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Submissions from 2017
Ethical Considerations in Prescribing or Withholding Opioids for Chronic Pain, Katie E. Smeltzer, Gautam Desai, and Britt Johnson
Ethmoid Malformation Associated With Pediatric Nasal Polyposis and Allergic Fungal Sinusitis, Cameron G. Hanson and Todd B. Proctor
Housing Environment Affects Baseline Anxiety in Zebrafish, Bhavana Movva, Jacob W. Guerrant, Maxwell J. Jentsch, Allison Ogren, Julie L. Mustard, and Norbert W. Seidler
Human Herpesvirus-6 Encephalitis Following Chemotherapy Induction for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, John W. Frey, Joseph N. Cherabie, and Maha A. Assi
Lay Consultations in Heart Failure Symptom Evaluation, Katherine M. Reeder, Jessica L. Sims, Patrick M. Ercole, Shivan S. Shetty, and Michael Wallendorf
Malaria Over-Diagnosis in Cameroon: Diagnostic Accuracy of Fluorescence and Staining Technologies (FAST) Malaria Stain and LED microscopy versus Giemsa and Bright Field Microscopy Validated by Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sean M. Parsel, Steven A. Gustafson, Edward Friedlander, Alexander A. Shnyra, Aderosoye J. Adegbulu, Ying Liu, Nicole M. Parrish, Syed A. Jamal, Eve Lofthus, Leo Ayuk, Charles Awasom, Carolyn J. Henry, and Carole P. McArthur
National Institutes of Health-Funded Cardiac Arrest Research: A 10-Year Trend Analysis, Ryan Coute, Ashish R. Panchal, Timothy J. Mader, and Robert W. Neumar
Non-Invasive Repair of an Iatrogenic Tibial Artery Branch Pseudoaneurysm After Intramedullary Nailing, Cameron G. Hanson and Logan F. Hanson
Pharmacological Therapy for Apathy in Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Amir A. Sepehry, Michael Sarai, and Ging-Yuek R. Hsiung
Severe Calcific Aortic Stenosis as a Rare Etiology of Cerebral Vascular Accidents: Case Report, John Horky, Joan Crawford, and David Svinarich
Targeted Temperature Management Effectiveness in the Elderly: Insights from a Large Registry, Timothy J. Mader, Lauren M. Westafer, Brian H. Nathanson, Nadia Villarroel, Ryan Coute, and Bryan F. McNally
The Anterolateral Ligament: An Anatomic Study on Sex-Based Differences, Matthew Daggett, Camilo Partezani Helito, Matthew Cullen, Andrew Ockuly, Kyle Busch, Joseph Granite, Barth Wright, and Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet
Using Anatomical Landmark to Avoid Phrenic Nerve Injury During Balloon-Based Procedures in Atrial Fibrillation Patients, Nicolina M. Smith, Larry Segars, Travis Kauffman, and Anthony Olinger
Variability in the Anterior Extralaryngeal Branch of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: Clinical Implications, Kara Hessel, Erich Wessel, Anthony Olinger, and Barth Wright
What Is the Lobular Branch of the Great Auricular Nerve? Anatomical Description and Significance in Rhytidectomy, Vicki S. Sharma, Robert Stephens, Barth Wright, and Christopher C. Surek
Submissions from 2016
A Descriptive Analysis of Therapeutic Hypothermia Application Across Adult Age Groups, Timothy J. Mader, Brian H. Nathanson, Ryan Coute, and Bryan F. McNally
Adverse Effects of Grape Seed Extract Supplement: A Clinical Case and Long-Term Follow-Up, Andrew C. Berry, Rahman Nakshabendi, Hussein Abidali, Kunakorn Atchaneeyasakul, Kevin Dholaria, Cassandra Johnson, Varsha A. Kishore, and Aaron C. Baltz
Blinded Evaluation of Combination Drug Therapy for Prolonged Ventricular Fibrillation Using a Swine Model of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Timothy J. Mader, Ryan Coute, Adam R. Kellogg, and Brian H. Nathanson
