Submissions from 2012
A primary care quality improvement approach to health care transition, PH White, MA McManus, JW McAllister, and W Cooley
Making osteoarthritis a public health priority: Several initiatives are placing this chronic illness on the national agenda, PH White and M Waterman
Paraoxonase 2 decreases renal reactive oxygen species production, lowers blood pressure, and mediates dopamine D2 receptor-induced inhibition of NADPH oxidase, Yu Yang, Yanrong Zhang, Santiago Cuevas, Van Anthony Villar, Crisanto Escano, Laureano D. Asico, Peiying Yu, David K. Grandy, Robin A. Felder, Ines Armando, and Pedro A. Jose
Paraoxonase 2 decreases renal reactive oxygen species production, lowers blood pressure, and mediates dopamine D2 receptor-induced inhibition of NADPH oxidase, Yu Yang, Yanrong Zhang, Santiago Cuevas, Van Anthony Villar, Crisanto Escano, Laureano D. Asico, Peiying Yu, David K. Grandy, Robin A. Felder, Ines Armando, and Pedro A. Jose
Management of Symptomatic Ascites in Hospice Patients With Paracentesis: A Case Series Report, IN Zama and M Edgar
Management of Symptomatic Ascites in Hospice Patients With Paracentesis: A Case Series Report., Ivan N. Zama and Millicent Edgar
Fusion of Na-ASP-2 with human immunoglobulin Fcγ abrogates histamine release from basophils sensitized with anti-Na-ASP-2 IgE, B. Zhan, H. Santiago, B. Keegan, P. Gillespie, J. Xue, J. Bethony, L. M. De Oliveira, D. Jiang, D. Diemert, S. H. Xiao, K. Jones, X. Feng, P. J. Hotez, and M. E. Bottazzi
Deficient dopamine D 2 receptor function causes renal inflammation independently of high blood pressure, Yanrong Zhang, Santiago Cuevas, Laureano D. Asico, Crisanto Escano, Yu Yang, Annabelle M. Pascua, Xiaoyan Wang, John E. Jones, David Grandy, Gilbert Eisner, Pedro A. Jose, and Ines Armando
Deficient dopamine D 2 receptor function causes renal inflammation independently of high blood pressure, Yanrong Zhang, Santiago Cuevas, Laureano D. Asico, Crisanto Escano, Yu Yang, Annabelle M. Pascua, Xiaoyan Wang, John E. Jones, David Grandy, Gilbert Eisner, Pedro A. Jose, and Ines Armando
Mortality risk associated with bundle branch blocks and related repolarization abnormalities (from the Women's Health Initiative [WHI]), Zhu Ming Zhang, Pentti M. Rautaharju, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Joann E. Manson, Michael E. Cain, Lisa W. Martin, Anthony A. Bavry, Laxmi Mehta, Mara Vitolins, and Ronald J. Prineas
Tolerance, fermentation, and cytokine expression in healthy aged male C57BL/6J mice fed resistant starch, J Zhou, MJ Keenan, J Keller, SO Fernandez-Kim, and PJ Pistell
Tolerance, fermentation, and cytokine expression in healthy aged male C57BL/6J mice fed resistant starch., June Zhou, Michael J. Keenan, Jeffrey Keller, Sun O. Fernandez-Kim, Paul J. Pistell, Richard T. Tulley, Anne M. Raggio, Li Shen, Hanji Zhang, Roy J. Martin, and Marc R. Blackman
Submissions from 2011
Prevalence of arthritis in India and Pakistan: a review., Ehtisham Akhter, Saira Bilal, Adnan Kiani, and Uzma Haque
Selection and quantification of infection endpoints for trials of vaccines against intestinal helminths, Neal Alexander, Bonnie Cundill, Lorenzo Sabatelli, Jeffrey M. Bethony, David Diemert, Peter Hotez, Peter G. Smith, Laura C. Rodrigues, and Simon Brooker
Image of the month. Left-sided paraduodenal hernia., F Al-Mufarrej, J Kaza, J Ahari, B Abell, and F Brody
Implications for chemoprevention of prostate cancer with intake of cruciferous vegetables., JB Aragon-Ching
Reimbursement policy and androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer, JB Aragon-Ching
Unravelling the role of denosumab in prostate cancer., JB Aragon-Ching
Positron emission tomography findings in clinical mimics of lymphoma, JB Aragon-Ching and EA Akin
Dopamine and Renal Function and Blood Pressure Regulation., Ines Armando, Van Anthony M Villar, and Pedro A Jose
In-flight seizures and fatal air embolism: The importance of a chest radiograph, J Arnaiz, E Marco De Lucas, T Piedra, ME Arnaiz Garcia, and AD Patel
