Submissions from 2017
Standardization of care for pediatric perforated appendicitis improves outcomes., Yasmine Yousef, Fouad Youssef, Michael Homsy, Trish Dinh, Kartikey Pandya, Hayden Stagg, Robert Baird, Jean-Martin Laberge, Dan Poenaru, Pramod Puligandla, Kenneth Shaw, and Sherif Emil
Streptococcus suis meningitis can require a prolonged treatment course., Jean Dejace, Patrick Bagley, and Emily Wood
Structure and function of bone marrow adipocytes., Francisco José Albuquerque de Paula and Clifford J. Rosen
The evolution of uncertainty in second opinions about prostate cancer treatment., Marij A Hillen, Caitlin M Gutheil, Ellen M A Smets, Moritz Hansen, Terrence M Kungel, Tania D Strout, and Paul K J Han
The implementation of targeted temperature management: an evidence-based guideline from the Neurocritical Care Society., Lori Kennedy Madden, Michelle Hill, Teresa L May, Theresa Human, Mary McKenna Guanci, Judith Jacobi, Melissa V Moreda, and Neeraj Badjatia
The use of prostate specific antigen screening in purchased versus direct care settings: data from the TRICARE® military database., Alexander P Cole, Wei Jiang, Stuart R Lipsitz, Peter A Learn, Maxine Sun, Toni K Choueiri, Paul L Nguyen, Adam S Kibel, Mani Menon, Jesse D Sammon, Tracey Koehlmoos, Adil Haider, and Quoc-Dien Trinh
Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields)—A Novel Cancer Treatment Modality: Translating Preclinical Evidence and Engineering Into a Survival Benefit with Delayed Decline in Quality of Life., R Stupp, M Taphoorn, L Driven, S Taillibert, J Honnorat, T C. Chen, J Sroubek, S H. Paek, J B. Escuder, J Easwa, C David, C Kim, R Desai, A Olivi, Y Kew, A Hottinger, M E. Hegi, E Kirson, G Lavy-Shahaf, and Z Ram
Unsaturation level decreased in bone marrow fat of postmenopausal women with low bone density using high resolution magic angle spinning (HRMAS)., Xiaojuan Li, Keerthi Shet, Kaipin Xu, Juan Pablo Rodríguez, Ana María Pino, John Kurhanewicz, Ann Schwartz, and Clifford J Rosen
Variation in locoregional prostate cancer care and treatment trends at commission on cancer designated facilities: a national cancer data base analysis 2004 to 2013., Björn Löppenberg, Akshay Sood, Deepansh Dalela, Patrick Karabon, Jesse D Sammon, Malte W Vetterlein, Joachim Noldus, James O Peabody, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Mani Menon, and Firas Abdollah
Cefepime-induced neurotoxicity: a systematic review., Lauren E Payne, David J Gagnon, Richard R Riker, David B Seder, Elizabeth K Glisic, Jane G Morris, and Gilles L Fraser
Management of arthropod pathogen vectors in North America: minimizing adverse effects on pollinators., Howard S Ginsberg, Timothy A Bargar, Michelle L Hladik, and Charles Lubelczyk
A three-talk model for shared decision making: multistage consultation process., Glyn Elwyn, Marie Anne Durand, Julia Song, Johanna Aarts, Paul J Barr, Zackary Berger, Nan Cochran, Dominick Frosch, Dariusz Galasiński, Pål Gulbrandsen, Paul K J Han, Martin Härter, Paul Kinnersley, Amy Lloyd, Manish Mishra, Lilisbeth Perestelo-Perez, Isabelle Scholl, Kounosuke Tomori, Lyndal Trevena, Holly O Witteman, and Trudy Van der Weijden
A pragmatic randomized controlled trial examining the impact of the Retzius-sparing approach on early urinary continence recovery after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy., Deepansh Dalela, Wooju Jeong, Madhu-Ashni Prasad, Akshay Sood, Firas Abdollah, Mireya Diaz, Patrick Karabon, Jesse Sammon, Marcus Jamil, Brad Baize, Andrea Simone, and Mani Menon
