Congrats to Dr. Jennissen for his study highlighted on today’s IPRC blog. This is important work—thank you for your energy helping to improve child safety. https://iprc.public-health.uiowa.edu/2024/04/04/serious-child-injuries-from-lawn-mowers/
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Congratulations to Dr. Wubben for his recently published paper on the use of ultrasound for hand infections. Haidar DA, Mintz D, Wubben B, Rizvi O, Adhikari S. Evaluation of hand infections in the emergency department using point-of-care ultrasound. World Journal of Emergency Medicine . 2024, 15(4...
Congratulations to Dr. Cyndari and to Libby White (one of our undergraduate students who has been doing work in our department) on their co-first author paper published in AEM Education & Training. This is work that Karen will be presenting at SAEM this year as well, and it has generated a lot...
Congratulations to Dr. Vakkalanka for her recently funded award from the American Public Health Association entitled “Investigating Rural Suicides in the National Violent Death Reporting System: Health Care Utilization and Evaluation of Risk Factors in Rural Areas.” Nice work, Priyanka!
Congratulations to Gigi and Sangil for their paper in Annals of Emergency Medicine! Does the Use of Sterile Gloves for the Repair of Wounds and Lacerations Reduce the Risk of Infection? Landal De Almeida Lobo G, Lee S. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Mar 25:S0196-0644(24)00107-0. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed...
Congratulations to Dr. Mikati on her paper published on abdominal aortic aneurysm interhospital transfer. Hypertension during transfer is associated with poor outcomes in unstable patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Li SR, Phillips AR, Reitz KM, Mikati N, Brown JB, Tzeng E, Makaroun...
Congratulations to Dr. Del Rios and colleagues on her paper published in EMJ. Pandemic phase-related racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 positivity and outcomes among patients presenting to emergency departments during the first two pandemic waves in the USA. Khosla S, Del Rios M, Chisolm-...
Congratulations to Dr. Faine, Dr. Vakkalanka, and Dr. Zepeski on their recent publication on antimicrobial prescribing for pyelonephritis. Great work! Empirical antimicrobial prescribing for pyelonephritis in patients discharged from 15 US Emergency Departments: an opportunity for improvement. Rech...
Congratulations to Dr. Josh Bauer on his paper describing the first report of primary intracranial composite hemangioendothelioma. Nice work! Dural composite hemangioendothelioma: The first intracranial case. Liu A, Bauer JS, Lin CC, Appelboom G, Zanazzi G. Surg Neurol Int. 2024 Feb 23;15:55. doi:...
Congratulations to Dr. Mohr on his publication evaluating the effects of hypercapnia on clinical outcomes among mechanically ventilated patients in the ED. Nice work! Partial pressure of carbon dioxide/pH interaction and its association with mortality among patients mechanically ventilated in the...