2003
Value of humanitarian assistance missions in residency., Steven J Durning, Russell E Massine, and Peter T Ender (Article)
Nerve Damage From Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Can Affect Arm Functioning., Joseph V. Episcopio MD (Article)
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to Brucella melitensis., Ayse Erbay, Hürrem Bodur, Esragül Akinci, Aylin Colpan MD, and Mustafa A Cevik (Article)
Evaluation of antibiotic use in a hospital with an antibiotic restriction policy., Ayşe Erbay, Aylin Colpan MD, Hürrem Bodur, Mustafa A Cevik, Matthew H Samore, and Onder Ergönül (Article)
Abdominal computed tomography prolongs length of stay and is frequently unnecessary in the evaluation of acute pancreatitis., Frederick S. Fleszler MD, Frank Friedenberg, Benjamin Krevsky, David Friedel, and Leonard E Braitman (Article)
Hypertension. Contemporary challenges in geriatric care., George C Francos and Henry Schairer MD (Article)
Is there an optimal hemoglobin value in the cardiac intensive care unit?, Ronald S. Freudenberger MD and Jeffrey L. Carson (Article)
Maintenance azithromycin therapy for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome: results of a pilot study., Susan G Gerhardt, John F McDyer, Reda E Girgis, John V Conte, Stephen C Yang, and Jonathan B Orens (Article)
Pulmonary eosinophilia following lung transplantation for sarcoidosis in two patients., Susan G Gerhardt, Rubin M Tuder, Reda E Girgis, Stephen C Yang, John V Conte, and Jonathan B Orens (Article)
Annuloplasty ring selection for chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation: lessons from the ovine model., Joseph H Gorman, Robert C Gorman, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Yoshiharu Enomoto, Martin G St John-Sutton, and L Henry Edmunds (Article)
Emergency mitral valve replacement in the octogenarian., Joseph H Gorman, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Daniel M Kolansky, and Robert C Gorman (Article)
A Pilot Study Examining the Relationship Between Patients' Complaints and Scores on the Hirschfeld Mood Disorder Questionnaire., Eugene Gorski MD and K C Willis (Article)
Report of three case studies with olanzapine for chronic pain., Eugene Gorski MD and Kerry C Willis (Article)
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase variants in cystic fibrosis lung disease., Hartmut Grasemann, Karin Storm van's Gravesande, Rainer Buscher, Nicola Knauer, Eric S. Silverman MD, Lyle J Palmer, Jeffrey M Drazen, and Felix Ratjen (Article)
Urgent endovascular revascularization for symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis., R Gupta, H C Schumacher, S Mangla, P M Meyers, H Duong, A G Khandji, R S Marshall, J P Mohr, and J Pile-Spellman (Article)
Frequency, determinants, and clinical implications of residual intracoronary thrombus following primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction., Kishore J Harjai, Cindy Grines, Gregg W Stone, Judith Boura, Mark Turco, Bruce Brodie, H Mehrdad Sadeghi, David Cox, Lorelei Grines, and William W O' Neill (Article)
Comparison of outcomes of diabetic and nondiabetic patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction., Kishore J Harjai, Gregg W Stone, Judy Boura, Luiz Mattos, Harish Chandra, David Cox, Lorelei Grines, William O'Neill, and Cindy Grines (Article)
Patient satisfaction with teledermatology services., Lanis L Hicks; Keith E Boles; Stanton Hudson; Barry Kling; Joseph Tracy MS, BA; Joyce Mitchell; and Weldon Webb (Article)
Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of neuro-Behçet's disease: a case report., Akio Hiwatashi, Todd Garber MD, Toshio Moritani, Toshibumi Kinoshita, and Per-Lennart Westesson (Article)
Surgical site infections following pediatric liver transplantation: risks and costs., Christopher S. Hollenbeak PhD; Edward J. Alfrey MD; K Sheridan; Terry Burger MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CIC; and Peter W. Dillon (Article)
Movement disorders in Friedreich's ataxia., Jyh-Gong Gabriel Hou and Joseph Jankovic (Article)