Statin use in outpatients with obstructive coronary artery disease, Suzanne V. Arnold, John A. Spertus, Fengming Tang, Harlan M. Krumholz, William B. Borden, Steven A. Farmer, Henry H. Ting, and Paul S. Chan
Lack of renal dopamine D5 receptors promotes hypertension, Laureano Asico, Xiaojie Zhang, Jifu Jiang, David Cabrera, Crisanto S. Escano, David R. Sibley, Xiaoyan Wang, Yu Yang, Roslyn Mannon, John E. Jones, Ines Armando, and Pedro A. Jose
Lack of renal dopamine D5 receptors promotes hypertension, Laureano Asico, Xiaojie Zhang, Jifu Jiang, David Cabrera, Crisanto S. Escano, David R. Sibley, Xiaoyan Wang, Yu Yang, Roslyn Mannon, John E. Jones, Ines Armando, and Pedro A. Jose
Complement dependency of cardiomyocyte release of mediators during sepsis., Gelareh Atefi, Firas S Zetoune, Todd J Herron, José Jalife, Markus Bosmann, Rami Al-Aref, J Vidya Sarma, and Peter A Ward
Inflammation predicts changes in high-density lipoprotein particles and apolipoprotein A1 following initiation of antiretroviral therapy, Jason V. Baker, Jacqueline Neuhaus, Daniel Duprez, David A. Cooper, Jennifer Hoy, Lewis Kuller, Fiona C. Lampe, Angelike Liappis, Nina Friis-Moller, Jim Otvos, Nicholas I. Paton, Russell Tracy, and James D. Neaton
Look closely before you tap., GJ Ballarino, A Mohsen, and V Jain
Asthma control with extrafine-particle hydrofluoroalkane-beclometasone vs. large-particle chlorofluorocarbon-beclometasone: A real-world observational study, N Barnes, D Price, G Colice, A Chisholm, and P Dorinsky
Retransplantation for donor-derived neuroendocrine tumor, Rehana Begum, Denise Harnois, Raj Satyanarayana, Murli Krishna, Kevin C. Halling, George P. Kim, Justin H. Nguyen, and Andrew P. Keaveny
Diet quality and the risk of cardiovascular disease: The Women's Health Initiative (WHI), Rashad J. Belin, Philip Greenland, Matthew Allison, Lisa Martin, James M. Shikany, Joseph Larson, Lesley Tinker, Barbara V. Howard, Donald Lloyd-Jones, and Linda Van Horn
Diet quality and the risk of cardiovascular disease: The Women's Health Initiative (WHI), RJ Belin, P Greenland, M Allison, L Martin, and JM Shikany
Fish intake and the risk of incident heart failure the women's health initiative, RJ Belin, P Greenland, L Martin, A Oberman, and L Tinker
Difficult issues in mentoring: recommendations on making the "undiscussable" discussable, J Bickel and SL Rosenthal
Localized calcific constrictive pericarditis masquerading as a basal aneurysm, Michael J. Blaha, Gurusher Panjrath, Matthews Chacko, and Steven P. Schulman
Multinational, observational study of procalcitonin in ICU patients with pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation: A multicenter observational study, F Bloos, JC Marshall, RP Dellinger, J. Vincent, and E Rivers
A potential novel therapeutic addition to statin therapy for dyslipidemia, William B. Borden
Patterns and intensity of medical therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, William B. Borden, Rita F. Redberg, Alvin I. Mushlin, David Dai, Lisa A. Kaltenbach, and John A. Spertus
Internal medicine resident physicians may be uncomfortable with managing irritable bowel syndrome at the completion of residency, Marie Borum, Jessica Gladden, Steven Zeddun, and Nitin Sardana
Hospitalization rates differ in African Americans and whites with inflammatory bowel disease, Marie Borum, Jeffrey LaFond, Badr Al-Bawardy, Sean Fine, and Nitin Sardana
Internal medicine resident physicians may be uncomfortable with managing irritable bowel syndrome at the completion of residency, M Borum, J Gladden, S Zeddun, and N Sardana
Physicians may inadequately counsel inflammatory bowel disease patients about immunosuppressive therapy and risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer, ML Borum, H Preethi Sidhu, and L Bornstein
Transforming health professionals' education, Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Lalit Narayan, and Rohan Radhakrishna
An administrative claims model for profiling hospital 30-day mortality rates for pneumonia patients, DW Bratzler, S.T Normand, WJ O'Donnell, M Metersky, and LF Han
