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

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

Effects of spirulina on weight loss and blood lipids: a review, Anusha Bhat MD

The impact of bone marrow disseminated tumor cells on survival and disease progression in left-sided colorectal cancer patients, Philip Brandt MD

A Triple Threat: Parents in Recovery During COVID-19, Maria Carolina Clark and Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD

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

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

An audit of oxygen supplementation in a large tertiary hospital - We should treat oxygen as any other drug, Neil Devoe DO, Periklis Kyriazis, Ahmed Eltanbedawi MD, Anisha Contractor DO, Anthony Esposito DO, Muhammad Khan MD, and Mihaela Stefan MD

Repurposing anti-inflammasome NRTIs for improving insulin sensitivity and reducing type 2 diabetes development, Babatunde Edun MD

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

A Review of Interprofessional Variation in Education: Challenges and Considerations in the Growth of Advanced Practice Providers in Emergency Medicine, Tala Elia MD and Jamie Horton NP

Stress Biomarkers Do Not Correlate with Risk Factors for Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery, Daniel Engelman MD; Cheryl Crisafi, MSN, RN, CNL; Michael Germain MD; Barbara Greco MD; Richard Engelman MD; and Thomas Schwann MD

Infarct recurrence in intracranial atherosclerosis: Results from the MyRIAD study, Edward Feldmann MD

Poststroke Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Recurrent Stroke in Patients With Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerosis, Edward Feldmann MD

Availability of Medications for the Treatment of Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorder in the USA, Peter Friedmann MD

Editorial: COVID-19 and its impact on SUD treatment, Peter Friedmann MD

Editorial: Health equity in substance use disorder treatment, Peter Friedmann MD

Impact of extended release naltrexone on health-related quality of life in individuals with legal involvement and opioid use disorders, Peter Friedmann MD

Opioid initiation and injection transition in rural northern New England: A mixed-methods approach, Peter Friedmann MD

Patient-centered care's relationship with substance use disorder treatment utilization, Peter Friedmann MD

Influenza Vaccination and Healthcare Personnel Compliance, Megan Gallagher and Sarah Haessler MD

COVID-19-associated acute kidney injury: consensus report of the 25th Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) Workgroup, Michael Germain MD

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

Publisher Correction: COVID-19-associated acute kidney injury: consensus report of the 25 th Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) Workgroup, Michael Germain MD

Randomized Controlled Trial of Difelikefalin for Chronic Pruritus in Hemodialysis Patients, Michael Germain MD

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

Validation of a Core Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Fatigue in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: The SONG-HD Fatigue Instrument, Michael Germain MD

Cardiac rehabilitation in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Predictors of utilization and effects of exercise training, Kyle Gobeil MD, Kevin White, Anusha Bhat MD, Heidi Szalai, Tara Lagu, and Quinn Pack MD

Calming Troubled Waters: A Narrative Review of Challenges and Potential Solutions in the Residency Interview Offer Process, Margaret Goodrich MD and Adam Kellogg M.D.

Closing the Gender Pay Gap in Medicine: A Roadmap for Healthcare Organizations and the Women Physicians Who Work for Them, Amy Gottlieb MD

Minding the Gap: Organizational Strategies to Promote Gender Equity in Academic Medicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Amy Gottlieb MD

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Does Being Unemployed Matter? Insights from the GSCAD registry, Vikram Grewal MD and Amir Lotfi

Metastatic Melanoma Presenting as a Gastric Mass, Kevin Groudan MD and Kirti Joshi MD

Rate, Reasons, Predictors, and Burden of Readmissions After Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement, Kamesh Gupta 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

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

Respiratory viral testing and antibacterial treatment in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, Sarah Haessler MD

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

The perplexing problem of persistently PCR-positive personnel, Sarah Haessler MD

Universal pandemic precautions-An idea ripe for the times, Sarah Haessler MD

Whither immunity? The search for effective, durable immunity to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Sarah Haessler MD

De-escalation of Empiric Antibiotics Following Negative Cultures in Hospitalized Patients With Pneumonia: Rates and Outcomes, Sarah Haessler MD and Peter Lindenauer

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

Physicians and Social Determinants of Health, Kevin Hinchey MD, Sarah Perez-McAdoo, and Rebecca Blanchard PhD

An overview of dehydroepiandrosterone (EM-760) as a treatment option for genitourinary syndrome of menopause, Michelle Holton DO

Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus: Current Perspectives, Michelle Holton DO

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

Candida Bronchitis and Mucus Plugging, Douglas Johnson MD

Candida Bronchitis and Mucus Plugging, Douglas Johnson MD

Respiratory Candida in Patients with Bronchitis, Mucus Plugging, and Atelectasis, Douglas Johnson MD, Suresh Chirumamilla MD, and Armando Paez MD

