Submissions from 2020
Correlation between Myocardial Strain and Angiographic Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patient, MD Al-Alam, Md Mashiul Alam, T Parvin, Chaudhury Meshkat Ahmed, MD Zainal Abedin, Mohammad Ashraf Hossain, Sheikh Mohammad Samsuzzaman, MD Rakibul Hasan Rashed, and Sukanta Dhar
An unusual atrial septal defect producing symptoms in a young lady, Md Mashiul Alam and Md Al-Amin
Cartilage Ossiculoplasty from Stapes to Tympanic Membrane in One-Stage Intact Canal Wall Tympanoplasty for Cholesteatoma, M M. Alam, J A. Khan, M G. Mostafa, M R. Islam, M A. Rahman, L Khan, and B Ahmed
Mesenteric Amyloidosis: Radiologic Imaging with Pathologic Correlation, Abedalrazaq Alkukhun, Issa Rezek, Saber Ghiassi, Xuchen Zhang, and Margarita V. Revzin
A case of secondary tension pneumothorax in COVID-19 pneumonia in a patient with no prior history of lung disease, Kwesi Amoah, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, Mandeep Singh Rahi, and Michael G. Buscher
Nursing leadership during COVID-19: Enhancing patient, family and workforce experience, Anne M. Aquila, Karen Grimley, Barbara Jacobs, Maryellen Kostruko, and Jerry Mansfield
Cancer Pattern among Adults in Najran, Saudi Arabia-2014-2019, Mohamed A. Badheeb
Correlation between Myocardial Strain by 2-D Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography and Angiographic findings by Coronary Angiogram in Stable Angina, Prashant Bajracharya, Kiran Prasad Acharya, Sajal Krishna Banerjee, Chowdhury Meshkat Ahmed, Md Mashiul Alam, Jahanara Arzu, Naveen Sheikh, Dmmf Osmany, and Syed Ali Ahsan
Moyamoya Disease in a Middle-Aged Hispanic Woman: A Case Illustration, Donya Bani Hani, Sami Rabah, Khaled Alabdallah, Mohammad Aldiabat, and Ayah Megahed
Hospital Volume and Operative Mortality for General Surgery Operations Performed Emergently in Adults, Robert D. Becher, Michael P. DeWane, Nitin Sukumar, Marilyn J. Stolar, Thomas M. Gill, Adrian A. Maung, Kevin M. Schuster, and Kimberly A. Davis
Regionalization of emergency general surgery operations: A simulation study, Robert D. Becher, Nitin Sukumar, Michael P. DeWane, Thomas M. Gill, Adrian A. Maung, Kevin M. Schuster, Marilyn J. Stolar, and Kimberly A. Davis
Hospital Variation in Geriatric Surgical Safety for Emergency Operation, Robert D. Becher, Nitin Sukumar, Michael P. DeWane, Marilyn J. Stolar, Thomas M. Gill, Kevin M. Schuster, Adrian A. Maung, Cheryl K. Zogg, and Kimberly A. Davis
Can Providers Use Clinical Skills to Assess the Adequacy of Ventilation in Children During Bag-Valve Mask Ventilation?, Heather J. Becker and Melissa L. Langhan
Paternalism, Evangelism, and Power, Kimberly Bloom-Feshbach, Nathan Goldberg, and Joseph J. Fins
Kynurenic acid underlies sex-specific immune responses to COVID-19, Yuping Cai, Daniel J. Kim, Takehiro Takahashi, David I. Broadhurst, Shuangge Ma, Nicholas J. Rattray, Arnau Casanovas-Massana, Benjamin Israelow, Jon Klein, Carolina Lucas, Tianyang Mao, Adam J. Moore, M Catherine Muenker, Jieun Oh, Julio Silva, and Patrick Wong
Sex Differences in Colon Cancer Metabolism Reveal A Novel Subphenotype, Yuping Cai, Nicholas J. Rattray, Qian Zhang, Varvara Mironova, Alvaro Santos-Neto, Kuo-Shun Hsu, Zahra Rattray, Justin R. Cross, Yawei Zhang, Philip B. Paty, Sajid A. Khan, and Caroline H. Johnson
Tumor Tissue-Specific Biomarkers of Colorectal Cancer by Anatomic Location and Stage, Yuping Cai, Nicholas J. Rattray, Qian Zhang, Varvara Mironova, Alvaro Santos-Neto, Engjel Muca, Ana K. Vollmar, Kuo-Shun Hsu, Zahra Rattray, Justin R. Cross, Yawei Zhang, Philip B. Paty, Sajid A. Khan, and Caroline H. Johnson
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Patients Admitted for Childbirth in Southern Connecticut, Katherine H. Campbell, Jean M. Tornatore, Kirsten E. Lawrence, Jessica L. Illuzzi, L Scott Sussman, Heather S. Lipkind, and Christian M. Pettker
Variation in Fluid and Vasopressor Use in Shock With and Without Physiologic Assessment: A Multicenter Observational Study, Jen-Ting Chen, Russel Roberts, Melissa J. Fazzari, Kianoush Kashani, Nida Qadir, Charles B. Cairns, Kusum Mathews, Pauline Park, Akram Khan, and James F. Gilmore
EUS-guided needle biopsy for autoimmune pancreatitis, Ankit Chhoda and Tarun Rustagi
Relevance and Clinical Significance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neurological Manifestations in COVID-19: A Systematic Review of Case Reports and Case Series, Anisa Chowdhary, Roshan Subedi, Medha Tandon, Sijin Wen, Jenil Patel, Saurabh Kataria, Sarah Peterson, Ronald Gwinn, Mahmoud Elkhooly, Apoorv Prasad, LALIT NIRWAN, Amelia Adcock, and Shitiz Sriwastava
