2006
Integrating Palliative Medicine and Critical Care in a Community Hospital., Daniel Ray MD; Cathy Fuhrman RN, MSN; Glenn Stern MA; Jack Geracci RN, MDiv; Thomas Wasser PhD; Darryl C. Arnold BA; Tamara Masiado MA; and Lynn M. Deitrick RN, PhD (Article)
The camera phone: a novel aid in urologic practice., Sanjay Razdan, James Johannes MD, Ramsay L Kuo, and Demetrius H Bagley (Article)
Teaching residents chronic disease management using the Flinders model., Martha Regan-Smith, Krista Hirschmann, William Iobst, and Malcolm Battersby (Article)
IS THE USE OF STANDARDIZED FAMILY MEMBER NECESSARY TO TEACH ICU COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO FOURTH YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS?, Lisa Rho (Article)
Achieving Housestaff Competence in Emergency Airway Management Using Scenario Based Simulation Training Comparison of Attending vs Housestaff Trainers, Vanessa Ribaudo Kaufman MD (Article)
SCENARIO-BASED TRAINING (SBT) USING A COMPUTERIZED PATIENT SIMULATOR (CPS) RESULTS OF A PROJECT DESIGNED TO IMPROVE CHEST COMPRESSION TIME DURING INHOSPITAL CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (IHCPR), Vanessa Ribaudo Kaufman MD (Article)
Proposed quality measures for palliative care in the critically ill: A consensus from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Critical Care Workgroup, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Critical Care Workgroup; Cathy Fuhrman RN, MSN; and Daniel Ray MD (Article)
Achieving housestaff competence in emergency airway management using scenario based simulation training: comparison of attending vs housestaff trainers., Marnie E Rosenthal, Mari Adachi, Vanessa Ribaudo Kaufman MD, J Tristan Mueck, Roslyn F Schneider, and Paul H Mayo (Article)
Comparison of Reperfusion Times in Patients Transferred for Primary Angioplasty for ST ElevationMyocardial Infarction Prior to and After Instituting a Regional Myocardial Infarction Alert Protocol, Michael A. Rossi MD, MBA; Joel Garcia; J Patrick Kleaveland; Bruce Feldman DO; Richard S. MacKenzie MD; Frank Penatar; and Thomas Wasser (Article)
Gender Disparities in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pennsylvania, Michael A. Rossi MD, MBA; Christopher S. Hollenbeak PhD; Carol S. Weisman PhD; and Steven M. Ettinger MD (Article)
Impact of a Quality Initiative Using Information Technology to Improve JCAHO Core Measure Performance for AMI and CHF, Michael A. Rossi MD, MBA; Joshua B. Skibba MD; Patricia Parker RN; Katrina A. Fritz BSN; B Stanford; Cathleen Webber RN, MSHS; Steve Milinchuk; T Masiado; Sherrine Eid MPH; and Thomas Wasser (Article)
Effective Use of Information Technology To Improve Quality of Care for Heart Failure Patients, Michael A. Rossi MD, MBA; Joshua Skibba; Patricia Parker; Katrina Fritz; Nancy Davies-Hathen; and Donna F. Petruccelli CRNP (Article)
Late appearance of dropped head syndrome after radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease., Julie Rowin, Grace Cheng, Steven L. Lewis MD, and Matthew N Meriggioli (Article)
Effects of hemodynamic alterations on anterior mitral leaflet curvature during systole., Hiroaki Sakamoto, Landi M Parish, Hirotsugu Hamamoto, Yoshiharu Enomoto, Ahmad Zeeshan, Theodore Plappert, Benjamin M Jackson MD, Martin G St John-Sutton, Robert C Gorman, and Joseph H Gorman (Article)
CARDIO THORACIC IMPROVEMENT TEAM, Michele Saladyga RN; Susan Lawrence MS, CMAC; Theodore G. Phillips MD; and M Swierczynski RN (Article)
Community-based Approaches to Reducing Health Disparities among Hispanic Populations, Debbie Salas-Lopez MD, MPH (Presentation)
Cultural Compentency and Cancer, Debbie Salas-Lopez MD, MPH (Presentation)
Cultural Competency, Debbie Salas-Lopez MD, MPH (Presentation)
Addressing Health Disparities in Minority Communities: Evaluation of a Cultural Competency Curriculum in Medical School, Debbie Salas-Lopez MD, MPH; Maria L. Soto-Greene MD; Dawne M. Mouzon MPH; A Davidow; J A. Reteguiz; C McLauglin; and Ana Natale-Pereira MD, MPH (Article)
USE OF POLYMER-COATED EXTENDED-RELEASE MORPHINE SULFATE IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC, NON-MALIGNANT BACK PAIN. J, J Sasaki, A Weil, E Ross, and Bruce Nicholson MD (Article)
