Submissions from 2013
The effect of medical students and residents on measures of efficiency and timeliness in an academic medical center emergency department., Matthew DeLaney, Kate D Zimmerman, Tania D Strout, and Megan L Fix
Interactive 3D analysis of blood vessel trees and collateral vessel volumes in magnetic resonance angiograms in the mouse ischemic hindlimb model., Peter C Marks, Marilena Preda, Terry Henderson, Lucy Liaw, Volkhard Lindner, Robert E Friesel, and Ilka M Pinz
IGF-1 regulation of key signaling pathways in bone., Anyonya R Guntur and Clifford J Rosen
Acute complications of movement disorders surgery: effects of age and comorbidities., Anand I Rughani, Mojgan Hodaie, and Andres M Lozano
Dietary calcium from dairy and nondairy sources, and risk of symptomatic kidney stones., Eric N Taylor and Gary C Curhan
Educational agenda for diagnostic error reduction., Robert L Trowbridge, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, and Karen S Cosby
Impact of Let's Go! 5-2-1-0: a community-based, multisetting childhood obesity prevention program., Victoria W Rogers, Patricia H Hart, Elizabeth Motyka, Emily N Rines, Jackie Vine, and Deborah A Deatrick
Sex-specific association of a common variant of the XG gene with autism spectrum disorders., Shun-Chiao Chang, David L Pauls, Christoph Lange, Roksana Sasanfar, and Susan L Santangelo
Sprouty4 regulates endothelial cell migration via modulating integrin β3 stability through c-Src., Yan Gong, Xuehui Yang, Qing He, Lindsey Gower, Igor Prudovsky, Calvin P H Vary, Peter C Brooks, and Robert E Friesel
TMEFF2 and SARDH cooperate to modulate one-carbon metabolism and invasion of prostate cancer cells., Thomas Green, Xiaofei Chen, Stephen Ryan, Adam S Asch, and Maria J Ruiz-Echevarría
Telephone administration of the aberrant behavior checklist: a pilot study of feasibility in children with intellectual disability and autism., Matthew Siegel, Briana Milligan, Hannah Stein, Olivia Teer, and Kahsi A Smith
The value of personalised risk information: a qualitative study of the perceptions of patients with prostate cancer., Paul K J Han, Norbert Hootsmans, Michael Neilson, Bethany Roy, Terence Kungel, Caitlin Gutheil, Michael Diefenbach, and Moritz Hansen
Patient safety in the cardiac operating room: human factors and teamwork: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association., Joyce A Wahr, Richard L Prager, J H Abernathy, Elizabeth A Martinez, Eduardo Salas, Patricia C Seifert, Robert C Groom, Bruce D Spiess, Bruce E Searles, Thoralf M Sundt, Juan A Sanchez, Scott A Shappell, Michael H Culig, Elizabeth H Lazzara, David C Fitzgerald, Vinod H Thourani, Pirooz Eghtesady, John S Ikonomidis, Michael R England, Frank W Sellke, Nancy A Nussmeier, and American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research
Altered thermogenesis and impaired bone remodeling in Misty mice., Katherine J Motyl, Kathleen A Bishop, Victoria E DeMambro, Sheila A Bornstein, Phuong Le, Masanobu Kawai, Sutada Lotinun, Mark C Horowitz, Roland Baron, Mary L Bouxsein, and Clifford J Rosen
Mediastinal teratoma diagnosed via ultrasound-guided biopsy., Elena L Resnick, Jennifer M Talmadge, and Steven S Winn
Test- Management of the base of the appendix in pediatric laparoscopic appendectomy: clip, ligate, or staple?, Monica Langer, Arash Safavi, and Erik D Skarsgard
The path to best care., Robert C Groom
Stent healing response following delivery of paclitaxel via durable polymeric matrix versus iopromide-based balloon coating in the familial hypercholesterolaemic swine model of coronary injury., Piotr P Buszman, Armando Tellez, Maxwell Afari, Yanping Cheng, Gerard B Conditt, Jennifer C McGregor, Krzysztof Milewski, Mark Stenoien, Greg L Kaluza, and Juan F Granada
Effect of chronic oral anticoagulation with warfarin on the durability and outcomes of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair., Marques S Johnson, Jasmine Chiang, Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, David E Clark, and Christopher T Healey
Lesser trochanter avulsion fracture., Nicholas C Papacostas, Christopher T Bowe, and Tania D Shaffer Strout
