2004
The Two-Tier Process of a Multi-Hospital System: Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network in Pennsylvania, Jon K. Larrabee, Steven Jagiela, and Teri U. Guidi (Article)
Pancreas transplantation improves vascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes., Jennifer L Larsen, Christopher W Colling, Tanaporn Ratanasuwan, Tab W Burkman, Thomas G Lynch, Judi M Erickson, Elizabeth R Lyden, James T Lane, and Lynn R Mack-Shipman (Article)
Facial trauma: a recurrent disease? The potential role of disease prevention., Robert Laski DMD, Vincent B Ziccardi, Hillary L Broder, and Malvin Janal (Article)
Cytomegalovirus colitis in an immunocompetent patient with amebiasis: case report and review of the literature., Christopher S Lee, Alexander H Low, Peter T Ender, and Henry C Bodenheimer (Article)
Peripheral schwannoma lacking enhancement on MRI., Jonathon A Lee and Carol A Boles (Article)
Multiple basal-cell carcinomas associated with a port wine stain, Jason B. Lee, MD (Article)
Successful treatment of encrusted cystitis and pyelitis with preservation of renal graft., Richard Lee, Michele R. Clement MD, Michael C Carr, Douglas A Canning, and Kenneth L Brayman (Article)
Understanding discharge instructions after vascular surgery: an observational study, Tami Lee (Article)
A new assay to screen for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using the tumor marker metallopanstimulin., Wha-Joon Lee, K Keefer, C S Hollenbeak, and B C Stack (Article)
A new assay to screen for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using the tumor marker metallopanstimulin, Who-Joon Lee, K Keefer, Christopher Hollenbeak PhD, and B C. Stack (Article)
LVHN Medical Residents 2004-2005, Lehigh Valley Health Network (Book)
MR-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy: accuracy of targeting and success in sampling in a phantom model., Constance D Lehman and Taro Aikawa (Article)
Genetic diagnosis and intellectual property rights: a proposal to amend "the physician immunity statute"., Gregory P Lekovic (Article)
Quo vadimus: the perspective from neurosurgery's next generation., Gregory P Lekovic (Article)
Cognitive impact of craniosynostosis., Gregory P Lekovic, Ruth E Bristol, and Harold L Rekate (Article)
Energy flux modulation on the outer membrane of mitochondria by metabolically-derived potential., Sergy V Lemeshko and Victor V Lemeshko (Article)
Outcomes for overlapping stents in the extracranial carotid artery., Walter S Lesley, John B Weigele, and John C Chaloupka (Article)
LAPEG (Laparoscopic Assisted Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy): Towards a Safer Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement, Marc Lessin MD (Article)
P0758 LAPEG (LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY): TOWARDS A SAFER PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY PLACEMENT, Marc Lessin MD (Article)
Jading in the pediatric intensive care unit: Implications for healthcare providers of medically complex children., Benjamin H Levi, Neal J Thomas, Michael J Green, Christy A Rentmeester, and Gary D Ceneviva (Article)
Computer Physician Order Entry (CPOE)., Donald L. Levick MD.,MBA (Article)
Alternating day emergency medicine and anesthesia resident responsibility for management of the trauma airway: a study of laryngoscopy performance and intubation success., Richard M Levitan, Boaz Rosenblatt, Evan M Meiner, Patrick M Reilly, and Judd E Hollander (Article)
Littoral cell angioma of the spleen: CT features with clinicopathologic comparison., Angela D Levy, Robert M Abbott, and Susan L Abbondanzo (Article)
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors in patients with neurofibromatosis: imaging features with clinicopathologic correlation., Angela D Levy, Nandini Patel, Robert M Abbott, Nancy Dow, Markku Miettinen, and Leslie H Sobin (Article)
