El Paso County Medical Society

 Volume 30 Number 1 - 2007 

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  Interpersonal Violence in Texas: A Physician's Role  A Tribute to Dr. Albert Cuetter  HIV Medication Update of New Protease Inhibitors: Tripranavir (Aptivus®) and Darunavir (PrezistaTM)  Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in a Postmenopausal Patient with Bilateral Tubal Ligation  Case Studies with Flow Cytometry for Leukemia Diagnosis

 Volume 30 Number 2 - 2007 

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  Arsenic Intoxication: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly  Unilateral Thigh Pain in a 32-Year-Old Male  A Case of Acute Intermittent Porphyria Complicating Pregnancy

 Volume 30 Number 3 - 2007

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  A Case Report on Paces Syndrome: Widespread Hemangiomas Associated with Arnold Chiari Malformation Type I, Right Middle Cerebral Anomaly and Supraumbilical Raphe  Pituitary Surgery Using a Minimally Invasive Trans-Nasal Endoscopic Approach and 3-D Imaging Guidance: A New Technique  Sitigliptin (Januvia™): A New Mechanism for Treating Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus  Drug Therapy Updates: Rosiglitazone and Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents

 Volume 30 Number 4 - 2007

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  Letter to the EPCMS members  El Paso County Medical Society 2007 Annual Accomplishments  A Case of Adult Kawasaki Disease

 Volume 30 Number 5 - 2007

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  A Case-Report of Trisomy 12 Mosaicism in Amniotic Fluid  The Advance Medicine: An Orphan Drug Idursulfase (Elaprase®) for the Treatment of Hunter Syndrome  Sigmoid Abscess, An Unusual Sequea of Football-Related Abdominal Injury

 Volume 31 Number 1 - 2008

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  A Rare Case of Anterior Encephalocele in a Hispanic Patient  Dysgerminoma Can Present as Isosexual Precocity: Beta-hCG Should Be Part of the Work-Up  Glargine (Lantus®): It's Place in Current Therapy

 Volume 31 Number 2 - 2008

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  A Case of Bronchiolitis Obliterans in a 21 Month Old Infant  Complete Pelvic Organ Prolapse in a Young Woman with Recent-Onset Ascites  Are Your Health Insurance Premium Dollars a Good Value?

 Volume 31 Number 3 - 2008

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  A Case of Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome  Treatment of a Giant Cell Tumor of the Distal Ulna with a Fully Constrained Prosthesis  Doripenem (DoribaxTM): The Newest Carbapenem

 Volume 31 Number 4 - 2008

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  Breastfeeding on the US-Mexico Border  Typhoid Fever: A Rare Occurrence in El Paso  William Beaumont Army Medical Center Annual Research Day

 Volume 31 Number 5 - 2008

President's Comment  Editorial Comment   A Case of Infantile Botulism  Trisomy 8 Mosaicism  William Beaumont Army Medical Center Annual Research Day

 Volume 31 Number 6 - 2008 

President's Comment   Editorial Comment    Clozapine Induced Agranulocytosis Risk of Re-Exposure   From Cane to Scooter; Four Months! Bruns-Garland Syndrome: A Case Report   Newer Options for Smoking Cessation: Focus on Varenicline

 Volume 32 Number 1 - 2009

President's Comment   Editorial Comment    Erythem Dyschromicum Perstans (Ashy Dermatitis)    Goldenhar Syndrome with a Rare Complication: Hydrocephalus

 Volume 32 Number 2 - 2009

President's Comment   Editorial Comment    Rhabdomyolysis 2009    A Case of Adenoid Basal Carcinoma of the Cervix    Restoration of Elbow Flexion for a C5-C6 Brachial Plexus Injury Using a Double Nerve Transfer

 Volume 32 Number 3 - 2009

President's Comment   Editorial Comment    Dextromethorphan Induced Psychosis    METRIC: A Sweet Tool to Improve Adherence to Diabetes Care Guidelines    Not Everything that Wheezes is Asthma!

