Submissions from 2006
Living wills: they were a good idea, weren't they?, J. K. Cooper
Spriituality and religion in patients with HIV/AIDS, S. Cotton, C. M. Puchalski, S. N. Sherman, J. M. Mrus, and A. H. Peterman
Assessing the direct costs of treating nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in the United States, Karin S. Coyne, Clark Paramore, Susan Grandy, Marco Mercader, Matthew Reynolds, and Peter Zimetbaum
Increased COPD among HIV-positive compared to HIV-negative veterans, K. Crothers, A. A. Butt, C. L. Gibert, M. C. Rodriguez-Barradas, and S. Crystal
Depression in end-stage renal disease hemodialysis patients, Daniel Cukor, Rolf A. Peterson, Scott D. Cohen, and Paul L. Kimmel
Clinical images: an uncommon cause of hip pain, D. H. Dalal, R. Curiel, L. Somwaru, and K. A. Brindle
Reengineering geriatric education for medicine residents, P. S. Dalsania
Chronic low back pain in a working-age adult, S. Diamond and D. Borenstein
Prevention and self-treatment of traveler's diarrhea, David J. Diemert
Rifaximin antibiotic therapy followed by Flora-Q probiotic therapy for patients with flares of Crohn's disease despite 6-mercaptopurine maintenance therapy: A case series of "ecologic niche" therapy, D. B. Doman, H. J. Goldberg, and M. I. Golding
Four mutations in Epidermodysplasia verruciformis 1 (EVER1) gene are not contributors to susceptibility in RRP, J. Donfack, F. J. Buchinsky, C. S. Derkay, B. M. Steinberg, and S. C. D. Sukgi
Prescription Drug Spending for Medicare+Choice Beneficiaries in the Last Year of Life, C. Fahlman, J. Lynn, D. Doberman, J. Gabel, and M. Finch
Clinical Benefits of Drug-Eluting Stents: Results From RAVEL and Beyond, Michelle M. Fennessy and William B. Borden
Trends in treatment and outcomes of survival of adolescents initiating end-stage renal disease care in the United States of America, M. E. Ferris, D. S. Gipson, P. L. Kimmel, and P. W. Eggers
Electrical stimulation of the carotid sinus for the treatment of resistant hypertension, J D. Filippone, James A. Sloand, Karl A. Illig, and John D. Bisognano
Inborn errors of sulfur-containing amino acid metabolism, J. D. Finkelstein
Phase II trial of concurrent paclitaxel, carboplatin, and external-beam radiation followed by surgical resection in locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, protocol 99-444, S. A. Fischer, M. Soberman, P. Randolph, K. Crawford, and D. J. Perry
Prestorage leukoreduction prevents accumulation of matrix metalloproteinase 9 in stored blood, P. C. Frake, H. E. Smith, L. F. Chen, and W. L. Biffl
Bariatric Surgery: Too Many Unanswered Questions, A. Frank
The Medical Society's Role in Assessing Physicians' Performance: An Analysis of Six Years of Grievances Considered by an Urban Medical Society, A. Frank, H. A. Hoffman, and E. H. Stolar
Promoting declines in the prevalence of late-life disability: Comparisons of three potentially high-impact interventions, V. A. Freedman, N. Hodgson, J. Lynn, B. Spillman, and T. Waidmann
Race may influence patients' decision to receive hepatitis C treatment, M. Friedman, D. Jager, C. Rodak, and M. L. Borum
Safety and feasibility of transendocardial autologous bone marrow cell transplantation in patients with advanced heart disease, Shmuel Fuchs, Ran Kornowski, Giora Weisz, Lowell F. Satler, Peter C. Smits, Petros Okubagzi, Richard Baffour, Anita Aggarwal, Neil J. Weissman, Manuel Cerqueira, Ron Waksman, Parrick Serrruys, Alexander Battler, Jeffrey W. Moses, Martin B. Leon, and Stephen E. Epstein
Performance of the TruGene human immunodeficiency virus type 1 genotyping kit and OpenGene DNA sequencing system on clinical samples diluted to approximately 100 copies per milliliter, Howard B. Gale, Virginia L. Kan, and Rebecca C. Shinol
Intracuff pressures of endotracheal tubes in the management of airway emergencies: The need for pressure monitoring, M. Galinski, V. Treoux, B. Garrigue, F. Lapostolle, and S. W. Borron
