Submissions from 2022
Transitions In and Out of Care: Palliative Care and Communication for Adolescents and Young Adults, Emily Kelly
Early Disseminated Lyme Disease: Cranial Neuropathy, Meningitis, and Polyradiculopathy, Tyler Crissinger and Kelly Baldwin
Thoracoscopic-assisted rib plating (TARP): initial single-center case series, including TARP in the super elderly, technical lessons learned, and proposed expanded indications, Gary Zhang, Eric Shurtleff, Carolyne Falank, Daniel Cullinane, Damien Carter, and Forest Sheppard
Utilization rate and outcomes of intravascular imaging in elderly patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction, Mohammed Elzeneini, Omkar Betageri, Sujay R. Kamisetty, Yazan Assaf, Islam Y. Elgendy, and Khanjan B. Shah
Recreational Dissociation Leading to Bloody Urination, Cynthia Gaudet, Joshua Swenson, Diana Biggs, and Michelle Crispo
The ABLE Anterior-Based Muscle-Sparing Approach: A Safe and Effective Option for Total Hip Arthroplasty, Adam J. Rana, Callahan M. Sturgeon, Brian J. McGrory, Michael V. Frazier, and George M. Babikian
Woman With Cardiac Arrest, Christina Wilson, David Mackenzie, Peter Croft, John Hansen, Joshua Rehberg, and Andrew Fried
Cardiovascular disease associated with methamphetamine use: a review, Jared Tobolski, Douglas Sawyer, Sharon J. Song, and Maxwell Eyram Afari
Syphilitic Uveitis and Alopecia, Brandon Kyle Winward
Urticarial Rash in a Patient with Alpha-Gal Syndrome Caused by Subcutaneous Heparin at Prophylactic Dosing: A Case Report, Russell G. Behmer, Randolph S. Thomas, and Hani T. Jarawan
Reduction and Resolution of a Hiatal Hernia Using Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment: A Case Report, Mikhail Volokitin, Anthony Song, Meredith T. Peck, and Susan Milani
Myocarditis Following Immune Checkpoint Inhibition With Pembrolizumab: Management in a Context of Steroid Intolerance, Laura L. Onderko, Ross Heinrich, Katalin Gosling, Tim Downs, and Maxwell Eyram Afari
Woman With Groin Pain, Carrie Anne Orlikowski, Sharon Siegel, and Christina Wilson
Ureteroscopy with thulium fiber laser lithotripsy results in shorter operating times and large cost savings, Mitchell H. Nguyen, Joshua A. Linscott, Brian M. Jumper, Maria Ordoñez, and Johann P. Ingimarsson
Stress-Related Disorders of Family Members of Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit With COVID-19, Timothy Amass, Lauren Jodi Van Scoy, May Hua, Melanie Ambler, Priscilla Armstrong, Matthew R. Baldwin, Rachelle Bernacki, Mansoor D. Burhani, Jennifer Chiurco, Zara Cooper, Hope Cruse, Nicholas Csikesz, Ruth A. Engelberg, Laura D. Fonseca, Karin Halvorson, Rachel Hammer, Joanna Heywood, Sarah Hochendoner Duda, Jin Huang, Ying Jin, Laura Johnson, Masami Tabata-Kelly, Emma Kerr, Trevor Lane, Melissa Lee, Keely Likosky, Donald McGuirl, Tijana Milinic, Marc Moss, Elizabeth Nielsen, Ryan Peterson, and Sara J. Puckey
Predicting loss of independence after high-risk gastrointestinal abdominal surgery: Frailty vs. NSQIP risk calculator., Abdimajid Mohamed, Laura Nicolais, and Timothy L Fitzgerald
Weather and prehospital predictors of trauma patient mortality in a rural American state, Obieze C. Nwanna-Nzewunwa, Carolyne Falank, Sean Francois, Julianne Ontengco, Bruce Chung, and Damien Carter
Facial Plethora and Markedly Elevated Central Venous Pressure After Mitral Valve Repair, Maze, and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Procedures, Obieze C. Nwanna-Nzewunwa, Paul Lennon, Brian R. Gebhardt, Gregory Couper, and Michael P. Robich