Contraceptive Provision to Adolescent Females Prescribed Teratogenic Medications, Stephanie Stancil, Melissa Miller, Holley Briggs, Daryl Lynch, Kathy Goggin, and Gregory Kearns
Effect of High-Dose Simvastatin on Cerebral Blood Flow and Static Autoregulation in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Michael N. Diringer, Rajat Dhar, Michael Scalfani, Allyson R. Zazulia, Michael Chicoine, William J. Powers, and Colin P. Derdeyn
Effects of Exercise During Pregnancy on Maternal Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability, Linda E. May, Jennifer Knowlton, Jessica Hanson, Richard Suminski, Christopher Paynter, Xiangming Fang, and Kathleen M. Gustafson
Examination of the Recommended Safe and Unsafe Zone for Placement of Surgical Instruments in Thoracentesis and Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: A Cadaveric Study, Danielle Solomon, Jennifer Sharp, Devon Boydstun, Clive Persaud, Jacob Pfeiffer, and Anthony Olinger
Experimental Evidence Showing That Physician Guidance Promotes Perceptions of Physician Empathy, Daniel Russell Hans, Priyanka Dubé, and Jason A. Wasserman
Femoral Origin of the Anterolateral Ligament: An Anatomic Analysis, Matthew Daggett, Andrew Ockuly, Matthew Cullen, Kyle Busch, Christian Lutz, Pierre Imbert, and Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet
Fever and Rash in a Patient with HIV Infection, Ari Konheim, Paula J. Watts, and Joselin D. Tacastacas
Fibromatosis Colli Spuriously Presenting as a Retropharyngeal Mass on Cervical Spine Radiographs, Katherine M. Wojcicki, Robert H. Krieger, Andrew C. Berry, and Warren L. Reuther 3rd
Herpes Zoster in Patients With Bullous Pemphigoid: A Population-Based Case-Control and Cohort Study, Benjamin Barrick, Joshua Barrick, Chad Weaver, Christine Lohse, Carilyn Wieland, Amer Kalaaji, and Julia Lehman
Metal Nitrosyl Chemistry: Interesting Oxidation and Nitrosylation of a Metal-Bound Ligand Framework in a Diamido-Bis(Phosphine) Ruthenium(II) Complex, Daniel N. Huh, Eric T. Czer, Kyle E. Cordova, Wesley I. Chow, Curtis E. Moore, Arnold L. Rheingold, and Christopher J.A. Daley
Neurophenotyping of Zebrafish Larvae that Are Preconditioned with Anesthetic Agent, Julie L. Mustard, Matthew A. Strope, Christopher S. Havey, Lucy S. Wang, and Norbert W. Seidler
"No-Touch" Technique for Lip Enhancement, Christopher C. Surek, Eva Guisantes, Kenna Schnarr, Glenn Jelks, and Javier Beut
Prevalence of Nasal Colonization by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Persons Using a Homeless Shelter in Kansas City, Megan Ottomeyer, Charles D. Graham, Avery D. Legg, Elizabeth S. Cooper, Chad D. Law, Mariam Molani, Karine Matevossian, Jerry Marlin, Charlott Williams, Ramon E. Newman, Jason A. Wasserman, Larry Segars, and Tracey A.H. Taylor
Radiation Toxicity to the Cardiovascular System, Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, William Finch, Despina Tsitlakidou, Tyler Josephs, Cezar Iliescu, John F. Best, and Eric H. Yang
Research: Testing of a Novel Portable Body Temperature Conditioner Using a Thermal Manikin, Daniel Heller, Alex Heller, Samir Moujaes, Shelley J. Williams, Ryan Hoffmann, Kaveh Khalili, Timothy D. Browder, Deborah A. Kuhls, and John J. Fildes
Subcorneal Pustular Dermatosis: A Review of 30 Years of Progress, Paula J. Watts and Amor Khachemoune
Surgical Dissection of the Anterolateral Ligament, Matthew Daggett, Kyle Busch, and Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet
The Stories They Tell: How Third Year Medical Students Portray Patients, Family Members, Physicians, and Themselves in Difficult Encounters, Johanna Shapiro, Pavandeep Rakhra, and Adrianne Wong
