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Submissions from 2019
The Impact of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Hospital Teaching Status on Mortality, Cost, and Length of Stay in Elective Total Hip Arthroplasty Patients, Cameron G. Hanson, Kyle Barner, Zak Rose-Reneau, and Michael W. Kortz
Transparent, Reproducible, and Open Science Practices of Published Literature in Dermatology Journals: Cross-Sectional Analysis, J. Michael Anderson, Andrew Niemann, Austin L. Johnson, Courtney Cook, Daniel Tritz, and Matt Vassar
Trends in the Epidemiology of Pediatric Acute and Chronic Cholecystitis-Related Admissions in the USA: A Nationwide Emergency Department and Inpatient Sample Study, Suvrat Chandra, Craig A. Friesen, and Thomas M. Attard
Venetoclax: Evidence to Date and Clinical Potential, Luis Miguel Juárez-Salcedo, Viraj Desai, and Samir Dalia
Submissions from 2018
Addressing the Increased Incidence of Common Sexually Transmitted Infections, Megan McMurray, Mianna Armstrong, and John Paulson
Anatomic and Histological Study of the Anterolateral Aspect of the Knee: A SANTI Group Investigation, Matthew Daggett, Clark Stephenson, John R. Dobson, Amy Whitaker, Andrea Redler, Edoardo Monaco, Barth Wright, Adnan Saithna, and Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet
Association of Psychosis With Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome: A Systematic Review of Clinical Studies, Asma Hallab, Sadiq Naveed, Ahmed Altibi, Mariam Abdelkhalek, Huyen Thi Ngo, Thao Phuong Le, Kenji Hirayama, and Nguyen Tien Huy
Audiovisual Lexical Retrieval Deficits Following Left Hemisphere Stroke, Brenda Hanna-Pladdy, Hyun Choi, Brian Herman, and Spenser Haffey
Bilateral Massive Pharyngoceles, Norair Adjamian, Lyndsay L. Madden, and Libby J. Smith
Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia Worsens Bleomycin-Induced Lung Fibrosis in Rats, Rudolf K. Braun, Oleg Broytman, Felix M. Braun, Jacqueline A. Brinkman, Andrew Clithero, Dhruvangkumar Modi, David F. Pegelow, Marlowe Eldridge, and Mihaela Teodorescu
Current Trends in COMLEX-USA Level 1 and Level 2-CE Study Resources, Megan McMurray and Seth Bires
Delphi Analysis of Science Gaps in the 2015 American Heart Association Cardiac Arrest Guidelines, Ashish R. Panchal, Rebecca E. Cash, Remle P. Crowe, Ryan Coute, David Way, Tom Aufderheide, and Raina M. Merchant
E-Cigarettes: Facts for the Osteopathic Family Physician, Andrea Perloff, Katie E. Smeltzer, W. Joshua Cox, and Gautam Desai
Effect of Phenylephrine 1.0%-Ketorolac 0.3% Injection on Tamsulosin-Associated Intraoperative Floppy-Iris Syndrome, Steven M. Silverstein, Viren Rana, Robert Stephens, Larry Segars, Joseph Pankratz, Shivani Rana, Mark S. Juzych, and Nissiri Nariman
Exposure Therapy for Youth With Anxiety: Utilization Rates and Predictors of Implementation in a Sample of Practicing Clinicians from Across the United States, Adam M. Reid, Andrew G. Guzick, Alyka Glor Fernandez, Brett Deacon, Joseph P. H. McNamara, Gary R. Geffken, Ryan McCarty, and Catherine W. Striley
Group G Streptococcus Infective Endocarditis in Association With Colon Cancer, Ashraf Abugroun, Ramy Zughul, Mina Tawadrous, and Margiori Rodriguez
Hepatitis B Reactivation in the Treatment of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Matthew Kelling, Lubomir Sokol, and Samir Dalia
Idiopathic Charcot Arthropathy of the Knee Presenting as a Bicondylar Tibial Plateau Fracture, Logan F. Hanson, Cameron G. Hanson, and Kyle Barner
Infant Male With TARP Syndrome: Review of Clinical Features, Prognosis, and Commonalities With Previously Reported Patients, Kathrine E. Kaeppler, Raymond C. Stetson, Brendan C. Lanpher, and Christopher A. Collura
Intrastate Variation in Treatment and Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Ryan Coute, Theresa A. Shields, James A. Cranford, Sardar Ansari, Mahshid Abir, M. Hakam Tiba, Robert Dunne, Brian O'Neil, Robert Swor, and Robert W. Neumar
Location of the Internal Mammary Vessels for Microvascular Autologous Breast Reconstruction: The "1-2-3 Rule", Christina Dami Lee, James Butterworth, Robert Stephens, Barth Wright, and Christopher C. Surek