Border zone geometry increases wall stress after myocardial infarction: contrast echocardiographic assessment., Benjamin M Jackson MD, Joseph H Gorman, Ivan S Salgo, Sina L Moainie, Theodore Plappert, Martin St John-Sutton, L Henry Edmunds, and Robert C Gorman (Article)
Infectious mononucleosis presenting as upper airway obstruction., Vivek Jain, Sunit Singhi, and Ravi V. Desai MD (Article)
Familial basaloid follicular hamartoma: lesional characterization and review of the literature., Debra M Jih, Michael Shapiro, William D James, Marc Levin, Joel Gelfand, Patrick T Williams, Rebecca J Oakey, Steven Fakharzadeh, and John T Seykora (Article)
Investigating the Impact of Optimal Healing Environments., Wayne B. Jonas MD, Ronald A. Chez MD, M Bridget Duffy MD, and David Strand (Article)
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-4 core promoter genetic variants: influence on YY-1 affinity and plasma levels., Omer Kalayci, Esra Birben, Liqing Wu, Tsuyoshi Oguma, Karin Storm Van's Gravesande, Venkat Subramaniam, Holly K Sheldon, Eric S. Silverman MD, and Craig M Lilly (Article)
Feasibility and implications of an early discharge strategy after percutaneous intervention with abciximab in acute myocardial infarction (the CADILLAC Trial)., David E Kandzari, James E Tcheng, David J Cohen, Ameet Bakhai, Cindy L Grines, David A Cox, Mark Effron, Thomas Stuckey, John J Griffin, Mark Turco, John D Carroll, Martin Fahy, Roxana Mehran, and Gregg W Stone (Article)
Usefulness of a cobalt chromium coronary stent alloy., Dean J Kereiakes, David A Cox, James B Hermiller, Mark G Midei, William B Bachinsky, E Dean Nukta, Martin B Leon, Stanley Fink, Linda Marin, and Alexandra J Lansky (Article)
Syncope in children and adolescents and the congenital long QT syndrome., Anant Khositseth, Matthew W Martinez, David J Driscoll, and Michael J Ackerman (Article)
Significance of the cystic node in preventing major bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a technical marker., Ratna Kunasani and Harjeet Kohli (Article)
Development of a longitudinal study of complications and functional outcomes after traumatic brain injury., Maria L C Labi, Mathijs Brentjens, Mary Lou Coad, William J Flynn, and Maria Zielezny (Article)
Endoscopic treatment of fibroepithelial polyps of the renal pelvis and ureter., John S Lam, Jonathan B Bingham MD, and Mantu Gupta (Article)
Validation of computed tomographic middle cerebral artery "dot"sign: an angiographic correlation study., Megan Leary MD, Chelsea S Kidwell, J Pablo Villablanca, Sidney Starkman, Reza Jahan, Gary R Duckwiler, Y Pierre Gobin, Steven Sykes, Kristi J Gough, Katrina Ferguson, Jennifer N Llanes, Rinat Masamed, Margaret Tremwel, Bruce Ovbiagele, Paul M Vespa, Fernando Vinuela, and Jeffrey L Saver (Article)
Annual incidence of first silent stroke in the United States: a preliminary estimate., Megan Leary MD and Jeffrey L Saver (Article)
Beyond tissue plasminogen activator: mechanical intervention in acute stroke., Megan Leary MD, Jeffrey L Saver, Y Pierre Gobin, Reza Jahan, Gary R Duckwiler, Fernando Vinuela, Chelsea S Kidwell, John Frazee, and Sidney Starkman (Article)
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy of an intrathoracic kidney., Dean L Lenz, David L Clair, Arthur E Fetzer, and Carson Wong (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)
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)
The 5-minute neurology consult, D. Joanne Lynn MD; Herbert B. Newton MD, FAAN; and Alexander D. Rae-Grant MD, FRCP (Book)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Secondary syphilis presenting as pseudolymphoma of the skin., Mary E McComb, Gladys H Telang, and Eric C Vonderheid (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)
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)
Roth's spots: righting a historical wrong., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Article)
