2008
Resident and fellow section. Expert opinion: trigeminal autonomic cephalgia post transsphenoidal surgery., Matthew Kozminski (Article)
Miller Fisher variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome: a report of case., Matthew P Kozminski (Article)
Mortgaging our future, foreclosing our profession., Chadd K. Kraus DO (Article)
Multidisciplinary care of the patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease., Anne Marie Kuzma; Yvonne Meli; Catherine Meldrum; Patricia Jellen; Marianne Butler-Lebair; Debra Koczen-Doyle; Peter Rising MBA, MS; Kim Stavrolakes; and Frances Brogan (Article)
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and thiamine deficiency after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in obese patients., Shilen V Lakhani, Hiral N. Shah MD, Kenneth Alexander, Frederick C Finelli, John R Kirkpatrick, and Timothy R Koch (Article)
Locally produced C5a binds to T cell-expressed C5aR to enhance effector T-cell expansion by limiting antigen-induced apoptosis., Peter N Lalli PhD, Michael G Strainic, Min Yang, Feng Lin, M Edward Medof, and Peter S Heeger (Article)
Comparison between ticlopidine and clopidogrel in patients undergoing primary stenting in acute myocardial infarction: results from the CADILLAC trial., Alexandra J Lansky, Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, Micheal Brener, Roxana Mehran, Ecaterina Cristea, Cody Pietras, Cindy L Grines, David A Cox, Eulogio Garcia, James E Tcheng, Giulio Guagliumi, Thomas Stuckey, Mark Turco, John D Carroll, Barry D Rutherford, Martin B Leon, Jeffrey Moses, and Gregg W Stone (Article)
The physical examination in pediatric and adolescent patients., Eduardo Lara-Torre (Article)
Usage patterns and 2-year outcomes with the TAXUS express stent: results of the US ARRIVE 1 registry., John M Lasala, David A Cox, David Dobies, Joseph B Muhlestein, John N Katopodis, George Revtyak, and Donald S Baim (Article)
Cardioembolic stroke: An update on etiology, diagnosis and management., Megan Leary MD and Louis R Caplan (Article)
Ewing sarcoma: prognostic criteria, outcomes and future treatment., Patrick J Leavey and Anderson B Collier (Article)
Results and complications of adolescent varicocele repair with intraoperative sodium morrhuate sclerotherapy., Brett Lebed, Michael Packer, Douglas Husmann, and Mark Zaontz (Article)
Successful treatment of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus meningitis with daptomycin., Dong Heun Lee, Brandon Palermo, and Mashiul Chowdhury MD (Article)
LVHN Medical Residents 2008-2009, Lehigh Valley Health Network (Book)
First Prize (tie): Laparoscopic renal cryoablation: efficacy and complications for larger renal masses., Daniel S Lehman, Gregory W Hruby, Courtney K Phillips, James M McKiernan, Mitchell C Benson, and Jaime Landman (Article)
Prospective randomized comparison of a combined ultrasonic and pneumatic lithotrite with a standard ultrasonic lithotrite for percutaneous nephrolithotomy., Daniel S Lehman, Gregory W Hruby, Courtney Phillips, Ramakrishna Venkatesh, Sara Best, Manoj Monga, and Jaime Landman (Article)
An assessment of urologists' training and knowledge of energy-based surgical devices., Daniel S Lehman, Courtney K Phillips, Gregory W Hruby, Sarah Lambert, and Jaime Landman (Article)
Optical micro-scale mapping of dynamic biomechanical tissue properties., Xing Liang PhD, Amy L Oldenburg, Vasilica Crecea, Eric J Chaney, and Stephen A Boppart (Article)
