2003
Successful treatment of cerebral vasospasm by use of transdermal nitroglycerin ointment (Nitropaste)., Walter S Lesley, Al Lazo, John C Chaloupka, and John B Weigele (Article)
CPOE is Much More Than Computers., Donald L. Levick MD., MBA and David O'Brien (Article)
Head-elevated laryngoscopy position: improving laryngeal exposure during laryngoscopy by increasing head elevation., Richard M Levitan, C Crawford Mechem, E Andrew Ochroch, Frances S Shofer, and Judd E Hollander (Article)
Development and implementation of a myocardial infarction alert process, Christina Lewis RN, BSN, MPH; Mark S. Gutekunst RN, CEN; Diane Haines MSN, RN, CEN; and Kathy Herron-Butillo RN, BS (Article)
Quality improvement guidelines for central venous access., Curtis A Lewis, Timothy E Allen, Dana R Burke MD, John F Cardella, Steven J Citron, Patricia E Cole, Alain T Drooz, Elizabeth A Drucker, Ziv J Haskal, Louis G Martin, A Van Moore, Calvin D Neithamer, Steven B Oglevie, Kenneth S Rholl, Anne C Roberts, David Sacks, Orestes Sanchez, Anthony Venbrux, and Curtis W Bakal (Article)
Preservation of the cortical somatosensory-evoked potential during dexmedetomidine infusion in rats., Bai-Han Li, Jeffrey S Lohmann, H Gregg Schuler, and Arthur J Cronin (Article)
Use of Admission Glasgow Coma Score, Pupil Size, and Pupil Reactivity to Determine Outcome for Trauma Patients., Jayme D. Lieberman MD; Michael D. Pasquale MD, FACS, FCCM; Raul Garcia MD; Mark D. Cipolle MD, PhD, FACS; P Mark Li MD; and Thomas E. Wasser PhD (Article)
Effectiveness of Bilayered Cellular Matrix in Healing of Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Results of a Multicenter Pilot Trial., Scott Lipkin DPM; Elliot Chaikof MD, PhD; Zevi Isseroff DPM; and Paul Silverstein MD (Article)
Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis originating from gastric cancer: report of eight cases and review of the literature., Yulia Lisenko, Ashok J Kumar, James Yao, Jaffer Ajani, and Linus Ho (Article)
Physician Cesarean Delivery Rates and Risk-Adjusted Perinatal Outcomes, Tong Li PhD; George G. Rhoads MD, MPH; John C. Smulian MD, MPH; Kitaw Demissie MD, PhD; Daniel Wartenberg PhD; and Lakota Kruse MD, MPH (Article)
Propofol suppresses the cortical somatosensory evoked potential in rats., Helene G Logginidou, Bai-Han Li, De-Pei Li, Jeffrey S Lohmann, H Gregg Schuler, Nicole A DiVittore, Sarah Kreiser, and Arthur J Cronin (Article)
Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair after prior aortic surgery., Joseph V Lombardi, Jeffrey P Carpenter, Alberto Pochettino, Seema S Sonnad, and Joseph E. Bavaria MD (Article)
Anatomical Relevance of Some Acupunture Points in the Head and Neck Region that Dictate Medical or Dental Application Depending on Depth of Needle Insertion, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD and Gabriel P. Lu MD, PhD (Article)
Comparison of the Nausea-Relieving Effects of Droperidol and Acupuncture/Acupressure on Sedated Dental Patients, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD and Gabriel P. Lu MD, PhD (Article)
Long-term results of pediatric renal transplantation into a dysfunctional lower urinary tract., Patrick P W Luke, Daniel B Herz, Mark F Bellinger, Pradip Chakrabarti, Carlos A Vivas, Velma P Scantlebury, Thomas R Hakala, Anthony M Jevnikar, Ashok Jain, Ron Shapiro, and Mark L Jordan (Article)
Sources of error in delayed payment of physician claims., Jessica M Lundeen, Wiley W Souba, and Christopher S Hollenbeak (Article)
The ketogenic diet: adolescents can do it, too., Mackenzie Mady DO, Eric H Kossoff, Amy L McGregor, James W Wheless, Paula L Pyzik, and John M Freeman (Article)
Bedside B-Type natriuretic peptide in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure with reduced or preserved ejection fraction. Results from the Breathing Not Properly Multinational Study., Alan S Maisel, James McCord, Richard M Nowak, Judd E Hollander, Alan H B Wu, Philippe Duc, Torbjørn Omland, Alan B Storrow, Padma Krishnaswamy, William T Abraham, Paul Clopton, Gabriel Steg, Marie Claude Aumont, Arne Westheim, Cathrine Wold Knudsen, Alberto Perez, Richard Kamin, Radmila Kazanegra, Howard C Herrmann, and Peter A McCullough (Article)
