2005
Finding the right turnaround firm. Seeking outside help. Know when to get assistance and be sure to find experts., Thomas Kennedy and James Edwards (Article)
Self-assessment in the measurement of public health workforce preparedness for bioterrorism or other public health disasters., Dave S Kerby; Michael W Brand; David L Johnson; and Farooq S S. Ghouri DO, MPH (Article)
DNA immunization with Na+-K+ ATPase (Sseat-6) induces protective immunity to larval Strongyloides stercoralis in mice., Laura A Kerepesi, Paul B Keiser, Thomas J Nolan, Gerhard A Schad, David Abraham, and Thomas B Nutman (Article)
Protective immunity to the larval stages of onchocerca volvulus is dependent on Toll-like receptor 4., Laura A Kerepesi, Ofra Leon, Sarah Lustigman, and David Abraham (Article)
Pegylated interferon alpha-2a with or without ribavirin in HCV/HIV coinfection: partially blinded, randomized multicenter trial., Mandana Khalili; David Bernstein; Ellen Lentz; Christine Barylski; and Margaret Hoffman-Terry MD, FACP (Article)
A Rare Case of Primary Amyloidosis, Presenting with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension and Bilateral Pleural Effusion, Maged Khalil MD (Article)
Granulocytic Sarcoma (GS) as First Manifestation of AML., Maged Khalil MD (Article)
Isolated, Idiopathic Splenic Vein Thrombosis, Presenting with Massive Lower GI Bleeding, Maged Khalil MD (Article)
Multiple Myeloma Presenting as Pulmonary, Gastric and Epidural Extramedullary Plasmacytomas: Synchronous Presentation., Maged Khalil MD (Article)
Plasmapheresis as a Therapeutic Option for Castleman’s Disease [CD]., Maged Khalil MD (Article)
Hepatocellular carcinoma in an African American man with a noncirrhotic liver presented initially as an occipital mass., Maged Khalil MD, Padjama Sai, Zili He, Ashraf Aziz, William Steier, Shetra Sivamurthy, Ming Liu, and Madhumati Kalavar (Article)
Epithelioid Angiosarcoma of the Small Intestine After Occupational Exposure to Radiation and Polyvinyl Chloride: A case Report and Review of Literature., Maged Khalil MD, Asha Thomas, Adel Aassad, Moshe Rubin, and Robert N Taub (Article)
Application of spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of abdominal visceral pain syndromes: case reports., Yasin N Khan MD, Shariq S Raza, and Elizabeth A Khan MD (Article)
Predicting seizure frequency after epilepsy surgery., John S Khoury, Ronald S Winokur, Joseph I Tracy, and Michael R Sperling (Article)
Open vs. closed hemorrhoidectomy., Indru Khubchandani MD (Article)
Calcaneal tumors and tumor-like conditions., William B Kilgore and William M Parrish (Article)
Rheumatoid arthritis in the cervical spine., David H Kim and Alan S Hilibrand (Article)
Induction of apolipoprotein E expression by TR4 orphan nuclear receptor via 5' proximal promoter region., Eungseok Kim; Zhi-Ming Yang MD, PhD; Ning-Chun Liu; and Chawnshang Chang (Article)
Preclinical evaluation of a novel episcleral cyclosporine implant for ocular graft-versus-host disease., Hyuncheol Kim, Karl G Csaky, Brian C Gilger, James P Dunn, Susan S Lee, Marcus Tremblay, Francisco de Monasterio, Ginger Tansey, Peng Yuan, Peter M Bungay, Robert J Lutz, and Michael R Robinson (Article)
Small Airway Morphometry and Improvement in Pulmonary Function After Lung Volume Reduction Surgery., Victor Kim MD; Gerard J. Criner MD, FCCP; Heba Y. Durra MD; John P. Gaughan PhD; Satoshi Furukawa MD; and Charalambos C. Solomides MD (Article)
Extracellular Matrix Changes in the Umbilical Arteries of Growth-Restricted Fetuses, Wendy L. Kinzler MD; John C. Smulian MD, MPH; C Andrew Kistler; Rita A. Hahn MS; Peihong Zhou MS; and Marion K. Gordon PhD (Article)
Müllerian agenesis and ovarian torsion. A case report and review of literature., Sari L Kives, Sheldon J Bond, and Eduardo Lara-Torre (Article)
Central memory self/tumor-reactive CD8+ T cells confer superior antitumor immunity compared with effector memory T cells., Christopher A Klebanoff, Luca Gattinoni, Parizad Torabi-Parizi, Keith Kerstann, Adela R Cardones, Steven E Finkelstein, Douglas C Palmer, Paul A Antony, Sam T Hwang, Steven A Rosenberg, Thomas A Waldmann, and Nicholas P Restifo (Article)
