2013
Everything was spiraling out of control: experiences of anxiety in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease., Samer Alkhuja MD (Article)
Physical activity in people with COPD, using the National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey (NHANES) dataset (2003-2006)., Samer Alkhuja MD (Article)
Cognitive impairment and medication adherence in outpatients with heart failure., Samer Alkhuja MD and Kristen Duffy (Article)
Practice of excessive FIO2 and effect on pulmonary outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with acute lung injury., Samer Alkhuja and Kristen Duffy (Article)
Testing the prognostic value of rapid shallow breathing index in predicting successful weaning of patients from prolonged mechanical ventilation., Samer Alkhuja and Kristen Duffy (Article)
Bronchodilator responsiveness in patients with chronic heart failure., Samer Alkhuja, Natalya Gazizov MD, and Mary Ellen Alexander (Article)
Caring for a spouse with end-stage heart failure through implantation of a left ventricular assist device as a destination therapy., Samer Alkhuja, Natalya Gazizov MD, and Mary Ellen Alexander (Article)
Considerations in women with hypertension., Samer Alkhuja, Natalya Gazizov MD, and Mary Ellen Alexander (Article)
Sleeptalking! Sleepwalking! Side effects of montelukast., Samer Alkhuja MD, Natalya Gazizov MD, and Mary Ellen Alexander (Article)
Pneumomediastinum Complicating Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Boerhaave's Syndrome., Samer Alkhuja, Natalya Gazizov MD, and Gervais Charles (Article)
In the eye of the storm: iodinated contrast medium induced thyroid storm presenting as cardiopulmonary arrest., Samer Alkhuja MD, Ronald Pyram, and Olutunde Odeyemi MD (Article)
Management of ileus and small-bowel obstruction following benign gynecologic surgery., Arielle M Allen, Danielle D Antosh, Cara L Grimes, Catrina C Crisp, Aimee L Smith, Sarah Friedman, Brook L McFadden, Robert E Gutman, and Rebecca G Rogers (Article)
A very unusual acute complication of pacemaker implantation., Gregory T Altemose (Article)
Ezogabine: a novel antiepileptic for adjunctive treatment of partial-onset seizures., Celene M Amabile and Arvind Vasudevan (Article)
Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma during Pregnancy., Martin Miguel Amor, Aedan Olaso MD, Robert Atienza, Benjamin Stueben, Seth Cohen, and Plamen Kossev (Article)
A case-control study of risk factors for ileus and bowel obstruction following benign gynecologic surgery., Danielle D Antosh, Cara L Grimes, Aimee L Smith, Sarah Friedman, Brook L McFadden, Catrina C Crisp, Arielle M Allen, Robert E Gutman, and Rebecca G Rogers (Article)
Breastfeeding and Tacrolimus: Is it a Reasonable Approach?, Vincent T. Armenti MD, PhD; Michael J. Moritz MD; and John M. Davison MD (Article)
Attentional bias in injection phobia: overt components, time course, and relation to behavior., Thomas Armstrong, Adam Hemminger, and Bunmi O Olatunji (Article)
Association of Dietary and Supplemental Iron and Colorectal Cancer in a Population-Based Study, Joseph H. Ashmore; Samuel M. Lesko; Paige E. Miller; Joshua E. Muscat; Junjia Zhu; Jason Liao; Gregory R. Harper MD, PhD; Philip Lazarus; and Terryl J Hartman (Article)
Jejunojejunal Intussusception After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, John Ashurst DO and Bryan G. Kane MD (Article)
The heart team approach to acute type A dissection: a new paradigm in the era of the integrated Penn classification and the Essen concept., John G T Augoustides, Prakash A Patel, Joseph S Savino, and Joseph E. Bavaria MD (Article)
Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of major adverse cardiac events among diabetic population: a 4-year follow-up study., Basem Azab, Vinod Chainani, Neeraj Shah, and Joseph T McGinn (Article)
The value of the pretreatment albumin/globulin ratio in predicting the long-term survival in colorectal cancer., Basem Azab, Shiksha Kedia, Neeraj Shah, Steven Vonfrolio, William Lu, Ali Naboush, Farhan Mohammed, and Scott W Bloom (Article)