Pigmented Bowen's disease clinically mimicking melanoma of the nail., Aradhna Saxena; David A Kasper; Carmen D Campanelli; Jason B. Lee, MD; Tatyana R Humphreys; and Guy F Webster (Article)
Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus-like chronic graft-versus-host disease., Aradhna Saxena, David A Kasper, Cynthia Webster, and Jason B Lee (Article)
Mohs micrographic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma associated with epidermolysis bullosa., Aradhna Saxena, Jason B Lee, and Tatyana R Humphreys (Article)
Gene duplication and functional divergence of the zebrafish insulin-like growth factor 1 receptors., Peter J Schlueter, Tricia Royer, Mohamed H Farah, Benjamin Laser, Shu Jin Chan, Donald F Steiner, and Cunming Duan (Article)
Adult-onset primary lower limb dystonia., Susanne A Schneider, Mark J Edwards, Stephen E Grill, Suzanne Goldstein, Su Kanchana, Niall P Quinn, Kailash P Bhatia, Mark Hallett, and Stephen G Reich (Article)
A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging study of AST-120 (Kremezin) in patients with moderate to severe CKD., Gerald Schulman; Rajiv Agarwal; Muralidhar Acharya; Tomas Berl; Samuel Blumenthal; and Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP (Article)
DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON PULMONARY EMBOLISM IN AN URBAN-TEACHING HOSPITAL, Daniel Schwed-Lustgarten and Ganesan Murali MD (Article)
The "core" of resuscitation., Elizabeth Seislove (Article)
Transbronchial needle injection: a systematic review of a new diagnostic and therapeutic paradigm., Christopher W Seymour, William S Krimsky, Jeffrey Sager, Robert Kruklitis MD, Mark E Lund, Ali I Musani, and Daniel H Sterman (Article)
HIV SEROCONVERSION IN A 20-YEAR-OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE, C Shedlock and John Dehoff MD (Article)
Laser ablation of an enlarging small melanocytic choroidal tumor: 16-year follow-up and rationale for treatment., Jerry A Shields, Carol L Shields, Randall Peairs, and Peter Racciato MD (Article)
The administration of polymerized human hemoglobin (Pyridoxylated) to a Jehovah's Witness after submyeloablative stem cell transplantation complicated by delayed graft failure., Scott E Smith, Amir Toor MD, Tulio Rodriguez, and Patrick Stiff (Article)
Prevalence of bacterial pathogens on physician handheld computers., Stacey Smith MD, FACP; Mark Knouse MD; and Thomas Wasser PhD (Article)
CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME PRESENTING WITH TRANSVERSE MYELITIS, Jennifer Stephens DO and James Ross MD, FACP (Article)
Patients' understanding of disease status and treatment plan at initial hematopoietic stem cell transplantation consultation., P J Stiff, L A Miller, P Mumby, K Kiley, R Batiste, N Porter, K Potocki, M Volle, S Lichtenstein, S Wojtowicz, S Zakrzewski, Amir Toor MD, and T Rodriguez (Article)
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants that utilize total body irradiation can safely be carried out entirely on an outpatient basis., P Stiff, P Mumby, L Miler, T Rodriguez, M Parthswarthy, K Kiley, N Porter, R Batiste, S Wojtowitz, S Lichtenstein, M Fox-Geiman, and Amir Toor MD (Article)
Bivalirudin for patients with acute coronary syndromes., Gregg W Stone, Brent T McLaurin, David A Cox, Michel E Bertrand, A Michael Lincoff, Jeffrey W Moses, Harvey D White, Stuart J Pocock, James H Ware, Frederick Feit, Antonio Colombo, Philip E Aylward, Angel R Cequier, Harald Darius, Walter Desmet, Ramin Ebrahimi, Martial Hamon, Lars H Rasmussen, Hans-Jürgen Rupprecht, James Hoekstra, Roxana Mehran, and E Magnus Ohman (Article)
Vitamin D receptor signaling of monocytic differentiation in human leukemia cells: role of MAPK pathways in transcription factor activation., G P Studzinski; Edward Garay MD, PhD; R Patel; J Zhang; and X Wang (Article)
Treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia with outpatient azacitidine., Nimit Sudan, James M Rossetti, Richard K Shadduck, Joan Latsko, John A Lech, Robert B Kaplan, Margaret Kennedy, Jeffrey F Gryn, Yacoub Faroun, and John Lister (Article)
The Histopathology and Anatomical Location of 574 Colon Polyps Removed during Screening Colonoscopy at a VA Hospital in a One-Year Period 1433, E Tatar and Adam Peyton DO (Article)
Waiting room is closed., Carol Taylor (Article)