Unusual Primary Syphilis: Presentation of a Likely Case With a Review of the Stages of Acquired Syphilis, its Differential Diagnoses, Management, and Current Recommendations, Paula J. Watts, Harry L. Greenberg, and Amor Khachemoune
Value-Based Medicine: Organizing IR Care through Integrated Practice Units, Michael Sarai, Richard Duszak Jr., and John A. Kaufman
Submissions from 2015
A Man With Pruritic Eruptions, Paula J. Watts, Nasir Aziz, and Amor Khachemoune
An Uncommon Obliterative Lung Disease: Swyer-James-MacLeod Syndrome, Katherine M. Wojcicki, Ariel D. Sindel, Andrew C. Berry, Robert H. Krieger, and Warren L. Reuther 3rd
A Prospective Study of Erectile Function After Transrectal Ultrasonography-Guided Prostate Biopsy, Katie Murray, Jason Bailey, Keegan Zuk, Ernesto Lopez-Corona, and J. Brantley Thrasher
Assessing Faculty Learning Objectives—a Student Initiative, Natasha Fazel, Ming Lien, A. Jakeman, J. Maxwell, James Tollefson, K. Wong, Kristen Colyer, Andrea Hanson, Rnee O'Bannon, and Linda R. Adkison
Beau Lines, Onychomadesis, and Retronychia: A Unifying Hypothesis, Mark A. Braswell, C. Ralph Daniel 3rd, and Robert T. Brodell
Blunt Renal Trauma in Children With Pre-Existing Renal Abnormalities, Kelly Dahlstrom, Brian Dunoski, and Jeffrey Michael Zerin
Bone Graft Substitutes for Spine Fusion: A Brief Review, Ashim Gupta, Nitin Kukkar, Kevin Sharif, Benjamin J. Main, Christine E. Albers, and Saadiq F. El-Amin III
Collagenous Colitis With Mucosal Ulcerations in a Patient Without Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug or Lansoprazole Use, Andrew C. Berry, Rahman Nakshabendi, Hussein Abidali, Cassandra Johnson, Kevin Dholaria, Danny J. Avalos, and Aaron C. Baltz
Diagnostic Reasoning for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Interpretation Is Preserved Despite Fatigue, Adam R. Kellogg, Ryan Coute, and Gregory Garra
Ecological Momentary Assessment of Tinnitus Using Smartphone Technology: A Pilot Study, Michael B. Wilson, Dorina Kallogjeri, Conor N. Joplin, Mitchell D. Gorman, James G. Krings, Eric J. Lenze, Joyce E. Nicklaus, Edward E. Spitznagel Jr., and Jay F. Piccirillo
Effects of Active Video Games on Energy Expenditure in Adults: A Systematic Literature Review, Nirjhar Dutta and Mark A. Pereira
Evaluation and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in the School-Aged Child, G. Marcus Stephens, Scott Akers, Hoa Nguyen, and Heidi Woxland
High-Yield Biopsy Technique for Subepidermal Blisters, Mark A. Braswell, Nancye K. McCowan, Jennifer S. Schulmeier, and Robert T. Brodell
Nocardia Brain Abscess and CD4(+) Lymphocytopenia in a Previously Healthy Individual, Norair Adjamian, Adeline Kikam, Kathryn Ruda Wessell, Jason Casselman, Erin Toller-Artis, Olapeju Olasokan, and Robert W. Hostoffer
Osteocalcin Protects Pancreatic Beta Cell Function and Survival Under High Glucose Conditions, Karen Kover, Yun Yan, Pei Ying Tong, Dara Watkins, Xiaoyu Li, James Tasch, Melissa Hager, Mark Clements, and Wayne V. Moore
Pediatric Asthma for the Primary Care Practitioner, Anne M. VanGarsse, Richard D. Magie, and Aubree Bruhnding
Quantification of the Distal Radial Artery for Improved Vascular Access, Erich Wessel, Kara Hessel, Alan Glaros, and Anthony Olinger
Small Bowel Perforation as a Postoperative Complication from a Laminectomy, Robert H. Krieger, Katherine M. Wojcicki, Andrew C. Berry, Warren L. Reuther 3rd, and Kendrick D. McArthur
Specific Causes of Death in Patients with Bullous Pemphigoid as Measured by Death Certificate Data: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Benjamin Barrick, Christine Lohse, and Julia Lehman
