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Volume 2 (2008)

  • Issue 3 (May-Jun)
    • ORIGINAL ARTICLE
      • Pages 11-14. SP Stawicki MD, AM Shiroff MD, GE Hayden MD, NL Panebianco MD, JN Kirkpatrick MD, AD Horan PhD, VH Gracias MD, AJ Dean MD. Incidental findings on intensivist bedside ultrasonographic (INBU) examinations: Why should we care? [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • EDITORIALS AND LETTERS
      • Pages 1-2. MD Grossman MD. Workforce, work-hours, workforce vitality: Towards new models of trauma coverage. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
      • Pages 3-9. SP Stawicki MD. Financial analysis techniques in clinical practice: From 'micro' to 'macro'. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • POINT-COUNTERPOINT
      • Page 10. D Aggarwal MD, SP Stawicki MD, B Sarani MD, BM Braslow MD. The role of diuresis in management of reexpansion pulmonary edema. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
  • Issue 2 (Mar-Apr)
    • ORIGINAL ARTICLE
      • Pages 1-6. S Stawicki MD, MJ Seamon MD, ND Martin MD, J Cipolla MD, VH Gracias MD, G Lombardo MD, ML Nance MD, SP Schrag MD, JP Pryor MD, JJ Lukaszczyk MD, J Chovanes DO, FB Fernandez MD, SM Steinberg MD, OL Gunter Jr MD. Retained surgical foreign bodies: A synopsis. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • CASE REPORTS
      • Pages 25-26. S Kavuturu MD, VS Parithivel MD, JM Cosgrove MD. Bouveret's syndrome: A rare presentation of gallstone disease. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • REVIEWS
      • Pages 11-24. J Cipolla MD, NS Weger DO, R Sharma MD, SP Schrag MD, B Sarani MD, M Truitt MD, M Lorenzo MD, CA Sims MD, PK Kim MD, DA Torigian MD, B Temple-Lykens PA-C, CP Sicoutris CRNP-BC, SP Stawicki MD. Complications of vena cava filters: A comprehensive clinical review. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • ABSITE CORNER
      • Pages 7-10. EF Reilly MD, NS Weger DO, SP Stawicki MD. Vascular injury during spinal surgery. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • ICU CORNER
      • Pages 29-31. SP Stawicki MD, B Sarani MD, BM Braslow MD. Reexpansion pulmonary edema. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • EDITORIALS AND LETTERS
      • Pages 32-34. JJ Guarnaschelli MD, SP Stawicki MD. Brief communication: Recurrent brain meningiomas. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
  • Issue 1 (Jan-Feb)
    • ORIGINAL REPORTS
      • Pages 1-8. A Dippolito MD, BM Braslow MD, G Lombardo MD, KM Hoddinott MD, G Nace MD, SP Stawicki MD. How David beat Goliath: History of physicians fighting frivolous lawsuits. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • BRIEF REPORTS
      • Pages 9-12. S Agrawal. International medical graduate perceptions of health policy: A pilot study. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • REVIEWS
      • Pages 21-29. D Bosoy MD, J Axelband DO, RN Pursell MD, JJ Lukaszczyk MD, SP Stawicki MD. Utilization of methylene blue in the setting of hypotension associated with concurrent renal and hepatic failure: A concise review. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • EDITORIALS AND LETTERS
      • Pages 30-32. SP Stawicki MD. Short timers syndrome among medical trainees: Beyond burnout. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • ABSITE CORNER
      • Pages 13-16. SP Stawicki MD, BM Braslow MD. Gastrointestinal fistulae. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
      • Pages 17-20. SP Stawicki MD, G Lombardo MD. Polycystic kidney disease. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • ICU CORNER
      • Pages 33-38. EF Reilly MD, SP Stawicki MD. High-yield toxicology: Essential facts for the critical care boards. [DOWNLOAD PDF]

Volume 1 (2007)

  • Issue 1 (Jul-Sep) [ISSUE COVER AND TABLE OF CONTENTS]
    • ORIGINAL REPORTS
      • Pages 1-8. SP Stawicki MD, J Cipolla MD, C Bria MD. Comparison of open abdomens in non-trauma and trauma patients: A retrospective study. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • CASE REPORTS
      • Pages 9-10. M El Chaar MD, SP Stawicki MD, J Jenoff MD, FP Estrada MD. Incarcerated umbilical hernia associated with gastric pneumatosis: A case report. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
      • Pages 11-13. SP Stawicki MD, AA Niewiarowska MD, TJ Niewiarowski MD. Prolonged survival in the setting of metastatic cecal carcinoid tumor treated with combined gemcitabine-carboplatin chemotherapy regimen. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • REVIEWS
      • Pages 19-35. SP Stawicki MD. Trends in nonoperative management of traumatic injuries: A synopsis. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • EDITORIALS AND LETTERS
      • Pages 14-16. SP Stawicki MD. Application of financial analysis techniques to vital sign data: A novel method of trend interpretation in the intensive care unit. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • ABSITE CORNER
      • Pages 17-18. SP Stawicki MD. Retroperitoneal sarcomas. [DOWNLOAD PDF]

  • Issue 2 (Oct-Dec) [ISSUE COVER AND TABLE OF CONTENTS]
    • ORIGINAL REPORTS
      • Pages 31-35. SP Stawicki MD, K Schill RN, MB Flynn MD. Minimally invasive radioguided parathyroidectomy: Postoperative patient satisfaction survey. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • CASE REPORTS
      • Pages 5-7. NP Jaik MD, BA Hoey MD, J Cipolla MD, WH Risher MD, SP Stawicki MD. Combined aortic and diaphragmatic injury following blunt trauma: A case report. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • REVIEWS
      • Pages 17-30. EF Reilly MD, GC Karakousis MD, SP Schrag MD, SP Stawicki MD. Pressure ulcers in the intensive care unit: The 'forgotten' enemy. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • EDITORIALS AND LETTERS
      • Pages 1-4. SP Stawicki MD. Application of financial analysis techniques to clinical laboratory data: A novel method of trend interpretation in the intensive care unit. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • ABSITE CORNER
      • Pages 8-9. SP Stawicki MD. Common sedative agents: An overview. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
    • ICU CORNER
      • Pages 10-12. SP Stawicki MD. Sedation scales: Very useful, very underused. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
      • Pages 13-16. SP Stawicki MD. Mechanical ventilation: Weaning and extubation. [DOWNLOAD PDF]

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