Submissions from 2020
Should nursing be considered a STEM profession?, Cheryl Green and Lori John
Stroke in a young COVID-19 patient, K Gunasekaran, K Amoah, V Rajasurya, and M G. Buscher
Impact of a Positive Viral Polymerase Chain Reaction on Outcomes of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Exacerbations, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, Mudassar Ahmad, Sana Rehman, Bright Thilagar, Kavitha Gopalratnam, Sathish Ramalingam, Vijayakumar Paramasivam, Ashish Arora, and Arul Chandran
Cavitating pulmonary metastases from a renal cell carcinoma, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, Berty Baskaran, Mandeep Singh Rahi, Jay Parekh, and Daniel Rudolph
E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-associated Lung Injury: A Response to Perez and Crotty Alexander, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, Joe Devasahayam, Christopher Winterbottom, and Dona Upson
Lipid-Laden Macrophages in Cannabinoid Oil Vaping Associated Lung Injury, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, Venkat Rajasurya, Arul Chandran, and Joe Devasahayam
A Review of the Incidence Diagnosis and Treatment of Spontaneous Hemorrhage in Patients Treated with Direct Oral Anticoagulants, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, Venkat Rajasurya, Joe Devasahayam, Mandeep Singh Rahi, Arul Chandran, Kalaimani Elango, and Goutham Talari
Trends in E-Cigarette Use Among Various Subgroups, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, Mandeep Singh Rahi, Venkat Rajasurya, and Armand Wolff
Chylous ascites in cirrhosis from retroperitoneal lymphoma, Rahul Hegde, Ayah Megahed, Prabin Sharma, Anas Bamashmos, and Ian Karol
A giant arachnoid cyst: Is it an innocent bystander?, Soonwoong Hong, John-Ross D. Clarke, and Lawrence Beck
Urgent Care Centers Delay Emergent Surgical Care Based on Patient Insurance Status in The United States, Walter R. Hsiang, Daniel Wiznia, Laurie Yousman, Michael Najem, Alison Mosier-Mills, Grace Jin, Siddharth Jain, Akshay Khunte, Kimberly A. Davis, Howard P. Forman, and Kevin M. Schuster
Mycobacterium arupense finger osteomyelitis: Case report, Alejandro Jaime-Villalonga, Zane Saul, and Goran Miljkovic
Spontaneous splenic hemorrhage in a patient on apixiban, Alexander Janke, Suzette Ikejiani, and Charles Mize
Fournier's Gangrene and Diabetic Ketoacidosis Associated with Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter 2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors: Life-Threatening Complications, Kinjal Kasbawala, George A. Stamatiades, and Sachin K. Majumdar
The pediatric surgery match by the numbers: Defining the successful application., Savoie KB, Kulaylat AN, Huntington JT, Kelley-Quon L, Gonzalez DO, Richards H, Besner G, Nwomeh BC, and Fisher JG
Pediatric blunt cerebrovascular injuries: A national trauma database study., Savoie KB, Shi J, Wheeler K, Xiang H, and Kenney BD
Implementation of Open Visitation in an Adult Intensive Care Unit: An Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement Project, Lana Kean and Kerry A. Milner
Navigating NSAID Use in Patients Receiving Oral Anticoagulation: Is There a Safe Course?, Anthony P. Kent
Risk-stratifying clinicopathologic criteria for ovarian preservation in premenopausal women with early stage low-risk endometrial cancer, Wafa Khadraoui, Christina Tierney, Sophie Chung, Levent Mutlu, Lingeng Lu, Masoud Azodi, Elena Ratner, and Gulden Menderes
