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Submissions from 2020 2020

Stopping the Routine Use of Contact Precautions for Management of MRSA and VRE at Three Academic Medical Centers: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis, Sarah Haessler MD and Mary Ellen Scales

Assessment of the Accuracy of Using ICD-9 Diagnosis Codes to Identify Pneumonia Etiology in Patients Hospitalized With Pneumonia, Thomas Higgins MD, Sarah Haessler MD, and Peter Lindenauer

Iatrogenic atrial septal defect following the MitraClip procedure: A state-of-the-art review, Anis Kadado MD and Ashequl Islam MD

Indications and Outcomes of the Osteoplastic Flap Procedure With or Without Obliteration, Jonathan Lee MD

Use of Hydrocortisone, Ascorbic Acid, and Thiamine in Adults with Septic Shock, Peter Lindenauer

Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Patients with Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Versus Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaque Dissection, Amir Lotfi

One-year Outcomes of Supersaturated Oxygen Therapy in Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction: The IC-HOT Study, Amir Lotfi

Unintentional Window Falls in Children and Adolescents, Christine McKiernan MD and Deirdre Lewis MD

Transmitted Home Oximetry and Duration of Home Oxygen in Premature Infants, Kathleen Meyer MD

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Harbinger of the Vicious Cycle of Diabetes, Elizabeth Morgan

Medicaid Sterilization Consent Forms: Variation in Rejection and Payment Consequences, Neena Qasba MD

Management of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in Older Patients, Audrey Ready

Measurement-Based Care in the Pediatric Primary Care Setting, Barry Sarvet MD

The terminology of social emergency medicine: Measuring social determinants of health, social risk, and social need, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

Reply: A question versus the question, Thomas Schwann MD

A quality improvement initiative to implement the eat, sleep, console neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome care tool in Massachusetts' PNQIN collaborative, Rachana Singh MD

Number of Embryos Transferred and Diagnosis of Preeclampsia, Cynthia Sites MD and Donna M. Wilson

Myocardial Steatosis Among Antiretroviral Therapy-Treated People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Participating in the REPRIEVE Trial, Daniel Skiest M.D.

Characteristics of Adult Outpatients and Inpatients with COVID-19 - 11 Academic Medical Centers, United States, March-May 2020, Jay Steingrub MD

Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Should Include Sex as a Variable, Jeannette Wolfe MD

Prior Stroke in PFO Patients Is Associated With Both PFO-Related and -Unrelated Factors, Carmel Armon MD

Cutaneous Fusariosis in a Patient With Job's (Hyper-IgE) Syndrome, Ayman Battisha MD

Cardiogenic Shock in Autoimmune Rheumatologic Diseases: An Insight on Etiologies, Management, and Treatment Outcomes, Ayman Battisha MD and Khalid Sawalha MD

Spontaneous Biliary Pericardial Tamponade: A Case Report and Literature Review, Ayman Battisha MD and Khalid Sawalha MD

Exploring Risk of Elder Abuse Revictimization: Development of a Model to Inform Community Response Interventions, Erin Courtney

Risk Prediction Tool for Assessing the Probability of Death or Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease, Marcin Dada MD

Identification of female-specific risk enhancers throughout the lifespan of women to improve cardiovascular disease prevention, Petal Elder MD

Impact of Dietary Potassium Restrictions in CKD on Clinical Outcomes: Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet, Michael Germain MD

Impact of Dietary Potassium Restrictions in CKD on Clinical Outcomes: Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet, Michael Germain MD

Weekend Admissions With Ascites Are Associated With Delayed Paracentesis: A Nationwide Analysis of the 'Weekend Effect', Kamesh Gupta MD, Nicolas Cal DO, Tiago Martins, and Rony Ghaoui MD

Shifting sands-Molecular coronavirus testing during a time of inconsistent resources, Sarah Haessler MD

Cardiovascular and Somatic Comorbidities and Sleep Measures Using Three Hypopnea Criteria in Mild Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing: Sex, Age and Body Mass Index Differences in a Retrospective Sleep Clinic Cohort, Karin Johnson MD, Douglas Johnson MD, Vida Rastegar, and Paul Visintainer

Short-Term Outcomes of Vaginal Hysterectomy at the Time of Robotic Sacrocolpopexy, Keisha Jones MD, Ellen Solomon MD, Vida Rastegar, and Nicole Thompson

Accommodating patients with obesity and mobility difficulties: Observations from physicians, Tara Lagu

Spirometry Utilization Among Patients With Asthma, Peter Lindenauer, Alex Knee, and Tara Lagu