Clinical reasoning education at US medical schools: results from a national survey of internal medicine clerkship directors., Joseph Rencic, Robert L Trowbridge, Mark Fagan, Karen Szauter, and Steven Durning
Comparison of QSOFA score and SIRS criteria as screening mechanisms for emergency department sepsis., Samir Haydar, Matthew Spanier, Patricia Weems, Samantha Wood, and Tania Strout
Impact of non-medical out-of-pocket expenses on families of children with cerebral palsy following orthopaedic surgery., Judith A Vessey, Rachel L DiFazio, Tania D Strout, and Brian D Snyder
Knowledge impact of a US-based tobacco prevention curriculum among Tanzanian children., Paige St Germain, Frances L. Lucas, Miriam J. Williams Wilson, Bertha Tsingay A Maegga, and Susan Miesfeldt
New insights into fuel choices of nephron progenitor cells., Leif Oxburgh and Clifford J Rosen
Novel nomogram combining depth of invasion and size can accurately predict the risk for regional nodal metastases for appendiceal neuroendocrine tumors (A-NET)., Catalina Mosquera, Timothy L Fitzgerald, Haily Vora, and Marysia Grzybowski
Safety and efficacy of glycerol phenylbutyrate for management of urea cycle disorders in patients aged 2 months to 2 years., Susan A Berry, Nicola Longo, George A Diaz, Shawn E McCandless, Wendy E. Smith, Cary O Harding, Roberto Zori, Can Ficicioglu, Uta Lichter-Konecki, Beth Robinson, and Jerry Vockley
Safety Bar Compliance on Ski Lifts: Factors of Age and Lift Bar Type Impact Risk Taking Behavior., Luciano A Ciraulo, Nicolas A Ciraulo, and David L Ciraulo
Targeting pioglitazone hydrochloride therapy after stroke or transient ischemic attack according to pretreatment risk for stroke or myocardial infarction., Walter N Kernan, Catherine M Viscoli, Jennifer L Dearborn, David M Kent, Robin Conwit, Pierre Fayad, Karen L Furie, Mark Gorman, Peter D Guarino, Silvio E Inzucchi, Amber Stuart, and Lawrence H Young
The Art of Parenting at Night...Price, A. M., Wake, M., Ukoumunne, O. C., & Hiscock, H. (2012). Five-year follow-up of harms and benefi ts of behavioral infant sleep intervention: Randomized trial. Pediatrics, 130 (4), 643-651. doi:10.1542/ peds.2011-3467, Jessica Begley and Kelley Bowden
The impact of an electronic best practice advisory on brain computed tomography ordering in an academic emergency department., Donald Szlosek, Samir A Haydar, Rachel J Williams, Ryan C Jackson, Christine L Hein, Nathan Mick, and Tania D Strout
The Impact of the Cosurgeon Model on Bilateral Autologous Breast Reconstruction., Shantanu N Razdan, Hina J Panchal, Geoffrey E Hespe, Joseph J Disa, Colleen M McCarthy, Robert J Allen, Joseph H Dayan, Andrea Pusic, Babak Mehrara, Peter G Cordeiro, and Evan Matros
Visualization of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Co-Occurrence With Network Methods., Christine W Duarte, Volkhard Lindner, Sanjeev A Francis, and Dounya Schoormans
Woman with headache and neck swelling., Randy M Kring, Heidi M Goddard, Michael T Wilmot, and Casey Z MacVane
Does Use of Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafting Reduce Long-Term Risk of Repeat Coronary Revascularization? A Multicenter Analysis., Alexander Iribarne, Joseph D Schmoker, David J Malenka, Bruce J Leavitt, Jock N McCullough, Paul W Weldner, Joseph P DeSimone, Benjamin M Westbrook, Reed D Quinn, John D Klemperer, Gerald L Sardella, Robert S Kramer, Elaine M Olmstead, and Anthony W DiScipio