Demonstrating synchronization of isorhythmic dissociation with stress testing, John-Ross David Clarke, Faheem Ul Haq, Saurabh Ranjan, and Stuart Zarich
Determining the Significance of Coronary Plaque Lesions: Physiological Stenosis Severity and Plaque Characteristics, John-Ross D. Clarke, Freddy Duarte Lau, and Stuart W. Zarich
Opportunities for Palliative Care in Patients With Burn Injury-A Systematic Review, Allyson C. Cook, Jessica A. Langston, Joshua D. Jaramillo, Kristin E. Edwards, Hong-Nei Wong, and Rebecca A. Aslakson
Pulmonary hypertension in end-stage renal disease, Joe Devasahayam, Tony Oliver, Valentina Joseph, Sudheer Nambiar, and Kulothungan Gunasekaran
Fluid Response Evaluation in Sepsis Hypotension and Shock: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Ivor S. Douglas, Philip M. Alapat, Keith A. Corl, Matthew C. Exline, Lui G. Forni, Andre L. Holder, David A. Kaufman, Akram Khan, Mitchell M. Levy, and Gregory S. Martin
Fluid Response Evaluation in Sepsis Hypotension and Shock: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Ivor S. Douglas, Philip M. Alapat, Keith A. Corl, Matthew C. Exline, Lui G. Forni, Andre L. Holder, David A. Kaufman, Akram Khan, Mitchell M. Levy, Gregory S. Martin, Jennifer A. Sahatjian, Eric Seeley, Wesley H. Self, Jeremy A. Weingarten, Mark Williams, and Douglas M. Hansell
Physician Burnout and Ethics Committees, Kristin Edwards and Richard L. Newman
Adrenal cortical adenoma: current update, imaging features, atypical findings, and mimics, Mohamed G. Elbanan, Sanaz Javadi, Dhakshinamoorthy Ganeshan, Mouhammed Amir Habra, Brinda Rao Korivi, Silvana C. Faria, and Khaled M. Elsayes
Preresection Radiologic Assessment and Imaging Features of 156 Pathologically Proven Adrenal Adenomas, Sherif B. Elsherif, Sanaz Javadi, Katherine J. Blair, Ali I. Morshid, Ling Hui, Ahmed M. Khalaf, Mohamed G. Elbanan, and Miao Zhang
Perioperative Management for Sickle Cell Disease: Efficacy of Recommendations, Cleofas Espinoza
Vaccination Coverage Under the Expanded Program on Immunization in South West Cameroon, Bestina Forkwa Ewang, Mathias Esum Eyong, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Brenda Mbouamba Yankam, Cho Sabastine Anye, Jacintha Rebang Achu, Bih Moki Suh, Mildred Njoache Nkeng, Rosette Boseme Nzoyom, Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni, and Eric Achidi Akum
Left Ventricular Thrombi: Uncommon But Clinically Important, Michael D. Ezekowitz, Daniel Kurz, and Anthony Kent
The Impact of Interdisciplinary Care on Cost Reduction in a Geriatric Trauma Population, Andrew A. Francis, Joyce E. Wall, Andrew Stone, Michael P. Dewane, Ann Dyke, and Shea C. Gregg
Roca disease: An osteochondrosis of the inferior pole of the scapula with review of the literature, Darshan Gandhi, Kriti Ahuja, Harpreet Sawhney, Swachchhanda Songmen, Nishant Gupta, and Ruben Kier
A pictorial review of gall stones and its associated complications, Darshan Gandhi, Vijayanadh Ojili, Pankaj Nepal, Arpit Nagar, Fabricio J. Hernandez-Delima, Divyansh Bajaj, Gagandeep Choudhary, Nishant Gupta, and Pranav Sharma
Intrahepatic splenosis demonstrated by diffusion weighted MRI with histologic confirmation, Darshan Gandhi, Pranav Sharma, Gunjan Garg, Swachchhanda Songmen, Shantanu Solanki, and Tanveer Singh
Solid pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas: Radiological and surgical review, Darshan Gandhi, Pranav Sharma, Kalind Parashar, Puneet S. Kochar, Kriti Ahuja, Harpreet Sawhney, and Salil Sharma
Corticosteroid-Free Remission vs Overall Remission in Clinical Trials of Moderate-Severe Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease, John George, Siddharth Singh, Parambir S. Dulai, Christopher Ma, Tran Nguyen, Brian G. Feagan, William J. Sandborn, and Vipul Jairath
Comments on: Should bariatric surgery be offered to prisoners?, Saber Ghiassi
ASMBS position statement on the relationship between obesity and cancer, and the role of bariatric surgery: risk, timing of treatment, effects on disease biology, and qualification for surgery, Saber Ghiassi, Maher El Chaar, Essa M. Aleassa, Fady Moustarah, Sofiane El Djouzi, T Javier Birriel, and Ann M. Rogers
Safety and Efficacy of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Saber Ghiassi and John M. Morton
A 72-Year-Old Man With a Violaceous Rash and Sepsis, Ayesha T. Gittens, John-Ross D. Clarke, Shady Abdelbaki, and Jeff S. Kwon
Teaching accelerated nursing students' self-care: A pilot project, Cheryl Green
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