Pretreatment neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio is superior to platelet/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of long-term mortality in breast cancer patients., Basem Azab, Neeraj Shah, Jared Radbel, Pamela Tan, Vijaya Bhatt, Steven Vonfrolio, Ayman Habeshy, Antonio Picon, and Scott Bloom (Article)
QRS duration on electrocardiography and cardiovascular mortality (from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-III)., Apurva Omkar Badheka, Vikas Singh, Nileshkumar Jasmatbhai Patel, Abhishek Deshmukh, Neeraj Shah, Ankit Chothani, Kathan Mehta, Peeyush Grover, Ghanshyambhai Tulsibhai Savani, Sandeepkumar Gupta, Ankit Rathod, George Robert Marzouka, Raul David Mitrani, Mauro Moscucci, and Mauricio Gabriel Cohen (Article)
ST-T wave abnormality in lead aVR and reclassification of cardiovascular risk (from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-III)., Apurva O Badheka, Nileshkumar J Patel, Peeyush M Grover, Neeraj Shah, Vikas Singh, Abhishek Deshmukh, Kathan Mehta, Ankit Chothani, Michael Hoosien, Ankit Rathod, Ghanshyambhai T Savani, George R Marzouka, Sandeep Gupta, Raul D Mitrani, Mauro Moscucci, and Mauricio G Cohen (Article)
Predictors of J-point elevation in a cross sectional US cohort., Apurva O Badheka, Nileshkumar J Patel, Vikas Singh, Abhishek Deshmukh, Neeraj Shah, Peeyush Grover, Ankit Rathod, Ankit Chothani, Kathan Mehta, Ghanshyam Savani, Robert J Myerburg, Raul D Mitrani, and Mauricio G Cohen (Article)
Adding obesity to the problem list increases the rate of providers addressing obesity., Elaine Banerjee MD, MPH; Angela Gambler; and Corey Fogleman (Article)
Beta Blockade Protection of Bone Marrow Following Injury: A Critical Link between Heart Rate and Immunomodulation., Gregg M Baranski, Latha V Pasupuleti, Ziad C Sifri, Kristin M Cook, Walter D Alzate, Pranela Rameshwar, David H Livingston, and Alicia M Mohr (Article)
Comparative evaluation of the resolution of hydronephrosis in children who underwent open and robotic-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty., Joao A Barbosa, Alexander Kowal MD, Bulent Onal, Eder Gouveia, Michele Walters, Justin Newcomer, Jeanne Chow, and Hiep T Nguyen (Article)
Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines: Care of the Patient Following Anesthesia, Cheryl Barr BSN, RN, CPAN and Ruth Safi-Litz MSN, RN, CPAN (Article)
Is Cardiac Auscultation the Achilles' Heel of Sports Screening?, Michael J. Barrett MD; Matthew W. Martinez; and Francis G. O'Connor MD, MPH, FACSM (Article)
Training Mothers in Infant Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation With an Instructional DVD and Manikin., Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD; Valerie Rupp RN, BSN; Kimberly Hamilton BA; Charles C. Worrilow MD; James F. Reed III PhD; Kristin Friel MD; Stephen W. Dusza DrPH; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Article)
A decade of experience with injectable poly-L-lactic acid: a focus on safety., Cynthia L. Bartus MD, C William Hanke, and Elizabeth Daro-Kaftan (Article)
Acne and its management., S Alison Basak and Andrea L Zaenglein (Article)
The beta 1 tubulin R307H single nucleotide polymorphism is associated with treatment failures in immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)., Paul A Basciano, James Bussel, Zeeshan Hafeez, Paul J Christos, and Paraskevi Giannakakou (Article)
Paul Wood's ambulance training near Allentown., George S Bause (Article)
Point: Access to transcatheter aortic valve replacement should be limited to high-volume surgical centers., Joseph E. Bavaria MD (Article)
Can the bicuspid aortic valve be spared? The con position, with caveats and nuances., Joseph E. Bavaria MD, Caroline M Komlo, Tyler Rhode, and Prashanth Vallabhajosyula (Article)
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for type B dissection: a ubiquitous treatment option?, Joseph E. Bavaria MD and Wilson Y Szeto (Article)
Valve-sparing aortic root reimplantation and cusp repair in bicuspid aortic valve: with aortic insufficiency and root aneurysm., Joseph E. Bavaria MD, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Caroline Komlo, and Wilson Y Szeto (Article)