What is the role of oral prostacyclin pathway medications in pulmonary arterial hypertension management?, Rama El Yafawi and Joel A Wirth
Smoking cessation and outcome after ischemic stroke or TIA., Katherine A Epstein, Catherine M Viscoli, J David Spence, Lawrence H Young, Silvio E Inzucchi, Mark Gorman, Brett Gerstenhaber, Peter D Guarino, Anand Dixit, Karen L Furie, and Walter N Kernan
Romosozumab - promising or practice changing?, Clifford J Rosen
The feedback tango: an integrative review and analysis of the content of the teacher-learner feedback exchange., Robert Bing-You, Kalli Varaklis, Victoria Hayes, Robert Trowbridge, Heather Kemp, and Dina McKelvy
Analysis of "never events" following adult cardiac surgical procedures in the United States., Michael P Robich, Brianna M Krafcik, Nishant K Shah, Alik Farber, Denis Rybin, and Jeffrey J Siracuse
An essential role for IGF2 in cartilage development and glucose metabolism during postnatal long bone growth., Tomoya Uchimura, Judith M Hollander, Daisy S Nakamura, Zhiyi Liu, Clifford J. Rosen, Irene Georgakoudi, and Li Zeng
A novel role for dopamine signaling in the pathogenesis of bone loss from the atypical antipsychotic drug risperidone in female mice., Katherine J Motyl, Megan Beauchemin, Deborah Barlow, Phuong T Le, Kenichi Nagano, Annika Treyball, Anisha Contractor, Roland Baron, Clifford J Rosen, and Karen L Houseknecht
Benefits and Consequences of Social Media: Talking to Youth About Their Social Media Habits., Erin L. Belfort
Bone marrow stroma and vascular contributions to myeloma bone homing., Michele Moschetta, Yawara Kawano, Antonio Sacco, Angelo Belotti, Rossella Ribolla, Marco Chiarini, Viviana Giustini, Diego Bertoli, Alessandra Sottini, Monica Valotti, Claudia Ghidini, Federico Serana, Michele Malagola, Luisa Imberti, Domenico Russo, Alessandro Montanelli, Giuseppe Rossi, Michaela R Reagan, Patricia Maiso, Bruno Paiva, Irene M Ghobrial, and Aldo M Roccaro
Dietary and lifestyle risk factors associated with incident kidney stones in men and women., Pietro Manuel Ferraro, Eric N Taylor, Giovanni Gambaro, and Gary C Curhan
Does pain reduction with oral steroids predict pain reduction after a first-time cervical epidural steroid injection in patients with cervical radicular pain? A pilot study., Dana G Crovo, Wendy Craig, Craig S Curry, Janelle M Richard, and James V Pisini
Dose-dependent and lasting influences of intranasal vasopressin on face processing in men., Daniel Price, Debra Burris, Anna Cloutier, Carol B Thompson, James K Rilling, and Richmond R Thompson
Energy metabolism of bone., Katherine J Motyl, Anyonya R Guntur, Adriana Lelis Carvalho, and Clifford J Rosen
Five-year trends of critical care practice and outcomes., Craig M Lilly, Sunil Swami, Xinggang Liu, Richard R Riker, and Omar Badawi
How long do I have? Observational study on communication about life expectancy with advanced cancer patients., I Henselmans, E M A Smets, P K J Han, H C J C de Haes, and H W M van Laarhoven
IGFBP4 is required for adipogenesis and influences the distribution of adipose depots., David E. Maridas, Victoria E. DeMambro, Phuong T. Le, Subburaman Mohan, and Clifford J. Rosen
Implementation of Coordinated Specialty Care for First Episode Psychosis in Maine, a State With Limited Resources: Lessons and Challenges in the Initial Two Years., Douglas R. Robbins and Sarah Lynch