An evaluation of a noninvasive cardiac output measurement using partial carbon dioxide rebreathing in children., Richard J Levy, Rosetta M Chiavacci, Susan C Nicolson, Jonathan J Rome, Richard J Lin, Mark A Helfaer, and Vinay M Nadkarni (Article)
Elevated Levels and Distinct Patterns of Expression of A-Type Cyclins and Their Associated Cyclin-Dependent Kinases in Male Germ Cell Tumors., Ching Liao, Sherry Li MD, XiangYuan Wang, Samantha Muhlrad, Anders Bjartell, and Debra J. Wolgemuth (Article)
Initial effects of ACGME guidelines on a general surgery residency program, Jayme D. Lieberman MD, J A. Olenwine, and G G. Nicholas (Article)
The Author’s Reply, Jayme D. Lieberman MD and Michael D. Pasquale MD, FACS, FCCM (Article)
Infarction of the choroid plexus., David S Liebeskind and Robert W Hurst (Article)
Diagnostic Utility of CD10 in Differentiating Hepatocellular Carcinoma from Metastatic Carcinoma in Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) of the Liver., Fan Lin MD, PhD; Heba Y. Durra MD; and Steven Meschter MD (Article)
Porous polyethylene implant for cranioplasty and skull base reconstruction., James K Liu, Oren N Gottfried, Chad D Cole, William R Dougherty, and William T Couldwell (Article)
The Los Angeles Motor Scale (LAMS): a new measure to characterize stroke severity in the field., Jennifer N Llanes, Chelsea S Kidwell, Sidney Starkman, Megan Leary MD, Marc Eckstein, and Jeffrey L Saver (Article)
Long-term evaluation of the use of the transdermal contraceptive patch in adolescents., Stephanie Logsdon, Jessica Richards, and Hatim Omar MD (Article)
Media influence on Poison Center call volume after 11 September 2001., Frank LoVecchio, Kenneth D. Katz MD, David Watts, and Abbe Pitera (Article)
Clinical Effects of Gua-Sha to Induce Petechiae Rashes Along the Acupuncture Meridian System, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD (Article)
My Experience of Emergency BDORT Evaluation of Urgent Medical Problems Through the Use of Long Distance Phone Line: A Case Report, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD (Article)
Relating Bi-Digital O-Ring Test to the Organ Representation of Tongue and Tooth with the Clinical effects of Gua-sha (scrapping) by Inducing Petechiae Along the Acupuncture Meridian Systems, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD (Article)
Tests for Local Anesthetic Allergy, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD (Article)
Update on the ocular manifestations of systemic arterial hypertension., Betsy P Luo MD and Gary C Brown (Article)
Managing Acute Withdrawal Syndrome on Patients With Heroin and Morphine Addiction by Acupuncture Therapy, Po-kuang Lu C.Acup; Gabriel P. Lu MD, PhD; Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD; and Winston I. Lu PharmD (Article)
Unenabled embryo use., Robert Madeira (Article)
Interleukin 13 mutants of enhanced avidity toward the glioma-associated receptor, IL13Ralpha2., A B Madhankumar, Akiva Mintz, and Waldemar Debinski (Article)
Primary results of the Rapid Emergency Department Heart Failure Outpatient Trial (REDHOT). A multicenter study of B-type natriuretic peptide levels, emergency department decision making, and outcomes in patients presenting with shortness of breath., Alan Maisel, Judd E Hollander, David Guss, Peter McCullough, Richard Nowak, Gary Green, Mitchell Saltzberg, Stefanie R Ellison, Meenakshi Awasthi Bhalla, Vikas Bhalla, Paul Clopton, and Robert Jesse (Article)
Impact of age, race, and sex on the ability of B-type natriuretic peptide to aid in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure: results from the Breathing Not Properly (BNP) multinational study., Alan S Maisel, Paul Clopton, Padma Krishnaswamy, Richard M Nowak, James McCord, Judd E Hollander, Philippe Duc, Torbjørn Omland, Alan B Storrow, William T Abraham, Alan H B Wu, Gabriel Steg, Arne Westheim, Catherine Wold Knudsen, Alberto Perez, Radmila Kazanegra, Vikas Bhalla, Howard C Herrmann, Marie Claude Aumont, and Peter A McCullough (Article)