 Volume 32 Number 4 - 2009

President's Comment   Editorial Comment    Haloperidol Induced Dystonia    Altered Mental Status Fun or Poison!

 Volume 32 Number 5 - 2009

President's Comment   Editorial Comment   Esophageal Leiomyoma   Why Are Cough and Cold OTC Medications Being Pulled of the Shelves?

 Volume 32 Number 6 - 2009

President's Comment   Editorial Comment    Cutaneous Granulocytic Sarcoma Responsive to Imatinib in an Elderly Patient with Myeloproliferative Disease    Medical Students: Essays    Bivalirudin (Angiomax®)

 Volume 33 Number 1 - 2010

President's Comment   Editorial Comment    Is Resident Learning Style a Factor in Resident Burnout on the Job?    Academic Abstracts    You Watch My Back and I'll Watch Yours

 Volume 33 Number 2 - 2010

President's Comment   Editorial Comment    When the Circus is in Town the Hoof Beats You Hear Can Be Zebras    Gastric Electrical Stimulation for Treatment of Drug Refractory Gastroparesis    What is the difference between a Dietitician and Nutritionist?    Academic Updates / Grand Rounds    Medical Students: Essay

 Volume 33 Number 3 - 2010

President's Comment   Editorial Comment   Pancreatitis leading to Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura/Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome   A Case of Unexpected Longevity: Glioblastoma Multiform with Leptomeningeal and Cerebellar Carninomatosis    El Paso Healthcare Heroes (EPHH) partners with the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine (PLFSOM) to Infuse Humanism

 Volume 33 Number 4 - 2010

President's Comment   Editorial Comment   Brucellosis Associated Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature   A Fatal Case of Acetaminophen Toxicity: Another Look at the Current Epidemic of Public Ignorance    Restoring Smiles: Public Health Department Dental Clinic to open Ysleta Site    H1N1 Impact on Minorities and DSHS Mitigation Efforts

 Volume 33 Number 5 - 2010

President's Comment   Editorial Comment   An Unexpected Finding: A Gallstone in a 21-month-old Infant Causing Obstruction   Development of an Anesthesiology Residency Program at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - El Paso    Family Planning Program

 Volume 33 Number 6 - 2010

President's Comment   Editorial Comment   Urinoma: A Rare Complication from Being Between a Rock and Soft Organ   Update on Grave's Disease    Earthquakes Shake Which Organ the Most?    Medical Error and Safety of the Blood Supply    Oral Anticoagulants: Past, Present, and Future    Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Lantus®  (Insulin Glargine)

 Volume 34 Number 1 - 2011

President's Comment   Editorial Comment   Pleural Plaques and Bronchogenic Adenocarcinoma in the Setting of Asbestos Exposure   Four Year Old Boy with Tablet Ingestion    Electronic Health Record

 Volume 34 Number 2 - 2011

President's Comment  H1N1 Flu Virus, Hand Sanitation, and Neurocysticercosis   Grand Rounds    A 16-Year-girl with Recurrent Culture Negative Urinary Tract Infections    When Does Liposuction Become Safe?    Synthetic Marijuana: Spice, K2 and other Cannabinoid-Like Designer Drugs

 Volume 34 Number 3 - 2011

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  Cerebral Cavernous Malformation presenting as an Oculomotor Nuclear Syndrome   Grand Rounds    Federally Subsidized Electronic Health Records Assistance for West Texas Practitioners    Checklist Tool Developed to Identify Patients in Need of Palliative Care During Hospitalization    El Paso Fire Department "Catchment"" Policy/Program    The Cross-border Procurement of Mexican Pharmaceuticals in El Paso, Texas; A Review of Primary Literature

 Volume 34 Number 4 - 2011 

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  Primary Spinal Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor A Rare Case Report   Grand Rounds    The Transtracheal Catheter: A Personal Perspective    The Accuracy of an Artist's Perception    TZDs and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Heart-to-Heart on Patient Safety    Prepare now for HIPAA Transaction Standards Change

