Submissions from 2008
The reflective writing class blog: Using technology to promote reflection and professional development, Katherine Chretien, Ellen Goldman, and Charles Faselis
Paying at the pump, K. C. Chretien
White paper on expanding the role of pharmacists in caring for individuals with Alzheimer's disease, Robert J. Cluxton, Jennifer Davis, William M. Ellis, Leslie B. Fried, Katie B. Horton, Art Jacknowitz, Mikhail Kogan, Deborah H. Perkins, Beth Roberts, N. Lee Rucker, Anne K. Salamon, Jann B. Skelton, Patricia W. Slattum, Jane Tilly, and Mary Theresa Vasquez
Illicit drug use and HIV treatment outcomes in a US cohort., J. Cofrancesco, R. Scherzer, P. C. Tien, C. L. Gibert, and H. Southwell
Acute kidney injury in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection, Scott D. Cohen, Lakhmir S. Chawla, and Paul L. Kimmel
Immune complex renal disease and human immunodefiency virus infection, S. D. Cohen and P. L. Kimmel
Association of incident gout and mortality in dialysis patients, S. D. Cohen, P. L. Kimmel, R. Neff, L. Agodoa, and K. C. Abbott
New drugs for asthma, G. L. Colice
Costs and resource use of mild persistent asthma patients initiated on controller therapy, G. L. Colice, A. P. Yu, J. I. Ivanova, M. Hsieh, and H. G. Birnbaum
Rituximab treatment of fibrillary glomerulonephritis, Michael Collins, Sankar D. Navaneethan, Miriam Chung, James Sloand, Bruce Goldman, Gerald Appel, and Brad H. Rovin
The role of heparin anticoagulation during intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in the coronary care unit, H. A. Cooper, E. Thompson, and J. A. Panza
Adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy for pancreatic carcinoma: The Mayo Clinic experience (1975-2005), Michele M. Corsini, Robert C. Miller, Michael G. Haddock, John H. Donohue, Michael B. Farnell, David M. Nagorney, Aminah Jatoi, Robert R. McWilliams, George P. Kim, Sumita Bhatia, Matthew J. Iott, and Leonard L. Gunderson
Procalcitonin Levels in Febrile Infants After Recent Immunization, A. Dauber, S. Weiss, V. Maniaci, E. Nylen, and K. L. Becker
Traumatic dissection and rupture of the abdominal aorta as a complication of the Heimlich maneuver, S. C. Desai, D. J. Chute, B. C. Desai, and E. R. Koloski
Hookworm vaccines, David J. Diemert, Jeffrey M. Bethony, and Peter J. Hotez
Incorporating tiotropium into a respiratory therapist-directed bronchodilator protocol for managing in-patients with COPD exacerbations decreases bronchodilator costs.[see comment], G. S. Drescher, B. J. Carnathan, S. Imus, and G. L. Colice
Population structure of the genes encoding the polymorphic Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1: Implications for vaccine design, Junhui Duan, Jianbing Mu, Mahamadou Ali Thera, Deirdre Joy, Sergei L.Kosakovsky Pond, David Diemert, Carole Long, Hong Zhou, Kazutoyo Miura, Amed Ouattara, Amagana Dolo, Ogobara Doumbo, Xin Zhuan Su, and Louis Miller
A Systematic Review of Satisfaction with Care at the End of Life, S. M. Dy, L. R. Shugarman, K. A. Lorenz, R. A. Mularski, and J. Lynn
Once-daily abacavir/lamivudine and ritonavir-boostedd atazanavir for the treatment of hiv-1 infection in antiretroviral-naive patients: a 48-week pilot study., R. Elion, E. deJesus, M. Sension, D. Berger, and W. Towner
Hypoxia inducible factor-alpha activation in lymphoma and relationship to the thioredoxin family, Andrew M. Evens, Paul T. Schumacker, Irene B. Helenowski, Amareshwar T.K. Singh, Danijela Dokic, Anjeni Keswani, Elizabeth Kordeluk, Adekunle Raji, Jane N. Winter, Borko D. Jovanovic, Arne Holmgren, Beverly P. Nelson, and Leo I. Gordon
Correlation of procalcitonin and cytokine expression with dehiscence of wartime extremity wounds, Jonathan Agner Forsberg, Eric A. Elster, Romney C. Andersen, Eric Nylen, Trevor S. Brown, Matthew W. Rose, Alexander Stojadinovic, Kenneth L. Becker, and Francis Xavier McGuigan
Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics for a large international trial of cardiovascular disease prevention in people with dysglycemia: The ORIGIN Trial (Outcome Reduction with an Initial Glargine Intervention), H. C. Gerstein, S. Yusuf, M. Riddle, L. Ryden, J. Bosch, L. Richardson, G. Dagenais, R. Diaz, P. Johnston, A. Maggioni, J. Probstfield, A. Ramachandran, K. Birkeland, A. Budaj, E. Cardona, I. Chazova, and P. Commerford
Effects of intensive glucose lowering in type 2 diabetes, Hertzel C. Gerstein, Michael E. Miller, Robert P. Byington, Robert P. Byington, David C. Goff, David C. Goff, J. Thomas Bigger, John B. Buse, William C. Cushman, Saul Genuth, Faramarz Ismail-Beigi, Richard H. Grimm, Jeffrey L. Probstfield, Denise G. Simons-Morton, A. M. Gotto, K. Bailey, and D. Gohdes
Pneumonia in HIV-infected persons - Increased risk with cigarette smoking and treatment interruption, F. M. Gordin, M. P. Roediger, P. M. Girard, J. D. Lundgren, and J. M. Miro
An evaluation of vaginal symptoms in women with Crohn's disease, D. B. Graham, J. R. Tishon, and M. L. Borum
Trichosporon asahii infection in an advanced AIDS patient and literature review, Joseph W. Gross and Virginia L. Kan
Central venous to mixed venous blood oxygen and lactate gradients are associated with outcome in critically ill patients, G. Gutierrez, P. Comignani, L. Huespe, F. J. Hurtado, and A. Dubin
Factors associated with medical students' career choices regarding internal medicine., K. E. Hauer, S. J. During, W. N. Kernan, M. J. Fagan, and M. Mintz
Internal medicine clerkship directors' perceptions about student interest in internal medicine careers, K. E. Hauer, M. J. Fagan, W. Kernan, M. Mintz, and S. J. Durning
Death or hospitalization of patients on chronic hemodialysis is associated with a physician-based diagnosis of depression., S. S. Hedayati, H. B. Bosworth, L. P. Briley, R. J. Sloane, and C. F. Pieper
Sudden cardiac death in patients with stable coronary artery disease and preserved left ventricular systolic function, J. Hsia, K. A. Jablonski, M. M. Rice, M. S. Sabatine, and M. Zabalgoitia
Lipoprotein particle concentrations may explain the absence of coronary protection in the women's health initiative hormone trials.[see comment], J. Hsia, J. D. Otvos, J. E. Rossouw, L. Wu, and S. Wassertheil-Smoller
Psychosocial status of hemodialysis patients one year after hurrican katrina., A. D. Hyre, A. J. Cohen, N. Kutner, A. B. Alper, and A. W. Dreisbach
αB-crystallin is a novel predictor of resistance to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer, Olga Ivanov, Feng Chen, Elizabeth L. Wiley, Anjeni Keswani, Leslie K. Diaz, Heidi C. Memmel, Alfred Rademaker, William J. Gradishar, Monica Morrow, Seema A. Khan, and Vincent L. Cryns
Age patterns in undernutrition and helminth infection in a rural area of Brazil: Associations with ascariasis and hookworm, Anne Jardim-Botelho, Simon Brooker, Stefan Michael Geiger, Fiona Fleming, Aline Cristine Souza Lopes, David Joseph Diemert, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, and Jeffrey Michael Bethony
Hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides infection and polyparasitism associated with poor cognitive performance in Brazilian schoolchildren, Anne Jardim-Botelho, Sophia Raff, Renato De Ávila Rodrigues, Heather J. Hoffman, David Joseph Diemert, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Jeffrey Michael Bethony, and Maria Flávia Gazzinelli
Prospects for the development of the 'Men's Health' program in Russia, A. A. Kamalov, O. I. Apolikhin, M. F. Trapeznikova, E. A. Efremov, V. A. Maksimov, V. N. Zhuravlev, I. A. Aboyan, M. I. Kogan, and A. I. Neymark