Amelioration of Late Complications Following Unrelated Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation When Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Is Used as a Part of Conditioning., Amir Toor MD (Article)
Correlation of ethnicity and socioeconomic status with outcome after allogeneic stem cell transplantation, Amir Toor MD (Article)
Favorable late outcomes following unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation when anti-thymocyte globulin is used as a part of conditioning, Amir Toor MD (Article)
Histologic and Functional Analysis of Heat Shock Protein-90 (HSP90) in Multiple Myeloma, Amir Toor MD (Article)
Incidence and Risk Factors for Developing Limbic Encephalitis in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation., Amir Toor MD (Article)
Cardiac nonamyloidotic immunoglobulin deposition disease., Amir Toor MD, Ben A Ramdane, Jacob Joseph, Maria Thomas, Carl O'Hara, Bart Barlogie, Patrick Walker, and Lija Joseph (Article)
Outcomes of meniscal repair: minimum of 2-year follow-up., David V Tuckman, Jonathan T Bravman, Susan S Lee MD, Jeffrey E Rosen, and Orrin H Sherman (Article)
Low patient satisfaction scores: the five stages of response., Joseph R Twanmoh (Article)
When overcrowding paralyzes an emergency department., Joseph R Twanmoh and Gail P Cunningham (Article)
Comparison of oscillometric and intraarterial systolic and diastolic blood pressures in lean, overweight, and obese patients., Ernesto Umana, Waqas Ahmed MD, Matthew A Fraley, and Martin A Alpert (Article)
Conformal high dose external radiation therapy, 80.5 Gy, alone for medically inoperable non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective analysis., James J Urbanic, Andrew T Turrisi, Anand K Sharma, Gerard A Silvestri, Todd E Williams, Kenneth N Vanek, and Carol A Sherman (Article)
Cord blood rescues stroke-induced changes in splenocyte phenotype and function., Martina Vendrame MD, PhD; Carmelina Gemma; Keith R Pennypacker; Paula C Bickford; Cyndy Davis Sanberg; Paul R Sanberg; and Alison E Willing (Article)
Hematopoietic Cell Therapy for Brain Repair, Martina Vendrame MD, PhD and Alison E. Willing (Book Chapter)
Abstract #227: A Rare Case of Long-Term Survival From Primary Adrenal Lymphoma Associated With Adrenal Insufficiency With Review of the Literature, Marc A. Vengrove DO, FACP (Article)
Myxoma viral serpin, Serp-1, a unique interceptor of coagulation and innate immune pathways., Kasinath Viswanathan, Liying Liu, Sepideh Vaziri, Erbin Dai, Jakob Richardson, Babajide Togonu-Bickersteth MD, Pracha Vatsya, Alexander Christov, and Alexandra R Lucas (Article)
A new case of Grange syndrome without cardiac findings., Robert Wallerstein, Ann Marie Augustyn, Donna Wallerstein, Leslie Elton, Beatriz Tejeiro, Valerie Johnson, and Kenneth Lieberman (Article)
PU.1 regulates cathepsin S expression in professional APCs., Ying Wang, Rebecca M Baron, Guangli Zhu, Myungsoo Joo, John W Christman, Eric S. Silverman MD, Mark A Perrella, Richard J Riese, and Manuela Cernadas (Article)
"Hot tub" lung: Is it on your list of respiratory ailments?, Kevin N. Waninger MD and Jill F Young (Article)
Using graphical and statistical software to diagnosis pediatric asthma with Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD)., Thomas Wasser, Robert Miller, and Andrzej Pilacik (Article)
Effects of tadalafil on myocardial blood flow in patients with coronary artery disease., Jonathan W Weinsaft, Kathleen Hickey, Sabahat Bokhari, Arsalan Shahzad, Alun Bedding, Timothy M Costigan, Margaret R Warner, Jeffrey T Emmick, and Steven R Bergmann (Article)
American Academy of Neurology qualifications and guidelines for the physician expert witness., M A Williams; Glenn Mackin MD, FAAN, FACP; H R Beresford; J Gordon; P L Jacobson; M P McQuillen; T E Reimschisel; R M Taylor; J L Bernat; M Rizzo; R D Snyder; M G Sagsveen; M Amery; and W L Brannon (Article)
M(1) and M(2) muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes mediate Ca(2+) channel current inhibition in rat sympathetic stellate ganglion neurons., Qing Yang, Andrew D. Sumner MD, Henry L Puhl, and Victor Ruiz-Velasco (Article)