Clinical Study To Assess The Immunogenicity And Safety Of A Recombinant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Oprf-Opri Vaccine In Burn Patients, Erfan Mansouri; Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein MD; Josef Gabelsberger; Günter Germann MD, PhD; and Bernd Ulrich von Specht (Article)
Undefined hypercoaguable state associated with massive right ventricular thrombus and embolism in a previously healthy 17-year-old male., Suraj Maraj, Enakshi Bajpai, Guillermo Crespo, Kokila Doshi, Nicholas Langan, Larry E. Jacobs MD, and Morris N Kotler (Article)
Aortoventricular fistula and abscess caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in a hemodialysis patient., Suraj Maraj, Larry E. Jacobs MD, Enakshi Bajpai, Guillermo Crespo, and Morris N Kotler (Article)
Resolution of a primary intracardiac lymphoma., Suraj Maraj, Richard G To, Guillermo Crespo, Larry E. Jacobs MD, and Morris N Kotler (Article)
The efficacy and safety of Dermagraft in improving the healing of chronic diabetic foot ulcers: results of a prospective randomized trial., William A Marston, Jason Hanft, Paul Norwood, Richard Pollak, The Dermagraft Diabetic Foot Ulcer Study Group, and Scott J. Lipkin DPM (Article)
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in a 1.4-kg infant with complex congenital heart disease., C R Mart, D M Fehr, J L Myers, and K L Rosen (Article)
A new on-line method for predicting aortic root dilatation during two-dimensional echocardiography in pediatric patients with Marfan syndrome using the sinus of valsalva to annulus ratio., C R Mart, S A Khan, F C Smith, and R E W Kavey (Article)
Safety profile assessment of risperidone and olanzapine in long-term care patients with dementia., Harlan Martin, Michael P Slyk, Sheila Deymann, and Mario J Cornacchione DO (Article)
Mapping of a new autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss locus (DFNB32) to chromosome 1p13.3-22.1., Saber Masmoudi, Abdelaziz Tlili, Marja Majava, Abdel Monem Ghorbel, Sébastien Chardenoux, Arnaud Lemainque, Zeineb Ben Zina, Jihene Moala, Minna Männikkö, Dominique Weil, Mark Lathrop, Leena Ala-Kokko, Mohamed Drira, Christine Petit, and Hammadi Ayadi (Article)
Cost-Saving Approach to Patients on Long-Term Anticoagulation Who Need Endoscopy: A Decision Analysis., Abraham Mathew, Thomas R Riley, Mark J. Young MD, and Ann Ouyang (Article)
Immune responses and their regulation by donor bone marrow cells in clinical organ transplantation., James M Mathew, Rolando O Garcia-Morales, Manuel Carreno, Yide Jin, Laphalle Fuller, Bonnie Blomberg, Robert Cirocco, George W Burke, Gaetano Ciancio, Camillo Ricordi, Violet Esquenazi, Andreas G Tzakis, and Joshua Miller (Article)
A fall awareness program, Patricia Matula (Article)
Anatomic variants associated with newborn circumcision complications., Eric Mayer, Daniel J Caruso, Murali Ankem, Mark C Fisher, Kenneth B Cummings, and Joseph G Barone (Article)
Acute rise in circulating SFLT-1 may herald preeclampsia, Sharon E. Maynard MD (Article)
Excess placental soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt1) may contribute to endothelial dysfunction, hypertension, and proteinuria in preeclampsia., Sharon E. Maynard MD, Jiang-Yong Min, Jaime Merchan, Kee-Hak Lim, Jianyi Li, Susanta Mondal, Towia A Libermann, James P Morgan, Frank W Sellke, Isaac E Stillman, Franklin H Epstein, Vikas P Sukhatme, and S Ananth Karumanchi (Article)
Quality of life and dialysis decisions in critically ill patients with acute renal failure., Sharon E. Maynard MD, Jeffrey Whittle, Lakshmipathi Chelluri, and Robert Arnold (Article)
Superior sternal cleft associated with PHACES syndrome: postnatal sonographic findings., Joseph P Mazzie, John Lepore, Anita P Price, William Driscoll, Stuart Bohrer, Steven Perlmutter, and Douglas S Katz (Article)
Congenital intestinal lymphangiectasia: CT demonstration in a young child., Joseph P Mazzie, Peter I Maslin, Libia Moy, Anita P Price, and Douglas S Katz (Article)
Secondary syphilis presenting as pseudolymphoma of the skin., Mary E McComb, Gladys H Telang, and Eric C Vonderheid (Article)
A prospective randomized comparison of coralline hydroxyapatite with autograft in cervical interbody fusion., Jeffrey McConnell MD, Brian J C Freeman, Ujjwal K Debnath, Michael P Grevitt, Heather G Prince, and John K Webb (Article)