Exposing gender bias in medical taxonomy: toward embracing a gender difference without disenfranchising women.[comment], J. D. Katz, R. Seaman, and S. Diamond
Drug-eluting stents and diseased saphenous vein grafts: Long-term risk in RRISC, Richard J. Katz
Predictive Markers in Colorectal Cancer, George P. Kim
Current Challenges in the Adjuvant Therapy of Colon Cancer, George P. Kim and Axel Grothey
Targeting colorectal cancer with human anti-EGFR monoclonocal antibodies: Focus on panitumumab, George P. Kim and Axel Grothey
Depression in Patients With Chronic Renal Disease: Where Are We Going?, Paul L. Kimmel, Scott D. Cohen, and Rolf A. Peterson
Quality of life in patients with end-stage renal disease treated with hemodialysis: survival is not enough!, P. L. Kimmel, S. D. Cohen, and S. D. Weisbord
Prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in Rostov on Don, M. I. Kogan, S. U. Kalinchenko, and N. E. Avadieva
Quantitative analysis of metabolic profile and Tamm-Horsfall protein in pediatric stone patients, M. I. Kogan, D. G. Matishov, E. F. Shin, and V. V. Sizonov
MYH9 is a major-effect risk gene for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, J. B. Kopp, M. W. Smith, G. W. Nelson, R. C. Johnson, and B. I. Freedman
Diagnosis and laparoscopic treatment of renal cysts of Bosniak type III and IV, S. I. Kostiukov, V. L. Medvedev, and M. I. Kogan
Consensus Statement: Defining Minimal Criteria for Reporting the Systemic Inflammatory Response to Cardiopulmonary Bypass, R. C. Landis, J. E. Arrowsmith, R. A. Baker, F. de Somer, and W. B. Dobkowski
Two cases of statin-induced myopathy caused by induced hypothyroidism, H. M. Lando and K. D. Burman
Vascular access: Past, present, and future, Susie Q. Lew and T. S. Ing
Mannitol and inflammatory markers in the cerebral spinal fluid of HIV-infected patients with crytococcal meningitis, A. P. Liappis, V. L. Kan, N. C. Richman, B. Yoon, and B. Wong
Dopamine 5 receptor mediates Ang II type 1 receptor degradation via a ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in mice and human cells, Hewang Li, Ines Armando, Peiying Yu, Crisanto Escano, Susette C. Mueller, Laureano Asico, Annabelle Pascua, Quansheng Lu, Xiaoyan Wang, Van Anthony M. Villar, John E. Jones, Zheng Wang, Ammasi Periasamy, Yuen Sum Lau, Patricio Soares-da-Silva, Karen Creswell, Gaétan Guillemette, David R. Sibley, Gilbert Eisner, Robin A. Felder, and Pedro A. Jose
Dopamine 5 receptor mediates Ang II type 1 receptor degradation via a ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in mice and human cells, Hewang Li, Ines Armando, Peiying Yu, Crisanto Escano, Susette C. Mueller, Laureano Asico, Annabelle Pascua, Quansheng Lu, Xiaoyan Wang, Van Anthony M. Villar, John E. Jones, Zheng Wang, Ammasi Periasamy, Yuen Sum Lau, Patricio Soares-da-Silva, Karen Creswell, Gaétan Guillemette, David R. Sibley, Gilbert Eisner, Robin A. Felder, and Pedro A. Jose
Dopamine 5 receptor mediates Ang II type 1 receptor degradation via a ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in mice and human cells (Journal of Clinical Investigation (2008) 118, (2180-2189) DOI: 10.1172/JCI33637), Hewang Li, Ines Armando, Peiying Yu, Crisanto Escano, Susette C. Mueller, Laureano Asico, Annabelle Pascua, Quansheng Lu, Xiaoyan Wang, Van Anthony M. Villar, John E. Jones, Zheng Wang, Ammasi Periasamy, Yuen Sum Lau, Patricio Soares-Da-Silva, Karen Creswell, Gaétan Guillemette, David R. Sibley, Gilbert Eisner, John J. Gildea, Robin A. Felder, and Pedro A. Jose Gildea