Role of Personal Protective Measures in Prevention of COVID-19 Spread Among Physicians in Bangladesh: a Multicenter Cross-Sectional Comparative Study, Md Musab Khalil, Md Mashiul Alam, Mostafa Kamal Arefin, Mamunur Rashid Chowdhury, Muhammad Rezeul Huq, Joybaer Anam Chowdhury, and Ahad Mahmud Khan
Interpretation of noninvasive prenatal testing results following in vitro fertilization and preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy, Amber M. Klimczak, Andres Reig, Shelby A. Neal, Emre Seli, and Richard T. Scott
Digital Inference of Immune Microenvironment Reveals Low-Risk Subtype of Early Lung Adenocarcinoma, Vadim Kurbatov, Agshin Balayev, Areo Saffarzadeh, Danielle R. Heller, Daniel J. Boffa, Justin D. Blasberg, Jun Lu, and Sajid A. Khan
Exploring Microsatellite Instability (MSI) in Colorectal Cancer at Elevated Microsatellite Alterations at Selected Tetranucleotides (EMAST), Vadim Kurbatov and Sajid A. Khan
Liver-first approach to stage IV colon cancer with synchronous isolated liver metastases, Vadim Kurbatov, Benjamin J. Resio, Cara A. Cama, Danielle R. Heller, Charles Cha, Yawei Zhang, Jun Lu, and Sajid A. Khan
Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Who Receive Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Demonstrate Favorable In-Hospital Outcomes, Hwan Lee, Yifeng Yang, Baoqiong Liu, Simon A. Castro, and Tiantian Shi
Palliative care is underutilized and affects healthcare costs in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, Shirley Liu, Danielle R. Heller, Raymond A. Jean, Alexander S. Chiu, Sajid A. Khan, and Alan Dardik
Joint effect of pre-operative anemia and perioperative blood transfusion on outcomes of colon-cancer patients undergoing colectomy, Zheng Liu, Jia-Jun Luo, Kevin Y. Pei, Sajid A. Khan, Xiao-Xu Wang, Zhi-Xun Zhao, Ming Yang, Caroline H. Johnson, Xi-Shan Wang, and Yawei Zhang
Case Report: A Case With Philadelphia Chromosome Positive T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma and a Review of Literature, Xuewei Li, Nana Ping, Yong Wang, Xiaoyu Xu, Lijuan Gao, Zhao Zeng, Ling Zhang, Zhibo Zhang, Yiyu Xie, Changgeng Ruan, Depei Wu, Zhengming Jin, and Suning Chen
A Novel Variant in the Calcium-Sensing Receptor Associated with Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia and Low-to-Normal PTH, Sachin K. Majumdar, Tess Jacob, Allen Bale, Allison Bailey, Jeffrey Kwon, Terence Hughes, Andrea L. Barbieri, William Laskin, Paul Cohen, and Tobias John Carling
Safety of Bariatric Surgery in Morbidly Obese Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Analysis, 2004-2014, Thomas R. McCarty, Prabin Sharma, Andrew Lange, Julius N. Ngu, Ashley Davis, and Basile Njei
Transfusion rates in emergency general surgery: high but modifiable, Andrew Medvecz, Andrew Bernard, Courtney Hamilton, Kevin M. Schuster, Oscar Guillamondegui, and Daniel Davenport
Venous Thromboembolism Has a Variable Time of Occurrence in the Course of COVID-19: A Case Series, Tuoyo O. Mene-Afejuku, Gini P. Jeyashanmugaraja, Adedoyin A. Akinlonu, Mohammed Osman, and Mahfuz Hoq
Psychiatric Comorbidity and Outcomes After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation for End-Stage Heart Failure, Clancy Mullan, Cesar Caraballo, Neal G. Ravindra, P Elliott Miller, Megan McCullough, Kelly Brown, Tsung Wai Aw, Jadry Gruen, John-Ross D. Clarke, Eric J. Velazquez, Arnar Geirsson, Makoto Mori, Nihar R. Desai, and Tariq Ahmad
