Submissions from 2012
Robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy: outcomes in obese and morbidly obese patients, Taryn Gallo, Shabnam Kashani, Divya A. Patel, Karim Elsahwi, Dan-Arin Silasi, and Masoud Azodi
PP164. Magnesium sulphate for prevention and treatment of eclampsia in low and middle income countries: Systematic review of tested regimens, R M. Gordon, B Payne, T Firoz, L Magee, D Sawchuck, D Tu, M Vidler, and P von Dadelszen
An institution-wide handoff task force to standardise and improve physician handoffs, Leora I. Horwitz, Kevin M. Schuster, Stephen F. Thung, David C. Hersh, Rosemarie L. Fisher, Nidhi Shah, William Cushing, Judy Nunes, David G. Silverman, and Grace Y. Jenq
The day we lost a corpse. Put institution's values first, even if it means revealing a troubling incident, William Jennings
OS032. Pharmacotherapy for pre-eclampsia in low and middle income countries: An analysis of essential medicines lists (EMLS), S Lalani, T Firoz, L A. Magee, R Lowe, D Sawchuck, B Payne, R Gordon, and M Vidler
OS032. Pharmacotherapy for pre-eclampsia in low and middle income countries: An analysis of essential medicines lists (EMLS), S Lalani, T Firoz, L A. Magee, R Lowe, D Sawchuck, B Payne, R Gordon, M Vidler, and P von Dadelszen
Aerosols and details, Constantine A. Manthous
Patient-centered critical care reconsidered: ruminations on bygone continuity and fear and trembling, Constantine A. Manthous
Sepsis, lactate, and oxygen supply dependence, Constantine A. Manthous
Commentary: Disruptive physicians, Constantine A. Manthous and Michael Ivy
Why surgeons can say "no": exploring "unilateral withholding", Constantine A. Manthous and Michael Ivy
Compared to conventional ventilation, airway pressure release ventilation may increase ventilator days in trauma patients, Adrian A. Maung, Kevin M. Schuster, Lewis J. Kaplan, Michael F. Ditillo, Greta L. Piper, Linda L. Maerz, Felix Y. Lui, Dirk C. Johnson, and Kimberly A. Davis
Impact of adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction on radiation dose in evaluation of trauma patients, Mark W. Maxfield, Kevin M. Schuster, Edward A. McGillicuddy, Calvin J. Young, Monica Ghita, S A. Bokhari, Isabel B. Oliva, James A. Brink, and Kimberly A. Davis
Non-operative management of acute cholecystitis in the elderly, E A. McGillicuddy, K M. Schuster, K Barre, L Suarez, M R. Hall, G J. Kaml, K A. Davis, and W E. Longo
Outcomes of small bowel obstruction in patients with previous gynecologic malignancies, Tamar L. Mirensky, Kevin M. Schuster, Unzila A. Ali, Vikram Reddy, Peter E. Schwartz, and Walter E. Longo
A Preventive intervention for rising intraocular pressure: development of the Molloy/Bridgeport anesthesia associates observation scale, Bonnie Molloy
Symptomatic giant left atrium, Konstantinos M. Parperis
Challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of congenital syphilis, Dallas Reed and Robert Stiller
Adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol response to corticotropin releasing hormone in the critically ill-a novel assessment of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, Kevin M. Schuster, Jana B. Macleod, Jesus B. Fernandez, Mahendra Kumar, and Erik S. Barquist
Motility disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract in the intensive care unit: pathophysiology and contemporary management, Daniel Paul Stupak, George G. Abdelsayed, and Gregory N. Soloway
Group B streptococcus mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta: report of a case and review of the literature, Shrey K. Thawait, Aylin Akay, Ronen H. Jhirad, and Nayef El-Daher
Research synthesis: what is the diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging to discriminate benign from malignant vertebral compression fractures? Systematic review and meta-analysis, Shrey K. Thawait, Matthew A. Marcus, William B. Morrison, Roman A. Klufas, John Eng, and John A. Carrino