Dopamine 5 receptor mediates Ang II type 1 receptor degradation via a ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in mice and human cells (Journal of Clinical Investigation (2008) 118, (2180-2189) DOI: 10.1172/JCI33637), Hewang Li, Ines Armando, Peiying Yu, Crisanto Escano, Susette C. Mueller, Laureano Asico, Annabelle Pascua, Quansheng Lu, Xiaoyan Wang, Van Anthony M. Villar, John E. Jones, Zheng Wang, Ammasi Periasamy, Yuen Sum Lau, Patricio Soares-Da-Silva, Karen Creswell, Gaétan Guillemette, David R. Sibley, Gilbert Eisner, John J. Gildea, Robin A. Felder, and Pedro A. Jose Gildea
Invasive pituitary adenoma, M. Li-Ng and M. Sharma
Inhibitory effect of D1-like and D3 dopamine receptors on norepinephrine-induced proliferation in vascular smooth muscle cells, Zhen Li, Changqing Yu, Yu Han, Hongmei Ren, Weibin Shi, Chunjiang Fu, Duofen He, Lan Huang, Chengming Yang, Xukai Wang, Lin Zhou, Laureano D. Asico, Chunyu Zeng, and Pedro A. Jose
LGD-5552, an antiinflammatory glucocorticoid receptor ligand with reduced sides effects, in vivo., F. J. Lopez, R. J. Ardecky, B. Bebo, K. Benbatoul, and L. De Grandpre
[A proposition for a new term: "Rhonchoplastic Injection"], F. T. Lorenzetti, G. G. Formigoni, and M. B. Cahali
Evidence for improving palliative care at the end of life: a systematic review, K. A. Lorenz, J. Lynn, S. M. Dy, L. R. Shugarman, and A. W. Wilkinson
Assessing the patient safety knowledge and experience of trainees, Monica L. Lypson, John W. Gosbee, and Pamela Andreatta
Using OSCEs to teach WHO patient safety solutions, Monica L. Lypson, Stanley J. Hamstra, and Lisa M. Colletti
Medical students' perspectives on a multicultural curriculum, Monica L. Lypson, Paula T. Ross, and Arno K. Kumagai
Estrogen reduces aldosterone, upregulates adrenal angiotensin II AT 2 receptors and normalizes adrenomedullary Fra-2 in ovariectomized rats, Miroslava Macova, Ines Armando, Jin Zhou, Gustavo Baiardi, Dmitri Tyurmin, Ignacio M. Larrayoz-Roldan, and Juan M. Saavedra
Genetic and clinical heterogeneity in eIF2B-related disorder, J. Maletkovic, R. Schiffmann, J. R. Gorospe, E. S. Gordon, and M. Mintz
Cytokine gene polymorphisms as risk and severity factors for juvenile dermatomyositis, Gulnara Mamyrova, Terrance P. O'Hanlon, Laura Sillers, Karen Malley, Laura James-Newton, Christina G. Parks, Glinda S. Cooper, Janardan P. Pandey, Frederick W. Miller, and Lisa G. Rider
Procalcitonin in young febrile infants for the detection of serious bacterial infections, V. Maniaci, A. Dauber, S. Weiss, E. Nuylen, and K. L. Becker
Circulating angiogenic factors in singleton vs multiple-gestation pregnancies, S. E. Maynard, T. A. Moore Simas, M. J. Solitro, A. Rajan, and S. Crawford
Preeclampsia and angiogenic imbalance, S. Maynard, F. H. Epstein, and S. A. Karumanchi
Alan Stone and the ethics of forensic psychiatry: an overview, G. H. Miller
Comparison of biological activity of human anti-apical membrane antigen-1 antibodies induced by natural infection and vaccination, Kazutoyo Miura, Hong Zhou, Samuel E. Moretz, Ababacar Diouf, Mahamadou A. Thera, Amagana Dolo, Ogobara Doumbo, Elissa Malkin, David Diemert, Louis H. Miller, Gregory E.D. Mullen, and Carole A. Long
Macrolide and clindamycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates and antibiotic use in a veterans affairs medical center, Rohit Modak, David Ross, and Virginia L. Kan
Pseudo-anion gap acidosis, Sankar D. Navaneethan, Robert Mooney, and James Sloand
Sudden onset of diabetic ketoacidosis during consensus interferon therapy for chronic viral hepatitis C, E. S. Nylen, I. C. Marathe, I. A. Khan, R. Azevedo, and K. R. Hirsch
Can direct stenting in selected saphenous vein graft lesions be considered an alternative to percutaneous intervention with a distal protection device?, T. Okabe, J. Lindsay, R. Torguson, D. H. Steinberg, and P. Roy