Risk of heart failure with human immunodeficiency virus in the absence of prior diagnosis of coronary heart disease, AA Butt, C. Chang, MB Goetz, D Leaf, and D Rimland
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in relation to cardiometabolic risk factors and metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women, Sara A. Chacko, Yiqing Song, Jo Ann E. Manson, Linda Van Horn, Charles Eaton, Lisa W. Martin, Anne McTiernan, J. David Curb, Judith Wylie-Rosett, Lawrence S. Phillips, Raymond A. Plodkowski, and Simin Liu
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in relation to cardiometabolic risk factors and metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women, SA Chacko, Y Song, JE Manson, L Van Horn, and C Eaton
The role of positron emission tomography in the evaluation of inflammatory bowel disease, Matthew B. Chandler, Steven M. Zeddun, and Marie L. Borum
The role of positron emission tomography in the evaluation of inflammatory bowel disease, MB Chandler, SM Zeddun, and ML Borum
Compact optical microfluidic uric acid analysis system., CP Chang, DJ Nagel, MT Velasquez, and ME Zaghloul
Cardiovascular health, risks and diseases in contemporary China, TO Cheng
Definition of an acronym, TO Cheng
Do we need to be an Einstein to figure out what the acronym in the EINSTEIN study stands for?, TO Cheng
Echocardiography in the diagnosis of pericardial effusion: a historical perspective., TO Cheng
How to figure out the surname of a Chinese author, TO Cheng
In memory of my classmate QIAN Yi-jian, TO Cheng
Mitral valve prolapse is the commonest cause of mitral regurgitation in contemporary China, TO Cheng
Professor Xin-fang Wang from China is the Father of Modern Echocardiography, TO Cheng
Interpretation of remotely downloaded pocket-size cardiac ultrasound images on a web-enabled smartphone: Validation against workstation evaluation, BG Choi, M Mukherjee, P Dala, HA Young, and CM Tracy
Interdisciplinary research on patient-provider communication: A cross-method comparison, W. Chou, A. Pilsner, K. Coa, L. Greenberg, and B. Blatt
Evidence for enhanced tissue factor expression in age-related macular degeneration, Y Cho, X Cao, D Shen, J Tuo, and LM Parver
Physicians on twitter, Katherine C. Chretien, Justin Azar, and Terry Kind
Driven to dialysis? A very sick nonagenarian develops kidney failure., KC Chretien
Should I be "friends" with my patients on social networking web sites?, KC Chretien
To friend or not to friend? Social networking and faculty perceptions of online professionalism., KC Chretien, JM Farnan, SR Greysen, and T Kind
Medical education in an era of health-care reform, J. J. Cohen
Emerging therapeutic options for asthma, GL Colice
Supporting the health care transition from adolescence to adulthood in the medical home., W Carl Cooley, Paul J Sagerman, and Patience H. White
HIV infection and risk for incident pulmonary diseases in the combination antiretroviral therapy era, K Crothers, L Huang, JL Goulet, MB Goetz, and ST Brown
Rates and intensity of re-infection with human helminths after treatment and the influence of individual, household, and environmental factors in a Brazilian community, Bonnie Cundill, Neal Alexander, Jeff M. Bethony, David Diemert, Rachel L. Pullan, and Simon Brooker
PET/CT imaging in systemic lupus erythematosus, R Curiel, EA Akin, G Beaulieu, L DePalma, and M Hashefi
The Prevalence of Undiagnosed HIV Infection in Those Who Decline HIV Screening in an Urban Emergency Department., M Czarnogorski, J Brown, V Lee, J Oben, and I Kuo
Narrowing of Meckel's cave and cavernous sinus and enlargement of the optic nerve sheath in Pseudotumor Cerebri., AJ Degnan and LM Levy
Ascariasis, David J. Diemert
Intestinal Nematode Infections, David J. Diemert
Tissue Nematode Infections, David J. Diemert
Letter by dimitrow and cheng regarding article, "exercise testing in nonatherosclerotic heart disease: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, and arrhythmias", PP Dimitrow and TO Cheng