High resolution magnetic resonance imaging of the patellar retinaculum: normal anatomy, common injury patterns, and pathologies, Shrey K. Thawait, Theodoros Soldatos, Gaurav K. Thawait, Andrew J. Cosgarea, John A. Carrino, and Avneesh Chhabra
Peripheral nerve surgery: the role of high-resolution MR neurography, S K. Thawait, K Wang, T K. Subhawong, E H. Williams, S S. Hashemi, A J. Machado, G K. Thawait, T Soldatos, J A. Carrino, and A Chhabra
Preeclampsia in low and middle income countries-health services lessons learned from the PRE-EMPT (PRE-Eclampsia-Eclampsia Monitoring, Prevention and Treatment) project, Peter von Dadelszen, Tabassum Firoz, France Donnay, Rebecca Gordon, G Justus Hofmeyr, Shifana Lalani, Beth A. Payne, and James M. Roberts
Clinical usefulness of adjusted D-dimer cut-off values to exclude pulmonary embolism in a community hospital emergency department patient population, Josephina A. Vossen, Joshua Albrektson, Anirban Sensarma, and Scott C. Williams
Submissions from 2011
Validity of Amino Terminal pro-Brain Natiuretic Peptide in a Medically Complex Elderly Population, Mazhar A. Afaq, Azadeh Shoraki, Oleg Ivanov, Janardhan Srinivasan, Lawrence Bernstein, and Stuart W. Zarich
Sorting through the evidence of adult pneumatosis intestinalis as a harbinger for disaster vs benign disease, Nabil A. Atweh and Lee F. Starker
A case of bovine valve endocarditis caused by Engyodontium album, Shiva Balasingham, Spyros Chalkias, Anna Balasingham, Zane Saul, Brian L. Wickes, and Deanna A. Sutton
Eradication of chemotherapy-resistant CD44+ human ovarian cancer stem cells in mice by intraperitoneal administration of Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin, Francesca Casagrande, Emiliano Cocco, Stefania Bellone, Christine E. Richter, Marta Bellone, Paola Todeschini, Eric Siegel, Joyce Varughese, Dan Arin-Silasi, Masoud Azodi, Thomas J. Rutherford, Sergio Pecorelli, Peter E. Schwartz, and Alessandro D. Santin
Short-term femoral vein catheterization rarely causes thrombosis or bacteremia, Ana Isabel Casanegra, Scott Brannan, Ramona Dadu, Philip Ong, Mitchell Berner, Kristopher Spinning, Terence Hughes, Greg Marrinan, Kenneth Zinn, and Constantine Manthous
Radioimmunotherapy of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: from the 'magic bullets' to 'radioactive magic bullets', Murthy R. Chamarthy, Scott C. Williams, and Renee M. Moadel
Expression of tissue factor in adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix: implications for immunotherapy with hI-con1, a factor VII-IgGFc chimeric protein targeting tissue factor, Emiliano Cocco, Joyce Varughese, Natalia Buza, Stefania Bellone, Michelle Glasgow, Marta Bellone, Paola Todeschini, Luisa Carrara, Dan-Arin Silasi, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Sergio Pecorelli, Charles J. Lockwood, and Alessandro D. Santin
Tissue factor expression in ovarian cancer: implications for immunotherapy with hI-con1, a factor VII-IgGF(c) chimeric protein targeting tissue factor, Emiliano Cocco, Joyce Varughese, Natalia Buza, Stefania Bellone, Ken-Yu Lin, Marta Bellone, Paola Todeschini, Dan-Arin Silasi, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Luisa Carrara, Renata Tassi, Sergio Pecorelli, Charles J. Lockwood, and Alessandro D. Santin
Dipyridamole-associated shock and pulmonary edema, Maria Dioverti, Robert Fishman, Robert Moskowitz, Sixto A. Arias, Sumi Nair, Priyanka Lall, Adam E. Schussheim, Stuart Zarich, and Constantine Manthous
Dipyridamole-associated shock and pulmonary edema, Maria Dioverti, Robert Fishman, Robert Moskowitz, Sixto A. Arias, Sumi Nair, Priyanka Lall, Adam E. Schussheim, Stuart Zarich, and Constantine Manthous
The significance of perineural invasion in early-stage cervical cancer, Karim S. Elsahwi, Emma Barber, Jessica Illuzzi, Natalia Buza, Elena Ratner, Dan-Arin Silasi, Alessandro D. Santin, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, and Thomas J. Rutherford
Postpartum evaluation and long term implications, Tabassum Firoz and Tanya Melnik
Pre-eclampsia in low and middle income countries, Tabassum Firoz, Harshad Sanghvi, Mario Merialdi, and Peter von Dadelszen
