2008
Is the interleukin-6 haplotype a prognostic factor for sciatica?, Jaro Karppinen, Iita Daavittila, Noora Noponen, Marianne Haapea, Simo Taimela, Heikki Vanharanta, Leena Ala-Kokko, and Minna Männikkö (Article)
Genetic factors are associated with modic changes in endplates of lumbar vertebral bodies., Jaro Karppinen, Iita Daavittila, Svetlana Solovieva, Mari Kuisma, Simo Taimela, Antero Natri, Marianne Haapea, Raija Korpelainen, Jaakko Niinimäki, Osmo Tervonen, Leena Ala-Kokko, and Minna Männikkö (Article)
Fillers for postsurgical depressed scars after skin cancer reconstruction., David A Kasper, Joel L Cohen, Aradhna Saxena, and Greg S Morganroth (Article)
An unusual skin nodule. Over the past 2 months, the patient lost 20 pounds and noticed "bumps" on her body., David Andrew Kasper and Aradhna Saxena (Article)
Angiosarcoma clinically resembling morpheaform basal cell carcinoma., David A Kasper, Matthew T Smetanick, and Tanya Ermolovich DO (Article)
Uncommon and unusual gastrointestinal causes of the acute abdomen: computed tomographic diagnosis., Douglas S Katz, Benjamin Yam, John J Hines, Joseph P Mazzie, Michael J Lane, and Maher A Abbas (Article)
Tramadol is an opioid., Kenneth D. Katz MD (Article)
Lhermitte Duclos disease: a rare cause of posterior fossa mass., Kenneth D. Katz MD, Andrew G Bleicher, and Julia K Kofler (Article)
Automated detection of genetic abnormalities combined with cytology in sputum is a sensitive predictor of lung cancer., Ruth L Katz; Tanweer M Zaidi; Ricardo L Fernandez; Jingpin Zhang; Weigong He; Charisse Acosta; Michal Daniely; Lea Madi; Mary A Vargas; Qiong Dong; Xiaoying Gao; Feng Jiang MD, PhD; Nancy P Caraway; Ara A Vaporciyan; Jack A Roth; and Margaret R Spitz (Article)
Use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for biliary dyskinesia in the child., Adam J Kaye MD, Muralidhar Jatla, Peter Mattei, Janice Kelly, and Michael L Nance (Article)
Complex vascular reconstruction of abdominal aorta and its branches in the pediatric population., Adam J Kaye MD, Alison E Slemp, Benjamin Chang, Peter Mattei, Ronald Fairman, and Omaida C Velazquez (Article)
A CASE OF RELAPSING BILATERAL EXTERNAL OTITIS, Shannon Kearney DO (Article)
A systematic technique using 3D ultrasound provides a simple and reliable mode to evaluate the corpus callosum, Sean Keeler (Article)
Comparison of modes of ascertainment for mosaic versus complete trisomy 21, Sean Keeler (Article)
Novel 3-D ultrasound analysis of the early placenta predicts fetal growth, Sean Keeler (Article)
A novel method of assessing cervical collagen integrity utilizing image segmentation analysis, Sean Keeler, Daniel G. Kiefer MD, Orion Rust MD, E Bornstein, M Sottile, J Dalton, and C Salafia (Article)
Collagen integrity of the uterine cervix reflects amniotic fluid cytokine profile, S Keeler, D Kiefer, Orion Rust MD, N Schwartz, M Sottile, J Dalton, and C Salafia (Article)
Factors Associated with Skin Telangectasias and Cosmetic Outcome in Patients Treated on the American Society of Breast Surgeons MammoSite Registry Trial, M E. Keisch, F A. Vicini, P Beitsch, C Quiet, A Keleher, D Garcia, H Snider, Mark A. Gittleman MD, V Zannis, and H Kuerer (Article)
Managing BPH: when to consider surgery., Drew Keister MD and Randall Neal (Article)
Strategies for breastfeeding success., Drew Keister MD, Kismet T Roberts, and Stephanie L Werner (Article)
Proactive Monitoring for Newly Emerging Evidence: The Lost Step of EBP?, Drew Keister MD and Julie K. Tilson PT, DPT, MS, NCS (Article)
Livedoid thrombotic vasculopathy responding to doxycycline therapy., Matthew S Keller; Jason B. Lee, MD; and Guy F Webster (Article)
Caffeine in children with obstructive sleep apnea., Samia N Khalil, Douglas Maposa, Oscar Ghelber, Mary F Rabb, Maria Matuszczak, Balamurugan A Ganesan MD, Hessam Khalili Tabrizi, and Alice Z Chuang (Article)
"Broken heart syndrome": catecholamine surge or aborted myocardial infarction?, Hicham Khallafi, Vinod Chacko, Nickolas Varveralis, and Farhad Elmi MD (Article)
Intermartensitic transitions in Ni–Mn–Fe–Cu–Ga Heusler alloys, Mahmud Khan, Bhoj Raj Gautam PhD, Arjun Pathak, Igor Dubenko, Shane Stadler, and Naushad Ali (Article)
HEMORRHAGIC COMPLICATIONS OF LAPAROSCOPIC AND ROBOTIC RENAL AND ADRENAL SURGERY: WHEN TO CONVERT, Kiranpreet Khurana MD (Article)
RETROCAVAL PHEOCHROMOCYTOMAS: TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENAL-SPARING SURGERY, Kiranpreet Khurana MD (Article)
TYPE OF VHL MUTATION AND TUMOR SIZE AFFECT GROWTH RATES OF RENAL MASSES IN VHL PATIENTS, Kiranpreet Khurana MD (Article)
Chorioamnionitis in preterm delivery: Does clinical diagnosis indicate worse clinical outcome?, Daniel G. Kiefer MD (Article)