Sycosis Vaccinatum, a Type of Vaccinia Folliculitis, Mark A. Braswell, Matthew W. Morrissey, Simon A. Ritchie, Robert L. Reddick, and Todd T. Kobayashi
Use of a Locked Fibular Plate for Fixation of a Vertical Shear Medial Malleolus Fracture: A Case Report, Sean Blake, George Yakubek, and James Shaer
Walking During Leisure-Time in Relation to Perceived Neighborhoods, Richard Suminski, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, Arthur Kheyfets, and Jared Norman
Submissions from 2014
Anatomic Description of the Middle Meatus and Classification of the Hiatus Semilunaris Into Five Types Based Upon Morphological Characteristics, Kelly Dahlstrom and Anthony Olinger
A Retrospective Study of the Association Between Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy and Glaucoma, Greg D. Rice, Kristin A. Wright, and Steven M. Silverstein
A Tissue-Specific Gene Expression Template Portrays Heart Development and Pathology, Amy Rodemoyer, Nataliya Kibiryeva, Alexis Bair, Jennifer Marshall, James E. O'Brien Jr., and Douglas Bittel
Bicycling Policy Indirectly Associated With Overweight/Obesity, Richard Suminski, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, Emily Freeman, and Rachel Brandl
Embedded Pork Bone Causing Esophageal Perforation and an Esophagus-Innominate Artery Fistula, Andrew C. Berry, Peter V. Draganov, Brijesh B. Patel, Danny J. Avalos, Warren L. Reuther 3rd, Avinash Ravilla, Bruce B. Berry, and Michael J. Monzel
Emphysematous Gastritis: An Ominous Diagnosis Managed Conservatively, Brent E. Murchie, Andrew C. Berry, Andrew Ukleja, Ryan McPherson, Ariel Caplan, and Warren L. Reuther 3rd
Facilitators to Promoting Health in Schools: Is School Health Climate the Key?, Jennifer F. Lucarelli, Katherine Alaimo, Ellen Mang, Caroline Martin, Richard Miles, Deborah Bailey, Deanne K. Kelleher, Nicholas B. Drzal, and Hui Liu
Headache and Oral Parafunctional Behaviors, Alan Glaros, Anne H. Hanson, and Chris C. Ryen
Injury Profile of Mixed Martial Arts Competitors, Rance McClain, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, Andrew C. Berry, Greg Grenier, and Richard Suminski
Intent to Participate in Future Cervical Cancer Screenings is Lower When Satisfaction With the Decision to be Vaccinated is Neutral, Natalie Marya Alexander, Diane Medved Harper, Johanna Claire Comes, Melissa Smith Smith, Melinda Ann Heutinck, Sandra Martin Handley, and Debra Ann Ahern
Maternal Physical Activity Mode and Fetal Heart Outcome, Linda E. May, Richard Suminski, Andrew C. Berry, Michelle D. Langaker, and Kathleen M. Gustafson
Nonmedical Use of Stimulants Among Medical Students, Jason A. Wasserman, Jennifer E. Fitzgerald, Merlin A. Sunny, Maria Cole, Richard Suminski, and John J. Dougherty
Outcomes by Rescue Shock Number During the Metabolic Phase of Porcine Ventricular Fibrillation Resuscitation, Ryan Coute, Timothy J. Mader, and Lawrence D. Sherman
Quantifying the Decisional Satisfaction to Accept or Reject the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine: A Preference for Cervical Cancer Prevention, Diane Medved Harper, Billy B. Irons, Natalie Marya Alexander, Johanna Claire Comes, Melissa Smith Smith, Melinda Ann Heutinck, Sandra Martin Handley, and Debra Ann Ahern
Reply: In Response to Injury Profile of Mixed Martial Arts Competitors, Rance McClain, Jason A. Wasserman, Carlene A. Mayfield, Andrew C. Berry, Greg Grenier, and Richard Suminski
Sacral Osteomyelitis After Laparoscopic Sacral Colpopexy Performed After a Recent Dental Extraction: A Case Report, Costa A. Apostolis and Cassandra Heiselman
Tetralobed Transposition Flap: A Novel Repair for Large Surgical Defects of the Nasal Tip, Angela M. Sutton and Jerry D. Brewer