Elders' environs and their end-of-life preferences, Cristina Gheorghe, Rodrigo Vazquez, Ana I. Casanegra, Vivian Argento, Ramona Dadu, Yan Feng, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Medicaid patients' access to subspecialty care in Connecticut: teaching clinics questionnaire, Yekaterina Grewal, Andre Sofair, Myriam Guevara, and Constantine A. Manthous
Individualized education plans in medical education, Myriam Guevara, Yekaterina Grewald, Karen Hutchinson, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine Manthous
Safe placement of Central Venous Catheter via right Internal Jugular Vein: Calculation of insertion depth by individual body height, M Haque, MT Mulk, M A. Rahman, A K. Azad, Md Mashiul Alam, R Chowdhury, and M R. Alam
Severe hypoxemia and orthodeoxia following right pneumonectomy, David A. Kaufman, Sandeep Ravi, Ramona Dadu, Daniel Horowitz, and Michael A. Logue
The calcareous lung, Jayakrishnan Krishnakurup and George Abdelsayed
Optimal management of shivering during therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest, Angela Logan, Prasama Sangkachand, and Marjorie Funk
A randomized controlled trial of Child FIRST: a comprehensive home-based intervention translating research into early childhood practice, Darcy I. Lowell, Alice S. Carter, Leandra Godoy, Belinda Paulicin, and Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan
Sustaining Medicare's promise, Constantine A. Manthous
Medicaid patients' access to subspecialty ambulatory care in connecticut, Constantine A. Manthous, Yekaterina Grewal, and Andre N. Sofair
Team science and critical care, Constantine A. Manthous and Andrea B. Hollingshead
The interface of law and medicine: a new series in the "Medical Ethics" section, Constantine A. Manthous and Richard S. Irwin
Building effective critical care teams, Constantine Manthous, Ingrid M. Nembhard, and Andrea B. Hollingshead
Routine or protocol evaluation of trauma patients with suspected syncope is unnecessary, Adrian A. Maung, Lewis J. Kaplan, Kevin M. Schuster, Dirk C. Johnson, and Kimberly A. Davis
Risk of venous thromboembolism after spinal cord injury: not all levels are the same, Adrian A. Maung, Kevin M. Schuster, Lewis J. Kaplan, Linda L. Maerz, and Kimberly A. Davis
Development of a computed tomography-based scoring system for necrotizing soft-tissue infections, Edward A. McGillicuddy, Andrew W. Lischuk, Kevin M. Schuster, Lewis J. Kaplan, Adrian Maung, Felix Y. Lui, S A. Bokhari, and Kimberly A. Davis
Acute cholecystitis in the elderly: use of computed tomography and correlation with ultrasonography, Edward A. McGillicuddy, Kevin M. Schuster, Elliott Brown, Mark W. Maxfield, Kimberly A. Davis, and Walter E. Longo
Implications for postoperative visual loss: steep trendelenburg position and effects on intraocular pressure, Bonnie Lee Molloy
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy complicating severe babesiosis, Esosa Odigie-Okon, Emmanuel Okon, John Dodson, and Gabriel Vorobiof
Thyrotoxic Dysphagia in an 82-year-old male, Konstantinos Parperis, Ramona Dadu, Sheikh Hoq, and Vivian Argento
Uterine and ovarian carcinosarcomas overexpressing Trop-2 are sensitive to hRS7, a humanized anti-Trop-2 antibody, Rhoda Raji, Federica Guzzo, Luisa Carrara, Joyce Varughese, Emiliano Cocco, Stefania Bellone, Marta Betti, Paola Todeschini, Sara Gasparrini, Elena Ratner, Dan-Arin Silasi, Masoud Azodi, Peter Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Natalia Buza, Sergio Pecorelli, and Alessandro D. Santin
Are international and American graduates equally ACGME competent? Results of a pilot study, Cristhiam Rojas, Suresh Nelson Samson, Jorge Florindez Ullilen, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Can acute care surgeons perform emergency colorectal procedures with good outcomes?, Kevin M. Schuster, Edward A. McGillicuddy, Adrian A. Maung, Lewis J. Kaplan, and Kimberly A. Davis