The Psychiatric Burden on Medical Students in New York City Entering Clinical Clerkships During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Alexandra Saali, Emma R. Stanislawski, Vedika Kumar, Chi Chan, Alicia Hurtado, Robert H. Pietrzak, Dennis S. Charney, Jonathan Ripp, and Craig L. Katz
Prospective Validation of Sedation Scale Scores That Identify Light Sedation: A Pilot Study, Caitlin Brown, Pasquale Joseph Marotta, Richard R. Riker, Ashley D. Eldridge, Gilles L. Fraser, and Teresa L. May
Woman With Chest Wall Bruising, Joshua Rehberg, John Nicholas Hansen, and David C. Mackenzie
Current Barriers in Robotic Surgery Training for General Surgery Residents, Robert D. Shaw, Mark A. Eid, Josh Bleicher, Justine Broecker, Ben Caesar, Ryan Chin, Courtney Meyer, Anastasios Mitsakos, Allan E. Stolarksi, Lauren Theiss, Brigitte K. Smith, and Srinivas J. Ivatury
Behavioral Support Checklist Making MMC More Autism Friendly, Rachel Coffey and Sarah Reynolds
Assessment of Obstetric Outcomes Graphs and Figures for New Mainers, Amy Haskins, Brendan Prast, and Tina Holt
Pre-operative anxiety related to major urogynecologicsurgery, Nadi Nina Kaonga, Mary C Brandes, and Caroline Foust-Wright
A Multicenter Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of EVOO on Lipid Parameters, Caroline Knight, Ralph Hamill, Katherine Brady, and Stacia Kozidis
Takotsubo’sCardiomyopathy: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in the Rural State of Maine, Laura Onderko, Bhavini Prajapati, Wendy Craig, and Roisin Morgan
Maine Medical Center Experience with Left Ventricular Device Explantation, Laura Onderko, Lauren Vickerson, and Andrew Schwartzman
Improving Car-Bed Discharge Process and Follow up, Haley Pelletier and Gina Trachimowicz
US-Guided Regional Anesthesia (UGRA) in the ED- A QI Project, Joshua Rehberg
Development of a Codebook for A Prospective Mixed Methods Study Focusing on Experiences of Mindfulness Intervention in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery, Laura Nicolais, Rebecca Brown, Julie Fitzgibbons, and Rachel Farrington
Social Determinants of Care in the MMC Cardiology Fellow’s Clinic, Bhavini Prajapati, Laura Onderko, Darcy Chandler, and Sanjeev Francis
A Formative Mixed-Methods Study of Emotional Responsiveness in Telepalliative Care, Rebecca N. Hutchinson, Eric C. Anderson, Mollie A. Ruben, Noah Manning, Liam John, Ava Daruvala, Donna M. Rizzo, Margaret J. Eppstein, Robert Gramling, and Paul K. Han
Test-A Formative Mixed-Methods Study of Emotional Responsiveness in Telepalliative Care., Rebecca N Hutchinson, Eric C Anderson, Mollie A Ruben, Noah Manning, Liam John, Ava Daruvala, Donna M Rizzo, Margaret J Eppstein, Robert Gramling, and Paul K J Han
Prostate cancer screening behaviors among U.S. immigrants: a cross-sectional analysis using the NHIS database, Joshua Linscott, Mathew Hayn, Jesse Sammon, and Stephen Ryan
A Commentary on "Factors Contributing to Efficient Recanalization Procedures for Chronic Total Occlusion of the Superficial Femoral Artery", Robert E. Beasley and Jesse Martin
Pain Management Considerations in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Requiring Critical Care, Kathryn Smith, Michelle Wang, Ruslan Abdukalikov, Amy McAullife, Dena Whitesell, Janelle Richard, William Sauer, and Aurora Quaye
Myopia in the Diagnosis of Marfan Syndrome: An Important Early Sign of a Systemic Condition., Bhavini B Prajapati and Jennifer Monti
A Sight For Sore Eyes, Cynthia Gaudet, Michelle Crispo, Xiangyu Wang, Michael Leslie, and Matthew Kerr
