2012
Value of platelet/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of all-cause mortality after non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction., Basem Azab, Neeraj Shah, Meredith Akerman, and Joseph T McGinn (Article)
Is the sympathetic system involved in shock-induced gut and lung injury?, Gregg M Baranski, Ziad C Sifri, Kristen M Cook, Walter D Alzate, David H Livingston, and Alicia M Mohr (Article)
Medical Knowledge Professional Growth Plan, Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD, Kevin R. Weaver DO, Michael B. Weigner MD, Bryan G. Kane MD, Dawn M. Yenser, and Donna M. Chormanski-Bigelow (Poster)
Big Things in Bariatric- Update on Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery, Peter Bechtel MD (Presentation)
Case of an Acute Dual Plaque Rupture, Adrian C. Bell DO, Amit N. Nanavati MD, and Sarang S. Mangalmurti MD (Poster)
Screening for PD: Risk Factor Analysis & Screening Efficacy, Elizabeth A. Berger DO (Presentation)
Transient apical ballooning and apical sparing variant stress cardiomyopathy in the same patient., Salman K Bhatti, Kevin A Bybee, Adnan Khalid, Anthony Magalski, and Michael L Main (Article)
Autoethnography: Incorporating Reflective Research into Medical Education, Casey Bonaquist DO, Breanna Henry DO, Erin McCall DO, Elissa Foster PhD, and Kristin Reihman MD (Poster)
The Effect of Pre-operative Coumadin Therapy on Patients Who Develop Hemorrhagic Events Post Bariatric Surgery, Richard Boorse MD; Peter J. Bechtel MD; Cathleen Webber RN, MSHS; Suzanne L. Smith MBA, RRT, TAS; and Cathy Fuhrman RN, MSN (Poster)
Sa1327 Self-Administered Celiac Disease Testing: A Practical Approach in High Risk Individuals, Tarika Chowdhary MD (Article)
Statins reduce appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in ischemic cardiomyopathy with no benefit in nonischemic cardiomyopathy., Tahmeed Contractor, Abhimanyu Beri, Joseph Gardiner, Sivakumar Ardhanari, and Ranjan Thakur (Article)
Value of Coronary Computed Tomography as a Prognostic Tool, Tahmeed Contractor MD, Maansi Parekh MD, Shameer Ahmed, and Matthew W. Martinez (Article)
Suction of the Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft Into a Pleural Drain Visualized by Computerized Tomography, Tahmeed Contractor MD, Eric E. Williamson MD, Daniel M. Couri MD, and Matthew W. Martinez (Article)
Improving the Screening, Counseling, and Documentation of Various Elements of Primary and Preventive Care in an ObGyn Office Setting, Kunali Dalal MD (Presentation)
The societal burden of blindness secondary to retinopathy of prematurity in Lima, Peru., Hreem B Dave, Luz Gordillo, Zhou Yang, Monica S Zhang, G Baker Hubbard, and Timothy W Olsen (Article)
Ask a Doc – Rheumatologic Care Delivered Just in Time, Brian DelVecchio DO (Article)
Oxytocin Discontinuation During Active Labor in Women Who Undergo Labor Induction, Liany C. Diven MD; Meredith Rochon MD; Julia Gogle RN; Sherrine Eid MPH; John C. Smulian MD, MPH; and Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE (Article)
Mapping spatial approximations between the amino terminus of secretin and each of the extracellular loops of its receptor using cysteine trapping., Maoqing Dong, Xiequn Xu, Alicja M Ball, Joshua A Makhoul, Polo C-H Lam, Delia I Pinon, Andrew Orry, Patrick M Sexton, Ruben Abagyan, and Laurence J Miller (Article)
A crisis of faith? A review of simulation in teaching team-based, crisis management skills to surgical trainees., Aristithes G Doumouras, Itay Keshet, Avery B Nathens, Najma Ahmed, and Christopher M Hicks (Article)
Re-implantation of suboptimal prostate seed implantation: technique with intraoperative treatment planning., Laura Doyle, Adam J Hesney, Katherine L Chapman, Haisong Liu, Perry R Weiner, Adam P Dicker, Yan Yu, and Timothy N Showalter (Article)
NASH (Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis), Christine Du MD (Presentation)
Enhancing Resident Education by Empowering the Learner Through the Creation of Smartphone Applications, Christine W. Du MD; Dale A. Dangleben MD; Judith A. Olenwine MS, C-TAGME; and Michael M. Badellino MD (Poster)
Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 3a2 (Aldh3a2) Represents a Distinct Metabolic Vulnerability in MLL-AF9 AML Leukemia Initiating Cells, Mildred Duvet (Article)
Derivation and validation of a short emergency department screening tool for perpetrators of intimate partner violence: the PErpetrator RaPid Scale (PERPS)., Amy A Ernst, Steven J Weiss, Sarah Morgan-Edwards, Tuhama Rihani, Brittany Coffman, Ross Clark, Melia Lucero, Liz Jansen, Julie Brokmeyer, Eva Kaul, Michael Hegyi, Bernadette Ramone, and Melissa Valdez (Article)
DISSOCIATION BETWEEN HEART FAILURE READMISSION AND MORTALITY AMONG NON-ADHERENT PATIENTS, Jareer Farah MD (Article)
Tumor bed-to-skin distance using accelerated partial-breast irradiation with the strut-adjusted volume implant device., Brandon Fisher, Larry Daugherty, Talha Shaikh, Jay Reiff, Dan Perlingiero, Fiori Alite, Luther Brady, and Lydia Komarnicky (Article)
Post Gastric Bypass Hypoglycemia: Four Cases Treated Successfully with Alphaglucosidase Inhibitor Therapy, Shavon S. Frankhouser DO; Aakif N. Ahmad DO; Gretchen A. Perilli MD; Benjamin J. Quintana MD; and Marc A. Vengrove DO, FACP (Poster)
Amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity: An unusual response to steroids., Jalaj Garg, Nikhil Agrawal, Abhishek Marballi, Sahil Agrawal, Naveen Rawat, Sachin Sule, and Stuart G Lehrman (Article)
Facial Fracture Management: Operative Trends, Ramon Garza, III MD; Joshua M. Adkinson MD; Jarom N. Gilstrap MD; Sherrine Eid MPH; and Robert X. Murphy Jr, MD, MS (Poster)
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Is the ED Visit an Opportunity to Recommend Education?, Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD; Jon D. Willardson DO; Nicholas M. Dowling DO; Jennifer L. Sears DO; Valerie Rupp RN, BSN; Kimberly Hamilton BA; and Kevin Weaver DO (Article)
Linear Psoriasis of the Isolated Type, Tatyana Groysman DO and Marc W. Levin MD (Poster)
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Presenting as Diuretic-Refractory Cardiorenal Syndrome, Brigid Hallinan DO (Poster)
Simplified procedure for encapsulating cytochrome c in silica aerogel nanoarchitectures while retaining gas-phase bioactivity., Amanda S Harper-Leatherman, Mariam Iftikhar, Adela Ndoi, Steven J Scappaticci, George P Lisi, Kaitlyn L Buzard, and Elizabeth M Garvey (Article)
Overview of concepts and treatments in open fractures., Nicole Jedlicka, N Jake Summers, and Mica M Murdoch (Article)
Standardized Direct Observational Assessment Tool Faculty and Resident Training Study, Bryan G. Kane MD; Kevin Weaver D.O.,FACOEP; Kathleen E. Kane MD; Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD; A Raines; N Bendock; G Smeriglio; B Berry; Dawn M. Yenser; and B Stouch (Article)
The Residency CPC as a Means of Faculty Development, Kathleen E. Kane MD, Kevin R. Weaver DO, Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD, Amy B. Smith PhD, Andrew C. Miller DO, Charles C. Worrilow MD, Terrence E. Goyke DO, Dawn M. Yenser, and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Oral Immunoglobulin Levels are Not a Good Surrogate for Cervical Immunoglobulin Levels., Troy J Kemp, Mahboobeh Safaeian, Samantha Miner, Marcus C Williams, Ana Cecilia Rodriguez, Rolando Herrero, Allan Hildesheim, and Ligia A Pinto (Article)
Ambulation following cardiac catheterization: the earlier the better., Adnan Khalid, Salman Bhatti, and Adnan K Chhatriwalla (Article)
Clinical factors associated with left ventricular ejection fraction disparity in patients with left ventricular dysfunction undergoing multimodality imaging., Adnan Khalid, Salman K Bhatti, Mohammad Al-Amoodi, John A House, Taiyeb M Khumri, James H O'Keefe, and Michael L Main (Article)
Olfactory discrimination largely persists in mice with defects in odorant receptor expression and axon guidance., Thomas K Knott, Pasil A Madany, Ashley A Faden, Mei Xu, Jörg Strotmann, Timothy R Henion, and Gerald A Schwarting (Article)