Subphrenic abscess from a perforated duodenal ulcer, Yue Shen, Philip Ong, Niel Gandhi, and Angela Degirolamo
Metastatic Colon Cancer to the Thyroid Gland in the Setting of Pathologically Diagnosed Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Review and Report of a Case, Lee F. Starker, Flavio Paterno, Peyman Bjorklund, Dennis Wasson, and Nabil Atweh
Her2/neu extracellular domain shedding in uterine serous carcinoma: implications for immunotherapy with trastuzumab, P Todeschini, E Cocco, S Bellone, J Varughese, K Lin, L Carrara, F Guzzo, N Buza, P Hui, D-A Silasi, E Ratner, M Azodi, P E. Schwartz, T J. Rutherford, S Pecorelli, and A D. Santin
Cervical carcinomas overexpress human trophoblast cell-surface marker (Trop-2) and are highly sensitive to immunotherapy with hRS7, a humanized monoclonal anti-Trop-2 antibody, Joyce Varughese, Emiliano Cocco, Stefania Bellone, Elena Ratner, Dan-Arin Silasi, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Natalia Buza, Sergio Pecorelli, and Alessandro D. Santin
A tight spot. Aberrant right subclavian artery compressing the esophagus, Yixia Ye, Zana Nikolla, Ramnath Hebbar, Daniel Stupak, Murthy Chamarthy, Haroutun Abrahamian, David Grayer, and George G. Abdelsayed
Submissions from 2010
Sudden deaths following the unexpected demise of a popular politician in India, Varsha Babu and Navin Paul
A simple patient-driven tool to measure the results of total knee arthroplasty, David F. Bindelglass, Daniel J. Marchetti, and Cliff Myers
Neuraxial hematoma and paralysis after enoxaparin administration 3 days after attempted spinal anesthesia for total knee arthroplasty, David F. Bindelglass and David S. Rosenblum
Poststreptococcal cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis: a case report, Spyridon Chalkias, Suresh N. Samson, Eleni Tiniakou, and Andre N. Sofair
hI-con1, a factor VII-IgGFc chimeric protein targeting tissue factor for immunotherapy of uterine serous papillary carcinoma, E Cocco, Z Hu, C E. Richter, S Bellone, F Casagrande, M Bellone, P Todeschini, G Krikun, D-A Silasi, M Azodi, P E. Schwartz, T J. Rutherford, N Buza, S Pecorelli, C J. Lockwood, and A D. Santin
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in a woman using the etonogestrel-ethinyl estradiol vaginal contraceptive ring: a case report, Caitlin Dunne, Doug Malyuk, and Tabassum Firoz
Rumination in eating disorders: literature review, Caitlin Dunne, Doug Malyuk, and Tabassum Firoz
Overexpression of EpCAM in uterine serous papillary carcinoma: implications for EpCAM-specific immunotherapy with human monoclonal antibody adecatumumab (MT201), Karim El-Sahwi, Stefania Bellone, Emiliano Cocco, Francesca Casagrande, Marta Bellone, Maysa Abu-Khalaf, Natalia Buza, Fattaneh A. Tavassoli, Pei Hui, Dominik Rüttinger, Dan-Arin Silasi, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Sergio Pecorelli, and Alessandro D. Santin
In vitro activity of pertuzumab in combination with trastuzumab in uterine serous papillary adenocarcinoma, K El-Sahwi, S Bellone, E Cocco, M Cargnelutti, F Casagrande, M Bellone, M Abu-Khalaf, N Buza, F A. Tavassoli, P Hui, D-A Silasi, M Azodi, P E. Schwartz, T J. Rutherford, S Pecorelli, and A D. Santin
A practical approach to adult acute respiratory distress syndrome, Constantine A. Manthous
Contrast-induced nephropathy in elderly trauma patients, Edward A. McGillicuddy, Kevin M. Schuster, Lewis J. Kaplan, Adrian A. Maung, Felix Y. Lui, Linda L. Maerz, Dirk C. Johnson, and Kimberly A. Davis
Cardiac injury in patients with COPD presenting with dyspnea: a pilot study, Esosa Odigie-Okon, Bryan Jordan, Sylvester Dijeh, Armand Wolff, Razvan Dadu, Priyanka Lall, Stuart Zarich, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Cardiac injury in patients with COPD presenting with dyspnea: a pilot study, Esosa Odigie-Okon, Bryan Jordan, Sylvester Dijeh, Armand Wolff, Razvan Dadu, Priyanka Lall, Stuart Zarich, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Antihypertensive therapy in African Americans: findings from an inner-city ambulatory clinic, Esosa Odigie-Okon, Stuart Zarich, Emmanuel Okon, and Alix Dufresne