Is mid-trimester short cervix a sign of intra-amniotic inflammation?, Daniel G. Kiefer MD, Sean Keeler, Orion Rust MD, Christopher Wayock, Anthony Vintzileos, and Nazeh Hanna (Article)
The utility of fetal fibronectin in the prediction and prevention of spontaneous preterm birth., Daniel G. Kiefer MD and Anthony M Vintzileos (Article)
Obesity, hypertension, and mental health evaluation in adolescents: a comprehensive approach., Stefan G Kiessling, Kimberly K McClanahan, and Hatim Omar MD (Article)
Multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled study of the nitric oxide scavenger pyridoxalated hemoglobin polyoxyethylene in distributive shock., Gary T Kinasewitz, Christopher T Privalle, Amy Imm, Jay S Steingrub, John T Malcynski, Robert A Balk, and Joseph DeAngelo (Article)
Lymphangitis carcinomatosa as an unusual presentation of renal cell carcinoma: a case report., James E Kirk and Maruti Kumaran (Article)
Improving STEMI Care in Eastern Pennsylvania: The Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network MI-ALERT Program, J Patrick Kleaveland; Bruce Feldman DO; David A. Cox MD; Richard S. MacKenzie MD; Stephen Palmer; David M. Richardson MD; Jeffrey Snyder MD; Gerald Pytlewski; James Reed; and Michael A. Rossi MD, MBA (Article)
Advanced medical simulation applications for emergency medicine microsystems evaluation and training., Leo Kobayashi MD; Frank L. Oberly MD; Rollin J. Fairbanks MD, MS; Mary Patterson MD, Med; Amy H. Kaji MD, PhD, MPH; Eric C. Bruno MD; Michael A. Kirchhoff MD; Christopher G. Strother MD; Andrew Scuov MD; and Robert Wears MD, MS (Article)
Suppression of E-protein activity interferes with the development of BCR-ABL-mediated myeloproliferative disease., Jinkyung Ko, Nihal Patel MD, Tomokatsu Ikawa, Hiroshi Kawamoto, Oliver Frank, Richard R Rivera, Richard A Van Etten, and Cornelis Murre (Article)
Particulate and soluble Eu(III)-chelates as donor labels in homogeneous fluorescence resonance energy transfer based immunoassay., Leena Kokko, Tiina Kokko, Timo Lövgren, and Tero Soukka (Article)
Homogeneous dual-parameter assay for prostate-specific antigen based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer., Tiina Kokko, Tuomo Liljenbäck, Mari T Peltola, Leena Kokko, and Tero Soukka (Article)
Transient asynchronous testicular growth in adolescent males with a varicocele., Thomas F Kolon, Michele R. Clement MD, Lisa Cartwright, Richard Bellah, Michael C Carr, Douglas A Canning, and Howard M Snyder (Article)
Clinical and electrical performance of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene-covered defibrillator leads in comparison to traditional leads., Bruce A Koplan, Stan Weiner, David Gilligan, Lisa Thackeray, Stacia Merkel, and Kellie Chase Berg (Article)
Petrobactin is produced by both pathogenic and non-pathogenic isolates of the Bacillus cereus group of bacteria., Andrew T Koppisch, Suraj Dhungana, Karen K Hill, Hakim Boukhalfa, Henry S Heine, Leslie A Colip, Raymond B Romero, Yulin Shou, Lawrence O Ticknor, Babetta L Marrone, Larry E Hersman, Srinivas Iyer, and Christy E Ruggiero (Article)
123: Increased Risk of Peripheral Arterial Disease with Increasing Albumin/Creatine Ratio and Decreased GFR, Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP and James F. Reed (Article)
Disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans after treatment with infliximab for rheumatoid arthritis., Heidi Kozic; Karen Riggs; Franziska Ringpfeil; and Jason B. Lee, MD (Article)
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)
2: Twenty Years Experience With HIV Testing among Emergency Department Patients at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Chadd K. Kraus DO (Article)
41: Seroprevalence of HSV-2 Infection Among an Urban Emergency Department Patient Population, Chadd K. Kraus DO (Article)
Mortgaging our future, foreclosing our profession., Chadd K. Kraus DO (Article)
COMPUTERIZED ASSESSMENT OF COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING COLORECTAL SURGERY, E Kroch, K Azimuddin, Lester Rosen, and J F. Reed (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)
The effect of viral suppression on cross-sectional incidence testing in the johns hopkins hospital emergency department., Oliver Laeyendecker, Richard E Rothman, Charlamaine Henson, Bobbi Jo Horne, Kerunne S Ketlogetswe, Chadd K. Kraus DO, Judy Shahan, Gabor D Kelen, and Thomas C Quinn (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)