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in the Setting of COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Stressors: A Case Report, Alexander M. Roche, Kelsey Klingel, Kathryn Toth, Keating Pepper, and Sanjeev A. Francis
A Retrospective Study of Acute Postoperative Pain After Cesarean Delivery in Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Treated With Opioid Agonist Pharmacotherapy, Johanna Cobb, Wendy Craig, Janelle Richard, Elizabeth Snow, Heather Turcotte, Robert Warters, and Aurora Quaye
Isolated Fallopian Tube Torsion in an Adolescent - A Case Report, Nadi Kaonga, Laura Nicolais, Toby Fitzgerald, and Kartikey Pandya
Telemedicine Consultation to Assess Neonatal Encephalopathy in Rural Community Hospitals and Tertiary Care Centers, Rachel Coffey, Misty Melendi, Anya K. Cutler, and Alexa K. Craig
Alternating bilateral Horner's syndrome during continuous thoracic epidural analgesia., Guilherme Holck and Aurora Quaye
2022-2023 Maine Medical Center House Staff, Maine Medical Center
Bronchial penetration of migrated Temporary Epicardial Pacing Wire with bronchoscopic extraction, Christopher G. Roy and Nicholas A. Pozzessere
Submissions from 2021
Myocarditis in the Setting of Recent COVID-19 Vaccination., Laura Onderko, Benjamin Starobin, Amy E Riviere, Patrick K Hohl, Colin T Phillips, Roisin B Morgan, Aimee Welsh, Sanjeev A Francis, and Maxwell Eyram Afari
How Well Does the Surprise Question Predict 1-year Mortality for Patients Admitted with COPD?, Dana Tripp, Jaclyn Janis, Benjamin Jarrett, F Lee Lucas, Tania D. Stout, Paul K J Han, Isabella Stumpf, and Rebecca N. Hutchinson
Case Report: Pheochromocytoma Presenting with Cushing’s Syndrome and Hyperglycemia, Elizabeth Garbitelli, Halla Bates, Cheryl Liechty, and Robert Bing-You
A Rare Entity: Case Report of Recurrent Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis, Astrid A. Gleaton and Kartikey Pandya
Implementing a Clinical Practice Guideline for Pediatric Appendicitis Safely Reduced Health Care Use and Improved Antimicrobial Stewardship, Jack Vernamonti, Robin Cotter, Jennifer Jubulis, and Kartikey Pandya
Transdiaphragmatic Chest Wall Herniation, Anna G. Meader, David L. Ciraulo, Joseph F. Rappold, and Jaswin S. Sawhney
Efficacy of Sex Steroid Therapy Without Progestin or GnRH Agonist for Gonadal Suppression in Adult Transgender Patients., India I Pappas, Wendy Craig, Lindsey V Spratt, and Daniel I Spratt
Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney With Mass Effect in a Neonate Treated With Nephrectomy: Case Report, Samuel M. Pettit, William J. Devan, David J. Chalmers, and Allison Zanno
Connected: Using a Novel In-House Communication System to Efficiently Deliver Imaging Results, Daniel Greentree, Brendan R. Calhoun, and Steven Farraher
Ketamine Infusions For Post-Cesarean Pain In Patients with Opioid Use Disorder, Talitha Budi, Johanna Cobb, Wendy Craig, Heather Turcotte, Janelle Richard, and Aurora Quaye
The Introduction of a Multimodal Clinical Pathway for Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Era of COVID-19, D Bunch, R Mountjoy, G Korsunsky, A Rana, and C Sturgeon
Telemedicine Consultation to Assess Neonatal Encephalopathy in Rural Community Hospitals, Rachel Coffey, Misty Melendi, Anya J. Cutler, and Alexa K. Craig
Would Surgeons Opt for Polypropylene Mesh if They Hypothetically Had Stress Urinary Incontinence or Pelvic Organ Prolapse?, William J. Devan, Sanchita Bose, Dayron Rodriguez, Ricardo Munarriz, and Linda Ng
Improving the Care of Patients with Cirrhosis at MMC, Lesley B. Gordon, Elizabeth Herrle, Matt Buttarazzi, Monica Thim, Jenna S. Ptaschinski, Victoria Molina, and Natalie Channell