Ischemic colitis: risk factors for eventual surgery, Flavio Paterno, Edward A. McGillicuddy, Kevin M. Schuster, and Walter E. Longo
Primary cervical carcinoma cell lines overexpress epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) and are highly sensitive to immunotherapy with MT201, a fully human monoclonal anti-EpCAM antibody, Christine E. Richter, Emiliano Cocco, Stefania Bellone, Marta Bellone, Francesca Casagrande, Paola Todeschini, Dominik Rüttinger, Dan-Arin Silasi, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Sergio Pecorelli, and Alessandro D. Santin
High-grade, chemotherapy-resistant ovarian carcinomas overexpress epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) and are highly sensitive to immunotherapy with MT201, a fully human monoclonal anti-EpCAM antibody, Christine E. Richter, Emiliano Cocco, Stefania Bellone, Dan-Arin Silasi, Dominik Rüttinger, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Sergio Pecorelli, and Alessandro D. Santin
HER-2/NEU overexpression in vulvar Paget disease: the Yale experience, Christine E. Richter, Pei Hui, Natalia Buza, Dan-Arin Silasi, Masoud Azodi, Alessandro D. Santin, Peter E. Schwartz, and Thomas J. Rutherford
Atypical antipsychotic medications are independently associated with severe obstructive sleep apnea, Muhammad Adeel Rishi, Mahesh Shetty, Armand Wolff, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Atypical antipsychotic medications are independently associated with severe obstructive sleep apnea, Muhammad Adeel Rishi, Mahesh Shetty, Armand Wolff, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Reducing Late Charges in Cardiovascular Services, Diane Rydzy RN
The status of massive transfusion protocols in United States trauma centers: massive transfusion or massive confusion?, Kevin M. Schuster, Kimberly A. Davis, Felix Y. Lui, Linda L. Maerz, and Lewis J. Kaplan
Outcomes of critically ill patients who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Jianmin Tian, David A. Kaufman, Stuart Zarich, Paul S. Chan, Philip Ong, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Outcomes of critically ill patients who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Jianmin Tian, David A. Kaufman, Stuart Zarich, Paul S. Chan, Philip Ong, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Accuracy of bedside physical examination in distinguishing categories of shock: a pilot study, Rodrigo Vazquez, Cristina Gheorghe, David Kaufman, and Constantine A. Manthous
Gurgling breath sounds may predict hospital-acquired pneumonia, Rodrigo Vazquez, Cristina Gheorghe, Frederick Ramos, Ramona Dadu, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Does choice of antidiabetes therapy influence macrovascular outcomes?, Stuart W. Zarich
Relationship of coronary angiographic findings to choice of antidiabetic medication, Stuart W. Zarich
Submissions from 2009
An unusual case of syncope, Edgar Argulian
Acute kidney injury predicts outcomes of non-critically ill patients, Fidel Barrantes, Yan Feng, Oleg Ivanov, Hima B. Yalamanchili, Janki Patel, Xander Buenafe, Vicky Cheng, Sylvester Dijeh, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Generation of CA125-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in human leukocyte antigen-A2.1-positive healthy donors and patients with advanced ovarian cancer, Stefania Bellone, Simone Anfossi, Timothy J. O'Brien, Martin J. Cannon, Dan-Arin Silasi, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Sergio Pecorelli, and Alessandro D. Santin
Induction of human tumor-associated differentially expressed gene-12 (TADG-12/TMPRSS3)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes in human lymphocyte antigen-A2.1-positive healthy donors and patients with advanced ovarian cancer, Stefania Bellone, Simone Anfossi, Timothy J. O'Brien, Martin J. Cannon, Dan-Arin Silasi, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Sergio Pecorelli, and Alessandro D. Santin