 Volume 34 Number 5 - 2011 

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  Martius Bulbocavernosus Fatty Tissue Flap Plasty for the Treatment of Vesico-Vaginal Fistula created by Erosion of the Retained Gellhorn Pessary in a Ninety-One Year Old Patient  Measuring he Medical Knowledge Competency   Neuromyelitis Optica - Devic's Disease    Therapy Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia in a Patient with Metaplastic Sarcomatoid Carcinoma of the Breast    Why Physicians Should Make Use of Airplane Pilots Techniques

 Volume 34 Number 6 - 2011

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  Physician Factsheet for Health Information Exchange   Dabigatran Associated Acute Renal Failure (DAARF)   Dabigatran: Place in Anticoagulation Therapy   Toxic Plants    A 2-Month Old Infant has Vomiting and Diarrhea, Tachypnea, and Cyanosis    Grand Rounds    Southwest Association of Hispanic American Physicians (SWAHAP) Medical Conference    A Medical Student's Journey to Honduras

 Volume 35 Number 1 - 2012

President's Comment  Editorial Comment  Psychotic Disorder Masked By Traumatic Brain Injury PMH   Pioglitazone: The Risks Associated with Bladder Cancer   Cases of Whooping Cough Increase in El Paso - Health Department Stresses the Need for Pertussis Vaccination

 Volume 35 Number 2 - 2012 

President's Comment   Editorial Comment   Letter to the Editor   Grand Rounds    Failure to Thrive in a Foreign Adoptee  What One Student Saw  Patient for Patients Dually-Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid

 Volume 35 Number 3 - 2012 

President's Comment      Editorial Comment      First Year Experience of the Neurointervention Program at Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech  University Health Sciences Center and University Medical School of El Paso      Drug Related Collective Violence on the El Paso/Cuidad Juarez Border and its Impact on Children's Mental Health       Arteriovenous Malformation Mimicking Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Complicated by Spinal Cord Compression    New Medical Machine Extends the Arm of Care    Internal Medicine Interest Group of the Month: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine  Metformin and Meloxicam: Una Mezcla Muy MALA

 Volume 35 Number 4 - 2012 

President's Comment       Editorial Comment    White Hair and Hair Transplantation       Current Treatment Options for Male Pattern Hair Loss        "The Future is Now!"

 Volume 35 Number 5 - 2012 

President's Comment        Editorial Comment    Marriage of SWEC/Texas Tech Benefits Citizens of El Paso         Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis: Why Should We Be Concerned? Part 1      Fulminan t Course of Moyamoya Disease Presenting as a Corpus Callosum Infarct in a Hispanic Male    Medical Students News     2012 E-Prescribing Incentive Requirements    Americans with Disabilities Act and the Hearing Impaired

 Volume 35 Number 6 - 2012 

President's Comment         Editorial Comment     Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis: Why Should We Be Concerned? Part 2         Just A Virus        Medical Students News    "Billions and Billions"

 Volume 36 Number 1 - 2013  

President's Comment         Editorial Comment  The Challenges of Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome in Type 1 Diabetic Adult: A Multidisciplinary Approach          Excessive Preterm Births in El Paso: A Proposed Intervention       Use of Agratroban in Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome   Teenage Boy with Chest Pain and Difficulty Breathing   Warfarin and Pharmacogenetic Testing (CYP2C9 and VKORC1)   From Flu to Salmonella: Cooperation between Private Physicians and Public Health Protects All of Us   Voice for the Deprived

 Volume 36 Number 2 - 2013  

President's Comment         Editorial Comment  Fetal Hydrocephaly Induced by Warfarin in the Second Trimester          Biventricular Non-Compaction with Right Ventricular Predominance in a Hispanic Male       Infectious Cerebral Vein Thrombosis and Abnormal Presentation of Leptomeningitis as a Complication from a Periodontitis in a Hispanic Male   Carotid Artery Stenting for Symptomatic Severe Stenosis: El Paso Experience   An Unusual Case of Apnea in a 3 Year Old   First Tuesday a Great First Exposure to the Politics of Healthcare