B-type natriuretic peptide and renal function in the diagnosis of heart failure: an analysis from the Breathing Not Properly Multinational Study., Peter A McCullough, Philippe Duc, Torbjørn Omland, James McCord, Richard M Nowak, Judd E Hollander, Howard C Herrmann, Philippe G Steg, Arne Westheim, Cathrine Wold Knudsen, Alan B Storrow, William T Abraham, Sumant Lamba, Alan H B Wu, Alberto Perez, Paul Clopton, Padma Krishnaswamy, Radmila Kazanegra, and Alan S Maisel (Article)
Uncovering heart failure in patients with a history of pulmonary disease: rationale for the early use of B-type natriuretic peptide in the emergency department., Peter A McCullough, Judd E Hollander, Richard M Nowak, Alan B Storrow, Philippe Duc, Torbjørn Omland, James McCord, Howard C Herrmann, Philippe G Steg, Arne Westheim, Cathrine Wold Knudsen, William T Abraham, Sumant Lamba, Alan H B Wu, Alberto Perez, Paul Clopton, Padma Krishnaswamy, Radmila Kazanegra, and Alan S Maisel (Article)
Sex education in the schools: what role does it play?, Darby H McElderry and Hatim Omar MD (Article)
PEG-INTRON PLUS RIBAVIRIN IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS C PATIENTS REFRACTORY TO PRIOR TREATMENT: END OF FOLLOW-UP REPORT 258, T J. McGarrity, L Peiffer, K Rhoades, S Chen, R Friedrich, T McDonald, D Rosenberg, Ronald Bross MD, M Smith, and Harry Pickle (Article)
Pregnancy outcomes in female renal recipients: a comparison of systemic lupus erythematosus with other diagnoses., Carolyn H McGrory, Laura J McCloskey, Raphael J DeHoratius, Stephen R Dunn, Michael J. Moritz MD, and Vincent T Armenti (Article)
Adenovirus infection in pediatric liver and intestinal transplant recipients: utility of DNA detection by PCR., Gwenn E McLaughlin, Spiros Delis, Lutifat Kashimawo, G Patricia Cantwell, Naveen Mittal, Robert E Cirocco, Phillip Ruiz, Tomoaki Kato, and Andreas G Tzakis (Article)
Prognostic significance of transient no-reflow during primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction., Rajendra H Mehta, Kishore J Harjai, Judy Boura, David Cox, Gregg W Stone, William O'Neill, and Cindy L Grines (Article)
Clinical and angiographic correlates and outcomes of suboptimal coronary flow inpatients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention., Rajendra H Mehta, Kishore J Harjai, David Cox, Gregg W Stone, Bruce Brodie, Judy Boura, William O'Neill, and Cindy L Grines (Article)
Neurohormonal activation is associated with left ventricular remodeling in chronic asymptomatic mitral regurgitation and normal left ventricular ejection fraction, Sanjay M. Mehta MD (Article)
Collagen XI sequence variations in nonsyndromic cleft palate, Robin sequence and micrognathia., Miia Melkoniemi, Hannele Koillinen, Minna Männikkö, Matthew L Warman, Tero Pihlajamaa, Helena Kääriäinen, Jorma Rautio, Jyri Hukki, Joseph A Stofko, George J Cisneros, Deborah Krakow, Daniel H Cohn, Juha Kere, and Leena Ala-Kokko (Article)
Chronic, nonhealing, lower extremity ulcers responsive to splenectomy in a patient with thalassemia major., Marshall G. Miles DO and Robert X. Murphy JR, MD, MS (Article)
A randomized controlled trial using the school for anti-inflammatory therapy in asthma., Mark Warren Millard, Pauline T Johnson, Melanie McEwen, Jacquelin Neatherlin, Gretchen Lawrence, Donald K Kennerly, and Joanna L Bokovoy (Article)
Increased sectioning of pathologic specimens with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: are there clinical consequences?, Keith L Miller; Lawrence B Marks; Robert C Barrier; George S Leight; Robert W Clough; Robert G. Prosnitz MD, MPH; and Rex C Bentley (Article)
Not so FAST., M Todd Miller MD; Michael D. Pasquale MD, FACS, FCCM; William J. Bromberg MD; Thomas E. Wasser PhD; and John Cox MD (Article)
Research Guidelines for Assessing the Impact of Healing Relationships in Clinical Medicine., William L. Miller MD, MA; Benjamin F. Crabtree PhD; M Bridget Duffy MD; Ronald M. Epstein MD; and Kurt C. Stange MD, PhD (Article)
Development of a reliable multimedia, computer-based measure of clinical skills in bedside neurology., Rosana T Millos, David Lee Gordon, S Barry Issenberg, Patrick S Reynolds, Steven L. Lewis MD, William C McGaghie, and Emil R Petrusa (Article)