Hybrid approaches in the treatment of aortic arch aneurysms: postoperative and midterm outcomes., Joseph E. Bavaria MD, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Patrick Moeller, Wilson Szeto, Nimesh Desai, and Alberto Pochettino (Article)
Performance of a multi-disciplinary emergency department observation protocol for acetaminophen overdose., Gillian A. Beauchamp MD, Kimberly W Hart, Christopher J Lindsell, Michael S Lyons, Edward J Otten, Carol L Smith, Michael J Ward, and Stewart W Wright (Article)
Warfarin Users Prone to Coagulopathy in First 30 Days After Hospital Discharge From Gastric Bypass, Peter Bechtel MD, Richard Boorse MD, Peter Rovito MD, Thomas Daniel Harrison, and John J. Hong MD (Article)
Predictors of outcome in patients with spinal cord ischemia after open aortic repair., Danielle A Becker, Michael L McGarvey, Catherine Rojvirat, Joseph E. Bavaria MD, and Steven R Messé (Article)
Screening for developmental delay among children attending a rural community welfare clinic in Ghana., Ajediran I Bello, Jonathan N A Quartey, and Louisa A Appiah MD (Article)
The development of a validated checklist for thoracentesis: preliminary results., Dale Berg, Katherine Berg, Lee Ann Riesenberg, Danielle Weber, Daniel King, Kathleen Mealey, Ellen M Justice, Kevin Geffe DO, and Glen Tinkoff (Article)
The development of validated checklist for Foley catheterization: preliminary results., Katherine Berg, Dale Berg, Lee Ann Riesenberg, Kathleen Mealey, Arielle Schaeffer, Danielle Weber, Ellen M Justice, Joshua Davis, Kevin Geffe DO, and Glen Tinkoff (Article)
Optimizing the implementation of practice improvement modules in training: lessons from educators., Elizabeth Bernabeo, Sarah Hood, William Iobst, Eric Holmboe, and Kelly Caverzagie (Article)
Longest duration of retention of video capsule: A case report and literature review., Mukul Bhattarai, Pardeep Bansal, and Yakub Khan (Article)
Neutralizing the adverse prognosis of coronary artery calcium., Salman K Bhatti, James J DiNicolantonio, Becky K Captain, Carl J Lavie, Ales Tomek, and James H O'Keefe (Article)
The lady doth protest too much, methinks., Salman K Bhatti, James H O'Keefe, John C Hagan, and Carl J Lavie (Article)
Coffee and tea: perks for health and longevity?, Salman K Bhatti, James H O'Keefe, and Carl J Lavie (Article)
Volitional Pursed Lips Breathing in Patients With Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Improves Exercise Capacity, Surya P. Bhatt MD; T K. Luqman-Arafath; Arun K. Gupta; Anant Mohan; Jill C. Stoltzfus; Tanujit Dey PhD; Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; and Randeep Guleria (Article)
Effect of bioactive borate glass microstructure on bone regeneration, angiogenesis, and hydroxyapatite conversion in a rat calvarial defect model., Lianxiang Bi, Mohamed N Rahaman, Delbert E Day, Zackary Brown, Christopher Samujh MD, Xin Liu, Ali Mohammadkhah, Vladimir Dusevich, J David Eick, and Lynda F Bonewald (Article)
Evaluation of surveillance bias and the validity of the venous thromboembolism quality measure., Karl Y Bilimoria, Jeanette Chung, Mila H. Ju MD, Elliott R Haut, David J Bentrem, Clifford Y Ko, and David W Baker (Article)
Prevention of surgical site infections in high-risk patients with laparotomy incisions using negative-pressure therapy., Aaron U. Blackham MD, Jason P Farrah, Thomas P McCoy, Benjamin S Schmidt, and Perry Shen (Article)
Variation in susceptibility of human malignant melanomas to oncolytic vesicular stomatitis virus., Aaron U. Blackham MD, Scott A Northrup, Mark Willingham, Ralph B D'Agostino, Douglas S Lyles, and John H Stewart (Article)
Surgical management of colorectal cancer metastases to the liver: multimodality approach and a single institutional experience., Aaron U. Blackham MD, Katrina Swett, Edward A Levine, and Perry Shen (Article)
Perioperative complications of a modular stem fixed-bearing total ankle replacement with intramedullary guidance., Scott T Bleazey, Stephen A. Brigido MD, and Nicole M Protzman (Article)
