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    Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open: Volume 1, Issue 4

    315-688
    August 2020
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Issue Information

  • Pages: 315-320
  • First Published: 28 August 2020

Cardiology

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Predicting cardiac arrest in the emergency department

Oscar J.L. Mitchell MD,  Dana P. Edelson MD, MS,  Benjamin S. Abella MD, MPhil, 
  • Pages: 321-326
  • First Published: 24 December 2019
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Electrocardiographic changes in patients undergoing targeted temperature management

Simi Jandu MD,  Nana Sefa MD, MPH,  Kelly N. Sawyer MD, MS,  Robert Swor DO, 
  • Pages: 327-332
  • First Published: 30 May 2020
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Neurologic prognostication after resuscitation from cardiac arrest

Joshua R. Lupton MD, MPH,  Michael C. Kurz MD,  Mohamud R. Daya MD, 
  • Pages: 333-341
  • First Published: 11 June 2020
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Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: systematic review and meta-analysis of propensity score-matched cohort studies

Dennis Miraglia MD,  Lourdes A. Miguel MD, MPH,  Wilfredo Alonso MD, 
  • Pages: 342-361
  • First Published: 28 May 2020
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Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: Management in the emergency department

Maxwell A. Hockstein MD, 
  • Pages: 362-370
  • First Published: 11 July 2020
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Emergency department extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a rescue therapy for ventricular tachycardia electrical storm: a case report

Andrew Pugh MBBS,  Joseph E. Tonna MD,  Scott Youngquist MD,  John J. Ryan MD, MB, BCh, BAO,  Graham Brant-Zawadzki MD, 
  • Pages: 371-374
  • First Published: 22 April 2020
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Unexpected finding of myocardial depression in 2 healthy young patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: possible support for COVID-19-related myocarditis

Michael Blaivas MD, MBA, 
  • Pages: 375-378
  • First Published: 13 June 2020
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Rapid collapse of the inferior vena cava in a patient with cardiac arrest induced by anaphylactic shock after iodinated contrast medium injection

Daiki Kaito MD,  Koichiro Homma MD, PhD,  Junichi Sasaki MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 379-382
  • First Published: 25 June 2020

The Practice of Emergency Medicine

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An investigation of clinical decisionmaking: identifying important factors in treatment planning for suicidal patients in the emergency department

Anne C. Knorr BA,  Brooke A. Ammerman PhD,  Sean A. LaFleur MA,  Debdipto Misra MSCS,  Mathrawala A. Dhruv MSCS,  Bipin Karunakaran MSCS,  Robert J. Strony DO, MBA, 
  • Pages: 383-391
  • First Published: 25 May 2020
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Evaluation of an advanced practice provider emergency department critical care step-down unit

Lisa Murphy NP,  Gino Paolucci NP,  Laura Pittenger PA-C, MPH,  Morayo Akande MPH,  Sarah J. Marks MS,  Roland C. Merchant MD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 392-402
  • First Published: 11 June 2020
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The role of hospital ethics committees in emergency medicine practice

Eileen F. Baker MD, PhD,  Joel M. Geiderman MD,  Chadd K. Kraus DO, DrPH,  Rebecca Goett MD, 
  • Pages: 403-407
  • First Published: 03 July 2020
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A proposal for selective resuscitation of adult cardiac arrest patients in a pandemic

Antony Hsu MD,  William Weber MD, MPH,  Alan Heins MD,  Elaine Josephson MD,  Robert Kornberg MD,  Rosemarie Diaz MD, 
  • Pages: 408-415
  • First Published: 11 June 2020
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Two pulmonary emboli in a psych pod

Samantha A. King MD,  Seth M. Kelly MD, MBA,  Adam C. Richardson DNP, ENP-C,  Kyle R. Fischer MD, MPH,  Angela D. Smedley MD, 
  • Pages: 416-418
  • First Published: 07 April 2020
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Recurrent and radiographically unrecognized iatrogenic intra-prosthesis hip dislocations

Olivia J. K. Fox BMedSc, MBBS,  Stephanie L. Cairns BSc, MBBS,  Paul G. Jarman MBBS, BSc, 
  • Pages: 419-422
  • First Published: 10 May 2020
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Boarding of critically Ill patients in the emergency department

Nicholas M. Mohr MD, MS, FACEP, FCCM,  Brian T. Wessman MD, FACEP, FCCM,  Benjamin Bassin MD, FACEP,  Marie-Carmelle Elie-Turenne MD, FACEP, FCCM,  Timothy Ellender MD, FCCM,  Lillian L. Emlet MD, MS, FACEP, FCCM,  Zachary Ginsberg MD, MPP, FACEP,  Kyle Gunnerson MD, FACEP, FCCM,  Kevin M. Jones MD, MPH, FACEP,  Bridgette Kram PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM,  Evie Marcolini MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FCCM,  Susanna Rudy ACNP, CCRN, DNP, MSN, 
  • Pages: 423-431
  • First Published: 17 July 2020

