• Coincidence analysis: a new method for causal inference in implementation science 

  Garr Whitaker, Rebecca; Sperber, Nina; Baumgartner, Michael; Thiem, Alrik; Cragun, Deborah; Damschroder, Laura; Miech, Edward J.; Slade, Alecia; Birken, Sarah (BMC, 2020-12-11)

  Background: Implementation of multifaceted interventions typically involves many diverse elements working together in interrelated ways, including intervention components, implementation strategies, and features of local ...
• Identifying the Implementation Conditions Associated With Positive Outcomes in a Successful Nursing Facility Demonstration Project 

  Hickman, Susan E.; Miech, Edward J.; Stump, Timothy E.; Fowler, Nicole R.; Unroe, Kathleen T. (Oxford Academic, 2020-11-23)

  Background and objectives: To identify the implementation barriers, facilitators, and conditions associated with successful outcomes from a clinical demonstration project to reduce potentially avoidable hospitalizations ...
• Pulmonary vasodilation in acute pulmonary embolism - a systematic review 

  Lyhne, Mads Dam; Kline, Jeffrey Allen; Nielsen-Kudsk, Jens Erik; Andersen, Asger (Sage, 2020-03-04)

  Acute pulmonary embolism is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death. Pulmonary embolism increases right ventricular afterload, which causes right ventricular failure, circulatory collapse and death. Most ...
• Abscess Size and Depth on Ultrasound and Association with Treatment Failure without Drainage 

  Russell, Frances M.; Rutz, Matt; Rood, L. Ken; McGee, Justin; Sarmiento, Elisa J. (eScholarship, 2020-03)

  Introduction: Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) occur along a continuum from cellulitis to abscess. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is effective in differentiating between these two diagnoses and guiding acute ...
• Therapeutic Advances in the Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure 

  Antohi, Elena-Laura; Ambrosy, Andrew P.; Collins, Sean P.; Ahmed, Ali; Iliescu, Vlad Anton; Cotter, Gad; Pang, Peter S.; Butler, Javed; Chioncel, Ovidiu (Wolters Kluwer, 2019-03)

  Background: Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is the most common presenting phenotype of acute heart failure (AHF). The main goal of this article was to review the contemporary management strategies in these patients ...
• Therapeutic Advances in the Management of Cardiogenic Shock 

  Chioncel, Ovidiu; Collins, Sean P.; Ambrosy, Andrew P.; Pang, Peter S.; Radu, Razvan I.; Ahmed, Ali; Antohi, Elena-Laura; Masip, Josep; Butler, Javed; Iliescu, Vlad Anton (Wolters Kluwer, 2019-03)

  Background: Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a life-threatening state of tissue hypoperfusion, associated with a very high risk of mortality, despite intensive monitoring and modern treatment modalities. The present review aimed ...
• Predictors of emergency medical services use by adults with heart failure; 2009-2017 

  Pressler, Susan J.; Jung, Miyeon; Lee, Christopher S.; Arkins, Thomas P.; O'Donnell, Daniel; Cook, Ryan; Bakoyannis, Giorgos; Newhouse, Robin; Gradus-Pizlo, Irmina; Pang, Peter S. (Elsevier, 2020-09)

  BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) necessitates frequent transport by emergency medical services (EMS), but few studies have been conducted to evaluate predictors of EMS use and of multiple EMS transports that are amenable to ...
• A Resident Morbidity and Mortality Conference Curriculum to Teach Identification of Cognitive Biases, Errors, and Debiasing Strategies 

  Whitehead, Anne (AAMC, 2021-10)

  Introduction: The morbidity and mortality (M&M) conference has long been a part of the education of residents of all specialties in the United States, yet its structure is variable across training programs. Recent literature ...
• Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults: A case in a previously healthy adult 

  Motzkus, Christine A.; Whitaker, Nash; Lommel, Jennifer; Pettit, Nicholas (Wiley, 2021-10)

  A 25-year-old previously healthy female presented to the emergency department (ED) with 5 days of rash, fevers, shortness of breath, and generalized weakness. She had presented to another ED 4 days previously and noted ...
• Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Education: Perspectives From Students 

  Walters, Marie; Alonge, Taiwo; Zeller, Matthew (Wolters Kluwer, 2021-11)

  This article provides an overview of issues facing medical students in such key areas as communication, preclinical and clinical education, increased isolation, disruption to time-based curricula, inequities in virtual ...
• Novel referral pathway for patients with new solid tumors discharged from the emergency department: A pilot study 

  Pettit, Nicholas; Al‐Hader, Ahmad (Wiley, 2021)
• The State of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training in Undergraduate Medical Education: Findings From a National Survey 

