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Submissions from 2021 2021

In-hospital Outcomes of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Mitral Valve Repair in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease, Khalid Sawalha MD, Kamesh Gupta MD, Anis Kadado MD, Mohammed Abozenah, Ayman Battisha MD, and Ashequl Islam MD

Documentation of Shared Decisionmaking in the Emergency Department, Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

Mitral Surgery After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis, Thomas Schwann MD

Association Between Initiation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Rehospitalizations in Patients Hospitalized with COPD, Mihaela Stefan MD, Penny Pekow, Aruna Priya, Kerry Spitzer, Quinn Pack MD, Victor Pinto-Plata, and Peter Lindenauer

Leveraging the Massachusetts perinatal quality collaborative to address the COVID-19 pandemic among diverse populations, Ruben Vaidya MD and Rachana Singh MD

S100P as a marker for poor survival and advanced stage in gallbladder carcinoma, Jacob Alexander MD

Unmasking of Addison's disease in COVID-19, Pallav Bhattarai MD, Holley Allen MD, Abhimanyu Aggarwal MD, Daniel Madden MD, and Kristen Dalton MD

Affecting Change: Enhancing Feedback Interactions with Radiology Trainees, Tara Catanzano MD

Resident Clinician Educator Leadership Pathway Tracks in US Radiology Programs: An ADVICER 2021 Survey Study, Tara Catanzano MD

What are the clinical effects of the different emergency department imaging options for suspected renal colic? A scoping review, Erik Doty DO, Stephen DiGiacomo MD, Bridget Gunn, Lauren Westafer DO, and Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

Cardiac surgeons' concerns, perceptions, and responses during the COVID-19 pandemic, Daniel Engelman MD

Vitamin D Toxicity Managed with Peritoneal Dialysis, Krystel Feghali MD, Kostas Papamakakis MD, Jackson Clark MD, Neha Malhotra MD, Lanu Stoddart MD, and Ibitoro Osakwe MD

Practice Variations in Chemodenervation for Anal Fissure Among ASCRS Members, Daniel Fish MD

Frequency of Hazardous and Binge Drinking Alcohol Among Hospitalized Cardiovascular Patients, Kyle Gobeil MD, Khalid Sawalha MD, Mohammed Abozenah, Peter Friedmann MD, and Quinn Pack MD

Anesthetic Management of a Patient With Bilateral Diaphragmatic Paralysis Secondary to Neuralgic Amyotrophy Undergoing Open Aortic Valve Replacement, Adam Goldenberg MD, Alexander Wolf MD, and Frederick Conlin

Assessing the healthcare epidemiology environment-A roadmap for SHEA's future, Sarah Haessler MD

Reidentification of Protected Health Information: Can the Risk Be Quantified?, Thomas Higgins MD

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Reference Equations, Douglas Johnson MD

Interpretation of Diffusing Capacity, Douglas Johnson MD

Optimizing the robotic surgery team: an operations management perspective, Keisha Jones MD

Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - A Critical Look at Procalcitonin Testing in Pneumonia, Peter Lindenauer

Reply to: Informing Healthcare Decisions with Observational Research Assessing Causal Effect: An ATS Statement Not Ready for Implementation, Peter Lindenauer

Evidence-Based Approach to Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Amir Lotfi

The Role of Breast Milk in Infectious Disease, Laura Madore MD and Donna Fisher MD

Incidence of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among US Persons Infected With SARS-CoV-2, Kimberly Marohn MD

Polygenic risk scoring to assess genetic overlap and protective factors influencing posttraumatic stress, depression, and chronic pain after motor vehicle collision trauma, Niels Rathlev MD

Genetic Mutations Associated with Hormone-Positive Breast Cancer in a Small Cohort of Ethiopian Women, Sallie Schneider PhD

Genetic modifiers regulating DNA replication and double-strand break repair are associated with differences in mammary tumors in mouse models of Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Sallie Schneider PhD and D Joseph Jerry

Imaging in the COVID-19 era: Lessons learned during a pandemic, Georgios Sideris MD and Lucy Modahl MD

Frequency of Post Treatment Control Varies by ART Restart and Viral Load Criteria, Daniel Skiest M.D.