Proximal femoral replacement for the treatment of periprosthetic fractures., Gregg R Klein, Javad Parvizi, Venkat Rapuri, Christopher F Wolf, William J Hozack, Peter F Sharkey, and James J Purtill (Article)
Reviewing the reviewers: comparison of review quality and reviewer characteristics at the American Journal of Roentgenology., Mark A Kliewer, K S. Freed, David M DeLong, Perry J Pickhardt, and James M Provenzale (Article)
Pretest probability assessment derived from attribute matching., Jeffrey A Kline, Charles L Johnson, Charles V Pollack, Deborah B Diercks, Judd E Hollander, Craig D Newgard, and J Lee Garvey (Article)
Predictors of elevated B-type natriuretic peptide concentrations in dyspneic patients without heart failure: an analysis from the breathing not properly multinational study., Cathrine W Knudsen, Paul Clopton, Arne Westheim, Tor Ole Klemsdal, Alan H B Wu, Philippe Duc, James McCord, Richard M Nowak, Judd E Hollander, Alan B Storrow, William T Abraham, Peter A McCullough, Alan S Maisel, and Torbjørn Omland (Article)
Impact of atrial fibrillation on the diagnostic performance of B-type natriuretic peptide concentration in dyspneic patients: an analysis from the breathing not properly multinational study., Cathrine Wold Knudsen, Torbjørn Omland, Paul Clopton, Arne Westheim, Alan H B Wu, Philippe Duc, James McCord, Richard M Nowak, Judd E Hollander, Alan B Storrow, William T Abraham, Peter A McCullough, and Alan Maisel (Article)
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in symptomatic vertebrobasilar atherosclerosis and dissection., Sebastian Koch, Murtaza Amir, Alejandro A Rabinstein, Yolanda Reyes-Iglesias, Jose G Romano, and Alejandro Forteza (Article)
Carotid artery angioplasty and stent placement for recurrent stenosis., Christopher J Koebbe, Kenneth Liebman, Erol Veznedaroglu, and Robert Rosenwasser (Article)
The role of carotid angioplasty and stenting in carotid revascularization., Christopher J Koebbe, Kenneth Liebman, Erol Veznedaroglu, and Robert Rosenwasser (Article)
Enzyme inhibitor screening using a homogeneous proximity-based immunoassay for estradiol., Leena Kokko, Nina Johansson, Timo Lövgren, and Tero Soukka (Article)
A multicenter evaluation of utility of chest computed tomography and bone scans in liver transplant candidates with stages I and II hepatoma., Baburao Koneru, Lewis W Teperman, Cosme Manzarbeitia, Marcelo Facciuto, Kyunghee Cho, David Reich, Patricia Sheiner, Adrian Fisher, Khristian Noto, Alec Goldenberg, Maria Korogodsky, and Donna Campbell (Article)
Can molecular imaging predict response to preoperative chemoradiation in patients with rectal cancer? A Fox Chase Cancer Center prospective experience., Andre Konski, John Hoffman, Elin Sigurdson, Oleh Haluszka, Paul Engstrom, Jonathan D Cheng, Steven J Cohen, James C Watson, Debra Eisenberg, Eileen McGarrity, Gary Freedman, and Neal J Meropol (Article)
The Influence of Mode of Delivery on Twin Neonatal Mortality in the US: Variance by Birth Weight Discordance, Eftichia V. Kontopoulos MD; Cande V. Ananth PhD, MPH; John C. Smulian MD, MPH; and Anthony M. Vintzileos MD (Article)
Maternal Anterior Sacral Meningocele in Pregnancy, Eftichia V. Kontopoulos MD; Yinka Oyelese MD; Carl A. Nath MD; Marlene Schwebel JD, CNS, RNC; John C. Smulian MD, MPH; and Anthony M. Vintzileos MD (Article)
Functional Status Assessment by the Medical Outcome Survey Short Form(SF-36) in the Lowering of Vascular Atherosclerotic Risk Study, Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP (Article)
Clinical Outcomes in Non-Diabetic Participants with Cardiovascular r Metabolic Syndrome in the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial, Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP; Barry R. Davis MD, PhD; and H R. Black MD (Article)
Slowing Progression Along the Renal Disease Continuum., Nelson P Kopyt DO (Article)
