Quinn Pack MD
Cardiac Rehabilitation Utilization During an Acute Cardiac Hospitalization: A NATIONAL SAMPLE, Quinn Pack MD, Aruna Priya, Tara Lagu, Penny Pekow, Robert Berry, Auras Atreya, and Peter Lindenauer
Association Between Inpatient Echocardiography Use and Outcomes in Adult Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Quinn Pack MD, Aruna Priya, Tara Lagu, Penny Pekow, Joshua Schilling MD, William Hiser MD, and Peter Lindenauer
What You Cannot See Can Still Kill You: On the Use of Latent Constructs, Anna Paskausky
Early Intervention Referral and Enrollment Among Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD, Sheila Foss, Donna M. Wilson, Peter Friedmann MD, Paul Visintainer, and Rachana Singh MD
A Rare Presentation of Cardiac Aspergilloma in an Immunocompetent Host: Case Report and Literature Review, Abdullah Pervaiz MD
Murine Typhus Presenting with Acute Psychosis and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: A Case Report, Abdullah Pervaiz MD
Plasma metabolomics and clinical predictors of survival differences in COPD patients, Victor Pinto-Plata
Prognostic Validation Using GesEPOC 2017 Severity Criteria, Victor Pinto-Plata
Use and Outcomes Associated With Perioperative Amiodarone in Cardiac Surgery, Aruna Priya, Quinn Pack MD, Penny Pekow, Mihaela Stefan MD, Tara Lagu, Amir Lotfi, and Peter Lindenauer
Intraoperative Monitoring, Karthik Raghunathan MD and William McGee MD
Smoking cessation after hospitalization for myocardial infarction or cardiac surgery: Assessing patient interest, confidence, and physician prescribing practices, Hayden Riley MD, Nitesh Ainani MD, Ahamad Turk MD, Heidi Szalai, Mihaela Stefan MD, Peter Lindenauer, and Quinn Pack MD
Ectopic Liver Tissue Mistakenly Diagnosed as a Right Atrial Myxoma, Amr Salem MD
Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnosis of Motor Neuron Disease: Literature Review and Two Case Illustrations, Khalid Sawalha MD