Anemia and Iron Deficiency After Roux En Y Gastric Bypass: an Inevitable Consequence?, Adam J. Kotkiewicz (Article)
Ethical Considerations in Education Research in Emergency Medicine, Chadd K. Kraus DO, MPH; Todd Guth MD; Derek Richardson MD; Bryan G. Kane MD; and Catherine A. Marco MD (Article)
Depot naltrexone decreases rewarding properties of sugar in patients with opioid dependence., Daniel D Langleben, Elliot L Busch DPM, Charles P O'Brien, and Igor Elman (Article)
Caval Agenesis with a Hypoplastic Left Kidney in a Patient with Trauma on Warfarin for Deep Vein Thrombosis, Ryan A. Lawless MD and Dale A. Dangleben MD (Article)
Utilization of Technology for Enhancement and Empowering the Learner During Trauma Education, Ryan Lawless MD and Dale A. Dangleben MD (Poster)
Chitosan adsorption on hydroxyapatite and its role in preventing acid erosion., Hyun-Su Lee, Shannon Tsai, Chin-Chen Kuo, Alice W Bassani, Brian Pepe-Mooney, Davide Miksa, James Masters, Richard Sullivan, and Russell J Composto (Article)
Small Bowel Surgery, James H. Lee MD and John J. Hong MD (Book Chapter)
Car Seat Dermatitis - A Case Report, Marie S. Lewars DO, Joshua M. Levin MD, and Stephen Purcell DO (Poster)
Therapeutic hypothermia is associated with improved neurologic outcome and survival in cardiac arrest survivors of non-shockable rhythms., Justin B Lundbye, Mridula Rai, Bhavadharini Ramu, Alireza Hosseini-Khalili, Dadong Li, Hanna B Slim, Sanjeev P Bhavnani, Sanjeev U Nair, and Jeffrey Kluger (Article)
Challenging Cases in Pediatric Trauma: Management of the Open Abdomen, Firas Madbak MD and William D. Hardin Jr, MD, FACS, FAAP (Poster)
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A Rare but Deadly Cause of ACS in Younger Patients, Daniel J. Makowski DO and David A. Cox MD (Poster)
Cardiac Auscultation in Sports Medicine: Strategies to Improve Clinical Care, Matthew W. Martinez MD, Bilal Ayub, and Michael J. Barrett MD (Article)
Preoperative Enoxaparin is Safe to use in Major Gynecologic Surgery for Prophylaxis of Venous Thromboembolism: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Martin A. Martino MD; Jennifer G. George MD; Christine C. Chen MD; Vijaya Galic MD, MBA; Rachna Kapoor MBBS, MPH; Kelly C. Murray MD; Jocelyn Shubella; Eva Riker MD; Johnathan M. Lancaster MD, PhD; and Mitchel S. Hoffman MD (Article)
An Analysis of Quality Outcomes in Patients Having a Hysterectomy: Robotics vs the Vaginal Approach, Martin A. Martino MD, Jocelyn Shubella, and Elizabeth A. Berger DO (Poster)
Benchmarking Quality Metrics for Endometrial Cancer Patients: Robotics vs. Laparoscopy, Martin A. Martino MD, Jocelyn Shubella, Shamol Williams MSII, Rachel Morcrette PA-C, Jeremy Patriarco, Hai-Yen Nguyen MD, Amy Hordendorf, M Bijoy Thomas MD, and Richard Boulay MD (Poster)
Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction < 20% is an Independent Predictor of Mortality but not of Hospitalization in Older Systolic Heart Failure Patients, Philippe Meyer; Ravi V. Desai MD; Marjan Mujib MD, MPH; Margaret A. Feller MPH; Chris Adamopoulos; Maciej Banach MD, PhD; Mitja Lainscak; Inmaculada B. Aban PhD; Michel White MD; Wilbert S. Aronow MD; Prakash Deedwania MD; Ami E. Iskandrian MD; and Ali Ahmed MD, MPH (Article)
Puzzles in Practice. Cement Pulmonary Embolism, Yehia Y. Mishriki MD and Brigid Hallinan DO (Article)
Puzzles in Practice: Libman– Sacks Endocarditis, Yehia Y. Mishriki MD; Erica Peart DO; and James Ross MD, FACP (Article)
Dissociation chemistry of hydrogen-deficient radical peptide anions., Benjamin Moore, Qingyu Sun, Julie C Hsu, Albert H Lee, Gene C Yoo, Tony Ly, and Ryan R Julian (Article)
Impact of Age and Anticoagulation: Need for Neurosurgical Intervention in Trauma Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Margaret M. Moore; Michael D. Pasquale MD, FACS; and Michael M. Badellino MD (Article)
Severe Lamotrigine Neurotoxicity Treated with Intralipid Emulsion Therapy, Philip W. Moore DO; Megan C. Urquhart DO; Dale L. McMillion DO; Keith K. Burkhart MD; Louis R. Cantilena Jr, MD; and J Ward Donovan MD (Poster)