Sexual dysfunction and cardiac risk (the Second Princeton Consensus Conference)., John B Kostis, Graham Jackson, Raymond Rosen, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Kevin Billups, Arthur L Burnett, Culley Carson, Melvin Cheitlin, Robert Debusk, Vivian Fonseca, Peter Ganz, Irwin Goldstein, Andre Guay, Dimitris Hatzichristou, Judd E Hollander, Adolph Hutter, Stuart Katz, Robert A Kloner, Murray Mittleman, Francesco Montorsi, Piero Montorsi, Ajay Nehra, Richard Sadovsky, and Ridwan Shabsigh (Article)
Sexual dysfunction and cardiac risk (the Second Princeton Consensus Conference)., John B Kostis, Graham Jackson, Raymond Rosen, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Kevin Billups, Arthur L Burnett, Culley Carson, Melvin Cheitlin, Robert Debusk, Vivian Fonseca, Peter Ganz, Irwin Goldstein, Andre Guay, Dimitris Hatzichristou, Judd E Hollander, Adolph Hutter, Stuart Katz, Robert A Kloner, Murray Mittleman, Francesco Montorsi, Piero Montorsi, Ajay Nehra, Richard Sadovsky, and Ridwan Shabsigh (Article)
Long-term effect of diuretic-based therapy on fatal outcomes in subjects with isolated systolic hypertension with and without diabetes., John B. Kostis MD, PhD; Alan C. Wilson PhD; Ronald S. Freudenberger MD; Nora M. Cosgrove RN, BS; Sara L. Pressel MS; and Barry R. Davis MD, PhD (Article)
My patient gave me a second chance., Michael A Krafczyk (Article)
Creation of Hospital Surge Capacity by the Early Discharge of Inpatients, Chadd K. Kraus DO (Article)
Going the Distance: Epidemiology of Participant Injuries and Description of On-Site Medical Services During the Baltimore Marathon, 2002-2004, Chadd K. Kraus DO (Article)
Middle cerebral artery spasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: detection with transcranial color-coded duplex US., Jaroslaw Krejza, Jan Kochanowicz, Zenon Mariak, Janusz Lewko, and Elias R Melhem (Article)
Age and sex variability and normal reference values for the V(MCA)/V(ICA) index., Jaroslaw Krejza, Piotr Szydlik, David S Liebeskind, Jan Kochanowicz, Oleg Bronov, Zenon Mariak, and Elias R Melhem (Article)
Quantitative diffusion tensor imaging of the brain in young adults shows age-related structural changes in gray and white matter., J Krejza and E R Melhem (Article)
Complications of anticoagulation with heparin., Mahesh Krishnamurthy and Michael L Freedman (Article)
Diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolus in patients with mucinous variant adenocarcinoma., T V Kucher, S L Oleski, and S Keeney (Article)
Positron emission tomography in Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome., K Kulkarni, M R Sperling, and C Intenzo (Article)
Ultrasound guided cytological aspiration of supraclavicular lymph nodes in patients with suspected lung cancer., M Kumaran, R E Benamore, R Vaidhyanath, S Muller, C J Richards, M D Peake, and J J Entwisle (Article)
Safety and success of kidney transplantation and concomitant immunosuppression in HIV-positive patients., Mysore S Anil Kumar, Debra R Sierka, Anna M Damask, Billie Fyfe, Robert F McAlack, Michael Heifets, Michael J. Moritz MD, Daniel Alvarez, and Aparna Kumar (Article)
Steroid avoidance in renal transplantation using basiliximab induction, cyclosporine-based immunosuppression and protocol biopsies., Mysore S Anil Kumar, Sheng-Guang Xiao, Billie Fyfe, Debra Sierka, Michael Heifets, Michael J. Moritz MD, Muhammad I Saeed, and Aparna Kumar (Article)
Colony forming unit levels of salivary Lactobacilli and Streptococcus mutans in orthodontic patients., Ari Kupietzky, Amith K. Majumdar DMD, Zia Shey, Robert Binder, and Pamela B Matheson (Article)
Mechanical properties of retrieved highly cross-linked crossfire liners after short-term implantation., Steven M Kurtz, William Hozack, Joseph Turner, James Purtill, Daniel MacDonald, Peter Sharkey, Javad Parvizi, Michael Manley, and Richard Rothman (Article)
Atypical presentation of shock from acute adrenal insufficiency in an adolescent male., Maria Y Kwok, Matthew C Scanlon, and Arnold H Slyper (Article)
A critical analysis of the literature regarding surgical approach and outcome for adult low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis., Brian K Kwon, Alan S Hilibrand, Kelly Malloy, Paul E Savas, Marco T Silva, Todd J Albert, and Alexander R Vaccaro (Article)