The heat sensitivity of cytokine-inducing effect of lipopolysaccaride, B. Gao, Y. Wang, and M-F. Tsan
Chronic ethanol consumption upregulates the cytosolic and plasma membrane sialidase genes, but downregulates lysosomal membrane sialidase gene in rat liver, M. Garige, M. A. Azuine, and M. R. Lakshman
Utilization and acceptance of wireless esophageal capsule endoscopy for evaluation of self-referred subjects with chronic heartburn, M. I. Golding, D. B. Doman, H. J. Goldberg, and S. Raskulinecz
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a review for the pediatrician. [Review] [11 refs], E. A. Goldmuntz and P. H. White
Trajectory of end-stage heart failure: The influence of technology and implications for policy change, N. E. Goldstein and J. Lynn
Race is a risk factor for ECG abnormalities in polymyositis (PM)/dermatomyositis (DM), M. F. Gourley, S. B. Diamond, D. Rosing, M. Naeem, and L. James-Newton
Reactivation of chronic hepatitis B leading to fulminant hepatic failure in an immunosuppressed patient, D. B. Graham and M. L. Borum
Metastatic Crohn's disease of the face, D. B. Graham, D. L. Jager, and M. L. Borum
Insulin resistance is independently associated with VAT and upper trunk SAT in controls and HIV infection, C. Grunfeld, D. Rimland, C. Gibert, W. Powderly, and S. Sidney
Evaluation of scientific evidence in law, adjudication and policy: when occupational health takes the witness chair, T. L. Guidotti
Future shock? (Comment on Critical Care Medicine 34(6):1811-6), G. Gutierrez and V. Jha
Not the same everywhere: patient-centered learning environments at nine medical schools. [references]., P. Haidet, P. A. Kelly, S. Bentley, B. Blatt, and C. L. Chou
Depressive symptoms in older people predict nursing home admission, Y. Harris and J. K. Cooper
Helicobacter cinaedi Bacteremia in HIV-infected Patients: A Case Series and Literature Review (1982-2005), L.S. Healey, C.L. Gibert, and A.P. Liappis
New technologies for the control of human hookworm infection, Peter J. Hotez, Jeff Bethony, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Simon Brooker, David Diemert, and Alex Loukas
Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular disease - The Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial, B. V. Howard, L. Van Horn, J. Hsia, J. E. Manson, and M. L. Stefanick
Assessing Drug Risks and Benefits: Lessons from Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy Studies., J. Hsia
Conjugated equine estrogens and coronary heart disease: the Women's Health Initiative, J. Hsia, R. D. Langer, J. E. Manson, L. Kuller, and K. C. Johnson
Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures, R. D. Jackson, A. Z. LaCroix, M. Gass, R. B. Wallace, and J. Robbins
Update in ventilator-associated pneumonia. [Review] [38 refs], W. L. Jackson and A. F. Shorr
Chronic nephropathies of cocaine and heroin abuse: a critical review, J. A. Jaffe and P. L. Kimmel
Impact of surveillance stool culture guided selection of antibiotics in the management of pediatric small bowel transplant recipients, M. John, G. Gondolesi, B. C. Herold, S. Kaufman, and T. Fishbein
FDA approval summary: Sorafenib for advanced renal cell carcinoma, R. C. Kane, A. T. Farrell, H. Saber, S. Tang, and G. Williams
United States Food and Drug Administration approval summary: bortezomib for the treatment of progressive multiple myeloma after one prior therapy, R. C. Kane, A. T. Farrell, R. Sridhara, and R. Pazdur
Nursing home staff's perceived ability to influence quality of life, R. L. Kane, T. Rockwood, K. Hyer, K. Desjardins, and A. Brassard
Response to Waters et al. 'Successful use of genotypic resistance testing in HIV-1-infected individuals with detectable viraemia ...' [5], Virginia L. Kan, Howard B. Gale, and Rebecca C. Shinol
Multislice CT angiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: Are we there yet?, Richard J. Katz