Drug-eluting Stents and Acute Myocardial Infarction: Experience from the TAXUS ARRIVE Registry Program, J M. Lasala, David A. Cox MD, M Schweiger, D Jenny, N Davakis, S Mascioli, and D Baim (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)
Tailored CT: primum non nocere., E M Lautin, M K Novick, and R Jean-Baptiste (Article)
Chapter 27 - MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM 078.0, Alan Leahey and Frank Baloh (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)
Quasi-polygonal mucosal plexus is the dominant site of structural adaptations in murine colitis, G Lee; Lino Miele MD, MS; M Lin; D Ravnic; M Konerding; D Orgill; and S Mentzer (Article)
Dietary flaxseed enhances antioxidant defenses and is protective in a mouse model of lung ischemia-reperfusion injury., James C Lee, Faiz Bhora, Jing Sun, Guanjun Cheng, Evguenia Arguiri, Charalambos C Solomides, Shampa Chatterjee, and Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou (Article)
PPARgamma and C/EBP factors orchestrate adipocyte biology via adjacent binding on a genome-wide scale., Martina I Lefterova, Yong Zhang, David J Steger, Michael Schupp, Jonathan Schug, Ana Cristancho, Dan Feng, David Zhuo, Christian J Stoeckert, X Shirley Liu, and Mitchell A Lazar (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)
Neuroscience and the law., Gregory P Lekovic (Article)
Hearing improvement after resection of a large jugular foramen schwannoma: case report., Gregory P Lekovic, L Fernando Gonzalez, Peter Weisskopf, and Kris A Smith (Article)
Radiation exposure during endovascular procedures., Gregory P Lekovic, Louis J Kim, L Fernando Gonzalez, Alden Bice, Felipe C Albuquerque, and Cameron G McDougall (Article)
Small mammal MRI imaging in spinal cord injury: a novel practical technique for using a 1.5 T MRI., Howard B. Levene MD, PhD; Feroze B Mohamed; Scott H Faro; Asha B Seshadri; Christopher M Loftus; Ronald F Tuma; and Jack I Jallo (Article)
CLL cell apoptosis induced by nitric oxide synthase inhibitors: correlation with lipid solubility and NOS1 dissociation constant., Marc C Levesque, Dipak K Ghosh, Bethany E Beasley, Youwei Chen, Alicia D Volkheimer, Charles W O'Loughlin, Jon P Gockerman, Joseph O Moore, and J Brice Weinberg (Article)
NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF SJÖGREN SYNDROME AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, Steven L. Lewis MD (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)
Predictive value of T-wave abnormalities at the time of emergency department presentation in patients with potential acute coronary syndromes., Kathy B Lin, Frances S Shofer, Christine McCusker, Emily Meshberg, and Judd E Hollander (Article)
Immunologic markers as potential predictors of systemic autoimmune disease in patients with idiopathic scleritis., Phoebe Lin, Shaminder S Bhullar, Howard H Tessler, and Debra A Goldstein (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)
Strokes Following Open Heart Surgery Aren’t Directly Related to the Stenotic Carotid Artery, Yuebing Li; Karen A. Boutron RN; J Rodgers; Debra Walicki; Claranne Mathiesen RN, MSN, CNRN; Q Li; Yevgeniy Isayev; and John Castaldo MD (Article)
Sunao Tawara, a cardiac pathophysiologist., Marios Loukas, Sanjay Linganna MD, Akiko Chiba, and R Shane Tubbs (Article)
Anatomy and biomechanics of the vertebral aponeurosis part of the posterior layer of the thoracolumbar fascia., Marios Loukas, Mohammadali M Shoja, Todd Thurston, Virginia L Jones, Sanjay Linganna MD, and R Shane Tubbs (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)
Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy (CUA) Successfully Treated with Intravenous Sodium Thiosulphate, Nektarios I. Lountzis MD (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)
The quality of life associated with presbyopia., Betsy P Luo MD, Gary C Brown, Solomon C Luo, and Melissa M Brown (Article)
Clazosentan to overcome neurological ischemia and infarction occurring after subarachnoid hemorrhage (CONSCIOUS-1): randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 dose-finding trial., R Loch Macdonald, Neal F Kassell, Stephan Mayer, Daniel Ruefenacht, Peter Schmiedek, Stephan Weidauer, Aline Frey, Sebastien Roux, Alberto Pasqualin, CONSCIOUS-1 Investigators, and Robert Rosenwasser (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)
Pediatric ophthalmology in the developing world., Jennifer M Maida, Keith Mathers, and Cynthia L Alley MD (Article)
Synovial sarcoma of the stomach: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic study of 10 cases., Hala R Makhlouf; Will Ahrens; Beamon Agarwal MD, PhD; Nancy Dow; Josephine J Marshalleck; Edward L Lee; Jorge E Dotto; Pei Hui; Leslie H Sobin; Andre Oliveira; and Markku Miettinen (Article)