Reader's CommentsAssessment of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Volume Trends During The COVID-19 Pandemic, Amir Lotfi, Alina Capatina RN, and Aaron Kugelmass MD

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children and Adolescents, Kimberly Marohn MD

Why “good enough” isn’t good enough: scientific data, not supply chain deficiencies should be driving CDC recommendations, Elizabeth Morgan

Why "good enough" is not good enough: scientific data, not supply chain deficiencies, should be driving Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations, Elizabeth Morgan and Diana Rodriguez MD

Malignant Tumors of the Uterus and Ovaries With Mullerian and Germ Cell or Trophoblastic Components Have a Somatic Origin and Are Characterized by Genomic Instability, Christopher Otis

Physical Exam Indicated Cerclage in Twin Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Corina Schoen MD

Effect of Skeletonization of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries on Deep Sternal Wound Infections, Thomas Schwann MD and Daniel Engelman MD

Use of a Secure Web-Based Data Management Platform to Track Resident Operative Performance and Program Educational Quality Over Time, Neal Seymour MD

Anterior Bilateral Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation: A Safe Route for Apical Repair, Ellen Solomon MD, Peter St. Marie, and Keisha Jones MD

Bleeding After Musculoskeletal Surgery in Hospitals That Switched From Hydroxyethyl Starch to Albumin Following a Food and Drug Administration Warning, Mihaela Stefan MD and Peter Lindenauer

Rationale and Design of ORCHID: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Hydroxychloroquine for Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19, Jay Steingrub MD

Primary adrenal insufficiency in two siblings with D-bifunctional protein deficiency, Ricardo Villalba

Impact of cardiovascular comorbidities on inpatient mortality in patients hospitalized with neutropenic fever, Suheil Albert Atallah-Yunes, Anis Kadado MD, and Khalid Sawalha MD

J Womens Health (Larchmt) . 2020 May 29. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2019.8201. Online ahead of print. Prenatal Depression and Risk of Short Interpregnancy Interval in a Predominantly Puerto Rican Population, Sami Backley MD, Alex Knee, and Corina Schoen MD

Hydralazine-Induced ANCA Associated Vasculitis (AAV) Presenting with Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome (PRS): A Case Report with Literature Review, Ayman Battisha MD

Virtual residency recruitment in the time of COVID., Prarthna Bhardwaj MD

Ramping up Delivery of Cardiac Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Guidance Statement from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons COVID-19 Task Force, Daniel Engelman MD

The Role of Feedback Control Design in Developing Anemia Management Protocols, Michael Germain MD

Comparison of 8-year Knee Osteoarthritis Progression in 2 Siblings: A Case-Based Review, Linda Gourlay NP

Readmissions Rates After Myocardial Infarction for Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A National Perspective, Kamesh Gupta MD, Khalid Sawalha MD, Mohammed Abozenah, and Rohit Singhania

Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing in Children Hospitalised for Asthma Exacerbation: A Retrospective National Cohort Study, Marcella Jewell MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Penny Pekow, Mihaela Stefan MD, and Peter Lindenauer

Emergency Department Operations I: Emergency Medical Services and Patient Arrival, Kenneth Knowles MD, Gerald Beltran DO, and Lucas Grover MD

The Importance of Compassion as the Default in Times of Crisis: The Curious Case of "Vertical Interdiction"., Tara Lagu

Screenshot Photography: Optimizing Photo-Documentation While Using Telehealth Video Platforms, Jonathan Lee MD

Association Between Initiation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation After Hospitalization for COPD and 1-Year Survival Among Medicare Beneficiaries, Peter Lindenauer, Mihaela Stefan MD, Penny Pekow, Aruna Priya, Kerry Spitzer, Tara Lagu, Quinn Pack MD, and Victor Pinto-Plata

SCAI Expert Consensus Statement on Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Amir Lotfi

Why Residencies Should Fly: Towards a Logical Approach to Duty Hour Reform, Gina Luciano MD and Sudeep Kaur Aulakh MD

Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection Admitted to US and Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Units, Christine McKiernan MD

Combination Foley catheter and prostaglandins or Foley and oxytocin for cervical ripening: a network meta-analysis, Keith Reisinger-Kindle DO, Paul Visintainer, and Corina Schoen MD

SAGES Primer for Taking Care of Yourself During and After the COVID-19 Crisis, John Romanelli MD

Twin-to-twin Transmission of Transient Abnormal Myelopoiesis Without Constitutional Trisomy 21: A Case Report, Alexander Roseman, Shubham Bakshi, Lisa Grady, Mary-Alice Abbott MD, Sajjad Hassan, John Hunt MD, Matthew Richardson MD, and Rachana Singh MD