Tissue uptake, distribution, and healing response after delivery of paclitaxel via second-generation iopromide-based balloon coating: a comparison with the first-generation technology in the iliofemoral porcine model., Piotr P Buszman, Armando Tellez, Maxwell E Afari, Athanasios Peppas, Gerard B Conditt, Serge D Rousselle, Jennifer C McGregor, Mark Stenoien, Greg L Kaluza, and Juan F Granada
Common misconceptions about vitamin D--implications for clinicians., Clifford J Rosen and Christine L Taylor
National evidence on the use of shared decision making in prostate-specific antigen screening., Paul K J Han, Sarah Kobrin, Nancy Breen, Djenaba A Joseph, Jun Li, Dominick L Frosch, and Carrie N Klabunde
Predictive value of the Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index in the surgical management of ulcerative colitis., Fabienne L Gray, Christopher G Turner, David Zurakowski, Athos Bousvaros, Bradley C Linden, Robert C Shamberger, and Craig W Lillehei
SPECT vs CT: CT is not the first line test for the diagnosis and prognosis of stable coronary artery disease., Zachary J Trzaska and Mylan C Cohen
The SNAI1 and SNAI2 proteins occupy their own and each other's promoter during chondrogenesis., Ying Chen and Thomas Gridley
Carotid artery endarterectomy: a multidisciplinary approach to improving resource utilization and quality assurance., Jill A Knutson, Carol Jo Morse, Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, Margaret Estee, Lois Hayworth, Tara A Herman, and Angela S Vereshko
Closure of tubular patent ductus arteriosus in infants with the Amplatzer Vascular Plug II., Abby A R Gross and Jon P Donnelly
Compensatory regulation of the Snai1 and Snai2 genes during chondrogenesis., Ying Chen and Thomas Gridley
Pediatric postoperative intussusception in the minimally invasive surgery era: a 13-year, single center experience., Justin D Klein, Christopher G Turner, Sophia C Kamran, Alvin Y C Yu, Lynne Ferrari, David Zurakowski, and Dario O Fauza
Combating infections at Maine Medical Center: Insights into complexity-informed leadership from positive deviance, Curt Lindberg and Margaritte Schneider
HELP© prevent falls by preventing delirium., Rhonda L Babine, Stacey Farrington, and Heidi R Wierman
Historic condition in a modern child with autism., Megan Berube, Carol Hubbard, Leah Mallory, Eric Larsen, Peter Morrison, and Marilyn Augustyn
Managing blunt trauma in patients receiving dabigatran etexilate: case study and review of the literature., Peter Eamonn Croft, Katherine P Cabral, Tania D Strout, Michael R Baumann, Michael A Gibbs, and Matthew C Delaney
Periurethral aggressive angiomyxoma: a case report., Caroline Foust-Wright, Arielle Allen, and S Abbas Shobeiri
Aorto-mesenteric and renal allograft transplant: a novel treatment for midaortic syndrome., K Vakili, N M Fullington, C G Turner, R P Cauley, K M Potanos, S Lee, M Ferguson, J E Lock, and H B Kim
Congenital hypothyroidism., Heather J Shanholtz
ErbB/integrin signaling interactions in regulation of myocardial cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions., Laura Pentassuglia and Douglas B Sawyer
Notch1 activation in embryonic VE-cadherin populations selectively blocks hematopoietic stem cell generation and fetal liver hematopoiesis., Yuefeng Tang, Hao Bai, Sumithra Urs, Zack Wang, and Lucy Liaw
Physicians' beliefs about breast cancer surveillance testing are consistent with test overuse., Paul K J Han, Carrie N Klabunde, Anne-Michelle Noone, Craig C Earle, John Z Ayanian, Patricia A Ganz, Katherine S Virgo, and Arnold L Potosky
Type 1 diabetes mellitus abrogates compensatory augmentation of myocardial neuregulin-1β/ErbB in response to myocardial infarction resulting in worsening heart failure., Oghenerukevwe Odiete, Ewa A Konik, Douglas B Sawyer, and Michael F Hill
Role for compartmentalization in nephron progenitor differentiation., Aaron C Brown, Sree Deepthi Muthukrishnan, Justin A Guay, Derek C Adams, Dillon A Schafer, Jennifer L Fetting, and Leif Oxburgh
Kit for Detecting CTHRC1 in a Sample, Volkhard Lindner, Ilka Pinz, and Julia Patrizia Stohn
Blistering rash in an older man., Nathaniel J Ward and Casey Z MacVane
Bone Remodeling and Energy Metabolism: New Perspectives., Francisco J A de Paula and Clifford J Rosen
Challenges implementing bar-coded medication administration in the emergency room in comparison to medical surgical units., Nancy Glover
Development and impact of human papillomavirus vaccines., Christopher J Darus and Jennifer J Mueller
