2007
Contrast-Induced Severe Hyponatremia in a Patient with Normal Kidney Function, Mahesh Krishnamurthy (Article)
Pay-for-performance and accountability., Mahesh Krishnamurthy (Article)
Role of caregivers and geriatricians in dementia., Mahesh Krishnamurthy (Article)
Operative probe scintimetry with indium and technetium for colorectal cancer., Joseph A Kuhn and Joshua Nochumson MD (Article)
Hyponatremia and vasopressin antagonism in congestive heart failure., Siva Kumar, Sharon Rubin, Paul J Mather, and David J Whellan (Article)
Paranasal sinus melanoma masquerading as chronic sinusitis and nasal polyposis., Brian Kung, Geoffrey R Deschenes, William Keane, Mary Cunnane, Marie-Paule Jacob-Ampuero, and Marc Rosen (Article)
Randomized controlled study of an intravitreous dexamethasone drug delivery system in patients with persistent macular edema., Baruch D Kuppermann, Mark S Blumenkranz, Julia A Haller, George A Williams, David V Weinberg, Connie Chou, and Scott M Whitcup (Article)
Nonoperative treatment of symptomatic spondylolysis., Mark F Kurd, Deepan Patel, Robert Norton, George Picetti, Brian Friel DO, and Alexander R Vaccaro (Article)
Measuring the attitudes and impact of the eighty-hour workweek rules on orthopaedic surgery residents., Sharat K Kusuma, Samir Mehta, Michael Sirkin MD, Adolph J Yates, Theodore Miclau, Kimberly J Templeton, and Gary E Friedlaender (Article)
The use of rigid internal fixation in the surgical management of cervical spondylosis., Brian K Kwon, Alexander R Vaccaro, Jonathan N Grauer, and John M Beiner (Article)
Reflux testing and imaging for endovenous ablation., Nicos Labropoulos and Babak Abai (Article)
Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm: etiology, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment., Vaishali Lafita MD, Marc A Borge, and Terrence C Demos (Article)
Decay accelerating factor can control T cell differentiation into IFN-gamma-producing effector cells via regulating local C5a-induced IL-12 production., Peter N Lalli PhD, Michael G Strainic, Feng Lin, M Edward Medof, and Peter S Heeger (Article)
Impact of rate-modulated pacing on quality of life and exercise capacity--evidence from the Advanced Elements of Pacing Randomized Controlled Trial (ADEPT)., Gervasio A Lamas; J David Knight; Michael O Sweeney; Marcus Mianulli; Vinod Jorapur; Koroush Khalighi MD, MS; James R Cook; Russell Silverman; Lawrence Rosenthal; Nancy Clapp-Channing; Kerry L Lee; and Daniel B Mark (Article)
Ulcerative colitis: diagnosis and treatment., Robert C Langan, Patricia B Gotsch, Michael A Krafczyk, and David D Skillinge (Article)
Health care costs decline after successful epilepsy surgery., J T Langfitt, R G Holloway, M P McDermott, S Messing, K Sarosky, A T Berg, S S Spencer, B G Vickrey, M R Sperling, C W Bazil, and S Shinnar (Article)
Worsening of quality of life after epilepsy surgery: effect of seizures and memory decline., J T Langfitt, M Westerveld, M J Hamberger, T S Walczak, D V Cicchetti, A T Berg, B G Vickrey, W B Barr, M R Sperling, D Masur, and S S Spencer (Article)
Stent Thrombosis Predictors in Everyday Practice: Insights from the 7000-Patient TAXUS ARRIVE Registry Program, John Lasala, David A. Cox MD, Stephen Mascioli, and Donald Baim (Article)
Great(er) expectations., John Lauriello (Article)