A Prospective Evaluation of Clinical HEART Score Agreement, Accuracy, and Adherence in Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients, William Soares MD, Alex Knee, Seth Gemme MD, Stacy Dybas, Kye Poronsky, Shelby Mader, and Timothy Mader MD

Association between Palliative Care, Days at Home, and Health Care Use in Patients with Advanced COPD: A Cohort Study, Mihaela Stefan MD and Peter Lindenauer

Rethinking hiker preparedness: Association of carrying "10 essentials" with adverse events and satisfaction among day-hikers, Peter St. Marie and Elizabeth Schoenfeld MD

Variation in Early Management Practices in Moderate-to-Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in the United States, Mark Tidswell MD

Predictors of successful patent ductus arteriosus closure with acetaminophen in preterm infants, Ruben Vaidya MD, Alex Knee, Yvonne Paris MD, and Rachana Singh MD

Tidal volume measurements in the delivery room in preterm infants requiring positive pressure ventilation via endotracheal tube-feasibility study, Ruben Vaidya MD and Paul Visintainer

Impaired glucose-1,6-biphosphate production due to bi-allelic PGM2L1 mutations is associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Massachusetts' Findings from Statewide Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Rejecting Gargoylism: Reflections on the term and its relationship to Hurler syndrome, Mary-Alice Abbott MD

Rapid Intensive Care Unit Onboarding in Response to a Pandemic, Fahad Alroumi MD, Jonathan Chinea DO, Nakul Ravikumar MD, Bogdan Tiru MD, Victor Pinto-Plata, and Mark Tidswell MD

Putative invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in apparently immunocompetent patients within medical wards and intensive care units, Babatunde Edun MD and Mark Tidswell MD

Selecting Elements for a Cardiac Enhanced Recovery Protocol, Daniel Engelman MD

Ten Years of Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) in Massachusetts, Donna Fisher MD

To whom the specimen goes: a look at how touch preparations and core needle biopsies are handled in different practices and the effect on fellowship education, Roxanne Florence MD

Assessing accuracy of estimated dry weight in dialysis patients post transplantation: the kidney knows best, Michael Germain MD, Barbara Greco MD, and Spencer Hodgins MD

Speaking Valve Placement: Use Manometry and Downsizing, Douglas Johnson MD

Feasibility of dual-contrast fluorescence imaging of pathological breast tissues, Ashraf Kahn MD

Demographic, Clinical, and Mortality Trends of Law Enforcement-Related Trauma: A Trauma Quality Improvement Program Analysis, Jonathan Lee MD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Outcomes at Veterans Affairs Versus Non-Veterans Affairs Hospitals, Peter Lindenauer

Research Funding of the Top Science Gaps in the American Heart Association Cardiac Arrest Guidelines, Timothy Mader MD

Malaria in Pregnancy: Considerations for Health Care Providers in Nonendemic Countries, Michelle Mills and Susan DeJoy

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Africa, V V Pavan Kedar Mukthinuthalapati MD

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Sub-Saharan Africa, V V Pavan Kedar Mukthinuthalapati MD

Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Among Health Care Personnel - 33 U.S. Sites, January-March 2021, Kye Poronsky

Emphysematous gastritis: a case series and review of the current trend favoring conservative management, Ali Shami MD and Rohit Singhania

Effects of tDCS Dose and Electrode Montage on regional cerebral blood flow and motor behavior, Anant Shinde, Karl Lerud, and Gottfried Schlaug MD

Overall survival based on oncologist density in the United States: A retrospective cohort study, Sudeep Siddappa Malleshappa MD

The Value of Web-Based Patient Education Materials on Transarterial Chemoembolization: Systematic Review, Georgios Sideris MD, Michael Chill MD, and Njogu Njuguna MD

Adults Hospitalized with COVID-19 -United States, March-June and October-December 2020: Implications for the Potential Effects of COVID-19, Jay Steingrub MD

Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness for Prevention of Severe Influenza-Associated Illness among Adults in the United States, 2019-2020: A test-negative study, Jay Steingrub MD

Modeling the impacts of clinical influenza testing on influenza vaccine effectiveness estimates, Jay Steingrub MD

Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines Against COVID-19 Among Hospitalized Adults Aged ≥65 Years - United States, January-March 2021, Jay Steingrub MD, Lesley DeSouza, Lori-Ann Kozikowski, and Andres Santana

Use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonistsfor pediatric patients with obesity and diabetes: the providers' perspectives, Ksenia Tonyushkina MD

Impact of hepatitis C remission on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: primary care outpatient experience, Kartikeya Tripathi MD

Development and implementation of a novel Web-based gaming application to enhance emergency medical technician knowledge in low- and middle-income countries, Alexander Zozula MD

Hammering home the sickle: an instructive case of endobronchial anaplastic large cell lymphoma, Mohammad Abu-Hishmeh

Dupilumab: a new contestant to corticosteroid in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, Muhammad Ali MD and O'Neil Green MD

Improving Tolerance to Snorkel Mask Use as Alternative Personal Protective Equipment, Ghassan Aljafar MD, Neil Connelly MD, and Greg Gagnon

Validation of a simple technique of volumetric analysis of complex incisional hernias without 3D CT scan reconstruction, Mazen Al-Mansour MD, Jacqueline Wu MD, Greg Gagnon, Alex Knee, John Romanelli MD, and Neal Seymour MD

Coronary subclavian steal syndrome causing myocardial Infarction, Paurush Ambesh MD, Khalid Sawalha MD, Kevin Groudan MD, Amir Lotfi, and Gregory Giugliano MD

A half-century of meningococcal vaccines, Andrew Artenstein MD

The Association Between Body Mass Index, Frailty and Long-term Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Older Adults, Prarthna Bhardwaj MD, Vida Rastegar, Rohini Meka MD, Khalid Sawalha MD, Maura Brennan MD, and Mihaela Stefan MD

Evaluation of a Health Professions Teaching Academy Through the Lens of Social Capital, Rebecca Blanchard PhD and Raquel Belforti M.D.

