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Congrats to Dr. James Hart (EMS fellowship graduate) and his mentor Dr. Ahmed for their paper on rural OHCA. Rural Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients More Likely to Receive Bystander CPR: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Hart J, Vakkalanka JP, Okoro U, Mohr NM, Ahmed A. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2024...
Congratulations to Dr. Jennissen for his paper in the Journal of Agromedicine! Nice work, Chuck! Risk Factors for Pediatric Bystander-Related Riding Lawnmower Injuries: A Qualitative Study. Jennissen CA, Gibson MS, Bibbs ME, Drewry BM, Krupp TD, Denning GM, Hoogerwerf PJ. J Agromedicine. 2024 Dec...
Congratulations to Dr. Faine on his paper on cardiac resuscitation medication utilization. A national survey of medication utilization for cardiac resuscitation in the emergency department: A survey of emergency medicine pharmacists. Ray L, Acquisto NM, Coralic Z, Feldman R, Mercer K, Zimmerman DE...
Congratulations to Dr. Wallum and his mentor Dr. McCabe on mortality after overdose. Risk of mortality among adolescents and young adults following hospitalization from an intentional overdose - PubMed Wallum M, Vakkalanka JP, Krispin S, McCabe DJ. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 Nov 27;88:140-144. doi: 10...
Congratulations to Dr. Vakkalanka on her paper on Telehealth use for buprenorphine prescribing! The Association Between Telehealth Use During Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder and Clinical Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Vakkalanka JP, Lund BC, Arndt S, Carter KD, Carnahan R...
Congrats to EM-PHARM NET (and our own Dr. Faine and Dr. Zepeski) on their paper in this month’s Annals. Cephalosporins for Outpatient Pyelonephritis in the Emergency Department: COPY-ED Study. Koehl J, Spolsdoff D, Negaard B, Lewis A, Santiago R, Krenz J, Polotti A, Feldman R, Slocum G, Zimmerman D...
Congratulations to Dr. Vakkalanka and Dr. Wubben on their publication in the November issue of SAEM Pulse. See below both issues: https://issuu.com/saemonline/docs/saem_pulse_nov-dec_2024/68 https://issuu.com/saemonline/docs/saem_pulse_nov-dec_2024/72 Great showing this month for UI EM!
Congrats to Dr. Cyndari on her paper in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases! Clinical anemia predicts dermal parasitism and reservoir infectiousness during progressive visceral leishmaniosis. Waugh MC, Cyndari K, Lynch T, Koh S, Henao-Ceballos F, Oleson JJ, Kaye P, Petersen CA. PLoS Negl Trop Dis...
Congratulations to Dr. Vakkalanka on her recently funded grant from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine entitled “Research Funding in Academic Emergency Medicine Departments.” Nice work!
Congratulations to Dr. King on her paper on the validation of a new diagnostic test! Nice work!!! Prospective, multi-site evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert Xpress CoV-2 plus test on nasal and nasopharyngeal swabs. Greninger AL, Larcena A, Patel A, Webster B, Ulen C, Green DF, King D, Patel DR,...