Seizures and subcutaneous calcifications. Pseudehypoparathyroidism., Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (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)
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)
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)
Health professionals with physical disabilities., Michelle Nashleanas (Article)
Worldwide distribution of Waardenburg syndrome., Chetan Nayak and Glenn Isaacson (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)
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)
Improved postoperative outcomes with stentless aortic valve: a community hospital experience., S A Olenchock, J F Reed, A Brown, and F M Garzia (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)
Mycobacterium Kansasii empyema in a renal transplant recipient case report and review of the literature., Douglas E Paull, Gary R Decker, and Robert L Brown (Article)
Relation of admission white blood cell count to long-term outcomes after primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction (The Stent PAMI Trial)., Gregory G Pellizzon, Simon R Dixon, Gregg W Stone, David A Cox, Luiz Mattos, Judith A Boura, Lorelei L Grines, Srinivas Addala, William W O'Neill, and Cindy L Grines (Article)
Intralobar sequestration in the middle-aged and elderly adult: recognition and radiographic evaluation., C. Gerard Petersen MD, Ubaldo Martin, Arun Singhal, and Gerard J Criner (Article)
Valsartan, captopril, or both in myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, or both., Marc A Pfeffer, John J V McMurray, Eric J Velazquez, Jean-Lucien Rouleau, Lars Køber, Aldo P Maggioni, Scott D Solomon, Karl Swedberg, Frans Van de Werf, Harvey White, Jeffrey D Leimberger, Marc Henis, Susan Edwards, Steven Zelenkofske, Mary Ann Sellers, Robert M Califf, and David Goldner (Article)
Secondary hypertension due to a renin-producing teratoma., Robert N Pursell and Pamela M Quinlan (Article)
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) models in lower extremity wounds., James F Reed (Article)
Crossover designs in lower extremity wounds., James F Reed (Article)
Solutions to the Behrens-Fisher problem., James F Reed (Article)
Aggregate Health Status: a benchmark index for community health., James F Reed, James N Burdine, and Michael Felix (Article)
Comparative analysis of risk-adjusted bypass surgery stratification models in a community hospital., James F Reed and Stephen A Olenchock (Article)
Off the shelf or recalibrate? customizing a risk index for assessing mortality., James F Reed, Stephen A Olenchock, Sabina A Murphy, and Fernando M Garzia (Article)
Methodological and statistical techniques: what do residents really need to know about statistics?, James F Reed, Philip Salen, and Pooneh Bagher (Article)
Occurrence of seizure clusters and status epilepticus during inpatient video-EEG monitoring., A B Rose, Paul H. McCabe MD, F G Gilliam, B J Smith, J G Boggs, D M Ficker, J L Moore, E A Passaro, and C W Bazil (Article)
Ex vivo resuscitation of adult pig hearts., Doreen Rosenstrauch, Hakan M Akay, Hakki Bolukoglu, Lars Behrens, Laura Bryant, Peter Herrera, Kazuhiro Eya, Egemen Tuzun, Fred J Clubb, Branislav Radovancevic, O H Frazier, and Kamuran A Kadipasaoglu (Article)
Association of Heterozygous Hemochromatosis C282Y Gene Mutation with Hand Osteoarthritis., James Ross MD, FACP; Roman M. Kowalchuk MD., PhD; Jennifer Shaulinsky MD; Lori Ross RN; Daniel Ryan MD; and Pradyumna D. Phatak MD (Article)
To lift or recut: changing trends in LASIK enhancement., Roy S Rubinfeld, David R Hardten, Eric D Donnenfeld, Raymond M Stein, Douglas D Koch, Mark G Speaker, Joseph Frucht-Pery, Anthony J Kameen, and Gerald J Negvesky (Article)
Impact of renal insufficiency in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction., H Mehrdad Sadeghi, Gregg W Stone, Cindy L Grines, Roxana Mehran, Simon R Dixon, Alexandra J Lansky, Martin Fahy, David A Cox, Eulogio Garcia, James E Tcheng, John J Griffin, Thomas D Stuckey, Mark Turco, and John D Carroll (Article)
