Submissions from 2011
Explaining regional disparities in traffic mortality by decomposing conditional probabilities., Gregory P Goldstein, David E Clark, Lori L Travis, and Amy E Haskins
RhoA-mediated signaling in Notch-induced senescence-like growth arrest and endothelial barrier dysfunction., Deepak Venkatesh, Natalie Fredette, Bahman Rostama, Yuefeng Tang, Calvin P H Vary, Lucy Liaw, and Sumithra Urs
Communication of uncertainty regarding individualized cancer risk estimates: effects and influential factors., Paul K J Han, William M P Klein, Tom Lehman, Bill Killam, Holly Massett, and Andrew N Freedman
Future directions of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: the potential impact of novel anticoagulants and stroke risk stratification., K P Cabral, J Ansell, and E M Hylek
Measuring quality and the story of beta blockers., Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen
Prevention of the first episode of psychosis., William R McFarlane
Temperatures rising: brown fat and bone., Katherine J Motyl and Clifford J Rosen
Emerging therapeutic opportunities for skeletal restoration., Masanobu Kawai, Ulrike I Mödder, Sundeep Khosla, and Clifford J Rosen
Hypertension after kidney transplant., Mahendra Mangray and John P Vella
Intraprocedural tissue diagnosis during ERCP employing a new cytology preparation of forceps biopsy (Smash protocol)., Eric R Wright, Gennadiy Bakis, Ramesh Srinivasan, Ramu Raju, Harsha Vittal, Michael K Sanders, Kirk Bernadino, Hagen Blaszyk, and Douglas A Howell
Multiple clinical practice guidelines for breast and cervical cancer screening: perceptions of US primary care physicians., Paul K J Han, Carrie N Klabunde, Nancy Breen, Gigi Yuan, Alyssa Grauman, William W Davis, and Stephen H Taplin
Transdermal nicotine replacement therapy in cigarette smokers with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage., David B Seder, J Michael Schmidt, Neeraj Badjatia, Luis Fernandez, Fred Rincon, Jan Claassen, Errol Gordon, Emmanuel Carrera, Pedro Kurtz, Kiwon Lee, E Sander Connolly, and Stephan A Mayer
Clinical practice. Vitamin D insufficiency., Clifford J Rosen
An overview of cognitive-behavioral management of memory dysfunction associated with chemotherapy. [Spanish]., Robert J. Ferguson and Amber A. Martinson
A systematic review of the use and effectiveness of the Objective Structured Teaching Encounter., Robert L Trowbridge, Laura K Snydman, Jenny Skolfield, Janet Hafler, and Robert G Bing-You
Building a System of Care: Integration across the Heart Failure Care Continuum., Jackie Cawley and Cassandra Cote Grantham
Development of a safe and pragmatic awake craniotomy program at Maine Medical Center., Anand I Rughani, Theodor Rintel, Rajiv Desai, Deborah A Cushing, and Jeffrey E Florman
Mechanisms of TGF-β-induced differentiation in human vascular smooth muscle cells., Yuefeng Tang, Xuehui Yang, Robert E Friesel, Calvin P H Vary, and Lucy Liaw
Medullary thyroid cancer: an update of new guidelines and recent developments., Leslie S Wu, Sanziana A Roman, and Julie A Sosa
Testing the sensitivity, specificity and feasibility of four falls risk assessment tools in a clinical setting., Joanne Chapman, Deborah Bachand, and Kristiina Hyrkäs
Uncovering child abuse., Catherine Lyden
Uncovering child abuse., Catherine Lyden
Submissions from 2010
Follistatin-like 1 regulates renal IL-1β expression in cisplatin nephrotoxicity., Derek C Adams, Michele J Karolak, Barry W Larman, Lucy Liaw, James D Nolin, and Leif Oxburgh
Perspectives on the experience of being physically restrained: an integrative review of the qualitative literature., Tania D Strout
The prize., Robert C Groom
Two novel human NUMB isoforms provide a potential link between development and cancer., Aldona Karaczyn, Mahmud Bani-Yaghoub, Roger Tremblay, Chris Kubu, Rebecca Cowling, Tamara L Adams, Igor Prudovsky, Douglas Spicer, Robert Friesel, Calvin Vary, and Joseph M Verdi
Micro-mismanaging sickle cell stress., Don M Wojchowski
Olanzapine approved for the acute treatment of schizophrenia or manic/mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in adolescent patients., Ann E Maloney and Linmarie Sikich
Novel insights into the relationship between diabetes and osteoporosis., Francisco J A de Paula, Mark C Horowitz, and Clifford J Rosen
PPARγ: a circadian transcription factor in adipogenesis and osteogenesis., Masanobu Kawai and Clifford J Rosen
Risk management and avoiding legal pitfalls in the emergency treatment of high-risk orthopedic injuries., Carl A Germann and Andrew D Perron
Same admission cardiac catheterization and cardiac surgery: is there an increased incidence of acute kidney injury?, Robert S Kramer, Reed D Quinn, Robert C Groom, John H Braxton, David J Malenka, Mirle A Kellett, Jeremiah R Brown, and Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group
The general surgery residency at Maine Medical Center., Ajita S Prabhu, Jonathan F Dreifus, and James F Whiting