Medical informatics--a catalyst for operating room transformation., Michael Minear MS and Jeff Sutherland (Article)
Randomized clinical trial of propofol versus methohexital for procedural sedation during fracture and dislocation reduction in the emergency department., James R Miner, Michelle Biros, Susan Krieg MD, Christopher Johnson, William Heegaard, and David Plummer (Article)
Molecular targeting with recombinant cytotoxins of interleukin-13 receptor alpha2-expressing glioma., Akiva Mintz, Denise M Gibo, A B Madhankumar, and Waldemar Debinski (Article)
Roth's spots: righting a historical wrong., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Seizures and subcutaneous calcifications. Pseudehypoparathyroidism., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Lunx is a superior molecular marker for detection of non-small cell lung cancer in peripheral blood [corrected]., Michael Mitas, Loretta Hoover, Gerard Silvestri, Carolyn Reed, Mark Green, Andrew T Turrisi, Carol Sherman, Kaidi Mikhitarian, David J Cole, Mark I Block, and William E Gillanders (Article)
Intradural venous varix: a rare cause of an intradural lumbar spine lesion., Gul Moonis, Robert W Hurst, Scott L Simon, and Eric L Zager (Article)
Effect of dexamethasone on beta2-adrenergic desensitization in airway smooth muscle: role of the ARG19 polymorphism., Paul E Moore, Mark M Calder, Eric S. Silverman MD, Reynold A Panettieri, and Stephanie A Shore (Article)
59: Reduced Survival in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation for HCV Cirrhosis Despite Reduced Immunosuppression, Michael J. Moritz MD (Article)
Relationship of the renal allograft biopsy with the cylex ™ immune cell function assay, Michael J. Moritz MD (Article)
Study 2: comparison of tacrolimus and sirolimus combination with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil in kidney transplant recipients with steroid avoidance, Michael J. Moritz MD (Article)
Immunotherapy with autologous, human dendritic cells transfected with carcinoembryonic antigen mRNA., Michael A Morse, Smita K Nair, Paul J Mosca, Amy C Hobeika, Timothy M Clay, Yuping Deng, David Boczkowski, Alan Proia, Donna Neidzwiecki, Pierre-A Clavien, Herbert I Hurwitz, Jeffrey Schlom, Eli Gilboa, and H Kim Lyerly (Article)
Current status of dendritic cell immunotherapy of malignancies., Paul J Mosca, Timothy M Clay, H Kim Lyerly, and Michael A Morse (Article)
Proteomics for monitoring immune responses to cancer vaccines., Paul J Mosca, H Kim Lyerly, C Denise Ching, Amy C Hobeika, Timothy M Clay, and Michael A Morse (Article)
Inhibition of plaque neovascularization reduces macrophage accumulation and progression of advanced atherosclerosis., Karen S Moulton, Khashayar Vakili, David Zurakowski, Mohsin Soliman, Catherine Butterfield, Erik Sylvin, Kin-Ming Lo, Stephen Gillies, Kashi Javaherian, and Judah Folkman (Article)
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis as a Complication of Interferon Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis, Ganesan Murali MD (Article)
Sarcoidosis Developing De Novo After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation, Ganesan Murali MD (Article)
Trends in the Use of Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Critically Ill Ventilated Patient, Ganesan Murali MD (Article)
Impact of Immediate Reconstruction on the Local Recurrence of Breast Cancer After Mastectomy., Robert X. Murphy JR, MD, MS; Samina Wahhab MD; Peter Rovito MD; Gregory R. Harper MD, PhD; Sharon R. Kimmel; Lawrence C. Kleinman MD, MPH; and Mark J. Young MD (Article)
Role of alpha-synuclein carboxy-terminus on fibril formation in vitro., Ian V J Murray, Benoit I Giasson, Shawn M. Quinn DO, Vishwanath Koppaka, Paul H Axelsen, Harry Ischiropoulos, John Q Trojanowski, and Virginia M-Y Lee (Article)
Lehigh Valley Hospital makes open heart surgery an ideal patient experience, N/A (Article)
Scanning medication barcodes improves accuracy at Lehigh Valley Hospital, N/A (Article)
PACS reading room design., Paul Nagy, Eliot Siegel, Thomas Hanson, Laura Kreiner, Ken Johnson, and Bruce Reiner (Article)
Health professionals with physical disabilities., Michelle Nashleanas (Article)