Technique tip: percutaneous fixation of partial incongruous Lisfranc injuries in athletes., Scott T Bleazey, Stephen A. Brigido MD, and Nicole M Protzman (Article)
Effect of Subcutaneous Epinephrine/Saline/Local Anesthetic Versus Saline-Only Injection on Split-Thickness Skin Graft Donor Site Perfusion, Healing, and Pain, Sigrid A. Blome-Eberwein MD, Michael Abboud MD, Daniel D. Lozano MD, Rohit Sharma MD, Sherrine Eid MPH, and Christina C. Gogal BS (Article)
Fabry's Disease with LVOT Obstruction: Diagnosis and Management, Jacob R. Blount, James K. Wu, and Matthew W. Martinez (Article)
Adherence to Secondary Stroke Prevention in Children with Sickle Cell Anemia: Family and Child Perspectives, Lydia A. Boateng MD, Taryn Allen, Melanie Bonner, Courtney D. Thornburg, and Eve Puffer (Article)
Creating Incentives for Accountability in Patient Care, William Bond MD, MS (Article)
Conveying Gratitude, Richard Boulay MD (Article)
Leucine pulses enhance skeletal muscle protein synthesis during continuous feeding in neonatal pigs., Claire Boutry, Samer W El-Kadi, Agus Suryawan, Scott Wheatley MD, Renán A Orellana, Scot R Kimball, Hanh V Nguyen, and Teresa A Davis (Article)
Oxidative stress modulates vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype via CTGF in thoracic aortic aneurysm., Emanuela Branchetti, Paolo Poggio, Rachana Sainger, Eric Shang MD, Juan B Grau, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Eric K Lai, Michael S Parmacek, Robert C Gorman, Joseph H Gorman, Joseph E. Bavaria MD, and Giovanni Ferrari (Article)
Antioxidant enzymes reduce DNA damage and early activation of valvular interstitial cells in aortic valve sclerosis., Emanuela Branchetti, Rachana Sainger, Paolo Poggio, Juan B Grau, Jeffrey Patterson-Fortin, Joseph E. Bavaria MD, Michael Chorny, Eric Lai, Robert C Gorman, Robert J Levy, and Giovanni Ferrari (Article)
Aberrant functional network recruitment of posterior parietal cortex in Turner syndrome., Signe Bray, Fumiko Hoeft, David S. Hong MD, and Allan L Reiss (Article)
Mirabegron: β3-adrenergic receptor agonist for the treatment of overactive bladder., Mary Barna Bridgeman; Nicholas J Friia; Christina Taft; and Milisha Shah PharmD, BCPS, BCTXP (Article)
Pseudoaneurysm of the posterior tibial artery after manipulation under anesthesia of a total ankle replacement., Stephen A. Brigido MD, Scott T Bleazey, Timothy C Oskin, and Nicole M Protzman (Article)
A retrospective analysis evaluating allogeneic cancellous bone sponge for foot and ankle arthrodesis., Stephen A. Brigido MD, Scott T Bleazey, Nicole M Protzman, Albert D'Angelantonio, and Harold D Schoenhaus (Article)
HOXA2 haploinsufficiency in dominant bilateral microtia and hearing loss., Kerry K Brown PhD, Lucas M Viana, Cecilia C Helwig, Maria A Artunduaga, Lourdes Quintanilla-Dieck, Patricia Jarrin, Gabriel Osorno, Barbara McDonough, Steven R DePalma, Roland D Eavey, Jonathan G Seidman, and Christine E Seidman (Article)
Interobserver reliability of classification and characterization of proximal humeral fractures: a comparison of two and three-dimensional CT., Wendy E Bruinsma, Thierry G Guitton, Jon J P Warner, and David Ring (Article)
Reliability of the non-instrumented walk test in persons with Parkinson's disease., Mon S Bryant, Diana H Rintala, Jyh-Gong Hou, and Elizabeth J Protas (Article)
Malignant pleural effusion: is CT pulmonary angiogram needed?, Saranya Buppajarntham, Marvin Lu, Mahek Shah, Parichart Junpaparp, and Prasit Phowthongkum (Article)
3-Dimensional Ultrasound Assisted Counseling for Conjoined Twins, Courtney R. Burans MS, CGC; John C. Smulian MD, MPH; Meredith Rochon MD; Joann Lutte RDMS; and William D. Hardin Jr, MD, FACS, FAAP (Article)
Near-infrared lymphography as a minimally invasive modality for imaging lymphatic reconstitution in a rat orthotopic hind limb transplantation model., Kate J Buretta, Gabriel A Brat, Joani M Christensen, Zuhaib Ibrahim, Johanna Grahammer, Georg J Furtmüller, Hiroo Suami, Damon S Cooney, W P Andrew Lee, Gerald Brandacher, and Justin M Sacks (Article)
