Submissions from 2011
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
Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) virus-like particle L1-specific CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are equally effective as E7-specific CD8+ CTLs in killing autologous HPV-16-positive tumor cells in cervical cancer patients: implications for L1 dendritic cell-based therapeutic vaccines, Stefania Bellone, Karim El-Sahwi, Emiliano Cocco, Francesca Casagrande, Marilisa Cargnelutti, Michela Palmieri, Eliana Bignotti, Chiara Romani, Dan-Arin Silasi, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Sergio Pecorelli, and Alessandro D. Santin
Overexpression of epithelial cell adhesion molecule in primary, metastatic, and recurrent/chemotherapy-resistant epithelial ovarian cancer: implications for epithelial cell adhesion molecule-specific immunotherapy, Stefania Bellone, Eric R. Siegel, Emiliano Cocco, Marilisa Cargnelutti, Dan-Arin Silasi, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, Thomas J. Rutherford, Sergio Pecorelli, and Alessandro D. Santin
Troponin T elevation after implanted defibrillator discharge predicts survival, D Blendea, M Blendea, J Banker, and C A. McPherson
Serum amyloid A (SAA): a novel biomarker for uterine serous papillary cancer, E Cocco, S Bellone, K El-Sahwi, M Cargnelutti, F Casagrande, N Buza, F A. Tavassoli, E R. Siegel, I Visintin, E Ratner, D-A Silasi, M Azodi, P E. Schwartz, T J. Rutherford, S Pecorelli, and A D. Santin
Age, duration of mechanical ventilation, and outcomes of patients who are critically ill, Yan Feng, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, David Kaufman, Cristina Gheorghe, and Constantine A. Manthous
Outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for patients on vasopressors or inotropes: a pilot study, Artur Grigoriyan, Rodrigo Vazquez, Tatsiana Palvinskaya, Gloria Bindelglass, Adeel Rishi, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
The Texas Advance Directives Act--is it a good model?, Harris C. Jacobs
The expanding medical and behavioral resources with access to care for everyone health plan, Gilead I. Lancaster, Ryan O'Connell, David L. Katz, JoAnn E. Manson, William R. Hutchison, Charles Landau, and Kimberly A. Yonkers
Aspirin resistance: an update, Gilead I. Lancaster, Janardhan Srinivasan, and Hitender Jain
Why not physician-assisted death?, Constantine A. Manthous
Factors predicting morbidity and mortality in emergency colorectal procedures in elderly patients, Edward A. McGillicuddy, Kevin M. Schuster, Kimberly A. Davis, and Walter E. Longo
Hairy plaque on an infant's back and extremities, Ingrid Mody and Melissa Shaw
Primary atony of the lower uterine segment as a distinct cause of early postpartum haemorrhage: a case series and management recommendations, B Panda, S Laifer, R Stiller, and G Kleinman
Antibiotic resistance and penicillin tolerance in ano-vaginal group B streptococci, Britta Panda, Igor Iruretagoyena, Robert Stiller, and Alexander Panda
Prenatal diagnosis of ectopic intrathoracic kidney in a fetus with a left diaphragmatic hernia, Britta Panda, Victor Rosenberg, Daniel Cornfeld, and Robert Stiller
Prenatal diagnosis of an umbilical vein aneurysm: a case report, Britta Panda, Robert Stiller, Igor Iruretagoyena, and Angelique Levi
Brain metastases in epithelial ovarian and primary peritoneal carcinoma, Elena S. Ratner, Eugene Toy, David M. O'Malley, Jessica McAlpine, Thomas J. Rutherford, Masoud Azodi, Susan A. Higgins, and Peter E. Schwartz
Ovarian preservation and staging in reproductive-age endometrial cancer patients, Christine E. Richter, Biyun Qian, Maritza Martel, Herbert Yu, Masoud Azodi, Thomas J. Rutherford, and Peter E. Schwartz
The increasing geriatric population and overcrowding in the emergency department: one hospital's approach, Dori Rogers
Emergency and urgent surgery, Kevin M. Schuster, Kimberly A. Davis, and Stanley H. Rosenbaum
Pulseless electrical activity, focused abdominal sonography for trauma, and cardiac contractile activity as predictors of survival after trauma, Kevin M. Schuster, Rebecca Lofthouse, Christopher Moore, Felix Lui, Lewis J. Kaplan, and Kimberly A. Davis
Continuous-infusion oxacillin for the treatment of burn wound cellulitis, Kevin M. Schuster, David Wilson, Carl I. Schulman, Louis R. Pizano, C Gillon Ward, and Nicholas Namias
Medical professionalism in the new millennium: are there intercultural differences? Brief report and commentary, Manasi M. Shah, Eleanor M. Summerhill, and Constantine A. Manthous