Mycobacterium thermoresistibile infection following knee-replacement surgery., Vincent J LaBombardi, Lalita G. Shastry MD, and Henry Tischler (Article)
Randomized prospective trial of early steroid withdrawal compared with low-dose steroids in renal transplant recipients using serial protocol biopsies to assess efficacy and safety., Mark R Laftavi, Rabie Stephan, Barbara Stefanick, Romesh Kohli, Fadi Dagher, Mary Applegate, John O'Keefe, Drew Pierce, Andrea Rubino, Haley Guzowski, Nicolae Leca, Merril Dayton, and Oleh Pankewycz (Article)
Role of adjuvant therapy in the management of pancreatic cancer., Dan Laheru and Charles J Yeo (Article)
Comparison of retrobulbar and sub-Tenon's capsule injection of local anesthetic in vitreoretinal surgery., Michael M Lai, James C Lai, Wen-Hsiang Lee, John J Huang, Saurabh Patel, Howard S Ying, Michele Melia, Julia A Haller, and James T Handa (Article)
Clinically significant but unsuspected restless legs syndrome in patients with sleep apnea., Sowmya Lakshminarayanan, Kanchana Devi Paramasivan, Arthur S Walters, Mary L Wagner, Shivani Patel, and Vandna Passi (Article)
Deep disagreement, respect, and the role of women: some room for development., Stephen E Lammers (Article)
What wasn't discussed., Stephen E Lammers (Article)
Images in cardiovascular medicine. Infected patent ductus arteriosus., Ramarao S Lankipalli, Kevin Lax, Martin G Keane, F Michael Toca, Joseph E. Bavaria MD, Bonnie L Milas, Victor A Ferrari, Sridhar R Charagundla, and Frank E Silvestry (Article)
Gender differences in outcomes after primary angioplasty versus primary stenting with and without abciximab for acute myocardial infarction: results of the Controlled Abciximab and Device Investigation to Lower Late Angioplasty Complications (CADILLAC) trial., Alexandra J Lansky, Cody Pietras, Ricardo A Costa, Yoshihiro Tsuchiya, Bruce R Brodie, David A Cox, Eve D Aymong, Thomas D Stuckey, Eulogio Garcia, James E Tcheng, Roxana Mehran, Manuela Negoita, Martin Fahy, Ecaterina Cristea, Mark Turco, Martin B Leon, Cindy L Grines, and Gregg W Stone (Article)
What's new in adolescent contraception: what residents and teachers need to know., Eduardo Lara-Torre and Sari L Kives (Article)
Implementation of acute myocardial infarction guidelines in community hospitals., David M Larson, Scott W Sharkey, Barbara T Unger, and Timothy D Henry (Article)
Detection and partial characterization of a broad-range bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus plantarum (ATCC 8014), Bradley Lash (Article)
Sensitivity education for the healthcare team: An interdisciplinary model, J Lashock (Article)
The role of an online community for people with a rare disease: content analysis of messages posted on a primary biliary cirrhosis mailinglist., Judith N Lasker, Ellen D Sogolow, and Rebecca Sharim MD (Article)
Anomalous coronary arteries: a familial clustering., Joseph M Laureti, Karandeep Singh, and James Blankenship (Article)
Long-acting risperidone vs. placebo in the treatment of hospital inpatients with schizophrenia., John Lauriello, Joseph P McEvoy, Stephen Rodriguez, Cynthia A Bossie, and Robert A Lasser (Article)
Re: secondary malignancies in different forms of urinary diversion using isolated gut., John Lavelle, Patrick Shenot, Christopher Smith, and Michael B Chancellor (Article)
Addressing the challenge of providing nursing care for elderly men suffering from urethral erosion., Kimberly LeBlanc and Dawn Christensen (Article)
Thoracolumbar injury classification and severity score: a new paradigm for the treatment of thoracolumbar spine trauma., Joon Y Lee, Alexander R Vaccaro, Moe R Lim, F C Oner, R John Hulbert, Rune Hedlund, Michael G Fehlings, Paul Arnold, James Harrop, Christopher M Bono, Paul A Anderson, D Greg Anderson, Mitchel B Harris, Andrew K Brown, Gordon H Stock, and Eli M Baron (Article)
Histological analysis of a displaced femoral ring allograft spacer filled with a recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2-soaked collagen sponge. A case report., Joon Y Lee, Steven Zeiller, Lysandra Voltaggio, Moe R Lim, Alan S Hilibrand, Alexander R Vaccaro, D Greg Anderson, and Todd J Albert (Article)