  Russell, Frances M.; Zakeri, Bita; Herbert, Audrey; Ferre, Robinson M.; Leiser, Abraham; Wallach, Paul M. (Wolters Kluwer, 2021-11)

  Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the current state of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) integration in undergraduate medical education (UME) at MD-granting medical schools in the United States. Method: ...
• The role of women's consortia in the advancement of women in academic emergency medicine 

  Madsen, Tracy; Hobgood, Cherri (Wiley, 2021-12)
• Inter-rater reliability and prospective validation of a clinical prediction rule for SARS-CoV-2 infection 

  Nevel, Adam E.; Kline, Jeffrey A. (Wiley, 2021-07)

  Objectives Accurate estimation of the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection based on bedside data alone has importance to Emergency Department (ED) operations and throughput. The 13 item CORC (COVID [or coronavirus] Rule-out Criteria) ...
• Agricultural workers in meatpacking plants presenting to an emergency department with suspected COVID-19 infection are disproportionately Black and Hispanic 

  House, Hans R.; Vakkalanka, J. Priyanka; Behrens, Nathan G.; Haan, Jessica De; Halbur, Christopher R.; Harrington, Elaine M.; Patel, Pooja H.; Rawwas, Lulua; Camargo, Carlos A.; Kline, Jeffrey A. (Wiley, 2021-09)

  Objective Facilities that process and package meat for consumer sale and consumption (meatpacking plants) were early sites of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks. The aim of this study was to characterize the ...
• A Case Series of Thromboelastography-Guided Anticoagulation in COVID-19 Patients with Inherited and Acquired Hypercoagulable States 

  Thomas, Anthony V.; Lin, Kevin P.; Stillson, John E.; Bunch, Connor M.; Speybroeck, Jacob; Wiarda, Grant; Al-Fadhl, Hamid; Gillespie, Laura; Zamlut, Mahmud; Fulkerson, Daniel H.; Khan, Rashid Z.; Kwaan, Hau C.; Walsh, Mark M. (Hindawi, 2021-08-03)

  One of the complications of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is hypercoagulability. For this reason, patients presenting with COVID-19 are often put on therapeutic or intermediate anticoagulation upon ...
• Factors Associated With Voluntary Refusal of Emergency Medical System Transport for Emergency Care in Detroit During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic 

  Harrison, Nicholas E.; Ehrman, Robert R.; Curtin, Andrea; Gorelick, Damon; Hill, Alex B.; Brennan, Erin; Dunne, Robert (AMA, 2021-08-20)

  Importance Emergency department (ED) and emergency medical services (EMS) volumes decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the amount attributable to voluntary refusal vs effects of the pandemic and public health ...
• Multi-Center Study of Outcomes Among Persons with HIV who Presented to US Emergency Departments with suspected SARS-CoV-2 

  Bennett, Christopher L.; Ogele, Emmanuel; Pettit, Nicholas R.; Bischof, Jason J.; Meng, Tong; Govindarajan, Prasanthi; Camargo, Carlos A., Jr.; Nordenholz, Kristen; Kline, Jeffrey A. (Wolters Kluwer, 2021-08-31)

  Background: There is a need to characterize patients with HIV with suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARs-CoV-2). Setting: Multicenter registry of patients from 116 emergency departments in 27 ...
• Adaptive change in simulation education: Comparison of effectiveness of a communication skill curriculum on death notification using in-person methods versus a digital communication platform 

  Hughes, Mary; Gerstner, Brett; Bona, Anna; Falvo, Lauren; Schroedle, Karen; Cooper, Dylan; Sarmiento, Elisa; Hobgood, Cherri; Ahmed, Rami (Wiley, 2021-07)

  Background Mandates to social distance and “shelter in place” during the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the exploration of new academic content delivery methods. Digital communication platforms (DCP; e.g., Zoom) were widely ...
• Study protocol for a multicentre implementation trial of monotherapy anticoagulation to expedite home treatment of patients diagnosed with venous thromboembolism in the emergency department 

  Kline, Jeffrey; Adler, David; Alanis, Naomi; Bledsoe, Joseph; Courtney, Daniel; D'Etienne, James; Diercks, Deborah B.; Garrett, John; Jones, Alan E.; MacKenzie, David; Madsen, Troy; Matuskowitz, Andrew; Mumma, Bryn; Nordenholz, Kristen; Pagenhardt, Justine; Runyon, Michael; Stubblefield, William; Willoughby, Christopher (BMJ, 2020-10-01)

  Introduction In the USA, many emergency departments (EDs) have established protocols to treat patients with newly diagnosed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) as outpatients. Similar treatment of patients with pulmonary embolism ...

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