Addressing Gaps Between Payer Policies and AASM Clinical Practice Guidelines Using Scorecards, Karin Johnson 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

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sleep medicine practices, Karin Johnson MD, Afua Nti, and Vida Rastegar

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sleep medicine practices, Karin Johnson MD, Afua Nti, and Vida Rastegar

Optimizing Discharge Summaries: A Multispecialty, Multicenter Survey of Primary Care Clinicians, Nageshwar Jonnalagadda MD

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

Laser Lead Extraction Complicated by Avulsed Tricuspid Subvalvular Apparatus with Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation, Fotis Katsikeris MD, Calvin Craig MD, Colby Salerno DO, Mohammad Amin Kashef MD, and Leng Jiang MD

International Medical Graduate Advising Recommendations From the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine Advising Student Committee, Adam Kellogg M.D. and Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton M.D.

Endoscopic management of gastric outlet obstruction of remnant stomach in a patient with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Vivek Kesar MD

Measuring Agreement Among Prehospital Providers and Physicians in Patient Capacity Determination, Kenneth Knowles MD

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

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

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

Fool Me Twice: The Role for Hospitals and Health Systems in Fixing the Broken PPE Supply Chain, Tara Lagu and Andrew Artenstein MD

Heat Illness, Daniel Leiva DO and Benjamin Church DO

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

Apparent Increase in COPD Mortality Likely an Artifact of Changes in Documentation and Coding, Peter Lindenauer

COVID-19: An Emerging Threat to Antibiotic Stewardship in the Emergency Department, Peter Lindenauer

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

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

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

Distal versus conventional transradial artery access for coronary angiography and intervention: A meta-analysis, Amir Lotfi

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

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in the Gulf: G-SCAD Registry, Amir Lotfi

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

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

More Is More: Drivers of the Increase in Emergency Medicine Residency Applications, Lucienne Lutfy-Clayton M.D.

The association between scene time interval and neurologic outcome following adult bystander witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Timothy Mader MD

Trend analysis of disability-adjusted life years following adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States: A study from the CARES Surveillance Group, Timothy Mader MD

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

Development of a Simple Clinical Tool for Predicting Early Dropout in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A SINGLE-CENTER RISK MODEL, Quinn Pack MD, Paul Visintainer, Michel Farah, Grace LaValley, Heidi Szalai, Peter Lindenauer, and Tara Lagu

Engagement in Early Intervention Services Among Mothers in Recovery From Opioid Use Disorders, Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers MD, Molly Senn-McNally MD, Maria Carolina Clark, Briana Jurkowski, and Peter Friedmann MD

A randomized, open-label, pragmatic study to assess reliever-triggered inhaled corticosteroid in African American/Black and Hispanic/Latinx adults with asthma: Design and methods of the PREPARE trial, Victor Pinto-Plata

Somatotypes trajectories during adulthood and their association with COPD phenotypes, Victor Pinto-Plata

Somatotypes trajectories during adulthood and their association with COPD phenotypes, Victor Pinto-Plata

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

Correction: The AURORA Study: a longitudinal, multimodal library of brain biology and function after traumatic stress exposure, Niels Rathlev MD

Prior sleep problems and adverse post-traumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae (APNS) of motor vehicle collision in the AURORA study, Niels Rathlev MD

Socio-demographic and trauma-related predictors of depression within eight weeks of motor vehicle collision in the AURORA study, Niels Rathlev MD

Socio-demographic and trauma-related predictors of PTSD within 8 weeks of a motor vehicle collision in the AURORA study, Niels Rathlev MD

2017 AAAEM Benchmarking Survey: Comparing Pediatric and Adult Academic Emergency Departments, Niels Rathlev MD and Joeli Hettler MD

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

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

Maybe I Could Sleep Here, Sarah Rossmassler

Echocardiographic Derived Parameters Association with Long Term Outcomes After Transcatheter Valve Replacement, Khalid Sawalha MD

Impact of chronic kidney disease on in-hospital outcomes and readmission rate after edge-to-edge transcatheter mitral valve repair, Khalid Sawalha MD

Ipsilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis After Acute Anterior Ischemic Stroke, Khalid Sawalha MD

Role of Non-Perfusion Factors in Mildly Symptomatic Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke, Khalid Sawalha MD

Systematic review of COVID-19 related myocarditis: Insights on management and outcome, Khalid Sawalha MD, Mohammed Abozenah, Anis Kadado MD, Ayman Battisha MD, Colby Salerno DO, and Ashequl Islam MD