Nosocomially acquired Pseudomonas stutzeri brain abscess in a child: case report and review., Stephanie Yee-Guardino, Lara Danziger-Isakov, Mark Knouse MD, William Bingaman, Camille Sabella, and Johanna Goldfarb (Article)
Expanding Access to Care through a Resident-Initiated Hepatitis C Clinic - An Innovative Method for Incorporating ACGME Core Competencies into the Management of Medically Underserved Patients, Joseph L. Yozviak DO, FACP; Suzanne J. Templer DO; Erini Vasiliadis DO; Vishal Patel MD; Nicole M. Agostino DO; K Nadeem Ahmed MD; Edward Norris MD, FAPM; Charles M. Brooks MD; and Eric J. Gertner MD, MPH (Poster)
A Survey of Primary Care Residents Regarding Knowledge of Hepatitis C, Joseph L. Yozviak DO, FACP; Erini Vasiliadis DO; Sharon R. Kimmel PhD, MHA; Suzanne J. Templer DO; and Margaret Hoffman-Terry MD, FACP (Poster)
"Oh! She doesn't speak English!" Assessing resident competence in managing linguistic and cultural barriers., Sondra Zabar, Kathleen Hanley, Elizabeth Kachur, David Stevens, Mark D Schwartz, Ellen Pearlman, Jennifer Adams, Karla J Felix PhD, Mack Lipkin, and Adina Kalet (Article)
Expert committee recommendations for acne management., Andrea L Zaenglein and Diane M Thiboutot (Article)
Direct effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 on myocardial contractility and glucose uptake in normal and postischemic isolated rat hearts., Tingcun Zhao, Pratik Parikh, Siva Bhashyam, Hakki Bolukoglu, Indu Poornima, You-Tang Shen, and Richard P Shannon (Article)
The Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients Referred to a Hematologist for Anemia., Brian Zimmer; Dana Wentzel; James Reed; Sherrine Eid MPH; Eliot L. Friedman MD; Basil Ahmed MD; and Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP (Article)
2005
Prenatally diagnosed mosaic trisomy 17: a case report with two-year follow-up., Debra J Abrams, Ann Marie Augustyn, and Mark R Geier (Article)
Induction paclitaxel/carboplatin followed by concurrent chemoradiation therapy for unresectable stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: a limited-access study--CALGB 9534., Wallace Akerley, James E Herndon, Alan P Lyss, Hak Choy, Andrew Turrisi, Stephen Graziano, Todd Williams, Chunfeng Zhang, Everett E Vokes, and Mark R Green (Article)
Oxaliplatin, Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin for Patients with Unresectable Liver-Only Metastases from Colorectal Cancer: A North Central Cancer Treatment Group Phase II Study., Steven R. Alberts MD, MPH; William L. Horvath; William C. Sternfeld; Richard M. Goldberg; Michelle R. Mahoney; Shaker R. Dakhil MD; Ralph Levitt MD; Kendrith M. Rowland; Suresh G. Nair MD; Daniel J. Sargent; and John H. Donohue (Article)
The CLASI (Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Disease Area and Severity Index): an outcome instrument for cutaneous lupus erythematosus., Joerg Albrecht, Lynne Taylor, Jesse A Berlin, Samuel Dulay, Gina Ang, Steven Fakharzadeh, Jonathan Kantor, Ellen Kim, Giuseppe Militello, Karen McGinnis, Stephen Richardson, James Treat, Carmela Vittorio, Abby Van Voorhees, and Victoria P Werth (Article)
Predictors of outcome after hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion: role of tumor response., Thomas A. Aloia MD; Elizabeth Grubbs MD; Mark Onaitis MD; Paul J. Mosca MD, PhD; Tsung-Yen Cheng MD; Hilliard F. Seigler MD; and Douglas S. Tyler MD (Article)
Predictors of outcome after hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion: role of tumor response., Thomas A Aloia, Elizabeth Grubbs, Mark Onaitis, Paul J Mosca, Tsung-Yen Cheng, Hilliard Seigler, and Douglas S Tyler (Article)
Angiolymphoid hyperplasia successfully treated with an ultralong pulsed dye laser., Celeste A Angel, Alan T Lewis, Thomas Griffin, Edwin J Levy, and Anthony V Benedetto (Article)
Systematic replacement of lysine with glutamine and alanine in Escherichia coli malate synthase G: effect on crystallization., David M Anstrom, Leslie Colip, Brian Moshofsky, Eric Hatcher, and S James Remington (Article)
Lehigh Valley Hospital: Engaging Patients and Families, Robin Anthony M.H.A., C.P.H.Q., R.H.I.A.; Marlene Ritter MBA, RRT; Ruth Davis RN, MBA; Kim S. Hitchings MSN, RN, NEA-BC; Terry Ann Capuano MBA, MSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE; and Zubina M. Mawji MD, MPH (Article)
