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Congratulations to Dr. Lee on his recent publication! The relationship between DNA methylation in neurotrophic genes and age as evidenced from three independent cohorts: differences by delirium status . Saito T, Braun PR, Daniel S, Jellison SS, Hellman M, Shinozaki E, Lee S, Cho HR, Yoshino A, Toda...
Congratulations to Dr. Sangil Lee and Dr. Jon Van Heukelom for their recently funded collaborative proposal “Novel Machine Learning Algorithms to Risk Stratify Patients with Syncope Presenting to the Emergency Department." Their project will be funded by the Iowa Initiative for Artificial...
Congratulations to Dr Meester and at Dr Hogrefe on their case report in JEM! Consider Going Decaf: An Intentional Caffeine Overdose in the Emergency Department . Meester S, Hogrefe C. J Emerg Med. 2020 Nov;59(5):e163-e165. doi: 0.1016/j.jemermed.2020.09.024. Epub 2020 Oct 21. PMID: 33097354 Great...
Congratulations to Dr Vakkalanka on her first-author publication on Telehealth use in substance use disorder. Telehealth Utilization Is Associated with Lower Risk of Discontinuation of Buprenorphine: a Retrospective Cohort Study of US Veterans . Vakkalanka JP, Lund BC, Ward MM, Arndt S, Field RW,...
Congratulations to Team Ultrasound on their paper recently published in JACEP Open! Teaching emergency ultrasound to emergency medicine residents: a scoping review of structured training methods . PoSaw LL, Wubben BM, Bertucci N, Bell GA, Healy H, Lee S. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2021 Jun 14...
Congratulations to Dr. Lee on his paper on electroencephalography in dementia. Mortality prediction by bispectral electroencephalography among 502 patients: its role in dementia . Saito T, Malicoat JR, Leyden LR, Williams JC, Jellison SS, Long H, Hellman MM, Crutchley KJ, Anderson ZEM, Lo D,...
Congratulations to Dr. Faine on his paper on top EM pharmacotherapy articles in 2020! Zimmerman, DA, Sarangarm P, Brown CS, Faine B, et al. Staying InformED: Top emergency medicine pharmacotherapy articles of 2020. Am J Emerg Med 2021; EPub ahead of print 15 June 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.05...
Congratulations to Tyler Foley (UI medical student) for his paper on mechanical ventilation in our ED! Implementation of an ED-based bundled mechanical ventilation protocol improves adherence to lung-protective ventilation . Foley TM, Philpot BA, Davis AS, Swanson MB, Harland KK, Kuhn JD, Fuller BM...
Congratulations to Dr. House and the rest of his research team for his paper on COVID infection in meat packing plants. Agricultural workers in meatpacking plants presenting to an emergency department with suspected COVID-19 infection are disproportionately Black and Hispanic. House HR, Vakkalanka...
Congratulations to Dr. Jennissen and his team for their paper on firearm exposure in rural adolescents. Nice work, Chuck! Firearm Exposure and Storage Practices in the Homes of Rural Adolescents . Jennissen CA, Wetjen KM, Wymore CC, Stange NR, Denning GM, Liao J, Wood KE. West J Emerg Med. 2021 May...