Carts and care. Roll out safer medication delivery and smoother workflow with mobile technology., Marjorie Lavin RN, CNRN, MS; Gina M. Sierzega MBA; David Pucklavage RN, BSN, CPM, SME; Dale Kleinbach RN, MHA; Christina C. Gogal BS; and Joanna L. Bokovoy DrPH, RN (Article)
Results of a phase II trial of transrectal ultrasound-guided permanent radioactive implantation of the prostate for definitive management of localized adenocarcinoma of the prostate (radiation therapy oncology group 98-05)., Colleen A Lawton, Michelle DeSilvio, W Robert Lee, Leonard Gomella, David Grignon, Michael Gillin, Gerard Morton, Thomas Pisansky, and Howard Sandler (Article)
Technology insight: brain MRI and cardiac surgery--detection of postoperative brain ischemia., Megan Leary MD and Louis R Caplan (Article)
Renal tubule necrosis and apoptosis modulation by A1 adenosine receptor expression., H T Lee, M Kim, M Jan, R B Penn, and C W Emala (Article)
Dietary Flaxseed Is Protective Against Lung Cancer Cell Proliferation And Tumor Growth In The Flanks Of Mice, J C. Lee, E Arguiri, G Cheng, C Solomides, and M Christofidou-Solomidou (Article)
Flaxseed Lignans Protect Against Acid Aspiration-Induced Acute Lung Injury In Vivo and H2O2-Induced Cell Death In Vitro, J C. Lee, E Arguiri, C Solomides, and M C. Solomidou (Article)
Dietary Flaxseed Prevents Fibrosis And Oxidative Lung Damage And Improves Mouse Survival In Experimental Thoracic Radiation Injury, J C. Lee, K Cengel, S Kanterakis, R Krochak, E Arguiri, C Solomides, and M Christofidou Solomidou (Article)
Dietary Flaxseed Reverses Radiation-Induced Alterations Of Gene Expression In Murine Lungs, J C. Lee, S Kanterakis, E Arguiri, C Solomides, K Cengel, and M Christofidou-Solomidou (Article)
Dietary Flaxseed is Protective in a Murine Model of Lung Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury, J C. Lee, C Solomides, E Arguiri, F Bhora, and M Christofidou-Solomidou (Article)
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy from JC virus in a patient with advanced mycosis fungoides., Jin Lee, Stephen K Richardson, Elias R Melhem, Alain H Rook, and Ellen J Kim (Article)
Assessment of injury to the thoracolumbar posterior ligamentous complex in the setting of normal-appearing plain radiography., Joon Y Lee, Alexander R Vaccaro, Karl M Schweitzer, Moe R Lim, Eli M Baron, Raja Rampersaud, F C Oner, R John Hulbert, Rune Hedlund, Michael G Fehlings, Paul Arnold, James Harrop, Christopher M Bono, Paul A Anderson, Alpesh Patel, D Greg Anderson, and Mitchel B Harris (Article)
Appropriate discontinuation of medications at the end of life: a need to establish consensus criteria., Seina P Lee, Kevin T Bain, and Vittorio Maio (Article)
Lehigh Valley Hospital at a Glance, Lehigh Valley Health Network (Article)
LVHN Medical Residents 2007-2008, Lehigh Valley Health Network (Book)
New World cranial deformation practices: historical implications for pathophysiology of cognitive impairment in deformational plagiocephaly., Gregory P Lekovic, Brenda Baker, Jill M Lekovic, and Mark C Preul (Article)
Role of Gamma Knife surgery in the management of pineal region tumors., Gregory P Lekovic, L Fernando Gonzalez, Andrew G Shetter, Randall W Porter, Kris A Smith, David Brachman, and Robert F Spetzler (Article)
Bone dowels in anterior lumbar interbody fusion., Gregory P Lekovic, Patrick P Han, Kathy J Kenny, and Curtis A Dickman (Article)