Clinical impact of concomitant tricuspid valve procedures during left ventricular assist device implantation, Clancy Mullan, Cesar Caraballo, Neal G. Ravindra, P Elliott Miller, Makoto Mori, Megan McCullough, John-Ross D. Clarke, Muhammad Anwer, Eric J. Velazquez, Arnar Geirsson, Nihar R. Desai, and Tariq Ahmad
Robotic Tumor Debulking off External Iliac Vessels for the Management of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer, Levent Mutlu, Wafa Khadraoui, Tarek Khader, and Gulden Menderes
Robotic Colostomy Takedown in a Patient with Extensive Ventral Hernias and Adhesive Disease, Levent Mutlu, Soorin Kim, Gary Altwerger, and Gulden Menderes
When to Admit to Observation: Predicting Length of Stay for Anticoagulated Elderly Fall Victims, Kathleen M. O'Neill, Raymond A. Jean, Alisa Savetamal, Ann Dyke, Roseanne Prunty, Andrew Stone, Andrea Castillo, and Shea C. Gregg
Letter to the Editor: How the Social Isolation of the COVID-19 Pandemic Creates Opportunity for Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Jose Luis Porras, Rajiv Mallipudi, and Daniel Michael Sciubba
Hypertension Canada's 2020 Comprehensive Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children, Doreen M. Rabi, Kerry A. McBrien, Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze, Meranda Nakhla, Sofia B. Ahmed, Sandra M. Dumanski, Sonia Butalia, and Alexander A. Leung
Paraganglioma of the middle mediastinum, Mandeep Singh Rahi, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, Kwesi Amoah, and Daniel Rudolph
A Fatal Case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a Patient With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Venkat Rajasurya, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, Vijay Damarla, and Anuradha Kolluru
Interstitial lung disease and diabetes, Venkat Rajasurya, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, and Salim Surani
The impact of age beyond ploidy: outcome data from 8175 euploid single embryo transfers, Andres Reig, Jason Franasiak, Richard T. Scott, and Emre Seli
Evaluation of Vasopressor Exposure and Mortality in Patients With Septic Shock, Russel J. Roberts, Todd A. Miano, Drayton A. Hammond, Gourang P. Patel, Jen-Ting Chen, Kristy M. Phillips, Natasha Lopez, Kianoush Kashani, Nida Qadir, and Charles B. Cairns
APC mutational patterns in gastric adenocarcinoma are enriched for missense variants with associated decreased survival, Jill C. Rubinstein, Sajid A. Khan, Emily R. Christison-Lagay, and Charles Cha
Spirometry not pain level predicts outcomes in geriatric patients with isolated rib fractures, Kevin M. Schuster, Mansi Sanghvi, Rick O'Connor, Robert Becher, Adrain A. Maung, and Kimberly A. Davis
Alternative uses of lumen apposing metal stents, Prabin Sharma, Thomas R. McCarty, Ankit Chhoda, Antonio Costantino, Caroline Loeser, and Thiruvengadam Muniraj
Imaging right lower quadrant pain: Not always appendicitis, Pranav Sharma, Rahul Hegde, Ashwini Kulkarni, Priti Soin, Puneet Kochar, and Eran Rotem
Risk factors for and prediction of post-intubation hypotension in critically ill adults: A multicenter prospective cohort study, Nathan J. Smischney, Rahul Kashyap, Ashish K. Khanna, Ernesto Brauer, Lee E. Morrow, Mohamed O. Seisa, Darrell R. Schroeder, Daniel A. Diedrich, Ashley Montgomery, and Pablo Moreno Franco