Influence of timing of clopidogrel treatment on the efficacy and safety of bivalirudin in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an analysis of the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) trial., A Michael Lincoff, Steven R Steinhubl, Steven V Manoukian, Derek Chew, Charles V Pollack, Frederick Feit, James H Ware, Michel E Bertrand, E Magnus Ohman, Walter Desmet, David A Cox, Roxana Mehran, and Gregg W Stone (Article)
Imaging of focal hepatic lesions: self-assessment module., Chang-Hsien Liu, Douglas C Rivard, Alvin C Silva, Kimberly J Burkholz, and Sean D Beaty (Article)
The clinical anatomy of the triangle of Grynfeltt., M Loukas, D El-Zammar, M M Shoja, R S Tubbs, L Zhan, B Protyniak MD, and Y Krutoshinskaya (Article)
Sorafenib-induced palmoplantar hyperkeratosis., Nektarios I. Lountzis MD and Michele S Maroon (Article)
Images in clinical medicine. Digital verrucae., Nektarios I. Lountzis MD and Omar Rahman (Article)
Emergency Department Screening and Intervention for Patients with Alcohol-Related Disorders: A Pilot Study, Aaron Craig Love DO; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Matthew Brice DO; and Michael Weinstock MD (Article)
Obesity, bariatric surgery, and iron deficiency: true, true, true and related., Aileen L Love MD and Henny H Billett (Article)
Four-year experience with methotrexate exposures., Frank LoVecchio, Kenneth D. Katz MD, David Watts, and Ian Wood (Article)
Fighting through the EHR jungle., Robert Lowes and Louis Spikol (Article)
Comparing the Clinical Effect of Varying Locations of LI.4 Acupoint, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD and Gabriel P. Lu MD, PhD (Article)
Growing Organizational Capacity Through a Systems Approach: One Health Network's Experience, Richard S. MacKenzie MD; Terry A. Capuano RN, MSN, MBA; Linda Drexinger Durishin MSN, RN; Glenn Stern MA; and James B. Burke MBA, CHE, FHIMSS (Article)
VEGF and TGF-beta are required for the maintenance of the choroid plexus and ependyma., Arindel S R Maharaj, Tony E Walshe, Magali Saint-Geniez, Shivalingappa Venkatesha, Angel E Maldonado, Nathan Himes MD, Kabir S Matharu, S Ananth Karumanchi, and Patricia A D'Amore (Article)
Cor triatriatum: a multimodality imaging approach., Amyn Malik, Daniel Fram, Amir Mohani, Mark Fischerkeller, Arshad Yekta, Yaqoob Mohyuddin MD, and Cynthia Taub (Article)
Cytokine gene polymorphisms as risk and severity factors for juvenile dermatomyositis., Gulnara Mamyrova, Terrance P O'Hanlon, Laura Sillers, Karen Malley, Laura James-Newton, Christina G Parks, Glinda S Cooper, Janardan P Pandey, Frederick W Miller, Lisa G Rider, and Catherine April Bingham MD (Article)
Transglottic high frequency jet ventilation for management of laryngeal fracture associated with air bag deployment injury., Jeff E Mandel, Gregory E R Weller, Sri Kiran Chennupati MD, and Natasha Mirza (Article)
The development of the pediatric cardiac quality of life inventory: a quality of life measure for children and adolescents with heart disease., Bradley S Marino, David Shera, Gil Wernovsky, Ryan S Tomlinson, Abigail Aguirre, Maureen Gallagher, Angela Lee, Catherine J Cho, Whitney Stern, Lauren Davis, Elizabeth Tong, David Teitel, Kathleen Mussatto, Nancy Ghanayem, Marie Gleason, J William Gaynor, Jo Wray, Mark A Helfaer, and Judy A Shea (Article)
Caffeine use: association with nicotine use, aggression, and other psychopathology in psychiatric and pediatric outpatient adolescents., Catherine A Martin, Circe Cook, John H Woodring, Gretchen Burkhardt, Greg Guenthner, Hatim Omar MD, and Thomas H Kelly (Article)