Litigation of missed cervical spine injuries in patients presenting with blunt traumatic injury., Gregory P Lekovic and Timothy R Harrington (Article)
A comparison of two techniques in image-guided thoracic pedicle screw placement: a retrospective study of 37 patients and 277 pedicle screws., Gregory P Lekovic, Eric A Potts, Dean G Karahalios, and Graham Hall (Article)
Referring physicians' attitudes toward international interpretation of teleradiology images., Neil Lester, Tyler Durazzo, Alan Kaye, Marilyn Ahl, and Howard P Forman (Article)
Hypertonic saline as a treatment for acute spinal cord injury: effects on somatic and autonomic outcomes as observed in a mouse model., Howard B. Levene MD, PhD; C Jamie Erb; John P Gaughan; Christopher M Loftus; Ronald F Tuma; and Jack I Jallo (Article)
Method to perform IV injections on mice using the facial vein., Howard B. Levene MD, PhD; M Zhang; C J Erb; J I Jallo; C M Loftus; and R F Tuma (Article)
Using image guidance tracking during balloon catheter dilation of sinus ostia., Douglas Leventhal, Ryan Heffelfinger, and Marc Rosen (Article)
Surgical treatment of capillary hemangiomas causing amblyopia., Michelle Levi, Shirah Schwartz-Jacobs, Francine Blei, Emily Ceisler, Mark Steele, Louis Furlan, Arthur Millman, and Sylvia R Kodsi (Article)
Interatrial conduction measured during biventricular pacemaker implantation accurately predicts optimal paced atrioventricular intervals., Vadim A. Levin MD, Margit Nemeth, Ilyas Colombowala, Ali Massumi, Abdi Rasekh, Jie Cheng, James A Coles, Michael R Ujhelyi, and Mehdi Razavi (Article)
Management and Outcomes of Full Thickness Chondral Defects of the Knee in Professional Basketball Players, Gabriel E. Lewullis (Article)
Podoplanin is a Highly Sensitive and Specific Marker to Distinguish Primary Skin Adnexal Carcinomas from Adenocarcinomas Metastatic to Skin., Haohai Liang; Hong Wu; Tamar A. Giorgadze; Dinesh Sariya; Kirsten S. Bellucci MD; Ranjitha Veerappan; Bernadette Liegl; Geza Acs; Rosalie Elenitsas; Shruti Shukla; George A. Youngberg; Philip S. Coogan; Theresa Pasha; Paul J. Zhang; and Xiaowei Xu MD, PhD (Article)
Long-term costs and resource use in elderly participants with congestive heart failure in the Cardiovascular Health Study., Lawrence Liao, Kevin J Anstrom, John S Gottdiener, Paul A Pappas, David J Whellan, Dalane W Kitzman, Gerard P Aurigemma, Daniel B Mark, Kevin A Schulman, and James G Jollis (Article)
Smooth muscle-targeted knockout of connexin43 enhances neointimal formation in response to vascular injury., Yongbo Liao, Christopher P Regan, Ichiro Manabe, Gary K Owens, Kathy H Day, Dave N Damon, and Brian R Duling (Article)
A unit model for collaborative practice: creating the ideal patient experience and practice environment., Diane M. Limoge RN, BSN, CCRN and Barbara Zuppa RN, BSN, Specialist (Article)
Contrast enhanced ultrasound flash replenishment method for directed prostate biopsies., Robert A Linden, Edouard J Trabulsi, Flemming Forsberg, Paul R Gittens, Leonard G Gomella, and Ethan J Halpern (Article)
SALICYLATE TOXICITY IN AN ADOLESCENT PRESENTING AS CHEST PAIN AFTER CHRONIC TOPICAL SALICYLATE USE, John D. Lindmark (Article)
Heat shock response in CHO mammalian cells is controlled by a nonlinear stochastic process., Ovidiu Lipan, Jean-Marc Navenot, Zixuan Wang, Lei Huang, and Stephen C Peiper (Article)