Subacute Thyroiditis in COVID-19 Patients, Saeed Sohrabpour, Farrokh Heidari, Ebrahim Karimi, Reza Ansari, Ardavan Tajdini, and Firouzeh Heidari
Concepts in Practice: Geriatric Emergency Departments, Lauren T. Southerland, Alexander X. Lo, Kevin Biese, Glenn Arendts, Jay Banerjee, Ula Hwang, Scott Dresden, Vivian Argento, Maura Kennedy, Christina L. Shenvi, and Christopher R. Carpenter
Molecular Pathway Analysis Indicates a Distinct Metabolic Phenotype in Women With Right-Sided Colon Cancer, Yazhi Sun, Varvara Mironova, Ying Chen, Elliott P. Lundh, Qian Zhang, Yuping Cai, Vasilis Vasiliou, Yawei Zhang, Rolando Garcia-Milian, Sajid A. Khan, and Caroline H. Johnson
Effect of Aortic Valve Disease on 3D Hemodynamics in Patients With Aortic Dilation and Trileaflet Aortic Valve Morphology, Kenichiro Suwa, Ozair Abdul Rahman, Emilie Bollache, Michael J. Rose, Amir Ali Rahsepar, James C. Carr, Jeremy D. Collins, Alex J. Barker, and Michael Markl
Hemodynamic monitoring in patients with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Ying Su, Kai Liu, Ji-Li Zheng, Xin Li, Du-Ming Zhu, Ying Zhang, Yi-Jie Zhang, Chun-Sheng Wang, Tian-Tian Shi, Zhe Luo, and Guo-Wei Tu
Unexpected bilateral pedicle stress fractures of the lumbar spine., Ismail Tahir
Treatment Selection and Survival Outcomes in Locally Advanced Proximal Gastric Cancer: A National Cancer Data Base Analysis, Song Tang, Fangfang Liu, Yumin Li, Lulu Zhao, Xiang Wang, Sajid A. Khan, Yingtai Chen, and Yawei Zhang
Robotic radical trachelectomy with an abdominally placed vaginal cerclage for containment of early stage cervical cancer, Joan Tymon-Rosario, Wafa Khadraoui, Nupur Nagarkatti, and Gulden Menderes
Non-SHEF2 Model related containment and control measures against COVID-19 in Africa, Frankline Sevidzem Wirsiy, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Fala Bede, Rosette Boseme Nzoyom, and Samuel Nambile Cumber
Cervical carcinomas that overexpress human trophoblast cell-surface marker (Trop-2) are highly sensitive to the antibody-drug conjugate sacituzumab govitecan, Burak Zeybek, Aranzazu Manzano, Anna Bianchi, Elena Bonazzoli, Stefania Bellone, Natalia Buza, Pei Hui, Salvatore Lopez, Emanuele Perrone, Paola Manara, Luca Zammataro, Gary Altwerger, Chanhee Han, Joan Tymon-Rosario, Gulden Menderes, Elena Ratner, Dan-Arin Silasi, Gloria S. Huang, Masoud Azodi, Peter E. Schwartz, and Alessandro Santin
Gene Alterations of N6-Methyladenosine (mA) Regulators in Colorectal Cancer: A TCGA Database Study, Qian Zhang, Yuping Cai, Vadim Kurbatov, Sajid A. Khan, Lingeng Lu, Yawei Zhang, and Caroline H. Johnson
Identification of metabolic biomarkers to predict treatment outcome and disease progression in multiple myeloma, Ranran Zhao, Yiyu Xie, Bingyu Yang, Chang Wang, Qianlei Huang, Yue Han, Lulu Yang, Shuang Yan, Xiaogang Wang, Chengcheng Fu, Depei Wu, and Xiaojin Wu
Submissions from 2019
Idiopathic Internal Jugular Vein and Subclavian Vein Thrombosis: A Rare Case Report, Ankit Agrawal, Divyansh Bajaj, Megan Ruben, and John George
An Incidental Diagnosis of Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis and Secundum Atrial Septal Defect (Lutembacher's Syndrome) in a Young Woman, Md Mashiul Alam and Md Fakhrul Khaled
Impact of Cannabinoids on Symptoms of Refractory Gastroparesis: A Single-center Experience, Benjamin Barbash, Dhruv Mehta, Mohamed Tausif Siddiqui, Lavneet Chawla, and Brad Dworkin