Sleep and quality of life in renal disease, Samir S. Patel, Vivek Jain, and Paul L. Kimmel
Potential pitfalls of renal angiography: a case of atypical fibromuscular dysplasia, T Pratap, James A. Sloand, and Craig R. Narins
Addressing the spiritual needs of patients., Christina M. Puchalski
Spiritual issues as an essential element of quality palliative care: a commentary.[comment], C. M. Puchalski
Efficacy and safety of revocarin in patients with impaired micturition due to prostatic adenoma. An open non-comparative study: results of a multicenter trial, D. I. Pushkar', O. B. Loran, S. B. Petrov, M. I. Kogan, and V. N. Zhuravlev
Pain medicine and its models: Helping or hindering?, J. L. Quinter, M. L. Cohen, D. Buchanan, J. D. Katz, and O. D. Williamson
Conjugated equine estrogens and colorectal cancer incidence and survival: The women's health initiative randomized clinical trial, C. Ritenbaugh, J. L. Stanford, L. Wu, J. M. Shikany, and R. E. Schoen
Complementary and alternative medicine use by primary care patients with chronic pain., E. I. Rosenberg, I. Genao, I. Chen, A. J. Mechaber, and J. A. Wood
Inflammatory, lipid, thrombotic and genetic markers of coronary heart disease risk in the women's health initiative trials of hormone therapy., J. E. Rossouw, M. Cushman, P. Greenland, D. M. Lloyd-Jones, and P. Bray
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome of the brain: Case illustrations of a challenging entity, E. J. Rushing, A. Liappis, J. D. Smirniotopoulos, A. B. Smith, and J. M. Henry
Procalcitonin has bioactivity at calcitonin receptor family complexes: Potential mediator implications in sepsis, P. M. Sexton, G. Christopoulos, A. Christopoulos, E. S. Nylen, and R. H. Snider
Long-term subcutaneous tissue changes among anti retroviral-naive persons initiating stavudine, zidovudine, or abacavir with lamivudine, J. C. Shlay, S. Sharma, G. Peng, C. L. Gibert, and C. Grunfeld
Anemia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: epidemiology and economic implications, A. F. Shorr, J. Doyle, L. Stern, M. Dolgitser, and M. D. Zilberberg
Differences between low-molecular-weight and unfractionated heparin for venous thromboembolism prevention following ischemic stroke: a metaanalysis, A. F. Shorr, W. L. Jackson, J. H. Sherner, and L. K. Moores
Protein C: a potential biomarker in severe sepsis and a possible tool for monitoring treatment with drotrecogin alfa (activated).[see comment], A. F. Shorr, D. R. Nelson, D. L. A. Wyncoll, F. Brunkhorst, and G. M. Vail
Age and gender differences in Medicare expenditures and service utilization at the end of life for lung cancer decedents, L. R. Shugarma, C. E. Bird, C. Schuster, D. E. Campbell, and J. Lynn
Raltegravir for postexposure prophylaxis following occupational exposure to HIV, Marc O. Siegel, Virginia L. Kan, and Debra A. Benator
Reproductive history and hormonal birth control use are associated with coronary calcium progression in women with type 1 diabetes mellitus., J. K. Snell-Bergeon, D. Dabelea, L. G. Ogden, J. E. Hokanson, and G. L. Kinney
Spirituality, Social Support, and Survival in Hemodialysis Patients, J. Spinale, S. D. Cohen, P. Khetpal, R. A. Peterson, and B. Clougherty
T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting after clearance of hepatitis C: a case report and review of the literature, S. Stephen and M. Borum
PFO closure failure with Amplatzer: a patient with concomitant multiple stroke risk factors, X. Sun, J. Ellis, L. Satler, and P. C. Hill
Extending the spectrum of Ellis van Creveld syndrome: a large family with a mild mutation in the EVC gene, H. Ulucan, D. Guel, J. C. Sapp, J. Cockerham, and J. J. Johnston
Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Children, N. Uspal and D. Agrawal