Exploring OB/GYN provider knowledge, practice and confidence levels before and after ACEs training, Nadi Nina Kaonga, Alexandra Turnbull, Paula Vokey, and Julia Brock
Naloxone Co-Prescribing Across a Large Health System: A Quality Improvement Project, Marc D. Kimball, Sarah Hemphill, and Kristen Silvia
2021-2022 Maine Medical Center House Staff, Maine Medical Center
Measuring Vastus Medialis Cross-Sectional Area with Panoramic Ultrasound Over Time, Kaitlin Minnehan, Elizabeth Scharnetzki, Kaitlyn Chin, Christina Holt, and William Dexter
Evaluation of the Multidisciplinary Endocarditis Treatment Team at Maine Medical Center, Bridget C. Olsen and Jessica Kvasic
Institutional Experience with Primary Interventional Radiology Sclerotherapy for Lymphatic Malformation, Obiyo Osuchukwu, Brenton Reading, Charlene Dekonenko, Wendy Jo Svetanoff, Jeff Thekkekara, Douglas C. Rivard, Charles L. Snyder, and Tolulope A. Oyetunji
Prolonged Thunder Before the Storm – Diagnosis of Aortobronchial Fistula After 28 months of Recurrent Hemoptysis, Hilamber Subba, Truc Ta, and Edmund Sears
Submissions from 2020
Impact of geography and travel distance on outcomes in epithelial ovarian cancer: a national cancer database analysis., Ava Daruvala, F Lee Lucas, Jesse Sammon, Christopher Darus, and Leslie Bradford MD
Unusual cause of Fournier's gangrene: colorectal-genitourinary tract fistulae status post brachytherapy., Nabil Saleem, William J Devan, Daniel R Pitts, and Graham T VerLee
Psychiatric provider comfort and perception regarding psychogenic nonepileptic seizures., Kaitlin Taplinger, Lauren Manning, and Heidi Henninger
Reply by Authors, Joshua A. Linscott, Madeline C. Rutan, Paul K. Han, Moritz H. Hansen, Matthew H. Hayn, Stephen T. Ryan, Quoc-Dien Trinh, and Jesse D. Sammon
Receipt of Survivorship Care Plans and Self-Reported Health Status among Patients with Genitourinary Malignancy., Joshua A Linscott, Madeline C Rutan, Paul K J Han, Moritz H Hansen, Matthew H Hayn, Stephen T Ryan, Quoc-Dien Trinh, and Jesse D Sammon
Duration of P2Y, Marwan Saad, Jared Tobolski, Dhaval Kolte, Yongfei Wang, Karl Minges, Ravi S Hira, Jeptha P Curtis, and Jinnette Dawn Abbott
Variation in additional testing and patient outcomes after stress echocardiography or myocardial perfusion imaging, according to accreditation status of testing site., Jay N Shah, Kimberly M Murray, F L Lucas, Kathleen M Fairfield, and Mylan C Cohen
Repair of Spontaneous Left Atrial Dissection Resulting in Severe Paravalvular Native Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Tayler B. Eldridge, Jay N. Shah, Justin Poltak, James B. Powers, Reed D. Quinn, Marco N. Diaz, and Michael P. Robich
Current practice of trauma informed care in pregnancy among obstetric providers, Morgan R. Abbey and Rebecca Hunt
Factors correlating with interprofessional engagement in debriefing following pediatric simulation-based team training., Richard Byrnes, Zachary Priest, Christine Schreiber, Justin Michaud, Tracie Barbour, Michael Ferguson, Micheline Chipman, Wendy Craig, and Leah Mallory
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine may help hospitalized patients with substance use disorder., Alisa Cleary, E. Katherine Nenninger, David Keller, and Kinna Thakarar
A Retrospective Study of Acute Post-Operative Pain Following Cesarean Section in Patients on Opioid Agonist Pharmacotherapy, Johanna Cobb, Elizabeth Snow, Heather Turcotte, Aurora Quaye, Wendy Craig, and Robert Warters