Insulin receptor substrate is a mediator of phosphoinositide 3-kinase activation in quiescent pancreatic cancer cells., Takayuki Asano, Yixin Yao, Sonyo Shin, James McCubrey, James L Abbruzzese, and Shrikanth A G Reddy (Article)
Conversion of ischemic brain tissue into infarction increases with age., Hakan Ay, Walter J Koroshetz, Mark Vangel, Thomas Benner, Christopher Melinosky MD, Mingwang Zhu, Nina Menezes, Chloe J Lopez, and A Gregory Sorensen (Article)
ADOPTING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE PATIENT CARE. 280-S, Kathleen Baker, Joanna Bokovoy, and Stephen Matchett (Article)
Computer skills in patients with movement disorders., H Beck, L M Shulman, Raman Dusaj MD, K E Anderson, and W J Weiner (Article)
Competency in electrocardiogram interpretation among internal medicine and emergency medicine residents., Jeffrey S Berger, Lewis Eisen, Valerie Nozad, John D'Angelo, Yvette Calderon, David L Brown, and Paul Schweitzer (Article)
Treatment of splenic injury during laparoscopic nephrectomy with BioGlue, a surgical adhesive., Grace Biggs, Jason Hafron, Joseph Feliciano MD, and David M Hoenig (Article)
Ethanol administration to cystic fibrosis knockout mice results in increased fatty acid ethyl ester production., Paola Blanco MD, Raneem O Salem, Mario Ollero, Munir M Zaman, Joanne E Cluette-Brown, Steven D Freedman, and Michael Laposata (Article)
Alzheimer's disease and medical disease conditions: a prospective cohort study., Istvan Boksay, Ezster Boksay, Barry Reisberg, Carol Torossian, and Mahesh Krishnamurthy (Article)
An “outbreak” of group A Streptococcus, Terry Burger MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CIC; S Schweon; and P Ender (Article)
Physician Attitudes Regarding Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: The Gaps Between Clinical Importance, Knowledge, and Effectiveness., John Castaldo MD, Jane M. Nester Dr.P.H., Thomas E. Wasser PhD, Tamara Masiado MA, Michael A. Rossi MD, Mark J. Young MD, Joseph J. Napolitano, and J Sanford Schwartz (Article)
CT-Angiography in the Pediatric Population., Jeffrey E. Catrambone MD; Wenzhuan He; Charles J. Prestigiacomo MD; and Peter W. Carmel MD, PhD (Presentation)
Monitoring Papilledema with Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II (HRT II) in a Patient with Ruptured Aneurysm., Jeffrey E. Catrambone MD; Wenzhuan He; Charles J. Prestigiacomo MD; and Peter W. Carmel MD, PhD (Presentation)
Quantitatively Grading Papilledema with Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II (HRT II). Congress Neurological Surgeons., Jeffrey E. Catrambone MD; Wenzhuan He; Charles J. Prestigiacomo MD; and Peter W. Carmel MD, PhD (Presentation)
Using of Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II (HRT II) in Chiari I Malformation Patients., Jeffrey E. Catrambone MD; Wenzhuan He; Charles J. Prestigiacomo MD; and Peter W. Carmel MD, PhD (Presentation)
Outbreaks of pertussis associated with hospitals--Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Oregon, 2003., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Terry Burger MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CIC (Article)
Focal uptake of radioactive tracer in the mediastinum during SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging., Simbo Chadika, Aravind Rao Kokkirala, Kenneth N Giedd, Lynn L Johnson, Elsa-Grace V Giardina, and Sabahat Bokhari (Article)
Remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema associated with acute myeloid leukemia., Nicole Chiapetta DO and Barry Gruber (Article)
Rituximab in the treatment of refractory dermatomyositis., Nicole Chiapetta DO, James Steier, and Barry Gruber (Article)
Reduction of the catheter-associated bloodstream infection rate and an opportunity to improve the quality of care in a long-term acute care hospital, R Christman, Jaan Naktin MD, P Miles, G Wutcher, and E Anderson (Article)
Evaluation of risk factors for mortality in intensive care units: a prospective study from a referral hospital in Turkey., Aylin Colpan MD, Esragul Akinci, Ayse Erbay, Neriman Balaban, and Hurrem Bodur (Article)
Opening the black box of stroke rehabilitation with clinical practice improvement methodology., Brendan E Conroy MD, Brooke Hatfield, and Diane Nichols (Article)