Mid-cavitary obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy., M W Martinez, P Sorajja, and S R Ommen (Article)
Combination prophylaxis for thromboembolism prevention among gynecologic oncology patients perioperatively., Martin A. Martino MD, Lakshminarayan Rajaram, George L. Maxwell MD, and Daniel L. Clarke-Pearson MD (Article)
Testing the effectiveness of the Amputee Mobility Protocol: a pilot study., Karen Marzen-Groller MSN, R; Sandra M. Tremblay PT, MS, CWS, MSCS; Julie Kaszuba BSN, RN; Victoria Girodo RN, CMSRN; Deborah Swavely DNP, RN; Barbara Moyer MSN, RN, PhD Ed; Kimberly Bartman RN, BSN, CVN; Wendy Carraher BSN, RN, CMSRN; and Eric Wilson MD (Article)
Evaluation of cryoprobe deployment precision with body surface and in situ templates., Keegan L Maxwell, Courtney Phillips, Jay S Belani, Yan Yan, and Jaime Landman (Article)
Efficacy and safety of recombinant activated factor VII for acute intracerebral hemorrhage., Stephan A Mayer, Nikolai C Brun, Kamilla Begtrup, Joseph Broderick, Stephen Davis, Michael N Diringer, Brett E Skolnick, Thorsten Steiner, and Lorraine Spikol (Article)
Preeclampsia and angiogenic imbalance., Sharon E. Maynard MD, Franklin H Epstein, and S Ananth Karumanchi (Article)
Circulating angiogenic factors in singleton vs multiple-gestation pregnancies., Sharon E. Maynard MD, Tiffany A Moore Simas, Matthew J Solitro, Abraham Rajan, Sybil Crawford, Peter Soderland, and Bruce A Meyer (Article)
Missense and nonsense mutations in the alternatively-spliced exon 2 of COL2A1 cause the ocular variant of Stickler syndrome., Audrey McAlinden, Marja Majava, Paul N Bishop, Rahat Perveen, Graeme C M Black, Mary Ella Pierpont, Leena Ala-Kokko, and Minna Männikkö (Article)
Treatment of Mild-to-Moderate Acute Pain. Panel discussion., Bill McCarberg, Robert L Barkin, Leslie Fish, Ronald J Kulich, Louis Kuritzky, Bruce Nicholson MD, Joshua Rittenberg, Eugene Viscusi, and Arthur L Weaver (Article)
The impact of pain on quality of life and the unmet needs of pain management: results from pain sufferers and physicians participating in an Internet survey., Bill H McCarberg, Bruce Nicholson MD, Knox H Todd, Trish Palmer, and Leslie Penles (Article)
Evaluation of coplanar partial left breast irradiation using tomotherapy-based topotherapy., Alyson McIntosh MD, Paul W Read, Shiv R Khandelwal, Douglas W Arthur, A Benton Turner, Kenneth J Ruchala, Gustavo H Olivera, Sam Jeswani, and Ke Sheng (Article)
Metanephric adenoma in a five-year-old boy presenting with chyluria: case report and review of literature., J Chase McNeil, Sean T Corbett, Supriya Kuruvilla MD, and Eric A Jones (Article)
The Harmonizing Outcomes with RevasculariZatiON and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction (HORIZONS-AMI) Trial: study design and rationale., Roxana Mehran, Bruce Brodie, David A Cox, Cindy L Grines, Barry Rutherford, Deepak L Bhatt, George Dangas, Fred Feit, E Magnus Ohman, Helen Parise, Martin Fahy, Alexandra J Lansky, and Gregg W Stone (Article)
Premenopausal women with sexual dysfunction: the need for a bladder function history., Aasta Mehta and Gloria Bachmann (Article)
Vulvovaginal complaints., Aasta Mehta and Gloria Bachmann (Article)
Platelet C4d is associated with acute ischemic stroke and stroke severity., Nidhi Mehta MD, Ken Uchino, Saeed Fakhran, M Abdus Sattar, Barton F Branstetter, Karen Au, Jeannine S Navratil, Barbara Paul, Melissa Lee, Katie M Gallagher, Susan Manzi, Joseph M Ahearn, and Amy H Kao (Article)