Mother-Infant Dyads with COVID-19 at an Urban, Safety-Net Hospital: Clinical Manifestations and Birth Outcomes, Ingrid Camelo

Social Media in Radiology: Overview and Usefulness of Online Professional #SoMe Profiles, Tara Catanzano MD

Talking Points: Enhancing Communication Between Radiologists and Patients, Tara Catanzano MD

A population health approach to insomnia using internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, Stephen Derose MD

Commentary: After the train has left the station: The utility of a late biomarker for cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury, Daniel Engelman MD

A Quality Improvement Approach to Decreasing Postdischarge Acute Care Reuse Among Children With Asthma, Jacqueline Fable MD

Intracranial atherosclerotic disease mechanistic subtypes drive hypoperfusion patterns, Edward Feldmann MD

Predictors of Early Infarct Recurrence in Patients With Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease, Edward Feldmann MD

Variability in the identification of lymphovascular space invasion for early stage cervical cancer, Margaret Griffith MD

Trends and In-Hospital Outcomes of Splanchnic Vein Thrombosis Associated with Gastrointestinal Malignancies: A Nationwide Analysis, Kamesh Gupta MD

Single-Center Review of Appropriateness and Utilization of Upper Endoscopy in Dyspepsia in the United States, Kamesh Gupta MD, Kevin Groudan MD, Kathryn Jobbins DO, and Rohit Singhania

Bacterial coinfection in influenza pneumonia: Rates, pathogens, and outcomes, Sarah Haessler MD

Coronavirus Disease 2019 ICU Patients Have Higher-Than-Expected Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation-Adjusted Mortality and Length of Stay Than Viral Pneumonia ICU Patients, Thomas Higgins MD

Antifungal Prophylaxis, Douglas Johnson MD and Armando Paez MD

Impact of maternal medication for opioid use disorder on neurodevelopmental outcomes of infants treated for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, R King, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD, Donna M. Wilson, Sheila Foss, Paul Visintainer, and Rachana Singh MD

Atypical anti-glomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis in a patient with metastatic melanoma treated with mitogen-activated protein kinase and immune checkpoint inhibitors: a case report, Periklis Kyriazis, Abhinav Tiwary, Jonathan Freeman MD, Daniel Landry MD, and Gregory Braden MD

The Utility of the Subalar Graft in Nostril Symmetry in Rhinoplasty, Jonathan Lee MD

Modulating short-term auditory memory with focal transcranial direct current stimulation applied to the supramarginal gyrus, Karl Lerud and Gottfried Schlaug MD

Atezolizumab, Bevacizumab, and Chemotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Stage III or IV Ovarian Cancer: Placebo-Controlled Randomized Phase III Trial (IMagyn050/GOG 3015/ENGOT-OV39), Tashanna Myers MD

A Comparison of Transfusion-Related Adverse Reactions Among Apheresis Platelets, Whole Blood-Derived Platelets, and Platelets Subjected to Pathogen Reduction Technology as Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network Hemovigilance Module, Lynne O'Hearn and Chester Andrzejewski MD

Caring for Families with Young Children Affected by Substance Use Disorder: Needed Changes, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD

Engagement in perinatal outpatient services among women in recovery from opioid use disorders, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD and Peter Friedmann MD

Leadless pacemaker and temporary transvenous wire entanglement requiring percutaneous extraction, Abdullah Pervaiz MD, Anis Kadado MD, Arvind Sundaram MD, Sudhir Reddy MD, and Ashequl Islam MD

Natural Course of the Diffusion Capacity for Carbon Monoxide in COPD: Importance of Sex, Victor Pinto-Plata

Psoas Muscle Density Evaluated by Chest CT and Long-Term Mortality in COPD Patients, Victor Pinto-Plata

Frailty Recognition by Clinicians and its Impact on Advance Care Planning, Munther Queisi MD, Suheil Albert Atallah-Yunes, Farah Adamali MD, Nageshwar Jonnalagadda MD, Vida Rastegar, Maura Brennan MD, and Mihaela Stefan MD

A Modeling-Guided Case Study of Disordered Speech in Minimally Verbal Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Gottfried Schlaug MD