Rapid reversal of acute kidney injury and hospital outcomes: a retrospective cohort study, Jianmin Tian, Fidel Barrantes, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Complications associated with sickle cell trait: a brief narrative review, Geoffrey Tsaras, Amma Owusu-Ansah, Freda Owusua Boateng, and Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong
Enhanced end-of-life care associated with deploying a rapid response team: a pilot study, Rodrigo Vazquez, Cristina Gheorghe, Artur Grigoriyan, Tatsiana Palvinskaya, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Antidiabetic agents and cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes, Stuart W. Zarich
Potential of glucose-lowering drugs to reduce cardiovascular events, Stuart W. Zarich
Submissions from 2008
Cervical carcinosarcoma: a case report, Alireza Abidi, Kirsten Menn, Andrea Sherman, Thomas Konia, and Masoud Azodi
The lived experience of a mind-body intervention for people living with HIV, Stephanie K. Andrade and Elizabeth H. Anderson
Anemia prevalence in a home visit geriatric population, Vivian Argento, Jonathan Roylance, Beata Skudlarska, Nicholas Dainiak, and Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong
Physician preferences for medical interventions in elderly patients, Fidel Barrantes, Vivian Argento, Beata Skudlarska, and Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong
Acute kidney injury criteria predict outcomes of critically ill patients, Fidel Barrantes, Jianmin Tian, Rodrigo Vazquez, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Trauma team oversight improves efficiency of care and augments clinical and economic outcomes, Kimberly A. Davis, Nicole C. Cabbad, Kevin M. Schuster, Lewis J. Kaplan, Carla Carusone, Tucker Leary, and Robert Udelsman
"Roll-bar" for protective posture splint limits potential trauma to dorsal hand grafts, Edward C. Kaine, Phillip Fidler, John Schulz, Shaher Kahn, Roselle Crombie, Sally Dalton, Andrea Warren, Eric LaBonte, John Palmer, Paul Possenti, Jacqueline Laird, and Nabil Atweh
"Roll-bar" for protective posture splint limits potential trauma to dorsal hand grafts, Edward C. Kaine, Phillip Fidler, John Schulz, Shaher Kahn, Roselle Crombie, Sally Dalton, Andrea Warren, Eric LaBonte, John Palmer, Paul Possenti, Jacqueline Laird, and Nabil Atweh
The role of aspirin resistance in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes, Gilead I. Lancaster, Hitender Jain, and Stuart W. Zarich
Starling's equation and bedside critical care, Constantine A. Manthous
Promoting a culture of patient safety, Constantine A. Manthous, Michael Ivy, and Karen Daley
The legal system and the surgical pathologist: through the eyes of the defendant, Vinita Parkash
Nonventilatory interventions in the acute respiratory distress syndrome, Kevin M. Schuster, Reginald Alouidor, and Erik S. Barquist
How can trauma surgeons maintain their operative skills?, Kevin M. Schuster, Peter P. Lopez, Tobi Greene, Kerry Wheeler, Dror Soffer, Fahim Habib, Stephen M. Cohn, and Carl I. Schulman
Recent advances in management of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Manasi Shah and Bharat Agarwal
Carcinosarcoma of the ovary, D-A Silasi, J L. Illuzzi, M G. Kelly, T J. Rutherford, G Mor, M Azodi, and P E. Schwartz
Tenascin is highly expressed in endometriosis and its expression is upregulated by estrogen, Orkun Tan, Turkan Ornek, Yasemin Seval, Leyla Sati, and Aydin Arici
Patients' predilections regarding informed consent for hospital treatments, Shweta Upadhyay, Andrew Beck, Adeel Rishi, Yaw Amoateng-Adjepong, and Constantine A. Manthous
Submissions from 2007
Management of radiation-induced nausea and vomiting, George G. Abdelsayed
Ovarian pregnancy without definitive pathologic confirmation: a case report, Alireza Abidi, Rebecca Gordon, Mary Beth Harman, and Marguerite Pinto
The role of blood cultures in the acute evaluation of postoperative fever in arthroplasty patients, David F. Bindelglass and Jessica Pellegrino
Usefulness of high-speed rotational coronary venous angiography during cardiac resynchronization therapy, Dan Blendea, Moussa Mansour, Ravi V. Shah, Jeffrey Chung, Veena Nandigam, E Kevin Heist, Theofanie Mela, Vivek Y. Reddy, Robert Manzke, Craig A. McPherson, Jeremy N. Ruskin, and Jagmeet P. Singh
Variability of coronary venous anatomy in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: a high-speed rotational venography study, Dan Blendea, Ravi V. Shah, Angelo Auricchio, Veena Nandigam, Mary Orencole, E Kevin Heist, Vivek Y. Reddy, Craig A. McPherson, Jeremy N. Ruskin, and Jagmeet P. Singh