Patellofemoral contact area and pressure after medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction., Todd M Melegari, Brent G Parks, and Leslie S Matthews (Article)
Multiple intracerebral hemorrhages after cervical epidural injections., Joshua Mendelson, Srikanth Muppidi, and Stephen Silberstein (Article)
Sodium-hydrogen exchange inhibition by cariporide to reduce the risk of ischemic cardiac events in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: results of the EXPEDITION study., Robert M Mentzer, Claus Bartels, Roberto Bolli, Steven Boyce, Gerald D Buckberg, Bernard Chaitman, Axel Haverich, John Knight, Philippe Menasché, M Lee Myers, Jose Nicolau, Maarten Simoons, Lars Thulin, Richard D Weisel, and Nanette M. Schwann M.D. (Article)
Substituted hippurates and hippurate analogs as substrates and inhibitors of peptidylglycine alpha-hydroxylating monooxygenase (PHM)., David J Merkler, Alexander S Asser, Laura E Baumgart, Natalie Carballo, Sarah E Carpenter, Geoffrey H Chew, Casey C Cosner, Jodi Dusi, Lamar C Galloway, Andrew B Lowe, Edward W Lowe, Lawrence King, Robert D Kendig, Paul C Kline, Robert Malka, Kathleen A Merkler, Neil R McIntyre, Mindy Romero, Benjamin Wilcox MD, and Terence C Owen (Article)
Neurologic outcomes from high risk descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic operations in the era of endovascular repair., Steven R Messé, Joseph E. Bavaria MD, Michael Mullen, Albert T Cheung, Rebecca Davis, John G Augoustides, Jacob Gutsche, Edward Y Woo, Wilson Y Szeto, Alberto Pochettino, Y Joseph Woo, Scott E Kasner, and Michael McGarvey (Article)
Dialkyl thioureas., Giuseppe Militello and Rebecca Marcus (Article)
Getting to the Source of VAP, Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS (Article)
Freedom From Complications Related to Dual Ball-and-Cage Mechanical Valve Prostheses Despite Thirty Years Without Anticoagulation, Matthew M. Miller DO, Robert Hipp, and Martin E. Matsumura MD (Article)
Evaluation of a novel temperature-sensitive polymer for temporary ureteral occlusion., Gabriella Mirabile, Courtney K Phillips, Andrew Edelstein, Alberto Romano, Zhamshid N Okhunov, Gregory W Hruby, Mantu Gupta, and Jaime Landman (Article)
Puzzles in practice. Eruptive xanthoma., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Puzzles in practice. Platelet satellitism., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Puzzles in practice. Pyomyositis., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Isolated popliteal vein entrapment by the popliteus muscle: a case report., Timothy S. Misselbeck, Dale A. Dangleben MD, and Victor J. Celani MD (Article)
A new tool for hospital/ physician strategic alignment: the subsidiary physician corporation., Joseph W Mitlyng and Robert J Laskowski (Article)
Statin pretreatment is protective despite an association with greater coronary artery disease burden in patients presenting with a first ST-elevation myocardial infarction., Lynn Moran, Tyler Fugate, Yufei Xiang, Christopher Cianci, and Martin E. Matsumura MD (Article)
Three isolated superior mesenteric artery dissections: update of previous case reports, diagnostics, and treatment options., John T Morris, John Guerriero DO, Joseph G Sage, and M Ashraf Mansour (Article)
PNL2 melanocytic marker in immunohistochemical evaluation of primary mucosal melanoma of the head and neck., Luc G Morris, Yong Hannah Wen, Daisuke Nonaka, Mark D DeLacure, David I Kutler, Youming Huan MD, and Beverly Y Wang (Article)