Homeostatic control of the crypt-villus axis by the bacterial enterotoxin receptor guanylyl cyclase C restricts the proliferating compartment in intestine., Peng Li, Jieru E Lin, Inna Chervoneva, Stephanie Schulz, Scott A Waldman, and Giovanni M Pitari (Article)
Guanylyl cyclase C suppresses intestinal tumorigenesis by restricting proliferation and maintaining genomic integrity., Peng Li, Stephanie Schulz, Alessandro Bombonati, Juan P Palazzo, Terry M Hyslop, Yihuan Xu, Amy A Baran, Linda D Siracusa, Giovanni M Pitari, and Scott A Waldman (Article)
Adiponectin improves endothelial function in hyperlipidemic rats by reducing oxidative/nitrative stress and differential regulation of eNOS/iNOS activity., Rong Li, Wen-Qing Wang, Haifeng Zhang, Xinchung Yang, Qian Fan, Theodore A Christopher, Bernard L Lopez, Ling Tao, Barry J Goldstein, Feng Gao, and Xin L Ma (Article)
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha in mechanic trauma plasma mediates cardiomyocyte apoptosis., Shuzhuang Li, Xiangying Jiao, Ling Tao, Huirong Liu, Yue Cao, Bernard L Lopez, Theodore A Christopher, and Xin L Ma (Article)
TNFalpha-initiated oxidative/nitrative stress mediates cardiomyocyte apoptosis in traumatic animals., Shuzhuang Li, Ling Tao, Xiangying Jiao, Huirong Liu, Yue Cao, Bernard Lopez, Rong-Hua Luan, Theodore Christopher, and Xin L Ma (Article)
CT-guided percutaneous cryotherapy of renal masses., Peter J Littrup, Abraham Ahmed, Hussein D Aoun, Daniel L Noujaim, Ted Harb MD, Sam Nakat, Khaled Abdallah, Barbara A Adam, Raghu Venkatramanamoorthy, Wael Sakr, J Edson Pontes, and Lance K Heilbrun (Article)
Immunohistochemical detection of p16INK4a in liquid-based cytology specimens on cell block sections., Haiyan Liu, Jianhui Shi, Myra Wilkerson, Yajue Huang, Steven Meschter, William Dupree, and Fan Lin (Article)
Teaching evidence-based medicine in otolaryngology., Jeffrey C Liu and Michael G Stewart (Article)
Squamous cell carcinoma masquerading as a vocal fold papilloma., Jeffrey C Liu and Lucian Sulica (Article)
Dicer-1, but not Loquacious, is critical for assembly of miRNA-induced silencing complexes., Xiang Liu; Joseph K Park; Feng Jiang MD, PhD; Ying Liu; Dennis McKearin; and Qinghua Liu (Article)
Increased IL-23p19 expression in multiple sclerosis lesions and its induction in microglia., Yonghai Li, Niansheng Chu, Aihua Hu, Bruno Gran, Abdolmohamad Rostami, and Guang-Xian Zhang (Article)
Inflammatory nodules mimic applicator track seeding after percutaneous ablation of renal tumors., R Peter Lokken, Debra A Gervais, Ronald S Arellano, Kemal Tuncali, Paul R Morrison, Servet Tatli MD, Peter R Mueller, and Stuart G Silverman (Article)
Clinically significant differences in the visual analog pain scale in acute vasoocclusive sickle cell crisis., Bernard L Lopez, Pamela Flenders, Linda Davis-Moon, Theodore Corbin, and Samir K Ballas (Article)
Stress fracture of the distal phalanx of the great toe in a professional ballet dancer: a case report., Sam L Lo, Adam C Zoga, Ilan Elias, Judith R Peterson, Wen Chao, Julie Green, and William B Morrison (Article)
Young-onset Parkinson's disease: hospital utilization and medical comorbidity in a nationwide survey., Elan D Louis, Claire Henchcliffe, Brian T Bateman, and Christian Schumacher (Article)