Barriers to outdoor physical activity in wintertime among Somali youth., Elizabeth Rothe, Christina Holt, Celine Kuhn, Timothy McAteer, Isabella Askari, Mary O'Meara, Abdimajid Sharif, and William Dexter
Culture Change through Patient Engagement, Bettyanne Grant and Sandra H. Colello
Fabry disease complicating pregnancy., Emily Parent, Joseph R Wax, Wendy Smith, Hagen Blaszyk, Michael G Pinette, Angelina Cartin, and Jacquelyn Blackstone
Placebo-controlled trials in osteoporosis--proceeding with caution., Clifford J Rosen and Sundeep Khosla
Smoking during pregnancy and risk of abnormal glucose tolerance: a prospective cohort study., Amy E Haskins, Elizabeth R Bertone-Johnson, Penelope Pekow, Elena Carbone, Renée T Fortner, and Lisa Chasan-Taber
Acute stroke from air embolism after leg sclerotherapy., Matthew C Delaney, Christopher T Bowe, and George L Higgins
Approach to the diagnosis and treatment of vulvar pain., Claire S Danby and Lynette J Margesson
Idiopathic ventricular tachycardia: belhassen type., Thomas W Quimby, Ariel A Clark, and Megan L Fix
Implementing an electronic point-of-care medical record at an organized athletic event: challenges, pitfalls, and lessons learned., Hamilton J Wells, George L Higgins, and Michael R Baumann
Maternal and newborn outcomes in planned home birth vs planned hospital births: a metaanalysis., Joseph R Wax, F Lee Lucas, Maryanne Lamont, Michael G Pinette, Angelina Cartin, and Jacquelyn Blackstone
Minireview: A skeleton in serotonin's closet?, Masanobu Kawai and Clifford J Rosen
The contribution of the Tie2+ lineage to primitive and definitive hematopoietic cells., Yuefeng Tang, Anne Harrington, Xuehui Yang, Robert E Friesel, and Lucy Liaw
The IGF-I regulatory system and its impact on skeletal and energy homeostasis., Masanobu Kawai and Clifford J Rosen
The use of intraoperative cholangiogram during laparoscopic double cholecystectomy., Gustavo E Guajardo-Salinas, Maria L Martinez-Ugarte, and Georges Abourjaily
Understanding qualitative evidence for emergency nursing practice., Tania D Strout
Revisiting the rosiglitazone story--lessons learned., Clifford J Rosen
A second set of eyes: An introduction to Tele-ICU., Susan F Goran
Effect of the perioperative blood transfusion and blood conservation in cardiac surgery clinical practice guidelines of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists upon clinical practices., Donald S Likosky, Daniel C FitzGerald, Robert C Groom, Dwayne K Jones, Robert A Baker, Kenneth G Shann, C David Mazer, Bruce D Spiess, and Simon C Body
Predicting risk-adjusted mortality for trauma patients: logistic versus multilevel logistic models., David E Clark, Edward L Hannan, and Chuntao Wu
Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of a perineal lipoma., Joseph R Wax, Michael G Pinette, Baird Mallory, Molly Carpenter, Steven Winn, and Angelina Cartin
Risk profiles of progression in primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis., Lori L Travis and James C M Chan
Exploring and evaluating five paediatric falls assessment instruments and injury risk indicators: an ambispective study in a tertiary care setting., Kimberly Harvey, Debra Kramlich, Joanne Chapman, Jeanne Parker, and Elizabeth Blades
Kidney allograft biopsy: timing to complications., Z Yablon, P Recupero, J McKenna, J Vella, and M G Parker
Nephrology training in the 21st century: toward outcomes-based education., Mark G Parker
The many facets of PPARgamma: novel insights for the skeleton., Masanobu Kawai, Kyle M Sousa, Ormond A MacDougald, and Clifford J Rosen
Trial of a minimal-risk botanical compound to control the vector tick of Lyme disease., Peter W Rand, Eleanor H Lacombe, Susan P Elias, Charles B Lubelczyk, Theodore St Amand, and Robert P Smith
Notch and transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) signaling pathways cooperatively regulate vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation., Yuefeng Tang, Sumithra Urs, Joshua Boucher, Tyler Bernaiche, Deepak Venkatesh, Douglas B Spicer, Calvin P H Vary, and Lucy Liaw
Poison center surveillance data: the good, the bad and ... the flu., Karen E Simone and Henry A Spiller
The effect of the perioperative blood transfusion and blood conservation in cardiac surgery Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists upon clinical practices., Donald S Likosky, Daniel C FitzGerald, Robert C Groom, Dwayne K Jones, Robert A Baker, Kenneth G Shann, C David Mazer, Bruce D Spiess, and Simon C Body
Variation is opportunity!, Robert C Groom
Back to the future: revisiting parathyroid hormone and calcitonin control of bone remodeling., F J A de Paula and C J Rosen
Injury trends and prevention in rugby union football., Amy E MacQueen and William W Dexter
Portland identification and early referral: a community-based system for identifying and treating youths at high risk of psychosis., William R McFarlane, William L Cook, Donna Downing, Mary B Verdi, Kristen A Woodberry, and Anita Ruff