A "Crush" Course on Rhabdomyolysis: Risk Stratification and Clinical Management Update for the Perioperative Clinician, Jonathan Ross MD

Maybe I Could Sleep Here, Sarah Rossmassler

Guidelines for TMS/tES Clinical Services and Research through the COVID-19 Pandemic, Gottfried Schlaug MD

Missed Opportunities to Save Lives-Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder After Overdose, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD, Lauren Westafer DO, and William Soares MD

Romiplostim for Management of Refractory Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura in the Immediate Postpartum Period, Amit Singh MD

Protocol for Two-Arm Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Hybrid Implementation-Effectiveness Trial Comparing Two Education Strategies for Improving the Uptake of Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With Severe COPD Exacerbation, Mihaela Stefan MD, Penny Pekow, Jay Steingrub MD, and Peter Lindenauer

Considerations for the outpatient practice in pediatric surgery during the novel SARS-CoV-2Pandemic, Michael Tirabassi MD

Which Mothers Know That All Babies Cry? A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Child Abuse Prevention Program for Low-Income New Mothers, Marcia VanVleet MD

A Transdisciplinary COVID-19 Early Respiratory Intervention Protocol: An Implementation Story, Lauren Westafer DO, Tala Elia MD, Venkatrao Medarametla MD, and Tara Lagu

Clinical trials for COVID-19 should include sex as a variable, Jeannette Wolfe MD

In Pursuit of PPE, Andrew Artenstein MD

Myocardial Infarction as the Initial Presentation for Fibromuscular Dysplasia, Ayman Battisha MD

Vice Chair for Education: Twelve Roles to Provide a Framework for Success, Tara Catanzano MD

Wellness: Combating Burnout and Its Consequences in Emergency Medicine, Ryan Clark DO and Adam Kellogg M.D.

Ethical guidelines for the treatment of patients with suspected or confirmed novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Peter A. Depergola

Adult Cardiac Surgery and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Aggressive Infection Mitigation Strategies are Necessary in the Operating Room and Surgical Recovery, Daniel Engelman MD

Adult cardiac surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tiered Patient Triage Guidance Statement, Daniel Engelman MD

Commentary: Rethinking Surgical Protocols in the COVID-19 Era, Daniel Engelman MD

Psammoma bodies in Papanicolaou tests and associated factors to predict an underlying malignancy: a clinicopathological analysis of 10 cases, Esma Ersoy MD and Rukmini Kashikar

Enrichment of CpG island shore region hypermethylation in epigenetic breast field cancerization, Kelly Gregory, Sallie Schneider PhD, Giovanna Crisi MD, and Rahul Jawale

Candida Bronchitis and Mucus Plugging, Douglas Johnson MD

Candida Bronchitis and Mucus Plugging, Douglas Johnson MD

Perioperative considerations in nonagenarians, Brittany Kern

An Epidemiological Analysis and Comparison of Single Site and Multiple Site Fracture Repair, Jonathan Lee MD

Facial Fractures and the National Basketball Association: Epidemiology and Outcomes, Jonathan Lee MD

Senior General Surgery Resident Confidence in Performing Abdominal Wall Hernia Repairs, Briana Leung MD, Alex Knee, Jacqueline Wu MD, Gladys Fernandez M.D., Neal Seymour MD, and Mazen Al-Mansour MD

Leprosy: A rare case of infectious peripheral neuropathy in the United States, Ye Oo MD, Armando Paez MD, and Richard Brown MD

Perioperative Considerations During Emergency General Surgery in the Era of COVID-19: A U.S. Experience, Georgios Orthopoulos MD, Gladys Fernandez M.D., Jessica Dahle MD, Elizabeth Casey, and Nicolas Jabbour MD

Association between boarding in the emergency department and in-hospital mortality: A systematic review, Niels Rathlev MD

Are Stroke Survivors Discharged to the Recommended Post-Acute Setting?, Barry Rodstein MD

Warm Blood Cardioplegia for Myocardial Protection: Concepts and Controversies, John Rousou MD

Commentary: To BIMA or Not to BIMA, That Should Be the Question, Rather Than How to BIMA, Thomas Schwann MD

Thirty-day readmissions due to Venous thromboembolism in patients discharged with syncope, Sudeep Siddappa Malleshappa MD

Addressing Challenges in Obtaining Emergency Medicine Away Rotations and Standardized Letters of Evaluation Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, Liza Smith MD