Melanoma Mimicking Rosai-Dorfman Disease, Daniel Y. Xie, Collin M. Costello, Helen J. Liang, Brett Thomas, David J. DiCaudo, and Aaron R. Mangold
Metabolic Responses of Meniscal Explants to Injury and Inflammation Ex Vivo, Alex E. Cook, Aaron M. Stoker, Emily V. Leary, Ferris M. Pfeiffer, and James L. Cook
Metabolic Responses of Meniscus to IL-1β, Alex E. Cook, James L. Cook, and Aaron M. Stoker
Metastasis of Benign Leiomyomas Outside the Uterus, Nathaniel A. Parker, Christopher S.R. Dakhil, Shaker R. Dakhil, and Daniel Lalich
Pearls & Oy-sters: Enhancing Vigilance for Detection of Cerebral Air Embolism: From Syncope to Death, Dimitre Mirtchev, Tapan Mehta, Annie Daniel, and Thomas Finstein
Prehospital Cervical Spine Motion: Immobilization Versus Spine Motion Restriction, Erik E. Swartz, W. Steven Tucker, Matthew Nowak, Jason Roberto, Amy Hollingworth, Laura C. Decoster, Thomas W. Trimarco, and Jason P. Mihalik
Primary Pulmonary Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A Rare Malignancy and Rare Cause of the Luftsichel Sign, Elizabeth Von Ende, Travis Kauffman, Philip A. Munoz, and Santiago Martinez-Jiménez
Recurrent Psoas Syndrome Secondary to Urolithiasis and Indwelling Ureteral Stent, Kelly Lurz, Adrianna M. Darwish, Kevin Treffer, and Belinda Bombei
Small Incision Lenticule Extraction SMILE - The Future of Refractive Surgery is Here, John F. Doane, Jae E. Cauble, Jace J. Rickstrew, and James Quinten Tuckfield
The Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Depressive Symptoms and Quality of Life: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Jonathan Manh Dang, Luma Bashmi, Stephen Meeneghan, Janet White, Rebecca Hedrick, Jelena Djurovic, Brigitte Vanle, Dennis Nguyen, Jonathan Almendarez, Paula Ravets, Yasmine Gohar, Sophia Hanna, Itai Danovitch, and Waguih William Ishak
The Laparoscopic Versus Open Approach for Reduction of Intussusception in Infants and Children: An Updated Institutional Experience, Leo Andrew Benedict, Derrick Ha, Joseph Sujka, Justin A. Sobrino, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, Shawn D. St. Peter, and Jason D. Fraser
The Plasma Membrane Calcium Pumps--The Old and the New, Asma Zaidi, Mercy Adewale, Lauren McLean, and Paul Ramlow
The Role of scaRNAs in Adjusting Alternative mRNA Splicing in Heart Development, Chloe K. Nagasawa, Allison Ogren, Nataliya Kibiryeva, Jennifer Marshall, James O'Brien, Naoya Kenmochi, and Douglas Bittel
Validity of the Rule of Threes and Anatomical Relationships in the Thoracic Spine, Clayton Oakley, Sarah Keim-Janssen, Joseph Pankratz, Travis McCumber, Kevin Treffer, and Anthony Olinger
Submissions from 2017
A Bioenergetics Systems Evaluation of Ketogenic Diet Liver Effects, Lewis J. Hutfles, Heather M. Wilkins, Scott J. Koppel, Ian W. Weidling, J. Eva Selfridge, Eephie Tan, John P. Thyfault, Chad Slawson, Aron W. Fenton, Hao Zhu, and Russell H. Swerdlow
Acquired Uterine Arteriovenous Fistula Following Dilatation and Curettage: An Uncommon Cause of Vaginal Bleeding, Adam Evans, Roland E. Gazaille III, Richard McKenzie, Meghan Musser, Robert Lemming, Jarrod Curry, William Meyers, and Nicholas Austin
An Ideal Opportunity for Interventional Radiologists to Advance Shared Decision Making, Michael Sarai, Charles E. Ray Jr., and Richard Duszak Jr.
Descriptive Analysis of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Following Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest-An ELSO Registry Study, Nathan L. Haas, Ryan Coute, Cindy H. Hsu, James A. Cranford, and Robert W. Neumar
Electronically Self-assessed Functional Capacity and Exercise Testing: A Comparison of the Duke Activity Status Index and Patient-reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Tools, Ryan Coute, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, Deepak K. Gupta, Maxim A. Terekhov, and Jonathan P. Wanderer
Endoscopic View of Gastroduodenal Artery Coils at the Base of Duodenal Ulcer in Case of Recurrent Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed, Rawaa Ebrahem, Salam Kadhem, John W. Frey, and William Salyers
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
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
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