Hospital Operative Volume as a Quality Indicator for General Surgery Operations Performed Emergently in Geriatric Patients, Robert D. Becher, Michael P. DeWane, Nitin Sukumar, Marilyn J. Stolar, Thomas M. Gill, Robert M. Becher, Adrian A. Maung, Kevin M. Schuster, and Kimberly A. Davis
Evaluating mortality outlier hospitals to improve the quality of care in emergency general surgery, Robert D. Becher, Michael P. DeWane, Nitin Sukumar, Marilyn J. Stolar, Thomas M. Gill, Adrian A. Maung, Kevin M. Schuster, and Kimberly A. Davis
Compression of cystic duct caused by focal nodular hyperplasia, Andreea Bente, Moussa Ouedraogo, Kinjal N. Kasbawala, and Kristen M. Glasgow
Isolated very low QRS voltage predicts response to tilt-table testing in patients with neurally mediated syncope, Dan Blendea, Craig A. McPherson, Sorin Pop, Florin P. Anton, Sorin Crisan, and Jeremy N. Ruskin
Isolated very low QRS voltage in the frontal leads predicts recurrence of neurally mediated syncope, Dan Blendea, Craig A. McPherson, Sorin Pop, and Jeremy N. Ruskin
The effect of cardiac shock wave therapy on myocardial function and perfusion in the randomized, triple-blind, sham-procedure controlled study, Jelena Čelutkienė, Greta Burneikaitė, Evgeny Shkolnik, Gabrielius Jakutis, Donatas Vajauskas, Kamilė Čerlinskaitė, Gitana Zuozienė, Birutė Petrauskienė, Roma Puronaitė, Renata Komiagienė, Irena Butkuvienė, Rima Steponėnienė, Jonas Misiūra, and Aleksandras Laucevičius
Bundle Branch Block Site in a Patient With a Right-Lying Heart and Wide QRS Complex, Qinghua Chang, Renguang Liu, and Zizhen Feng
Targeted, Stimuli-Responsive, and Theranostic F Magnetic Resonance Imaging Probes, Mi Hyeon Cho, Soo Hyun Shin, Sang Hyun Park, Deepak Kana Kadayakkara, Daehong Kim, and Yongdoo Choi
A case of recurrent Corynebacterium jeikeium endocarditis: Unanswered questions for the treatment of chronic endovascular infections, John-Ross D. Clarke, Manal Abdur Rahman, and Zane Saul
Hemifacial angioedema following alteplase for acute stroke, John-Ross D. Clarke and John-Paul Ayala
Invasive Evaluation of the Microvasculature in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Coronary Flow Reserve versus the Index of Microcirculatory Resistance, John-Ross D. Clarke, Randol Kennedy, Freddy Duarte Lau, Gilead I. Lancaster, and Stuart W. Zarich
Implementation of a Perinatal Bereavement Nursing Committee, Liz Cunningham MSN, RN, RNC-EFM-OB; Eileen Tarney BS, RN, RNC-EFM; Stephanie Mongillo BSN, RN, RNC-EFM; Janet Taverner BSN, RN, RNC- EFM; and Kelly Reddington MSN, RNC, EFM-C, CNML
Rethinking our definition of operative success: predicting early mortality after emergency general surgery colon resection, Michael P. DeWane, Kimberly A. Davis, Kevin M. Schuster, Adrian A. Maung, and Robert D. Becher
High-performance acute care hospitals: Excelling across multiple emergency general surgery operations in the geriatric patient, Michael P. DeWane, Nitin Sukumar, Marilyn J. Stolar, Thomas M. Gill, Adrian A. Maung, Kevin M. Schuster, Kimberly A. Davis, and Robert D. Becher
Top-tier emergency general surgery hospitals: Good at one operation, good at them all, Michael P. DeWane, Nitin Sukumar, Marilyn J. Stolar, Thomas M. Gill, Adrian A. Maung, Kevin M. Schuster, Kimberly A. Davis, and Robert D. Becher
Neck Grasp Predicts Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, P J. Edmonds, K Gunasekaran, and L C. Edmonds
Mothers, Kristin Edwards
Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Practices and Evidence-Based Guidelines in Bariatric Surgery, Danielle T. Friedman, Saber Ghiassi, Matthew O. Hubbard, and Andrew J. Duffy
Incidence of pancreatitis with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in advanced cancers: A systematic review and meta-analysis, John George, Divyansh Bajaj, Kesavan Sankaramangalam, Jin Woo Yoo, Nikhil S. Joshi, Scott Gettinger, Christina Price, and James J. Farrell
Comment on: Operative time as a marker of quality in bariatric surgery, Saber Ghiassi
Total bilirubin trend as a predictor of common bile duct stones in acute cholecystitis and symptomatic cholelithiasis, Devin B. Gillaspie, Kimberly A. Davis, and Kevin M. Schuster
Decade Long Trends (2001-2011) in the Incidence Rates of Initial Acute Myocardial Infarction, Robert J. Goldberg, Mayra Tisminetzky, Hoang V. Tran, Jorge Yarzebski, Darleen Lessard, and Joel M. Gore
Fragile, Cheryl Green
Cultural Considerations in the Care of Psychiatric Patients: A Case Study on Fright, Cheryl Ann Green
Workplace incivility: Nurse leaders as change agents, Cheryl Ann Green
Modified technique for imaging the wrist and elbow in obese and claustrophobic patients using a non-open standard MRI scanner, Nishant Gupta, Ian Karol, Yogesh Kumar, Brian Rapillo, Neetu Soni, and Daichi Hayashi
An Innovative Feedback Tool Leading to Improved Faculty Feedback and Positive Reception by Residents, Raquel Harrison, Alina Tsyrulnik, David Brian Wood, Ryan F. Coughlin, David Della-Giustina, and Katja Goldflam
Regional Differences in Palliative Care Utilization Among Geriatric Colorectal Cancer Patients Needing Emergent Surgery, Danielle R. Heller, Raymond A. Jean, Alexander S. Chiu, Shelli I. Feder, Vadim Kurbatov, Charles Cha, and Sajid A. Khan
Practice Patterns and Guideline Non-Adherence in Surgical Management of Appendiceal Carcinoid Tumors, Danielle R. Heller, Raymond A. Jean, Jiajun Luo, Vadim Kurbatov, Gabriella Grisotti, Daniel Jacobs, Alexander S. Chiu, Yawei Zhang, and Sajid A. Khan
Use of a Double Gloving Technique to Decrease Cross-Contamination by Anesthesia Providers, Garrett Jaffe and Nancy Moriber
Multidisciplinary strategies to treat severe hypoglycemia in hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus reduce inpatient mortality rate: Experience from an academic community hospital, Deepak Kana Kadayakkara, Priyadarshini Balasubramanian, Katherine Araque, Karri Davis, Fahad Javed, Pontea Niaki, Sachin Majumdar, and Gregory Buller
Gastrointestinal Bleeding During Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Support: State of the Field, Rachna Kataria and Ulrich P. Jorde
Volume of Irrigation Does Not Affect Rate of Abscess in Perforated Appendicitis., Savoie KB, Shelby RD, Dykes MW, Diefenbach KA, Besner GE, and Kenney BD
Prevalence of Anomalously Originating Occipital Artery in a Group of Turkish Individuals: A Retrospective Study using Angiography, Nese Keser, Osman Kula, Merih Is, and Ismail Yardimcioglu
Robotic type II B posterior exenteration for recurrent vaginal cancer, Wafa Khadraoui, Burak Zeybek, Levent Mutlu, and Gulden Menderes
Frequency & Pattern of Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease in Patient Undergoing Echocardiography: Experience in a Tertiary Level Hospital of Bangladesh, Md Fakhrul Khaled, Md Mashiul Alam, Soheil Mahmud, Mostashirul Hoque, SME Mahbub, Rayhan Mandal, Mohammad Fasil Ibn Kabir, Ariful Islam Joarder, MD Rasul Amin, and CK Singha