Exercise modulates circulating adipokine levels in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, PP Dimitrow, A Undas, and TO Cheng
Renal sympathetic denervation in hypertension., M Doumas, C Faselis, and V Papademetriou
Ultrashort-specific immunotherapy successfully treats seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis to grass pollen., LM DuBuske, AJ Frew, F Horak, PK Keith, and CJ Corrigan
Estimation of right atrial and ventricular hemodynamics by CT coronary angiography, RS Dusaj, KC Michelis, M Terek, R Sanai, and R Mittal
Beyond genetics: Epigenetic code in chronic kidney disease, R.S. Dwivedi, J.G. Herman, T.A. McCaffrey, and D.S.C. Raj
Prospective association of vitamin D concentrations with mortality in postmenopausal women: Results from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), Charles B. Eaton, Alicia Young, Matthew A. Allison, Jennifer Robinson, Lisa W. Martin, Lewis H. Kuller, Karen C. Johnson, J. David Curb, Linda Van Horn, Anne McTiernan, Simin Liu, and Jo Ann E. Manson
Downregulation of leptin and resistin expression in blood following bariatric surgery., C Edwards, AK Hindle, S Fu, and F Brody
Common secondary causes of resistant hypertension and rational for treatment., C Faselis, M Doumas, and V Papademetriou
Ethical and scientific considerations regarding animal testing and research, HR Ferdowsian and N Beck
Signs of mood and anxiety disorders in chimpanzees, HR Ferdowsian, DL Durham, C Kimwele, G Kranendonk, and E Otali
Comparison of blogged and written reflections in two medicine clerkships, M.A. Fischer; H.L. Haley; C.L. Saarinen,; and K.C. Chretien
Elevated depressive affect is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes among African Americans with chronic kidney disease, MJ Fischer, PL Kimmel, T Greene, JJ Gassman, and X Wang
Parental longevity and diabetes risk in the diabetes prevention program, H Florez, Y Ma, JP Crandall, L Perreault, and SM Marcovina
Association of genetic variation with systolic and diastolic blood pressure among african americans: The candidate gene association resource study, ER Fox, JH Young, and Y Li
The risk of incident coronary heart disease among veterans with and without hiv and hepatitis C, MS Freiberg, CH Chang, K McGinnis, LH Kuller, and KL Kraemer
Health professionals for a new century: Transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world, J Frenk, L Chen, ZA Bhutta, J Cohen, and N Crisp
miRNA Biomarkers in Breast Cancer Detection and Management., SW Fu, L Chen, and YG Man
Comparison of serial hepatitis C virus detection in samples submitted through serology for reflex confirmation versus samples directly submitted for quantitation, Howard B. Gale, D. Robert Dufour, Nazia N. Qazi, and Virginia L. Kan
Acute kidney injury in pregnancy: the thrombotic microangiopathies, C Ganesan and SE Maynard
Necator americanus and helminth co-infections: Further down-modulation of hookworm-specific type 1 immune responses, Stefan Michael Geiger, Neal Douglas Edward Alexander, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Simon Brooker, Bonnie Cundill, David Joseph Diemert, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, and Jeffrey Michael Bethony
Spiritual Issues in Heart Failure, Ronald Gillilan and Christina M. Puchalski
Use of hundreds of electrocardiographic biomarkers for prediction of mortality in postmenopausal women the women's health initiative, EZ Gorodeski, H Ishwaran, UB Kogalur, EH Blackstone, and E Hsich
Exemestane for breast-cancer prevention in postmenopausal women, Paul E. Goss, James N. Ingle, José E. Alés-Martínez, Angela M. Cheung, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Jean Wactawski-Wende, Anne McTiernan, John Robbins, Karen C. Johnson, Lisa W. Martin, Eric Winquist, Gloria E. Sarto, Judy E. Garber, Carol J. Fabian, Pascal Pujol, Elizabeth Maunsell, Patricia Farmer, Karen A. Gelmon, Dongsheng Tu, and Harriet Richardson
Exemestane for breast-cancer prevention in postmenopausal women, PE Goss, JN Ingle, JE Alés-Martínez, AM Cheung, and RT Chlebowski