Diagnosing pulmonary embolism, Rahul Khosla
Update in nephrology and hypertension, P. L. Kimmel
Update in nephrology and hypertension., P.L. Kimmel
Quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease: Focus on end-stage renal disease treated with hemodialysis, P. L. Kimmel and S. S. Patel
Satisfaction with care in peritoneal dialysis patients, J. Kirchgessner, M. Perera-Chang, G. Klinkner, I. Soley, and D. Marcelli
Impact of time to therapy and reperfusion modality on the efficacy of adenosine in acute myocardial infarction: the AMISTAD-2 trial, R. A. Kloner, M. B. Forman, R. J. Gibbons, A. M. Ross, and R. W. Alexander
Iron uptake and release by macrophages is sensitive to propranolol, A. M. Komarov, J. M. Hall, J. J. Chmielinska, and W. B. Weglicki
Antioxidant and lysosomotropic properties of acute D-propranolol underlies its cardioprotection of postischemic hearts from moderate iron-overloaded rats, J. H. Kramer, S. B. Murthi, R. M. Wise, I. T. Mak, and W. B. Weglicki
Time-course studies implicate the benefits of D-propranolol's antioxidant/lysoso-motropic effects on FE-loaded I/II hearts, J. Kramer, S. Murthi, R. Wise, I. T. Mak, and W. Weglicki
The relative frequency in which empiric dosages of radioiodine would potentially overtreat or undertreat patients who have metastatic well-differentiated thyroid cancer, K. Kulkarni, D. Van Nostrand, F. Atkins, M. Aiken, and K. Burman
Inverse correlation of serum paraoxonase and homocysteine thiolactonase activities and antioxidant capacity of high-density lipoprotein with the severity of cardiovascular disease in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus, M. Raj Lakshman, Chandra S. Gottipati, Shivani J. Narasimhan, Jennifer Munoz, Philippe Marmillot, and Eric S. Nylen
Plasma sialic acid index of Apo J is a viable marker for chronic alcohol consumption, M. R. Lakshman, S. Patel, M. Garige, F. Wurst, and P. R. Marques
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia in pregnancy: a case report, L. C. Lee, S. L. Bathgate, and C. J. Macri
Aging impairs the beneficial effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and stem cell factor on post-myocardial infarction remodeling, Stephanie Lehrke, Ramesh Mazhari, Daniel J. Durand, Meizi Zheng, Djahida Bedja, Jeffrey M. Zimmet, Karl H. Schuleri, Andrew S. Chi, Kathleen L. Gabrielson, and Joshua M. Hare
Bile acids stimulate PKC alpha autophosphorylation and activation: role in the attenuation of prostaglandin E-1-induced cAMP production in human dermal fibroblasts, M. Le, L. Krilov, J. P. Meng, K. Chapin-Kennedy, and S. Ceryak
The best of GME, Linda Lesky
Persistent hemoperitoneum in a pregnant patient receiving peritoneal dialysis, S. Q. Lew
Pro-atherogenic risk assessment by NMR lipoprotein subclass analysis in HIV-infected patients naive to anti-retroviral therapy, A. P. Liappis, N. J. Bisby, S. Z. Schuck, A. A. Desrosiers, and V. Paliouras
Lipid and non-lipid lowering benefits of atorvastatin in patients on HAART with increased low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels, A. P. Liappis, A. C. Laborico, J. E. Clarke, N. J. Bisby, and B. Yoon
Quality measures for symptoms and advance care planning in cancer: a systematic review, K. A. Lorenz, J. Lynn, S. Dy, A. Wilkinson, and R. A. Mularski
Health care policy issues in end-of-life care, K. A. Lorenz, L. R. Shugarman, and J. Lynn
Walking the Tightrope., J. Lynn
Historical Lassa Fever Reports and 30-year Clinical Update, Abe M. Macher and Martin S. Wolfe
Depressed prostacyclin production in Ang II-treated endothelial cells - Association with Fe accumulation and decreased COX-1 protein, I. T. Mak, A. Torres, J. M. Kang, J. Chmielinska, and W. B. Weglicki