Retraction. Young-onset Parkinson's disease: hospital utilization and medical comorbidity in a nationwide survey., Elan D Louis, Claire Henchcliffe, Brian T Bateman, and H Christian Schumacher (Article)
Gimbernat y Arbós, Antonio de (1734-1816)., Marios Loukas, Abraham El-Sedfy, R Shane Tubbs, Sanjay Linganna MD, E George Salter, and Robert Jordan (Article)
Jean Casimir Félix Guyon--urologist and anatomist., Marios Loukas, Sanjay Linganna MD, and Robert Jordan (Article)
The clinical anatomy of the internal thoracic veins., M Loukas, M S Tobola, R S Tubbs, R G Louis, M Karapidis, I Khan, G Spentzouris, Sanjay Linganna MD, and B Curry (Article)
Prognostic significance of microalbuminuria in postdiarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome., Randall Lou-Meda, Robert S Oakes, Jarom N. Gilstrap MD, Christopher G Williams, and Richard L Siegler (Article)
Microcystic adnexal carcinoma arising within a nevus sebaceus., Nektarios I. Lountzis MD, Jacqueline Junkins-Hopkins, Marie Uberti-Benz, and Rosalie Elenitsas (Article)
Percutaneous Flexor Tenotomy-Office Procedure for Diabetic Toe Ulcerations., Nektarios I. Lountzis MD, John Parenti, Gerald Cush, Maria Urick, and O Fred Miller Iii (Article)
Bee Swarmings in Children, Frank LoVecchio DO, MPH; Jeffrey Algier MD; Anne-Michelle Ruha MD; Steven C. Curry MD; Kevin L. Wallace MD; Kimberley A. Graeme MD; and Robert D. Cannon DO (Article)
Pap Tests: New Technology Refines Diagnostics, Victoria A. Loven (Article)
Update on Cervical Cancel Screening, Victoria A. Loven (Article)
Prolonged coma after eszopiclone overdose, Brian D. Lovett MD, David Watts, and Michael Grossman (Article)
beta-Agonist enhances type 2 T-cell survival and accumulation., Matthew J Loza, Stephen P Peters, Susan Foster, Islam U Khan, and Raymond B Penn (Article)
Are CDC guidelines for prevention of intravascular catheter-related blood stream infections (CRBSI) effective in burn patients?, Daniel D. Lozano MD; Pamela A. Howard MD; Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein MD; Svetlana Konstantinova; and Deborah Fry MT (ASCP), MBA, CIC (Article)
Radiologists' ethical and professional obligations., Kay Denise Spong Lozano (Article)
Prosthodontic Management of Angular Cheilitis and Persistent Drooling: A Case Report, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD (Article)
Anxiety Control of Dental Patients by Clinical Combination of Acupuncture, Bi-Digital O-Ring Test, and Eye Movement Desensitization with Sedation via Submucosal Route, Dominic P. Lu DDS, FAGD; Gabriel P. Lu MD, PhD; and Winston I. Lu PharmD (Article)
P47: Impact of adding routine intraoperative endoscopy to laparoscopic gastric bypass for refractory morbid obesity: Multicenter prospective study, Laura Ludwig, Yannis Raftopoulos, Chris Haughn, Samuel Szomstein, Peter Rovito MD, Paul Rosenthal, and Roberto Bergamaschi (Article)
Credentialing Palliative Care Clinicians Using Portfolio-Based Evaluations, Lou Lukas (Article)
Techniques for Creating Deep, Lasting Organizational Change, Lou Lukas and Linda Drexinger Durishin MSN, RN (Article)
Safety of percutaneous injection of bovine dermal crosslinked collagen for glottic insufficiency., Quang Luu, Veling Tsai, Venkat R Mangunta MD, Gerald S Berke, and Dinesh K Chhetri (Article)
Does MRI After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer Accurately Predict Stage?, Ashima Lyall MD (Article)