 Volume 36 Number 3 - 2013  

President's Comment               Editorial Comment        Apnea in a Child with Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease and Potter's Phenotype                Craniofacial Mass in a Pediatric Patient: A Diagnostic Dilemma             Chronic Vomiting and Diarrhea in a Young Adult Female: A Case Report          Glomus Jugulare Presenting with Isolated Facial Nerve Palsy          Barriers to Utilization of Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Services in the Texas Mexico Border Region         The Art of Interruption        Reflections of a Fourth Year Medial Student

 Volume 36 Number 4 - 2013 

President's Comment            Editorial Comment    2013 EPCMS Accomplishments/Relationships & Recap            Electronic Medical Records or the Babel Tower         Final Decisions      Deep Brain Stimulation: An Evolving Technology to Treat Parkinson's Disease, Dystonia and Essential Tremor   Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: A Promising Treatment to Eliminate Refractory Clostridium Difficile Enteritis     SPY Imaging: Benefits in Breast Reconstruction    Timing, Techniques, and Options for Breast Reconstruction After Breast Cancer: A Brief Review of the Current Literature    WTxHITRECT, Expansion of Health IT Technical Assistance   Be Wise - Immunize!

 Volume 37 Number 1 - 2014 

President's Comment            Editorial Comment    Decrease of Post-Traumatic Brain Injury by Early Use of Butein, A Sirtuin-Activator            Children and Televisions: Current Trends in TV Tip-Over Related Injuries          CHEST 2012 Guidelines: Updates on VTE Prophylaxis for Orthopedic Surgery Patients      For Better of For Worse? Novel Treatment Options for Hepatitis C      Remaining Complaint with Health IT Today     Medical Students: News

Volume 37 Number 2 - 2014

President's Comment            Editorial Comment     Treatment of a Proximal Humeral Nonunion Using a Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Prosthesis             A Case Report of Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome           Introduction of Breath Testing to Diagnose Small Intestinal Bacterial Over Growth at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center/UMC       Etiologies of Nausea and Vomiting in Patients Referred to a Gastroenterology Motility Clinic      Academic Abstracts      RAPID Results: Rapid A1c Point-of-Care In Diabetes: Evaluation of Current Point-of-Care A1c Machines   Canagliflozin: The Trailblazer for the Latest Class of Antihyperglycemics   Donation Invests in a Healthy Future   AMA Chicago Highlights June 6-11, 2014

Volume 37 Number 3 - 2014

President's Comment             Editorial Comment     Polycystic Kidney Disease: Genes, Therapy and a New HBO Hypothesis             Early Detection of Auricular Deformities in Newborns May Allow Non-Surgical Correction           Review of Common Complications Following Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty with Suggested Preventative Measures       Nonrotation of the Intestines in a 14-Year-Old Male      Academic Abstracts      Enteric Pathogens of Interest in El Paso, TX   Report from the AMA Alternate Delegate to the El Paso County Medical Society

Volume 37 Number 4 - 2014

President's Comment             Editorial Comment     A Case Report of Jackhammer Esophagus             Academic Abstracts           Rescheduling of Hydrocodone Combination Products: Deterring Abuse of Barrier to Patient Care?       TB and Ebola Update      Report from the Texas Alternate Delegate to the American Medical Association      Battleship - Part II

Volume 38 Number 1 - 2015

President's Comment             Editorial Comment     A Limited Case Series of Duodenal Bulb Carcinoid Tumors and a Perspective on Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor Development             Academic Abstracts           Dulaglutide, A New Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Agonist for Treatment of Type  DM       RotaCare / Texas Tech Free Clinic      Innovative Medicaid Waiver Project Brings Health Services to Hundreds      Report of the Alternate Delegate to the American Medical Association   TMA's 2015 Legislative Agenda   Why Texas Medicine Needs TEXPAC   Do You Need Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage For Your Medical Practice?