Pilot Testing of the Function Focused Care Intervention on an Acute Care Trauma Unit, Tamara L. Burket MSN, ACNS-BC, GCNS-BC, CCRN, FGNLA; Dawn Hippensteel MS; Janice Penrod PhD, RN, FGSA; and Barbara Resnick PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP (Article)
Defining treatment and outcomes of hepaticojejunostomy failure following pancreaticoduodenectomy., Richard A. Burkhart MD; Daniel Relles MD; Danielle M. Pineda; Salil Gabale; Patricia K. Sauter; Ernest L. Rosato; Leonidas G. Koniaris; Harish Lavu; Eugene P. Kennedy; Charles J. Yeo MD, FACS; and Jordan M Winter (Article)
Molecular characterization of a transformation from primary myelofibrosis into polycythemia vera: a case report., Matthew J Butler, Paul I Roda, and Patrick Dorion (Article)
Regulatory motifs in Chk1., Michael L Caparelli and Matthew J O'Connell (Article)
Nurse Residency Programs: What Nurses Need to Know, Cynthia A. Cappel MSN, RN-BC1; Patricia L. Hoak; and Patricia Karo MSEd, BSN, RN-BC (Article)
Achieving Succession Planning and Implementation: One Healthcare Network's Story, Terry A. Capuano MBA, MSN, RN, FACHE, NE-BC and Richard MacKenzie MD (Article)
Medical Student Perceptions of Hospital Discharge Transitions in Care, Beth Careyva MD, Danielle Snyderman, and Gretchen Diemer (Article)
Prescribing Prevention: Why Infection Control is the Best Medicine, Emilie Carlino (Article)
Closure of patent foramen ovale versus medical therapy after cryptogenic stroke., John D Carroll, Jeffrey L Saver, David E Thaler, Richard W Smalling, Scott Berry, Lee A MacDonald, David S Marks, David L Tirschwell, and Bryan W. Kluck DO (Article)
"What can I do to improve your care today?"--one question closer to patient-centered care., Andrew Carson-Stevens, Aled Jones, Anna Sofie Hansen, alexandra printz, Eva Patel, Jay Bhatt, and Sukhmeet S Panesar (Article)
Analysis of naïve lung CD4 T cells provides evidence of functional lung to lymph node migration., Stephane M Caucheteux, Parizad Torabi-Parizi, and William E Paul (Article)
The internal medicine reporting milestones and the next accreditation system., Kelly J Caverzagie, William F Iobst, Eva M Aagaard, Sarah Hood, Davoren A Chick, Gregory C Kane, Timothy P Brigham, Susan R Swing, Lauren B Meade, Hasan Bazari, Roger W Bush, Lynne M Kirk, Michael L Green, Kevin T Hinchey, and Cynthia D Smith (Article)
Abdominal implantation of testicles in the management of intractable testicular pain in Fournier gangrene., Cyrus C Chan, Khaled Shahrour, Ronald D Collier MD, Marlene Welch, Shiliang Chang, and Mallory Williams (Article)
Extrasynaptic muscarinic acetylcholine receptors on neuronal cell bodies regulate presynaptic function in Caenorhabditis elegans., Jason P Chan, Trisha A Staab, Han Wang, Chiara Mazzasette, Zara Butte, and Derek Sieburth (Article)
Alternative Grafts in Anterior Cervical Fusion., Fangxiang Chen, Wenzhuan He, Kelly Mahaney, Jennifer Noeller, Nakhle E. Mhanna, Stephen Viljoen, James Torner, and Patrick W. Hitchon (Article)
Malignant hyperthermia during laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding., Josue Chery, Chiba Shintaro, Ambibola Pratt, Ronell Kirkley, Barbara Hearne, Andrew Beyzman, and Piotr Gorecki (Article)
Redefining Leadership and Medical Teams., Jennifer Chevinsky (Article)
Radiation-induced dermatitis with vemurafenib therapy., Thomas M Churilla, Varun K Chowdhry, Dorothy Pan, Gustavo de la Roza, Timothy Damron, and Michael A Lacombe (Article)
Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131) subclone H30 as an emergent multidrug-resistant pathogen among US veterans., Aylin Colpan MD, Brian Johnston, Stephen Porter, Connie Clabots, Ruth Anway, Lao Thao, Michael A Kuskowski, Veronika Tchesnokova, Evgeni V Sokurenko, and James R Johnson (Article)
Antiphospholipid Antibody-Associated Non-Infective Mitral Valve Endocarditis Successfully Treated with Medical Therapy, Tahmeed Contractor MD, Adrian C. Bell DO, Atul Khasnis, Bruce J. Silverberg MD, and Matthew W. Martinez (Article)
Addressing the Controversy of Rate-versus-Rhythm Control in Atrial Fibrillation, Tahmeed Contractor MD, Vadim A. Levin MD, Ravi V. Desai MD, and Francis E. Marchlinski MD (Article)