Meditative and Mind-body Practice Among Patients with Genitourinary Malignancy, William Daly, Paul Han, Stephen Ryan, Moritz Hansen, Joshua Linscott, Quoc-dien Trinh, and Jesse Sammon
An Effective Foley Catheter Training Tool for Intern Residents, William J. Devan, Christina Gentile, Wendy Craig, Bethany Hundt, David Chalmers, Moritz Hansen, and Brian Jumper
What is the appropriate length of time to restrict movement of the upper extremity after cardiac implantable electronic device placement?, Andrew Geissler, Benjamin Starobin, and Henry Sesselberg
Feasibility and safety of uninterrupted and nearly uninterrupted DOAC use in patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation in a tertiary community medical center, William Adam Janes, Wendy Craig, Kyle Cunningham, Jill Knutson, Amanda Haskell, and Henry Sesselberg
Panoramic Ultrasound Measurement of the Vastus Medialis: A Validation Study with NASA, Kaitlin Minnehan, Kaitlyn Chin, James Alex, Jessica Scott, Megan Downs, Amy Haskins, Christina Holt, William Dexter, and Dirk Kokmeyer
Testosterone (T) and estradiol (E2) therapy alone can suppress gonadal function in transgender patients., India I. Pappas, Wendy Craig, Lindsey V. Spratt, and Daniel I. Spratt
Healthy Links: Bridging the Social Determinants of Health Safety Net for At Risk Patients with Heart Failure, Amy E. Riviere, Nancy Connelly, Jessica Green, Renee Longarini, James B. Powers, Douglas B. Sawyer, and Mylan C. Cohen
An analysis of chronic hepatitis C management and cure rates at the Gilman Clinic in Portland, ME, from July to December 2018, Nicoleta Toma, Katy Garrett, and Kinna Thakarar
Dysphagia After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Case of Aspirated Dentures., Elizabeth J Hamilton, Casey MacVane, and Tania D Strout
Outcomes of carotid endarterectomy in the Vascular Quality Initiative based on patch type., Leia Edenfield, Elizabeth Blazick, Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, Christopher Healey, Paul Bloch, Robert Hawkins, Nathan Aranson, and Brian Nolan
2020-2021 Maine Medical Center House Staff, Maine Medical Center
Submissions from 2019
Racial disparities exist among burn patients despite insurance coverage., Scha'chia Murphy, David E Clark, and Damien W Carter
Anthracycline and peripartum cardiomyopathies., Joshua A Cowgill, Sanjeev A Francis, and Douglas B Sawyer
Northern New England Palliative Care Teleconsult Research Laboratory, Ava Daruvala, Rebecca N. Hutchinson, Eric Anderson, and Paul Han
Using Social Media to Broaden Understanding of the Barriers and Facilitators to Exercise in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes., Tamara K Oser, Kaitlin A Minnehan, Glenna Wong, Jessica Parascando, Erin McGinley, Julie Radico, and Sean M Oser
Why the disconnect? Problems with a clamp style catheter connector., Ryan Mountjoy, Craig Curry, Olga Diomede, and Paula McKinley
Empyema commission of 1918-Impact on acute care surgery 100 years later., Jamie Tung, Damien Carter, and Joseph Rappold
Reverse lutembacher: a rare late complication of tricuspid valve replacement., Joshua Cowgill, Sebastian Jablonski, Edward Teufel, and James Parker
Platypnea-orthodeoxia: a curable cause of recalcitrant hypoxia., Joshua Cowgill, David Lapham, Sebastian Jablonski, and Joseph Wight
Long-term impact of the Vascular Study Group of New England carotid patch quality initiative., Leia Edenfield, Elizabeth Blazick, Christopher Healey, Robert Hawkins, Paul Bloch, Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, and Brian Nolan
Loperamide cardiotoxicity: a byproduct of the opioid epidemic., Sebastian Jablonski, Joshua Cowgill, and James Powers