What is the role of lidocaine or phenytoin in tricyclic antidepressant-induced cardiotoxicity?, Anthony Foianini, Timothy Joseph Wiegand, and Neal Benowitz
Colorectal cancer screening pilot program for underserved women in Cumberland County, Maine., Susan Miesfeldt, Christine Hayden, Netta Apedoe, Sharon Jerome, and Andrea Fletcher
Pediatric obesity: a review for the child psychiatrist., Ann E Maloney
Preface: Interface between pediatrics and children's mental health., Sandra L Fritsch
Psychiatric features in children with genetic syndromes: toward functional phenotypes., Matthew S Siegel and Wendy E Smith
Systeme International in the ICU in the United States., David E Clark and Paul F Laeseke
The interface of child mental health and juvenile diabetes mellitus., Sandra L Fritsch, Mark W Overton, and Douglas R Robbins
Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestation at two rural, seasonal camps in Maine and Vermont., C Lubelczyk, B K Cahill, T Hanson, J Turmel, E Lacombe, P W Rand, S P Elias, and R P Smith
Using a hierarchical model to estimate risk-adjusted mortality for hospitals not included in the reference sample., David E Clark, Edward L Hannan, and Stephen W Raudenbush
Using decentralized medical education to address the workforce needs of a rural state: a partnership between Maine Medical Center and Tufts University school of medicine., Robert G Bing-You, Peter W Bates, Scott K Epstein, Amy B Kuhlik, and Thomas E Norris
Using decentralized medical education to address the workforce needs of a rural state: a partnership between Maine Medical Center and Tufts University school of medicine., Robert G Bing-You, Peter W Bates, Scott K Epstein, Amy B Kuhlik, and Thomas E Norris
Adulterated cocaine and lessons learned from the Jake walk blues., Timothy J Wiegand
Cognitive effects of cancer chemotherapy in adult cancer survivors: Cognitive-behavioral management., Robert J. Ferguson, Anna G. Cassel, and Rachel F.S. Dawson
Endoglin phosphorylation by ALK2 contributes to the regulation of prostate cancer cell migration., Diana Romero, Aleksandra Terzic, Barbara A Conley, Clarissa S Craft, Borko Jovanovic, Raymond C Bergan, and Calvin P H Vary
Microemboli from cardiopulmonary bypass are associated with a serum marker of brain injury., Robert C Groom, Reed D Quinn, Paul Lennon, Janine Welch, Robert S Kramer, Cathy S Ross, Peter A Beaulieu, Jeremiah R Brown, David J Malenka, Gerald T O'Connor, Donald S Likosky, and Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group
Nocturnin: a circadian target of Pparg-induced adipogenesis., Masanobu Kawai, Carla B Green, Mark Horowitz, Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell, Beata Lecka-Czernik, and Clifford J Rosen
BMP4 regulates vascular progenitor development in human embryonic stem cells through a Smad-dependent pathway., Hao Bai, Yongxing Gao, Melanie Arzigian, Don M Wojchowski, Wen-Shu Wu, and Zack Z Wang
Bone: adiposity and bone accrual-still an established paradigm?, Masanobu Kawai and Clifford J Rosen
Gene-delivery systems for iPS cell generation., Lijian Shao and Wen-Shu Wu
How to meet national quality initiatives: best practices., Katherine Phillips Cabral
Hyponatremia increases mortality in pediatric patients listed for liver transplantation., Rebecca G Carey, John C Bucuvalas, William F Balistreri, Todd G Nick, Frederick R Ryckman, and Nada Yazigi
Perceptions of high-risk care and barriers to care among women at risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer following genetic counseling in the community setting., Debra Morgan, Heather Sylvester, F Lee Lucas, and Susan Miesfeldt
A role for NRAGE in NF-kappaB activation through the non-canonical BMP pathway., Nicholas Matluk, Jennifer A Rochira, Aldona Karaczyn, Tamara Adams, and Joseph M Verdi
Payment reform--the need to harmonize approaches in Medicare and the private sector., Peter V Lee, Robert A Berenson, and John Tooker
Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer: referral source for genetic assessment and communication regarding assessment with nongenetic clinicians in the community setting., Debra Morgan, Heather Sylvester, Frances Lee Lucas, and Susan Miesfeldt
Macronutrient supplementation and food prices in HIV treatment., Kevin A Sztam, Wafaie W Fawzi, and Christopher Duggan
Spirit & Practice, Maine Medical Center
The coordination of primary and oncology specialty care at the end of life., Paul K J Han and Daniel Rayson
Submissions from 2009
2009: a good year., Robert C Groom
Why medical educators may be failing at feedback., Robert G Bing-You and Robert L Trowbridge
Journey from technician to professional., Robert C Groom
Methods of cooling: practical aspects of therapeutic temperature management., David B Seder and Thomas E Van der Kloot
Benign skin lesions: lipomas, epidermal inclusion cysts, muscle and nerve biopsies., Kartik A Pandya and Frederick Radke
Observation and participation., Robert C Groom