PNL2 melanocytic marker in immunohistochemical evaluation of primary mucosal melanoma of the head and neck., Luc G Morris, Yong Hannah Wen, Daisuke Nonaka, Mark D DeLacure, David I Kutler, Youming Huan MD, and Beverly Y Wang (Article)
MRI-guided cryotherapy., Paul R Morrison, Stuart G Silverman, Kemal Tuncali, and Servet Tatli MD (Article)
Can Surgeons Improve Survival in Stage IV Melanoma?, Paul J. Mosca MD, PhD; Erik J. Teicher MD; Suresh G. Nair MD; and Barbara A. Pockaj (Article)
Quality of life and surgical satisfaction after vaginal reconstructive vs obliterative surgery for the treatment of advanced pelvic organ prolapse., Miles Murphy, Gina Sternschuss, Robin Haff, Heather van Raalte, Stephanie Saltz, and Vincent Lucente (Article)
Incontinence-related quality of life and sexual function following the tension-free vaginal tape versus the "inside-out" tension-free vaginal tape obturator., Miles Murphy, Heather van Raalte, Eduardo Mercurio, Robin Haff, Barbara Wiseman, and Vincent R Lucente (Article)
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's experience with donation after cardiac death., Maryam Y Naim, K Sarah Hoehn, Richard D Hasz, Lori S White, Mark A Helfaer, and Robert M Nelson (Article)
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: an insight into pathogenesis., Sudip Nanda, Surya Prakash Bhatt, and Thompson H Dale (Article)
Inferior vena cava anomalies-a common cause of DVT and PE commonly not diagnosed., Sudip Nanda, Surya Prakash Bhatt, and Mohamed A Turki (Article)
Conundrum of elevated HbA1C and hypoglycemia-a rare cause., Sudip Nanda, Shree Gopal Sharma, Surya Prakash Bhatt, John Pamula, and Mohammad I Arastu (Article)
Progression of traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage: a prospective observational study., Raj K Narayan, Andrew I R Maas, Franco Servadei, Brett E Skolnick, Michael N Tillinger, Lawrence F Marshall, and Mark Cipolle MD (Article)
Necrotizing and crescentic lupus nephritis with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody seropositivity., Samih H Nasr, Vivette D D'Agati, Hye-Ran Park, Paul L Sterman, Juan D Goyzueta, Robert M Dressler, Shawn M Hazlett DO, Robert N Pursell, Christopher Caputo, and Glen S Markowitz (Article)
Barriers and Facilitators for Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices in the Latino Community: Perspectives From Community Leaders, Ana Natale-Pereira MD, MPH; Jonnie Marks PhD; Marielos Vega RN, BSN; Dawne Mouzon MPH; Shawna V. Hudson PhD; and Debbie Salas-Lopez MD, MPH (Article)
Urologic laser types and instrumentation., Ricardo A Natalin, Courtney K Phillips, Ralph V Clayman, and Jaime Landman (Article)
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin mediates 13-cis retinoic acid-induced apoptosis of human sebaceous gland cells., Amanda M Nelson, Wei Zhao, Kathryn L Gilliland, Andrea L Zaenglein, Wenlei Liu, and Diane M Thiboutot (Article)
Typical atrial flutter as a risk factor for the development of atrial fibrillation in patients without otherwise demonstrable atrial tachyarrhythmias., Daniel W C Ng, Gregory T Altemose, Qing Wu, Komandoor Srivasthan, and Luis R P Scott (Article)
Morphine sulfate extended-release capsules for the treatment of chronic, moderate-to-severe pain., Bruce Nicholson MD (Article)
Effect of cervical spine immobilization technique on pediatric advanced airway management: a high-fidelity infant simulation model., Akira Nishisaki, Louis Scrattish, John Boulet, Mandip Kalsi, Matthew Maltese, Thomas Castner, Aaron Donoghue, Roberta Hales, Lisa Tyler, Peter Brust, Mark Helfaer, and Vinay Nadkarni (Article)