Rheumatic Heart Disease and Risk of Incident Heart Failure Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study, Marjan Mujib MD, MPH; Ravi V. Desai MD; Mustafa I. Ahmed MD; Jason L. Guichard MD, PhD; Margaret A. Feller MPH; O. James Ekundayo MD, DrPH; Prakash Deedwania MD; Mahboob Ali; Inmaculada B. Aban PhD; Thomas E. Love PhD; Michel White MD; Wilbert S. Aronow MD; Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola; Robert O. Bonow MD; and Ali Ahmed MD, MPH (Article)
New insights into the fundamental role of topological constraints as a determinant of two-way junction conformation., Anthony M Mustoe, Maximillian H Bailor, Robert Teixeira MD, Charles L Brooks, and Hashim M Al-Hashimi (Article)
DOES AGE IMPACT NEUROLOGIC OUTCOME IN CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVORS UNDERGOING THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA?, Sanjeev U. Nair MD (Article)
DOES LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION ON ADMISSION IMPACT NEUROLOGIC OUTCOME IN CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVORS UNDERGOING THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA?, Sanjeev U. Nair MD (Article)
The clinical value of single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging in cardiac risk stratification of very elderly patients (≥80 years) with suspected coronary artery disease., Sanjeev U Nair, Alan W Ahlberg, Shishir Mathur, Deborah M Katten, Donna M Polk, and Gary V Heller (Article)
Malpositioned Pacemaker Lead Presenting as a Peculiar 12-Lead EKG, Amit Nanavati MD and Robert F. Malacoff MD, FACC (Poster)
Infrapopliteal Stenosis Requiring Proximal and Distal Approach, Amit N. Nanavati MD, Adrian C. Bell DO, and Sarang S. Mangalmurti MD (Poster)
Thrombocytosis and Coronary Occlusion, Amit N. Nanavati MD; Nainesh C. Patel MD; and James A. Burke MD, PhD (Article)
Rapid Door to Balloon Time in the Treatment of Acute ST- Elevation Myocardial Infarction Meaningfully Reduces Overall Hospital Stay, Amit N. Nanavati MD, Nainesh Patel MD, Bruce Feldman DO, J Patrick Kleaveland MD, Orlando E. Rivera RN, and David A. Cox MD (Poster)
Characteristics of Pregnant Women Based on Decision To Participate in Clinical Trials, Hai-Yen Nguyen MD (Presentation)
Livedoid Vasculopathy in the Setting of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Diagnosed as Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Steven Oberlender MD, PhD; Anthony J. Gust MD; and Christian W. Oram DO (Poster)
Meta-analysis of effect of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors on cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus., Harshal R Patil, Firas J Al Badarin, Hamza A Al Shami, Salman K Bhatti, Carl J Lavie, David S H Bell, and James H O'Keefe (Article)
Comparison of Robotic Hysterectomy Vaginal Cuff Dehiscense Using Vicryl vs. VLock Suture, R Melody Reynolds MD (Presentation)
Effect of Warfarin on Outcomes in Septuagenarian Patients with Atrial Fibrillation, Brita Roy MD, MPH, MS; Ravi V. Desai MD; Marjan Mujib MD, MPH; Andrew E. Epstein MD; Yan Zhang MS, MSPH; Jason L. Guichard MD, PhD; Linda G. Jones DNP; Margaret A. Feller MPH; Mustafa I. Ahmed MD; Inmaculada B. Aban PhD; Thomas E. Love PhD; Michel White MD; Wilbert S. Aronow MD; and Ali Ahmed MD, MPH (Article)
Neoadjuvant ipilimumab in locally/regionally advanced melanoma: Clinical outcome and immune monitoring, Saro Sarkisian MD (Article)
Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Heart Failure: In-hospital and Chronic Use of Anti-Coagulants for Prevention, Nasir Shariff; Abdul Aleem MD; Vadim Levin MD; Sudip Nanda MD, FACP; Matthew W. Martinez MD; Stacey Smith MD, FACP; and Ronald S. Freudenberger MD (Article)
AF and Venous Thromboembolism - Pathophysiology, Risk Assessment and CHADS-VASc score., Nasir Shariff; Abdul Aleem; Mukesh Singh; Yuan Z Li; and Stacey Smith MD, FACP (Article)
Factors Associated with a Prolonged Hospital Length of Stay for Patients with Acute Gout, Rebecca Sharim MD (Article)