Obese African-American women's perspectives on weight loss and bariatric surgery., Cheryl Sterling Lynch, Judy C Chang, Angela F Ford, and Said A Ibrahim (Article)
69: Implementation of Electronic Documentation and its Effect on Un-billable Units in the Emergency Department, Richard S. MacKenzie MD; Valerie Rupp RN, BSN; K Fredericks; M Allen; and L Moll (Article)
Bioabsorbable interbody spacers., Luke Madigan, Alexander R Vaccaro, Moe R Lim, and Joon Y Lee (Article)
Questionnaire study of neuromonitoring availability and usage for spine surgery., David P Magit, Alan S Hilibrand, Jessica Kirk, Glenn Rechtine, Todd J Albert, Alexander R Vaccaro, Andrew K Simpson, and Jonathan N Grauer (Article)
Incidence and predictors of very late recurrence of atrial fibrillation after ablation., Sumeet K Mainigi, William H Sauer, Joshua M Cooper, Sanjay Dixit, Edward P Gerstenfeld, David J Callans, Andrea M Russo, Ralph J Verdino, David Lin, Erica S Zado, and Francis E Marchlinski (Article)
Novel mutations in the small leucine-rich repeat protein/proteoglycan (SLRP) genes in high myopia., Marja Majava, Paul N Bishop, Pasi Hägg, Paul G Scott, Aine Rice, Chris Inglehearn, Christopher J Hammond, Tim D Spector, Leena Ala-Kokko, and Minna Männikkö (Article)
A report on 10 new patients with heterozygous mutations in the COL11A1 gene and a review of genotype-phenotype correlations in type XI collagenopathies., Marja Majava, Kristien P Hoornaert, Deborah Bartholdi, Mieke C Bouma, Katelijne Bouman, Marta Carrera, Koenraad Devriendt, Jane Hurst, George Kitsos, Dunja Niedrist, Michael B Petersen, Debbie Shears, Irene Stolte-Dijkstra, J M Van Hagen, Leena Ala-Kokko, Minna Männikkö, and Geert R Mortier (Article)
Effect of aprepitant on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous midazolam., Anup K Majumdar, Kerri X Yan, Diana V Selverian, Suna Barlas, Marvin Constanzer, James Dru, Jacqueline B McCrea, Tuli Ahmed, Glen S Frick, Walter K Kraft, Kevin J Petty, and Howard E Greenberg (Article)
EUS yield in evaluating biliary dilatation in patients with normal serum liver enzymes., Shahid Malik MD, Neeraj Kaushik, Asif Khalid, Kathy Bauer, Debra Brody, Adam Slivka, and Kevin McGrath (Article)
Feasibility of endoscopic sentinel node biopsy in the porcine neck., Kelly M Malloy, David M Cognetti, Bernadette M Wildemore, Mary F Cunnane, William M Keane, Edmund A Pribitkin, and David Rosen (Article)
Consortium for osteogenesis imperfecta mutations in the helical domain of type I collagen: regions rich in lethal mutations align with collagen binding sites for integrins and proteoglycans., Joan C Marini, Antonella Forlino, Wayne A Cabral, Aileen M Barnes, James D San Antonio, Sarah Milgrom, James C Hyland, Jarmo Körkkö, Darwin J Prockop, Anne De Paepe, Paul Coucke, Sofie Symoens, Francis H Glorieux, Peter J Roughley, Alan M Lund, Kaija Kuurila-Svahn, Heini Hartikka, Daniel H Cohn, Deborah Krakow, Monica Mottes, Ulrike Schwarze, Diana Chen, Kathleen Yang, Christine Kuslich, James Troendle, Raymond Dalgleish, and Peter H Byers (Article)
Directed bedside transthoracic echocardiography: preferred cardiac window for left ventricular ejection fraction estimation in critically ill patients., Dustin G Mark, Bon S Ku, Brendan G Carr, Worth W Everett, Olugbenga Okusanya, Annamarie Horan, Vicente H Gracias, and Anthony J Dean (Article)