Immunogenetic risk and protective factors for juvenile dermatomyositis in Caucasians, Gulnara Mamyrova, Terrance P. O'Hanlon, Jason B. Monroe, Danielle Mercatante Carrick, James D. Malley, Sharon Adams, Ann M. Reed, Ejaz A. Shamim, Laura James-Newton, Frederick W. Miller, and Lisa G. Rider
Buprenorphine is protective against the depressive effects of norbuprenorphine on ventilation, B. Megarbane, N. Marie, S. Pirnay, S. W. Borron, and P. N. Gueye
Biphasic regulation by bile acids of dermal fibroblast proliferation through regulation of cAMP production and COX-2 expression level, J. P. Meng, S. Ceryak, Z. Aratsu, L. Jones, and L. Epstein
Selected science: an industry campaign to undermine an OSHA hexavalent chromium standard., D. Michaels, C. Monforton, and P. Lurie
The role of spirituality support group in reducing caregiver burden in staff caring for terminally ill people in a VA nursing home, J. Milewski, M. Div, Kchsk Blackstone, J. Laramie, and A. Alehossein
Clinical clips/evidence-based medicine. [Commentary on] A novel selective PDE-4 inhibitor for COPD, M. Mintz
Clinical clips/evidence-based medicine. [Commentary on] New practice parameters for asthma, M. Mintz
Safety of long-aActing beta-agonists., M.L. Mintz
Clinical clips / evidence-based medicine, M. Mintz, C. A. Pohl, S. S. Paist, and C. V. Chambers
Anakinra therapy in a child with systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis after human herpesvirus 6 encephalitis, L. J. Mirkinson, D. Nagle, O. Y. Jones, and N. Kadom
An unusual case of gastrointestinal symptoms leading to a diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa, Anita Mittal, Marie L. Borum, and Anthony C. Venbrux
Laparotomy versus peritoneal drainage for necrotizing enterocolitis and perforation, R. L. Moss, R. A. Dimmitt, D. C. Barnhart, K. G. Sylvester, and R. L. Brown
Evaluating fluctuations in human atrial fibrillatory cycle length using monophasic action potentials, Sanjiv M. Narayan, David E. Krummen, Andrew M. Kahn, Pamela L. Karasik, and Michael R. Franz
Hemodialysis timing, survival, and cardiovascular outcomes in the hemodialysis (HEMO) study, Y. H. Ng, K. B. Meyer, J. W. Kusek, G. F. Yan, and M. V. Rocco
Endocrine markers of severity and prognosis in critical illness, E. S. Nylen, N. Seam, and R. Khosla
HLA polymorphisms in African Americans with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: Allelic profiles distinguish patients with different clinical phenotypes and myositis autoantibodies, Terrance P. O'Hanlon, Lisa G. Rider, Gulnara Mamyrova, Ira N. Targoff, Frank C. Arnett, John D. Reveille, Mary Carrington, Xiaojiang Gao, Chester V. Oddis, Penelope A. Morel, James D. Malley, Karen Malley, Ejaz A. Shamim, Stephen J. Chanock, Charles B. Foster, Thomas Bunch, Ann M. Reed, Lori A. Love, and Frederick W. Miller
Monitoring chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity: Role of cardiac nuclear imaging, Gurusher Singh Panjrath and Diwakar Jain
β-Blockers for Primary Prevention in Hypertension: Era Bygone?, Gurusher S. Panjrath and Franz H. Messerli
Steatosis and progression of fibrosis in untreated patients with chronic hepatitis C infection, P. Perumalswami, D. E. Kleiner, G. Lutchman, T. Heller, and B. Borg
Phase II study of erlotinib in patients with advanced biliary cancer, Philip A. Philip, Michelle R. Mahoney, Cristine Allmer, James Thomas, Henry C. Pitot, George Kim, Ross C. Donehower, Tom Fitch, Joel Picus, and Charles Erlichman
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis with myeloproliferative syndrome with myelodysplasia: bronchoalveolar lavage reduces white blood cell count, S. M. Pollack, G. Gutierrez, and J. Ascensao
Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of invasive breast cancer - The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial, R. L. Prentice, B. Caan, R. T. Chlebowski, R. Patterson, and L. H. Kuller
Spiritual assessment in clinical practice, C. Puchalski
Creating healing environments., Christina M. Puchalski and Sylvia McSkimming