Educational Exhibit Abstract No. 294. Financial impact of a resident-run vascular and interventional radiology clinic, Matthew Recker, K Cicuto, Pablo Kim, and D Mittleider
Management of genetic syndromes predisposing to gynecologic cancers., Susan Miesfeldt, Amanda Lamb, and Christine Duarte
Racial disparities in survival among injured drivers., Amy E Haskins, David E Clark, and Lori L Travis
Single-dose etomidate is not associated with increased mortality in ICU patients with sepsis: analysis of a large electronic ICU database., Laura C McPhee, Omar Badawi, Gilles L Fraser, Patricia A Lerwick, Richard R Riker, Ilene H Zuckerman, Christine Franey, and David B Seder
The power of partnerships., Robert C Groom
Nonclassically secreted regulators of angiogenesis., Igor Prudovsky
The amniotic fluid as a source of neural stem cells in the setting of experimental neural tube defects., Christopher G Turner, Justin D Klein, Junmei Wang, Devang Thakor, Darcy Benedict, Azra Ahmed, Yang D Teng, and Dario O Fauza
Protein-phospholipid interactions in nonclassical protein secretion: problem and methods of study., Igor Prudovsky, Thallapuranam Krishnaswamy Suresh Kumar, Sarah Sterling, and David Neivandt
Conceptual, methodological, and ethical problems in communicating uncertainty in clinical evidence., Paul K. Han
Conceptual, methodological, and ethical problems in communicating uncertainty in clinical evidence., Paul K J Han
Generalized weakness in the geriatric emergency department patient: an approach to initial management., Robert S Anderson and Sarah A M Hallen
Hyperperfusion syndrome after stent/coiling of a ruptured carotid bifurcation aneurysm., Robert D Ecker, Richard D Murray, and David B Seder
Voices of family members and significant others in the tele-intensive care unit, Mary Jahrsdoerfer and Susan Goran
An epizootic of eastern equine encephalitis virus, Maine, USA in 2009: outbreak description and entomological studies., Charles Lubelczyk, John-Paul Mutebi, Sara Robinson, Susan P Elias, Leticia B Smith, Sherrie A Juris, Kimberly Foss, Anne Lichtenwalner, Kirk J Shively, Donald E Hoenig, Lori Webber, Stephen Sears, and Robert P Smith
Chapter: Apitherapy-The use of honeybee products., Theodore Cherbuliez
Effect of a botanical acaricide on Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and nontarget arthropods., Susan P Elias, Charles B Lubelczyk, Peter W Rand, Joseph K Staples, Theodore W St Amand, Constance S Stubbs, Eleanor H Lacombe, Leticia B Smith, and Robert P Smith
Evolution of an innovative role: the clinical nurse leader., Lauri Wilson, Sonja Orff, Terilee Gerry, Bobbi R Shirley, Danielle Tabor, Kathryn Caiazzo, and Darlene Rouleau
Health sciences libraries, Susan Bloomfield, Deborah Clark, Dina McKelvy, and Lucinda White
Intra-amniotic delivery of amniotic-derived neural stem cells in a syngeneic model of spina bifida., Christopher Turner, Elliot C Pennington, Fabienne L Gray, Azra Ahmed, Yang D Teng, and Dario O Fauza
Inverse propensity weighting to adjust for bias in fatal crash samples., David E Clark and Edward L Hannan
Lower motor neuron findings after upper motor neuron injury: insights from postoperative supplementary motor area syndrome., Jeffrey E Florman, Hugues Duffau, and Anand I Rughani
Management of microcarcinomas (papillary and medullary) of the thyroid., Leslie S Wu and Stacey A Milan
Palmitate diet-induced loss of cardiac caveolin-3: a novel mechanism for lipid-induced contractile dysfunction., Catherine J Knowles, Martina Cebova, and Ilka M Pinz
Spontaneous peripartum coronary artery dissection presentation and outcome., George L Higgins, Jennifer S Borofsky, Christine B Irish, Thomas S Cochran, and Tania D Strout
Spry1 and Spry4 differentially regulate human aortic smooth muscle cell phenotype via Akt/FoxO/myocardin signaling., Xuehui Yang, Yan Gong, Yuefeng Tang, Hongfang Li, Qing He, Lindsey Gower, Lucy Liaw, and Robert E Friesel
The case of the wandering kidney., David W Sobel and Brian M Jumper
The logic of medical diagnosis., Donald E Stanley and Daniel G Campos
The snail family gene snai3 is not essential for embryogenesis in mice., Cara K Bradley, Christine R Norton, Ying Chen, Xianghua Han, Carmen J Booth, Jeong Kyo Yoon, Luke T Krebs, and Thomas Gridley
Submissions from 2012