Testicular Seminoma 16 Years After Treatment for CNS Germinoma., Amit Maity, Hui-Kuo G Shu, Alexander R Judkins, Michael J Fisher, L Dwyer-Joyce MD, and David J Vaughn (Article)
Effect of aromatase inhibitor therapy on cognitive function, I Makhoul, P Eslinger, Dan Popescu MD, H Harvey, K Parkinson, and A Lipton (Article)
Clinical and radiographic findings in multiple epiphyseal dysplasia caused by MATN3 mutations: description of 12 patients., Outi Mäkitie, Geert R Mortier, Malwina Czarny-Ratajczak, Michael J Wright, Mohnish Suri, Piotr Rogala, Margarida Freund, Gail C Jackson, Eveliina Jakkula, Leena Ala-Kokko, Michael D Briggs, and William G Cole (Article)
Optimization of protein production in mammalian cells with a coexpressed fluorescent marker., Filippo Mancia, Saurabh D Patel, Michael W Rajala, Philipp E Scherer, Adriana Nemes, Ira Schieren, Wayne A Hendrickson, and Lawrence Shapiro (Article)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Spine, Eiran Mandelker, Gretchen Cordero, Dennis Son, and J Kevin McGraw (Article)
Cardiovascular disease in diabetics: pharmacology and revascularization., Sarang S Mangalmurti and Michael E Farkouh (Article)
Inducible left ventricular outflow tract gradient during dobutamine stress echocardiography: an association with intraoperative hypotension but not a contraindication to liver transplantation., Suraj Maraj, Larry E. Jacobs MD, Rajiv Maraj, Rafael Contreras, Pairoj Rerkpattanapipat, Taseem A Malik, Cosme Manzarbeitia, Santiago Munoz, Kenneth Rothstein, and Morris N Kotler (Article)
Bacteremia and infective endocarditis in patients on hemodialysis., Suraj Maraj, Larry E. Jacobs MD, Rajiv Maraj, and Morris N Kotler (Article)
Spontaneous breathing through an inspiratory impedance threshold device augments cardiac index and stroke volume index in a pediatric porcine model of hemorrhagic hypovolemia., Bradley S Marino, Demetris Yannopoulos, Gardar Sigurdsson, Lillian Lai, Catherine Cho, Andrew Redington, Susan Nicolson, Vinay Nadkarni, and Keith G Lurie (Article)
Cutaneous leishmaniasis: recognition and treatment., William H Markle and Khaldoun Makhoul (Article)
Carboplatin/paclitaxel or carboplatin/vinorelbine followed by accelerated hyperfractionated conformal radiation therapy: report of a prospective phase I dose escalation trial from the Carolina Conformal Therapy Consortium., Lawrence B Marks, Jennifer Garst, Mark A Socinski, Gregory Sibley, A William Blackstock, James E Herndon, Sunmin Zhou, Timothy Shafman, Andrea Tisch, Robert Clough, Xiaoli Yu, Andrew Turrisi, Mitchell Anscher, Jeffrey Crawford, and Julian Rosenman (Article)
Sensation seeking and symptoms of disruptive disorder: association with nicotine, alcohol, and marijuana use in early and mid-adolescence., Catherine A Martin, Thomas H Kelly, Mary Kay Rayens, Bethanie Brogli, Kathryn Himelreich, Allen Brenzel, Christopher M Bingcang, and Hatim Omar MD (Article)
18-year-old woman with headache and sore throat., Matthew W Martinez and Randall S Edson (Article)
Intestinal spirochetosis and diarrhea, commensal or causal., Matthew W Martinez, Sorin Petre, David Wisinger, and Zelalem Temesgen (Article)
Clinical images: Bone marrow edema syndrome., Matthew W Martinez and Matthew R Thomas (Article)
Superior semicircular canal dehiscence: a new indication for middle fossa craniotomy. Case report., Jonathan E Martin, Christopher J Neal, William T Monacci, and David J Eisenman (Article)
The mechanism of action of the antidiuretic peptide Tenmo ADFa in Malpighian tubules of Aedes aegypti., Richard C Massaro, Lenora W Lee, Ankit B Patel, Daniel S Wu, Ming-Jiun Yu, Brett N Scott, David A Schooley, Kathleen M Schegg, and Klaus W Beyenbach (Article)