Women Have a Preference for Their Male Partner to be HPV Vaccinated, Natalie Marya Alexander, Diane Medved Harper, Debra Ann Ahern, Johanna Claire Comes, Melissa Smith Smith, Melinda Ann Heutinck, and Sandra Martin Handley
Submissions from 2013
Autonomic Dysregulation in Headache Patients, Jason J. Gass and Alan Glaros
Clinical Improvement of Recalcitrant Cutaneous Sarcoidosis With Regular Nutritional Supplementation with Extract of the Prickly Pear Cactus, Benjamin Barrick, Alison J. Bruce, Amer Kalaaji, and Brent A. Bauer
Crohn's Disease Presenting as a Neutrophilic Dermatosis in a 5-Month-Old Boy, Angela M. Sutton, Hillary S. Lawrence, and Kristi M. Canty
Examining Body Mass Index in an Urban Core Population: From Health Screening to Physician Visit, Kaitlin Ann O'Connor, Julie Marie Sahrmann, Richard D. Magie, and Larry Segars
Ocular Problems in Low-Income and Minority Children, Daniel J. Frick, Scott E. Olitsky, Annette Campbell, and Alan Glaros
Smaller Insertion Area and Inefficient Mechanics of the Gluteus Medius in Females, Dustin Woyski, Anthony Olinger, and Barth Wright
Submissions from 2012
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Research Management in Anesthesia: The Integrated Clinical Research Team Model, Izabela Gasior, Jessica Solari, Vanessa Young, Justine Bode, Rachel E. Herdes, and Michelle Chung
Bariatric Surgery: Lindsey G's Story, Jaclyn E. Allred and Gautam Desai
Benign Intracranial Hypertension: A Diagnostic Dilemma, Gary Y. Shaw and Stephanie K. Million
Clinical Decision Support: Using Technology to Identify Patients' Unmet Needs, William McLeod, Robert Eidus, and Elizabeth Stewart
Descriptive Anatomy of the Interscalene Triangle and the Costoclavicular Space and Their Relationship to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Study of 60 Cadavers, Kelly Dahlstrom and Anthony Olinger
Establishing the Content Validity of Palpatory Examination for the Assessment of the Lumbar Spine Using Ultrasonography: A Pilot Study, K. Aaron Shaw, John J. Dougherty, Kevin Treffer, and Alan Glaros
Fetal Cardiac Autonomic Control During Breathing and Non-Breathing Epochs: The Effect of Maternal Exercise, Kathleen M. Gustafson, Linda E. May, Hung-Wen Yeh, Stephanie K. Million, and John J.B. Allen
Human Cytomegalovirus Induces TLR4 Signaling Components in Monocytes Altering TIRAP, TRAM and Downstream Interferon-Beta and TNF-Alpha Expression, Kok-Hooi Yew, Cory Carpenter, R. Scott Duncan, and Christopher J. Harrison
Neuronal Protection by a Variant of GAPDH Pseudogene P44 in AD, Sara O. Mason, Christopher S. Theisen, and Norbert W. Seidler
Persistent Ventricular Fibrillation During Therapeutic Hypothermia and Prolonged High-Dose Vasopressor Therapy: Case Report, Joshua C. Poles, Tyler F. Vadeboncoeur, and Bentley J. Bobrow
Posterior Intercostal Artery Tortuosity and Collateral Branch Points: A Cadaveric Study, Eric Shurtleff and Anthony Olinger
Psoas Syndrome: A Frequently Missed Diagnosis, Andrea Tufo, Gautam Desai, and W. Joshua Cox
Regular Maternal Exercise Dose and Fetal Heart Outcome, Linda E. May, Richard Suminski, Michelle D. Langaker, Hung-Wen Yeh, and Kathleen M. Gustafson
The Religious Person Revisited: Cross-Cultural Evidence From the HEXACO Model of Personality Structure, Naser Aghababaei, Jason A. Wasserman, and Drew Nannini
Twenty Years Since Cruzan and the Patient Self-Determination Act: Opportunities for Improving Care at the End of Life in Critical Care Settings, Cynda Hylton Rushton, Brett Daniel Kaylor, and Myra J. Christopher
Ulcerated Plaques in the Pelvic Region of an Adult Female, Benjamin Barrick, Brian Matthys, and Garth R. Fraga