Is feedback to medical learners associated with characteristics of improved patient care?, Victoria Hayes, Robert Bing-You, Kalli Varaklis, Robert Trowbridge, Heather Kemp, and Dina McKelvy
Media and Video Game Trends Across Development., Roslyn Gerwin
Metformin affects cortical bone mass and marrow adiposity in diet-induced obesity in male mice., Sheila Bornstein, Michele Moschetta, Yawara Kawano, Antonio Sacco, Daisy Huynh, Daniel Brooks, Salomon Manier, Heather Fairfield, Carolyne Falank, Aldo M Roccaro, Kenichi Nagano, Roland Baron, Mary Bouxein, Calvin Vary, Irene M Ghobrial, Clifford J Rosen, and Michaela R Reagan
Online Gaming and Romance., Roselyn Gerwin
Outcomes in Cardiac Arrest Vary by Center After Correction for Case Mix and Severity of Illness., Teresa May, Philip Stone, Gill Fraser, Richard Riker, and David Seder
Physiological Biomarkers for Prediction of Imminent Aggression in Minimally Verbal Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder., Diana Cumpanasoiu, Carla Mazefsky, Amy Stedman, Christine Peura, Peng Tian, Yuan Guo, Stratis Ioannidis, Deniz Erdogmus, Matthew Siegel, and M S. Goodwin
Postresuscitation Experience of Obese and Underweight Patients After Cardiac Arrest., Wendy Craig, Ilka Pinz, Barbara McCrum, Mariam Qazi, Teresa May, Richard Riker, and David Seder
Repurposing valproate, enteral clonidine, and phenobarbital for comfort in adult ICU patients: a literature review with practical considerations., David J Gagnon, Gabriel V Fontaine, Richard R Riker, and Gilles L Fraser
Same-session bilateral ureteroscopy: safety and outcomes., Johann P Ingimarsson, Marcelino Rivera, John J Knoedler, and Amy E Krambeck
Social Media Use for Good: Social Justice and Support for LGBTQ Youth., Erin L. Belfort
Specialized Inpatient Psychiatry Units for Youth With Autism and Serious Problem Behaviors: Treatment Model and Behavioral Outcomes., Kashi A. Pedersen, Susan L. Santangelo, Robin L. Gabriels, Giulia Righi, and Matthew Siegel
Text, Cut, and Post: How Adolescent Social Media Use Interacts With Self-Harm and Suicidal Behavior., Erin L. Belfort
The Developing Brain and Online Romance: Meet the Parents., Erin L. Belfort
Timeliness of access to lung cancer diagnosis and treatment: a scoping literature review., Margo M Jacobsen, Sophie C Silverstein, Michael Quinn, Leo B. Waterston, Christian A Thomas, James C Benneyan, and Paul KJ Han
Understanding the Parent Experience of Newborn Therapeutic Hypothermia., Roslyn Gerwin
Working With Families of Adolescents Around Media Use and Limits., Erin L. Belfort
Screening for behavioral health conditions in primary care settings: a systematic review of the literature., Norah Mulvaney-Day, Tina Marshall, Kathryn Downey Piscopo, Neil Korsen, Sean Lynch, Lucy H Karnell, Garrett E Moran, Allen S Daniels, and Sushmita Shoma Ghose
One Button Studio, Dina McKelvy and Amy Moore
Aromatase blockade is associated with increased mortality in acute illness in male mice., Jeannette J. Connerney and Daniel I. Spratt
Body size and the risk of primary hyperparathyroidism in women: a cohort study., Anand Vaidya, Gary C Curhan, Julie M Paik, Molin Wang, and Eric N Taylor
Caution warranted regarding transfusion for subarachnoid hemorrhage., Richard R Riker and David B Seder
Cervical evaluation in pregnancy: proper measurement, evaluation, and management., Joseph R Wax, Angelina Cartin, and Michael G Pinette
Contemporaneous reproduction of preclinical science: a case study of FSH and fat., Clifford J Rosen and Mone Zaidi