Tackling the readmission epidemic: a resident teaching service perspective., Ravi K Sharma, Pradeep Dhakarwal, Janelle Violago, Robin Bhasin, and Ibrahim Ghobrial (Article)
Biliary dyskinesia: how effective is cholecystectomy?, Vikas Singhal, Patrick Szeto, Heather Norman, Nan Walsh, Burt Cagir, and Thomas J VanderMeer (Article)
Does location matter? Prognostic value of single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging by vascular territory., Hanna B Slim, Sanjeev U Nair, Sabeena Arora, and Gary V Heller (Article)
Management of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at a community hospital: A retrospective analysis., Laura Spranklin DO, J W. Heflin, and A R. Calvo (Article)
Fractures of the talus: a comprehensive review., N Jake Summers and Mica M Murdoch (Article)
The Relationship of Peripheral Arterial Disease and Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence in Asymptomatic US Adults 40 Years and Older: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004), Andrew D. Sumner MD, Yasser K. Khalil MD, and James F. Reed III PhD (Article)
Retrospective Comparison of the Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Treated with Intravenous Polymyxin B or Intravenous Colistimethate Sodium, Rebecca A. Sumner PharmD and Jarrod W. Kile RPh, BCPS (Poster)
Using Clinical Vignettes to Evaluate VTE Protocol Adherence., Krista Todoric, Erik Lehman, and Michael J Beck (Article)
Parental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours towards Human Papillomavirus Vaccination for Their Children: A Systematic Review from 2001 to 2011., Kristina Trim, Naushin Nagji, Laurie Elit, and Katherine Roy (Article)
Comparison of 12-hour Urine and Protein: Creatinine Ratio to 24-hour Urine for the Diagnosis of Preeclampsia (Poster), Christina Tun MD; Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; Anita Kurt PhD, RN; John C. Smulian MD, MPH; and Meredith Rochon MD (Poster)
Comparison of 12-hour Urine Protein and Protein: Creatinine Ratio with 24-hour Urine Protein for the Diagnosis of Preeclampsia, Christina Tun MD; Joanne N. Quiñones MD, MSCE; Anita Kurt PhD, RN; John C. Smulian MD,MPH; and Meredith L. Rochon MD (Article)
Predicting risk of death in general surgery patients on the basis of preoperative variables using American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data., Sachin Vaid, Ted Bell, Rod Grim, and Vanita Ahuja (Article)
A novel approach to closure of perineal wounds during abdominoperineal resection: use of fibrin sealant., Sachin Vaid and Thomas Nicholson (Article)
Cost analysis of laparoscopic versus open colectomy in patients with colon cancer: results from a large nationwide population database., Sachin Vaid, James Tucker, Ted Bell, Rod Grim, and Vanita Ahuja (Article)
Retrospective Evaluation of Admissions for Chemotherapy-InducedNausea, Vomiting, and Dehydration, Katelin Van Leer PharmaD and Janine Barnaby RPh, BCOP (Poster)
Left Main Dissection - The Great Masquerader Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Saves the Day..., Nitin Verma MD and Dzanan Ramic MD (Poster)
Normal pediatric prevertebral soft-tissue thickness on MDCT., David Vermess, Carlos A Rojas, Fawad Shaheen, Pinakpani Roy, and Carlos R Martinez (Article)
A Retrospective Analysis of Contraceptive Compliance in Postpartum Patients within Lehigh Valley Physicians Group (LVPG), Treasure N. Walker (Presentation)
SDOT Faculty and Resident Training Study, Kevin Weaver DO; Kathleen E. Kane MD; Gavin Barr Jr. MD; Allison Raines DO; Nicole L. Bendock DO; Brian M. Berry DO; Gregory Smeriglio Jr, DO; Bruce C. Stouch PhD; Dawn M. Yenser; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Impact of Education on Physician Attitudes Toward Computed Tomography Utilization and Consent (Article), Michael Weigner MD; Kate M. Dewar DO; Hilary F. Basham DO; Valerie Rupp RN, BSN; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Article)
The role of transcervical thymectomy in patients with hyperparathyroidism., Kellen Welch and Christopher R McHenry (Article)