CD4 cell count among HIV-infected patients with an AIDS-defining disease: higher count in patients coinfected than in those not coinfected with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I., Pablo Gustavo Scapellato, Edgardo Bottaro, María Teresa Rodriguez Brieschke, José Luis Scapellato, Adriana Dato, Alfredo Dante Intile, Raul E Davaro MD, and Gabriela Inés Vidal (Article)
Real-time magnetic resonance imaging for interventional neuroradiological procedures., H Christian Schumacher, Charles L Dumoulin, Lei Feng, Sundeep Mangla, Philip M Meyers, Joy Hirsch, J P Mohr, Robert L DeLaPaz, and John Pile-Spellman (Article)
Histopathological evaluation of middle cerebral artery after percutaneous intracranial transluminal angioplasty., H Christian Schumacher, Kurenai Tanji, Sundeep Mangla, Philip Meyers, John Pile-Spellman, Arthur P Hays, and J P Mohr (Article)
Endovascular mechanical thrombectomy of an occluded superior division branch of the left MCA for acute cardioembolic stroke., H C Schumacher, P M Meyers, D R Yavagal, N Y Harel, M S V Elkind, J P Mohr, and J Pile-Spellman (Article)
Ankylosing tarsitis., Mythili Seetharaman and Lawrence H Brent (Article)
What's eating you? Megalopyge opercularis., Gregg Anthony Severs and Dirk M Elston (Article)
Worsening shortness of breath., Mustaphasahim Shaaraoui and Curtis M Rimmerman (Article)
Perfusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging thresholds identifying core, irreversibly infarcted tissue., Ludy C Shih, Jeffrey L Saver, Jeffry R Alger, Sidney Starkman, Megan Leary MD, Fernando Vinuela, Gary Duckwiler, Y Pierre Gobin, Reza Jahan, J Pablo Villablanca, Paul M Vespa, and Chelsea S Kidwell (Article)
Value of definitive diagnostic testing in the evaluation of patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain., Abu Shoyeb, Sabahat Bokhari, Jennifer Sullivan, Eileen Hurley, Bernadette Miesner, Raffaela Pia, James Giglio, Osman R Sayan, Lucy Soto, Simbo Chiadika, Cristina LaMarca, LeRoy E Rabbani, and Steven R Bergmann (Article)
Immunostimulatory DNA for asthma: better than eating dirt., Eric S. Silverman MD and Jeffrey M Drazen (Article)
Alterations in cell cycle genes in early stage lung adenocarcinoma identified by expression profiling., Sunil Singhal, Kunjlata M Amin, Robert Kruklitis MD, Peter DeLong, Michael E Friscia, Leslie A Litzky, Mary E Putt, Larry R Kaiser, and Steven M Albelda (Article)
Differentially expressed apoptotic genes in early stage lung adenocarcinoma predicted by expression profiling., Sunil Singhal, Kunjlata M Amin, Robert Kruklitis MD, M Blair Marshall, John C Kucharczuk, Peter DeLong, Leslie A Litzky, Larry R Kaiser, and Steven M Albelda (Article)
Effect of age on clinical and morphological characteristics in patients with brain arteriovenous malformation., C Stapf, A V Khaw, R R Sciacca, C Hofmeister, H C Schumacher, J Pile-Spellman, H Mast, J P Mohr, and A Hartmann (Article)
Adrenal gland trauma is associated with high injury severity and mortality., Stanislaw P Stawicki, Brian A Hoey, Michael D Grossman, Harry L Anderson, and James F Reed (Article)
An audit of Keller arthroplasty and metatarsophalangeal joint arthrodesis from national data., Jeffrey Stewart and James F Reed (Article)
Prospective, randomized evaluation of thrombectomy prior to percutaneous intervention in diseased saphenous vein grafts and thrombus-containing coronary arteries., Gregg W Stone, David A Cox, Joseph Babb, Dean Nukta, Luc Bilodeau, Louis Cannon, Thomas D Stuckey, James Hermiller, Eric A Cohen, Reginald Low, Steven R Bailey, Alexandra J Lansky, and Richard E Kuntz (Article)
Safety and efficacy of a novel device for treatment of thrombotic and atherosclerotic lesions in native coronary arteries and saphenous vein grafts: results from the multicenter X-Sizer for treatment of thrombus and atherosclerosis in coronary applications trial (X-TRACT) study., Gregg W Stone, David A Cox, Reginald Low, Christopher U Cates, Lowell Satler, Steven R Bailey, Richard E Kuntz, and Alexandra J Lansky (Article)