Distress due to prognostic uncertainty in palliative care: frequency, distribution, and outcomes among hospitalized patients with advanced cancer., Robert Gramling, Susan Stanek, Paul KJ Han, Paul Duberstein, Tim E Quill, Jennifer S Temel, Stewart C Alexander, Wendy G Anderson, Susan Ladwig, and Sally A Norton
Emergency neurological life support: airway, ventilation, and sedation., Venkatakrishna Rajajee, Becky Riggs, and David B. Seder
Fatal deer tick virus infection in Maine., Catherine E Cavanaugh, Paul L. Muscat, Sam R Telford, Heidi Goethert, William Pendlebury, Susan P. Elias, Rebecca Robich, Margret Welch, Charles B. Lubelczyk, and Robert P Smith
Feedback for learners in medical education: What is known? A scoping review., Robert Bing-You, Victoria Hayes, Kalli Varaklis, Robert Trowbridge, Heather Kemp, and Dina McKelvy
Organizational contributors to the variation in red blood cell transfusion practices in cardiac surgery: survey results from the state of Michigan., Anton Camaj, Darin B Zahuranec, Gaetano Paone, Barbara R Benedetti, Warren D Behr, Marc A Zimmerman, Min Zhang, Robert S Kramer, Jason Penn, Patricia F Theurer, Theron A Paugh, Milo Engoren, Alphonse DeLucia, Richard L Prager, and Donald S Likosky
Pregnancy outcomes for women without a male partner undergoing donor insemination., C S. Ladanyi, Wendy Craig, K A. Maas, A Penzias, and B Lennon
The most important lessons I learned in training., Michael P Robich
Using quality improvement tools to reduce chronic lung disease., Alan Peter Picarillo and Waldemar Carlo
Sensory characteristics of youth at clinical high risk for psychosis., L Diane Parham, Sean Roush, Donna T Downing, Paul G Michael, and William R McFarlane
Enhancing the Therapeutic Activity of an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor, Peter C. Brooks, Jennifer M. Caron, and Liangru Contois
Aligning Opioid Prescribing Pathways, Andrea Lai, Outpatient Pharmacy, Haley Pelletier, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, and Ruth Hanselman
Communication Of Medication Side Effects In An Acute Care Hospital, Deb Bachand, Rachel Caiola, R6 Neurology Med-Surg Unit, Haley Pelletier, Brendan Lilley, Suneela Nayak, Ruth Hanselman, and Stephen Tyzik
Delirium Reduction Strategies For The Critically Ill, June Chaves, Sam Canonico, Will Cheney, Tammy Corey, Gil Fraser, Alex Kowalewski, Jen Low, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Haley Pelletier, Cathy Palleschi, Stephen Tyzik, Suneela Nayak, and Ruth Hanselman
Identification Strategies For The Very High Fall Risk Patient In An Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, P6 Inpatient Geri-Med Psychiatry, Haley Pelletier, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, and Ruth Hanselman
Improving Cardiology Patient Flow In Nuclear Medicine, Kelly Haar, Hannah Sullivan, Kathryn Laverdiere, Nuclear Medicine Department, Haley Pelletier, Stephen Tyzik, Suneela Nayak, and Ruth Hanselman
Improving Type And Screen Specimen Collection Prior To Elective Surgery, NorDx Blood Bank Staff, Haley Pelletier, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, and Ruth Hanselman
Interdepartmental Rounding, Peggy Anderson, Carrie Strick, R3 Med-Surg Unit, Haley Pelletier, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, Ruth Hanselman, and Maine Medical Center Operational Excellence
Patient Fall Prevention, R9 West Cardiovascular, Cathy Palleschi, Suneela Nayak, Ruth Hanselman, and Stephen Tyzik