Achieving house staff competence in emergency airway management: results of a teaching program using a computerized patient simulator., Paul H Mayo, Janel E Hackney, J Tristan Mueck, Vanessa Ribaudo Kaufman MD, and Roslyn F Schneider (Article)
Lymphomatoid granulomatosis in a pediatric patient., Joseph P Mazzie, Anita P Price, Poonam Khullar, Carlos H Montoya, Jon E Roberts, Haesoon Lee, Lewis Williams, Allan Schuss, and Douglas S Katz (Article)
Relationship between obesity and B-type natriuretic peptide levels., James McCord, Brian J Mundy, Michael P Hudson, Alan S Maisel, Judd E Hollander, William T Abraham, Philip G Steg, Torbjørn Omland, Cathrine W Knudsen, Keisha R Sandberg, and Peter A McCullough (Article)
Abnormal regulation of serum lipid fatty acid profiles in short gut rats fed parenteral nutrition with lipid., Karen C McCowen, Pei-Ra Ling, Mario Ollero, Justin A Maykel, Paola Blanco MD, and Bruce R Bistrian (Article)
Prognostic utility of comparative methods for assessment of ST-segment resolution after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: the Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications (CADILLAC) trial., Michael G McLaughlin, Gregg W Stone, Eve Aymong, Graham Gardner, Roxana Mehran, Alexandra J Lansky, Cindy L Grines, James E Tcheng, David A Cox, Thomas Stuckey, Eulogio Garcia, Giulio Guagliumi, Mark Turco, Mark E Josephson, and Peter Zimetbaum (Article)
Correlation of 1p-19q-Defects in human gliomas With the Light Microscopic Appearance of Oligodendroglioma., Roger E. McLendon, Ahmed B. K. Rasheed PhD, Rodney Wiltshire Ph.D, and James Herndon (Article)
Usefulness of temporary left ventricular pacing through the coronary sinus as an adjunct to transfemoral percutaneous coronary intervention., Patrick H McNulty, Keith S Rice, Rakesh B Saraiya MD, Jennifer McCann, Steven M Ettinger, Ian C Gilchrist, Mark Kozak, and Charles E Chambers (Article)
Management of pseudomeningocele following neurotologic procedures., Neelesh H Mehendale, Ravi N. Samy MD, and Peter S Roland (Article)
Sustained ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory among patients receiving primary percutaneous coronary intervention: incidence, predictors, and outcomes., Rajendra H Mehta, Kishore J Harjai, Lorelei Grines, Gregg W Stone, Judy Boura, David Cox, William O'Neill, and Cindy L Grines (Article)
EFFECT OF INSULIN INFUSION ON VASOSPASM AND INFLAMMATION AFTER ANEURYSMAL SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, Christopher Melinosky MD (Article)
HYPERTONIC SALINE THERAPY FOR INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION REFRACTORY TO MANNITOL, Christopher Melinosky MD (Article)
Mitochondrial DNA Heteroplasmy., T Melton (Article)
Intrathecal Morphine for Off-Pump Coronary Aartery Bypass Grafting, Samuel Metz MD, Nanette M. Schwann MD, Wael Hassanein MD, Brian Yuskevich MD, and Todd Nixon MD (Article)
Parvalbumin gene delivery improves diastolic function in the aged myocardium in vivo., Daniel E Michele, Michael L Szatkowski MD, Faris P Albayya, and Joseph M Metzger (Article)
Allergic contact dermatitis from isocyanates among sculptors., Giuseppe Militello, Denis Sasseville, Cherie Ditre, and Bruce A Brod (Article)
Is the initial diagnostic impression of "noncardiac chest pain" adequate to exclude cardiac disease?, Chadwick D Miller, Christopher J Lindsell, Sorabh Khandelwal, Abhinav Chandra, Charles V Pollack, Brian R Tiffany, Judd E Hollander, W Brian Gibler, and James W Hoekstra (Article)
A new follicle aspiration needle set is equally effective and as well tolerated as the standard needle when used in a prospective randomized trial in a large in vitro fertilization program., Kathleen A Miller, Karen Elkind-Hirsch, Monica Benson, Paul Bergh, Michael Drews, and Richard T Scott (Article)
Initial head computed tomographic scan characteristics have a linear relationship with initial intracranial pressure after trauma., M Todd Miller MD; Michael D. Pasquale MD, FACS, FCCM; Stanley J. Kurek MD, FACS; Jessica White BS; Patricia Martin MD; Kevin Bannon MD; Thomas Wasser PhD; and Mark Li MD (Article)