Worldwide distribution of Waardenburg syndrome., Chetan Nayak and Glenn Isaacson (Article)
Alternate stoichiometries of alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors., Mark E Nelson, Alexander Kuryatov, Catherine H Choi, Yan Zhou, and Jon Lindstrom (Article)
Use of liver grafts from donors positive for antihepatitis B-core antibody (anti-HBc) in the era of prophylaxis with hepatitis-B immunoglobulin and lamivudine., Jose R Nery, Caio Nery-Avila, K Rajender Reddy, Robert Cirocco, Deborah Weppler, David M Levi, Seigo Nishida, Juan Madariaga, Tomoaki Kato, Phillip Ruiz, Eugene Schiff, and Andreas G Tzakis (Article)
Optimal type of uterine incision in cesarean delivery of the low birth weight nonvertex fetus, D Netto, C Ananth, A Fuks, P Vistintainer, U Verma, and William E. Scorza MD (Article)
Bilateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia., Holly L Neville, Tom Jaksic, Jay M Wilson, Pamela A Lally, William D Hardin, Ronald B Hirschl, and Kevin P Lally (Article)
One-year survival in patients with acute myocardial infarction and a saphenous vein graft culprit treated with primary angioplasty., Thanh T Nguyen, William W O'Neill, Cindy L Grines, Gregg W Stone, Bruce R Brodie, David A Cox, Lorelei L Grines, Judith A Boura, and Simon R Dixon (Article)
Diagnosis and management of neuropathic pain: a balanced approach to treatment., Bruce Nicholson MD (Article)
Responsible prescribing of opioids for the management of chronic pain., Bruce Nicholson MD (Article)
Identification of binding sites for members of the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein transcription factor family in the simian immunodeficiency virus long terminal repeat., Michael R Nonnemacher, Tricia H Hogan, Shane J Quiterio MD, Brian Wigdahl, Andrew Henderson, and Fred C Krebs (Article)
Sequence variations in the collagen IX and XI genes are associated with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis., N Noponen-Hietala, E Kyllönen, M Männikkö, E Ilkko, J Karppinen, J Ott, and L Ala-Kokko (Article)
Mild pyelectasis: evaluating the relationship between gestational age and renal pelvic anterior-posterior diameter., Anthony O Odibo; Dominic Marchiano; Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; Deborah Riesch; Jim F X Egan; and George A Macones (Article)
What antepartum fetal test should guide the timing of delivery of the preterm growth-restricted fetus? A decision analysis, A Odibo; Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; K Lawrence; and G Macones (Article)
Sickle cell disease: continuous arterial spin-labeling perfusion MR imaging in children., Kader K Oguz, Xavier Golay, Francesca B Pizzini, Catherine A Freer, Nevada Winrow, Rebecca Ichord, James F Casella, Peter C M van Zijl, and Elias R Melhem (Article)
Spontaneous pneumothorax as the first manifestation of lymphoma: a rare presentation and the importance of diagnostic biopsy., Maureen Okam; Mohammad Alsolaiman; Alan Brau; Mariette Austin MD, PhD; and Matthew Plymyer (Article)
Report from the Radiation Oncology Committee of the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG): Research Objectives Workshop 2003., Paul Okunieff, Raymond E Meyn, Beverly A Teicher, Charles R Thomas, Laurie E Gaspar, David Raben, Shankar Giri, Robert S Lavey, Andrew T Turrisi, Gregory P Swanson, and Stephen R Smalley (Article)
Improved postoperative outcomes with stentless aortic valve: a community hospital experience., S A Olenchock, J F Reed, A Brown, and F M Garzia (Article)
Management of Menstrual Problems in Adolescents with Special Health Care Needs, Hataim Omar (Article)
Our adolescents--our future., Hatim Omar MD (Article)
Adolescent violence prevention: a case presentation., Hatim Omar MD and Joan Griffith (Article)
Educating adolescents about puberty: what are we missing?, Hatim Omar MD, Darby McElderry, and Rana Zakharia (Article)
The John and Dorothy Morgan Cancer Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital In the Top 1 Percent Nationally for Outpatient Satisfaction, Oncology Issues (Article)
The use of D-dimer in emergency room patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis: a test whose time has come., Christopher T. Oswald MD, V Menon, and G A Stouffer (Article)