Nursing Attitudes Regarding Suicidal Patients Before and After Staff Education in Preparation for Hospital-Wide Suicide Assessments, Edward R. Norris MD, FAPA, FAPM; Ralph A. Primelo MD; Gail Stern MSN; Karen Burke RN; Joanna L. Bokovoy DrPH, RN; Michael Kaufmann MD; and Terry A. Capuano MBA, MSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE (Article)
Can Staff Education Change Nursing Attitudes Towards Suicidal Patients, Edward R. Norris MD, FAPA, FAPM; Ralph A. Primelo MD; Gail Stern MSN; Karen Burke RN, BSN; Michael Kaufmann MD; Carol A. Foltz PhD; and Terry A. Capuano MBA, MSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE (Article)
National Growth in Simulation Training Within Emergency Medicine Residency Programs, 2003-2008, Yasuharu Okuda MD; William Bond MD, MS; Gary Bonfante DO; Steve A. McLaughlin MD; Linda L. Spillane MD; Ernest Wang MD; John A. Vozenilek III MD; and James A. Gordon MD, MPA (Article)
Integral care for pregnant adolescents: impact on offspring., Guilherme Sciascia Oliva, Rodrigo Góes Medéa de Mendonça, Maria José C Sant'Anna, Maria Lucia Passarelli, Verônica Coates, and Hatim Omar MD (Article)
Variants in Hormone Biosynthesis Genes and Risk of Endometrial Cancer., Sara H. Olson, Irene Orlow, Sharon Bayuga, Camelia Sima, Elisa V. Bandera, Katherine Pulick, Shameka Faulkner, Diana Tommasi, Daniel Egan, Pampa Roy, Homer Wilcox, Ali Asya, Ippolito Modica, Haider Asad MD, Robert A. Soslow, and Ann G. Zauber (Article)
Significant reduction of repeat teen pregnancy in a comprehensive young parent program., Hataim Omar MD, A Fowler, and K K McClanahan (Article)
What do our adolescent patients expect from us?, Hatim Omar MD (Article)
Twelve-Month Follow-up of Lumbar Spine Range of Motion Following Intervertebral Disc Replacement Using Radiostereometric Analysis., Nathaniel R Ordway, Amir H Fayyazi, Celeste Abjornson, Jerry Calabrese, Soo-An Park, Bruce Fredrickson, Kenneth Yonemura, and Hansen A Yuan (Article)
Pharmacokinetics & drug resistance of melphalan in regional chemotherapy: ILP versus ILI., James C Padussis, Samuel N Steerman, Douglas S Tyler, and Paul J Mosca (Article)
The Combined Approach to Lysis Utilizing Eptifibatide and RT-PA in Acute Ischemic Stroke: The CLEAR Stroke Trial, Arthur M. Pancioli MD, Joseph Broderick MD, Thomas G. Brott MD, Thomas Tomsick MD, Jane Khoury PhD, Judy Bean PhD, Gregory Del Zoppo MD, Dawn Kleindorfer MD, Daniel Woo MD, Pooja Khatri MD, James Frey MD, John Castaldo MD, James Gebel Jr. MD, Scott Kasner MD, Chelsea Kidwell MD, Thomas Kwiatkowski MD, Richard Libman MD, Phillip Scott MD, Richard S. MacKenzie MD, Sidney Starkman MD, and R Jason Thurman MD (Article)
Measurement of paradoxical and coupled motions following lumbar total disc replacement., Soo-An Park, Nathaniel Ordway, Amir Fayyazi, Bruce Fredrickson, and Hansen A Yuan (Article)
Vascular injuries after total joint arthroplasty., Javad Parvizi, Luis Pulido, Nicholas Slenker MD, Margaret Macgibeny, James J Purtill, and Richard H Rothman (Article)
Outcomes for trauma: is there an end (result) in sight?, Michael D. Pasquale MD, FACS, FCCM (Article)
Intracoronary abciximab use in patients undergoing PCI at a community hospital: a single operator experience., Sandeep S Patel, Hiralal Rana, and Daniel A N Mascarenhas (Article)
Donor deficiency of decay-accelerating factor accelerates murine T cell-mediated cardiac allograft rejection., Vasile Pavlov, Hugo Raedler, Shuguang Yuan, Staci Leisman, Wing-Hong Kwan, Peter N Lalli PhD, M Edward Medof, and Peter S Heeger (Article)