Strategies To Improve Control Of Blood A1C In Diabetics, Jennifer Aronson, Leanne Bellino, Elizabeth Eisenhardt, Diane Bryant, Haley Pelletier, Internal Medicine Team, and Adult Outpatient Clinic
Strategies To Improve Interdisciplinary Communication In An Acute Care Inpatient Pediatric Unit, Sarah Thompson; Haley Pelletier; Barbara Bush Children's Hospital-Inpatient, Maine Medical Center; Suneela Nayak; Ruth Hanselman; and Stephen Tyzik
CD33 Splicing Polymorphism Determines Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin Response in De Novo Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Report From Randomized Phase III Children's Oncology Group Trial AAML0531., Jatinder K Lamba, Lata Chauhan, Miyoung Shin, Michael R Loken, Jessica A Pollard, Yi-Cheng Wang, Rhonda E Ries, Richard Aplenc, Betsy A Hirsch, Susana C Raimondi, Roland B Walter, Irwin D Bernstein, Alan S Gamis, Todd A Alonzo, and Soheil Meshinchi
Low bone density and bisphosphonate use and the risk of kidney stones., Megan Prochaska, Eric Taylor, Anand Vaidya, and Gary Curhan
A novel in vivo model for studying conditional dual loss of BLIMP-1 and p53 in B-cells, leading to tumor transformation., Antonio Sacco, Yawara Kawano, Michele Moschetta, Oksana Zavidij, Daisy Huynh, Michaela Reagan, Yuji Mishima, Salomon Manier, Jihye Park, Elizabeth Morgan, Satoshi Takagi, Kwok K Wong, Ruben Carrasco, Irene M Ghobrial, and Aldo M Roccaro
A phase 1 study of the CXCR4 antagonist plerixafor in combination with high-dose cytarabine and etoposide in children with relapsed or refractory acute leukemias or myelodysplastic syndrome: a pediatric oncology experimental therapeutics investigators' consortium study (POE 10-03)., Todd M Cooper, Edward Allan Racela Sison, Sharyn D Baker, Lie Li, Amina Ahmed, Tanya Trippett, Lia Gore, Margaret E Macy, Aru Narendran, Keith August, Michael J Absalon, Jessica Boklan, Jessica Pollard, Daniel Magoon, and Patrick A Brown
A taxonomy of medical uncertainties in clinical genome sequencing., Paul K J Han, Kendall L Umstead, Barbara A Bernhardt, Robert C Green, Steven Joffe, Barbara Koenig, Ian Krantz, Leo B Waterston, Leslie G Biesecker, and Barbara B Biesecker
Cancer care coordination: a systematic review and meta-analysis of over 30 years of empirical studies., Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, David Haggstrom, Paul K J Han, Kathleen M Fairfield, Paul Krebs, and Steven B Clauser
Cardiac screening in the noncardiac surgery patient., Waseem Chaudhry and Mylan C Cohen
Comparison of pre-revision magnetic resonance imaging and operative findings in mechanically assisted crevice corrosion in symptomatic metal-on-polyethylene total hip arthroplasties., Pavel P Morozov, Munib Sana, Brian J McGrory, Steven W Farraher, and Tod G Abrahams
Congratulations, you're pregnant! Now about your shifts . . . : the state of maternity leave attitudes and culture in EM., Casey Z MacVane, Megan L Fix, Tania D Strout, Kate D Zimmerman, Rebecca B Bloch, and Christine L Hein
Normal bone density and trabecular bone score, but high serum sclerostin in congenital generalized lipodystrophy., Josivan Gomes Lima, Lucia Helena C Nobrega, Natalia Nobrega Lima, Marcel Catão Ferreira Dos Santos, Maria de Fatima P Baracho, Renaud Winzenrieth, Francisco Bandeira, Carolina de O Mendes-Aguiar, Francisco Paulo Freire Neto, Leonardo Capistrano Ferreira, Clifford J Rosen, and Selma Maria B Jeronimo