Vascular collaborative rounds, Tami Lee (Article)
Understanding Discharge Instructions After Vascular Surgery: an Observational Study., Tami L Lee RN., BSN and Joanna L. Bokovoy DrPH., RN (Article)
Vascular disease: increasing community awareness, Tami Lee and Sallie Urffer MHA (Article)
LVHN Medical Residents 2005-2006, Lehigh Valley Health Network (Book)
Standard and minimally invasive approaches to the spine., Ronald A Lehman, Alexander R Vaccaro, Rudolf Bertagnoli, and Timothy R Kuklo (Article)
The high price of innovation., Gregory P Lekovic (Article)
Delayed inhibition of Nogo-A does not alter injury-induced axonal sprouting but enhances recovery of cognitive function following experimental traumatic brain injury in rats., P M Lenzlinger, S Shimizu, N Marklund, H J Thompson, M E Schwab, K E Saatman, R C Hoover, F M Bareyre, M Motta, A Luginbuhl, R Pape, A K Clouse, C Morganti-Kossmann, and T K McIntosh (Article)
Computerized physician order entry systems and medication errors., Donald L. Levick MD and Harry Lukens (Article)
You've Led the Horse to Water, Now How Do You Get Him to Drink: Managing Change and Increasing Utilization of Computerized Provider Order Entry, Donald Levick MD; Harry F. Lukens; and Paula L. Stillman MD, MBA (Article)
Discharge disposition of adolescents admitted to medical hospitals after attempting suicide., Leonard J Levine, Donald F Schwarz, Jesse Argon, David S Mandell, and Chris Feudtner (Article)
From the archives of the AFIP: abdominal neoplasms in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1: radiologic-pathologic correlation., Angela D Levy, Nandini Patel, Nancy Dow, Robert M Abbott, Markku Miettinen, and Leslie H Sobin (Article)
Duodenal carcinoids: imaging features with clinical-pathologic comparison., Angela D Levy, Leland D Taylor, Robert M Abbott, and Leslie H Sobin (Article)
Diminished lipoxin biosynthesis in severe asthma., Bruce D Levy, Caroline Bonnans, Eric S. Silverman MD, Lyle J Palmer, Gautham Marigowda, and Elliot Israel (Article)
The creation of a behavioral health unit as part of the emergency department: one community hospital's two-year experience., Christina Lewis; Gina Sierzega; and Diane Haines MSN, RN, CEN (Article)
Heterozygous ATR mutations in mismatch repair-deficient cancer cells have functional significance., Kriste A Lewis, Sally Mullany, M Bijoy Thomas MD, Jeremy Chien, Ralitsa Loewen, Viji Shridhar, and William A Cliby (Article)
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS, Steven L. Lewis MD and Joanne Lynn (Article)
Gene expression profiling and localization of Hoechst-effluxing CD45- and CD45+ cells in the embryonic mouse lung., Simon X Liang, Ross Summer, Xi Sun, and Alan Fine (Article)
Meta-analysis of survival and relief of angina pectoris after transmyocardial revascularization., Lawrence Liao, Antonio Sarria-Santamera, David B Matchar, Ayn Huntington, Shu Lin, David J Whellan, and David F Kong (Article)
Residency Reform: Anticipated Effects of ACGME Guidelines on General Surgery and Internal Medicine Residency Programs., Jayme D. Lieberman MD; Judith A. Olenwine MS, C-TAGME; William Finley; and Gary G. Nicholas MD, FACS (Article)
IL-27 subunits and its receptor (WSX-1) mRNAs are markedly up-regulated in inflammatory cells in the CNS during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis., Jifen Li, Bruno Gran, Guang-Xian Zhang, Abdolmohamad Rostami, and Malek Kamoun (Article)
Life-threatening thyrotoxicosis induced by combination therapy with PEG-interferon and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C., Yong Q. Lin MD; Xiangbing Wang MD, PhD, FACE; Meena S. Murthy MD, FACE; and Sumon Agarwala MD (Article)
Polymorphisms in signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 and lung function in asthma., Augusto A Litonjua, Kelan G Tantisira, Stephen Lake, Ross Lazarus, Brent G Richter, Stacey Gabriel, Eric S. Silverman MD, and Scott T Weiss (Article)