An Approach to Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery., M. Todd Miller MD and Peter Rovito MD (Article)
The Clinical Hand: A Curricular Map for Relationship-Centered Care., William L. Miller MD, MA (Article)
A combination of T3, and T4 for hypothyroidism?, Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Bilateral eye tumors of long duration. Dermolipoma., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Hypoglycemia-induced neurogenic-type pulmonary edema: an underrecognized association., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Ramsay Hunt syndrome revisited., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
When are liver tests warranted?, Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Roles for early response cytokines during Escherichia coli pneumonia revealed by mice with combined deficiencies of all signaling receptors for TNF and IL-1., Joseph P Mizgerd, Michal M Lupa, Josephine Hjoberg, Joseph C Vallone, Henry B Warren, James P Butler, and Eric S. Silverman MD (Article)
Sarcoidosis manifesting as massive splenomegaly: a rare occurrence., Anant Mohan, Rita Sood, Nasir Shariff, Manpreet Singh Gulati, Siddharth Datta Gupta, and Amit Kumar Dutta (Article)
Shaken baby syndrome without intracranial hemorrhage on initial computed tomography, Yair Morad, Isaac Avni, Louise Capra, Mary E. Case, Kenneth Feldman, Sylvia R. Kodsi, Debra Esernio-Jenssen MD, James L. Lukefahr, and Alex V. Levin (Article)
Stroke and neurodegenerative disorders. 2. Stroke: comorbidities and complications., Alex Moroz, Ross A Bogey, Phillip R Bryant, Carolyn C Geis, and Bryan J O'Neill (Article)
Risk factors for mortality in 137 pediatric cardiac intensive care unit patients managed with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation., Marilyn C Morris, Richard F Ittenbach, Rodolfo I Godinez, Joel D Portnoy, Sarah Tabbutt, Brian D Hanna, Timothy M Hoffman, J William Gaynor, James T Connelly, Mark A Helfaer, Thomas L Spray, and Gil Wernovsky (Article)
Frequency of nursing, physician and hospital interventions in women at risk for preterm delivery, J C. Morrison, W E. Roberts, J S. Jones, N Istwan, D Rhea, and G Stanziano (Article)
Bony metastases of anaplastic oligodendroglioma respond to temozolomide., Tara Morrison MD, Juan M Bilbao, Guisheng Yang, and James R Perry (Article)
Immunotherapy of surgical malignancies., Michael A Morse, H Kim Lyerly, Timothy M Clay, Omar Abdel-Wahab, Stephen Y Chui, Jennifer Garst, Jared Gollob, Peter M Grossi, Matthew Kalady, Paul J Mosca, Mark Onaitis, John H Sampson, Hilliard F Seigler, Eric M Toloza, Douglas Tyler, Johannes Vieweg, and Yiping Yang (Article)
Surgical management of cutaneous melanoma: current practice and impact on prognosis., Paul J Mosca, Douglas S Tyler, and Hilliard F Seigler (Article)
Neuronal expression of CD22: novel mechanism for inhibiting microglial proinflammatory cytokine production., Ryan T Mott; Ghania Ait-Ghezala; Terrence Town; Takashi Mori; Martina Vendrame MD, PhD; Jin Zeng; Jared Ehrhart; Michae Mullan; and Jun Tan (Article)
A randomized trial of nebulized epinephrine vs albuterol in the emergency department treatment of bronchiolitis., Colette C Mull, Richard J Scarfone, Lara R Ferri, Teresa Carlin, Christy Salvaggio, Kirsten A Bechtel, Mary Ann Hanes Trephan, Raquel L Rissman, and Edward J Gracely (Article)
Control of blood loss in the treatment of a Jehovah's Witness with massive thermal injuries using a fibroblast derived temporary skin substitute., Patricia Muller and Daniel D. Lozano MD (Article)
Cardiac Arrest, a Preventable yet a Possible Risk of Dexmedetomidine: Fact or Fiction?, Muhammad Muntazar MD and F Kumar (Article)
Knee Arthroplasty, U K. Munzinger, Peter Keblish, J G. Boldt, and A C. Merchant (Article)