Department Blog - June 2021

John Harringa, MD, Resident; Zachary Wynne, MD, Resident; Aki Honasoge, MD, Resident; and Sam Yarmis, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of “Early Vasopressor Use in Septic Shock: What Do We Know?” published by Common Sense in January/February 2021.

J. David Gatz, MD, Assistant Professor; Daniel Gingold, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor; Daniel L. Lemkin, MD, Assistant Professor; and R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of “Association of Resident Shift Length With Procedural Complications,” published by the Journal of Emergency Medicine on May 15, 2021. Deborah M. Stein, ELS, Technical Writer/Editor, Department of Emergency Medicine, edited the manuscript.

Jes Downing, MD, Resident; Stephanie Cardona, DO, Resident; Reem Alfalasi, MBChB, Resident; Bradford E. Schwartz, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor; and Quincy K. Tran, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Predictors of Intubation in COVID-19 Patients Undergoing Awake Proning in the Emergency Department,” published by the American Journal of Emergency Medicine on June 9, 2021. Deborah M. Stein, ELS, Technical Writer/Editor, Department of Emergency Medicine, edited the manuscript.

Jes Downing, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, was:

• sole author of “Theatrical Illness: Tuberculosis and HIV as Presented by ‘La Boheme’ and ‘Rent,’ ” published by the Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal on July 9, 2020.
• among the authors of “Evaluation of Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Philadelphia’s Shelter-Bound, Homeless Population: Data from a Student-Run Hepatitis C Virus Screening Initiative,” published by Population Health Management on November 26, 2020.

Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, MA, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was interviewed for:

• “This ER Doc and Mom of 2 Wants You to Know She Is Not Superwoman,” published by Everyday Health on April 30, 2021.
• “One Year Later: Pregnant Doctors Fighting COVID in the ER,” aired by CNN on May 9, 2021 as a Mother’s Day special follow-up story to one originally aired May 5, 2020.
• “The Takeaways from the ‘CDC Referring to Masking Is That, Really, If You’re Vaccinated, You’re Safe’: Doctor,” published by Yahoo Finance on May 17, 2021.

Garrett Cavaliere, DO, Resident, and Gregory Jasani, MD, Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of “Op-Ed: Los Angeles EMS Is Making the Right Call,” published by MedPage Today on January 24, 2021.

Garrett Cavaliere, DO, Resident; Reem Alfalasi, MBChB, Resident; Gregory Jasani, MD, Resident; and Benjamin J. Lawner, DO, MS, EMT-P, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Terrorist Attacks against Healthcare Facilities: A Review,” accepted May 20, 2021, for publication by Health Security.

Stephanie Cardona, DO, Resident; Naillid Felipe, MD, MPH, Resident; Kyle R. Fischer, MD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor; and Bradford E. Schwartz, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Vaccination Disparity: Quantifying Racial Inequity in COVID-19 Vaccine Administration in Maryland,” published June 17, 2021, by the Journal of Urban Health.

Youssef Annous, BS, Visiting Research Fellow; Sara Manning, MD, Assistant Professor; and Danya Khoujah, MBBS, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were sole authors of “Ferritin, Fever, and Frequent Visits: Hyperferritinemic Syndromes in the Emergency Department,” published by the American Journal of Emergency Medicine on May 14, 2021.

Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the:

• authors of “Angiotensin II for the Emergency Physician,” published by Emergency Medicine Journal in November 2020.
• discussants in the twice-monthly podcast, Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine, episodes:
  • “The Physiologically Difficult Airway,” published April 20, 2021.
  • “Early ED Sepsis Care,” published May 10, 2021

Kenneth H. Butler, DO, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was featured in “The Physiologically Difficult Airway,” episode of the Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine podcast on April 20, 2021, discussing pearls and pitfalls in intubating patients with physiologic derangements that place them at high-risk for peri-intubation catastrophes.

George C. Willis, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was second author of “Evaluation and Management of the Critically Ill Adult With Diabetic Ketoacidosis,” published by Journal of Emergency Medicine on August 4, 2020.

R. Gentry Wilkerson, MD, Associate Professor, and Maite A. Huis in 't Veld, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of:

• “European Society of Cardiology 0-hour/1-hour High-sensitivity Troponin Algorithm Performance in a United States Cohort” and “One and Done? Performance of a Single, Low High-sensitivity Troponin in a Multisite United States Cohort,” both published by Academic Emergency Medicine in July 2020.
• “Evaluation of European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0/1-hour Algorithm in the Diagnosis of 90-day Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events: A Multicenter United States Cohort Study,” published by European Heart Journal on November 25, 2020.

Stephen R. Thom, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was:

• among the authors of “The Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment for COVID-19: A Review,” published by Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology on July 22, 2020.
• second author of “Effects of Adjunctive Therapeutic Hypothermia Combined With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Acute Severe Carbon Monoxide Poisoning,” published by Critical Care Medicine in August 2020.

Kinjal N. Sethuraman, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was second author of “Association Between Level of Care and Colonization With Resistant Gram-negative Bacteria Among Nursing-home Residents,” published by Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology on March 22, 2021.