Depression and cardiac surgery: underrecognized and undertreated., Anna Katharina Trede and Robert S Kramer
Hazard regression models of early mortality in trauma centers., David E Clark, Jing Qian, Robert J Winchell, and Rebecca A Betensky
International pediatric perfusion practice: 2011 survey results., Brian Harvey, Kenneth G Shann, David Fitzgerald, Brian Mejak, Donald S Likosky, Luc Puis, Robert A Baker, Robert C Groom, and American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology's International Consortium for Evidence-Based Perfusion and Pediatric Perfusion Committee
Mortality in rural locations after severe injuries from motor vehicle crashes., Lori L Travis, David E Clark, Amy E Haskins, and Joseph A Kilch
Screening for spiritual distress in the oncology inpatient: a quality improvement pilot project between nurses and chaplains., Judith H. Blanchard, Douglas A Dunlap, and George Fitchett
Think global and act local., Robert C Groom
ERBB2 inhibition and heart failure., Gregory M Cote, Douglas B Sawyer, and Bruce A Chabner
BMP9 regulates endoglin-dependent chemokine responses in endothelial cells., Kira Young, Barbara Conley, Diana Romero, Eric Tweedie, Christine O'Neill, Ilka Pinz, Louise Brogan, Volkhard Lindner, Lucy Liaw, and Calvin P H Vary
Neuregulin in cardiovascular development and disease., Oghenerukevwe Odiete, Michael F Hill, and Douglas B Sawyer
Evaluation of efficacy and dose response of different paclitaxel-coated balloon formulations in a novel swine model of iliofemoral in-stent restenosis., Krzysztof Milewski, Maxwell Eyram Afari, Armando Tellez, Michael S Aboodi, Jung-Sun Kim, Yanping Cheng, Gerard B Conditt, Jennifer C McGregor, Geng Hua Yi, Mark Stenoien, Dan Langanki, Christian G Krueger, Greg L Kaluza, and Juan F Granada
Then and now: updating clinical nurse advancement programs., Amy L Owens and Jane Cleaves
Understanding leptin-dependent regulation of skeletal homeostasis., Katherine J Motyl and Clifford J Rosen
Use of computer alerts to prevent the inappropriate use of metformin in an inpatient setting., Ana P Rossi, Christopher A Wellins, Marizela Savic, and John T Devlin
Compositions and Methods for Treating Inflammation and Fibrosis, Maine Medical Center, Peter C. Brooks, Leif Oxburg, and Jennifer M. Roth
Bone as an endocrine organ., Anyonya R Guntur and Clifford J Rosen
Dyspnea in a patient with Raynaud's phenomenon: the uncovering of interstitial lung disease., Anne Coates, Richard Meehan, and Carlos Milla
Emergency neurological life support: airway, ventilation, and sedation., David B Seder, Richard R Riker, Andy Jagoda, Wade S Smith, and Scott D Weingart
First trimester transabdominal chorionic villus sampling--does the needle matter?, Joseph R Wax, Angelina Cartin, Renée Chard, Molly Carpenter, and Michael G Pinette
Medical student knowledge of global health problems: obstetric fistulas in developing countries., Caroline E Foust-Wright, S Abbas Shobeiri, Christine L Curry, Lieschen H Quiroz, and Mikio A Nihira
Payer-provider collaboration in accountable care reduced use and improved quality in Maine Medicare Advantage plan., Thomas F Claffey, Joseph V Agostini, Elizabeth N Collet, Lonny Reisman, and Randall Krakauer
The way life should be., Robert C Groom
Variability in surgeons' perioperative practices may influence the incidence of low-output failure after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery., Donald S Likosky, Joshua B Goldberg, Anthony W DiScipio, Robert S Kramer, Robert C Groom, Bruce J Leavitt, Stephen D Surgenor, Yvon R Baribeau, David C Charlesworth, Robert E Helm, Carmine Frumiento, Gerald L Sardella, Robert A Clough, Todd A MacKenzie, David J Malenka, Elaine M Olmstead, Cathy S Ross, and Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group
Treatment Of Cancer Using The Sodium Salt Of A Benzoic Acid Derivative, Peter C. Brooks, James Canary, and Leonard Liebes
Does treatment of split-thickness skin grafts with negative-pressure wound therapy improve tissue markers of wound healing in a porcine experimental model?, Christopher Ward, David Ciraulo, Michael Coulter, Steven Desjardins, Lucy Liaw, and Sarah Peterson
Psychotropic medications in children with autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review and synthesis for evidence-based practice., Matthew Siegel and Amy A Beaulieu