Emergency Medical Services

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Clinical characteristics and course of out-of-hospital shock in a national emergency medical services cohort

Timothy P. George BM,  Hei Kit Chan MS,  Remle P. Crowe PhD, NREMT,  Jeffrey L. Jarvis MD, MS,  Jan O. Jansen MBBS, PhD,  Ryan M. Huebinger MD,  Henry E. Wang MD, MS, 
  • Pages: 432-439
  • First Published: 23 May 2020
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Association of race and socioeconomic status with the rate of bystander-initiated CPR in Memphis

Joshua M. Justice MD,  Joseph E. Holley MD,  Mark F. Brady MD, MPH,  James R. Walker MD, 
  • Pages: 440-444
  • First Published: 21 May 2020
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Characteristics of adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the National Emergency Medical Services Information System

Hei Kit Chan MS,  Masashi Okubo MD,  Clifton W. Callaway MD, PhD,  N. Clay Mann PhD, MS,  Henry E. Wang MD, MS, 
  • Pages: 445-452
  • First Published: 04 June 2020
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Using publicly available flight data to analyze health disparities in aeromedical retrieval

Dylana Moore BS,  Brandon M. Crowley BS,  Sean McCarthy BS,  W. Andrew Smedley BS,  Russell L. Griffin PhD,  Shannon W. Stephens CCEMTP,  Jeffrey D. Kerby MD, PhD,  Jan O. Jansen MBBS, PhD, 
  • Pages: 453-459
  • First Published: 09 June 2020
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What influences safety in paramedicine? Understanding the impact of stress and fatigue on safety outcomes

Elizabeth A. Donnelly PhD, MPH, LICSW, NREMT,  Paul Bradford MD, FCFP (EM), MDS,  Matthew Davis MD, MSc, FRCP(c),  Cathie Hedges AEMCA, ACP, CMM II,  Doug Socha PCP, BSc, MA,  Peter Morassutti BSc, ACP, CMMII, NCEE, NCI, CPSO,  Sathish Chandra Pichika MSc, MSc, PhD (Candidate), 
  • Pages: 460-473
  • First Published: 15 June 2020
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JACEP Open Podcast: Out-of-hospital extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Terri King MS, EMT-P,  Brennon Barajas MD,  Jeffrey L. Jarvis MD, MS, EMT-P, 
  • Pages: 474-475
  • First Published: 24 August 2020

Infectious Disease

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Racial and sex disparities in HIV screening outcomes within emergency departments of Harris County, Texas

Mandy J. Hill DrPH, MPH,  Marylou Cardenas-Turanzas MD, DrPH,  Samuel Prater MD,  Jeffrey W. Campbell BBA,  Marlene McNeese BS, 
  • Pages: 476-483
  • First Published: 10 April 2020
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HIV screening in the emergency department: Thoughts on disparities and the next step in ending the epidemic

Jason Haukoos MD, MSc,  Emily Hopkins MSPH, 
  • Pages: 484-486
  • First Published: 28 August 2020
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Testing for HIV infection in the emergency departments of 2 hospitals in the Southeastern United States

Rachel Safeek MPH,  Tamsey Hill DMin,  Arthur Hendricks MDiv,  David Underwood,  Mary Washington MA,  Jessica Guidici MD,  Tammy Wong MD,  Charles Gerardo MD,  Charles Hicks MD,  Mehri McKellar MD, 
  • Pages: 487-493
  • First Published: 26 May 2020
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Rapid influenza diagnostic test at triage can decrease emergency department length of stay

Tsutomu Iwasaki MD,  Toru Hifumi MD, PhD,  Kuniyoshi Hayashi PhD,  Norio Otani MD,  Shinichi Ishimatsu MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 494-501
  • First Published: 03 July 2020
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Predicting outcome of patients with severe urinary tract infections admitted via the emergency department

Steven G. Rothrock MD,  David D. Cassidy MD,  Brian Guetschow MD,  Drew Bienvenu MD,  Erich Heine DO,  Joshua Briscoe MD,  Nicholas Toselli,  Michelle Russin,  Daniel Young MD,  Caitlin Premuroso MD,  David Bailey MD,  and ORMC Sepsis Study Group , 
  • Pages: 502-511
  • First Published: 21 June 2020
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Point-of-care hip ultrasound leads to expedited results in emergency department patients with suspected septic arthritis

Christopher Thom MD RDMS,  Azhar Ahmed MD,  Matthew Kongkatong MD,  James Moak MD RDMS, 
  • Pages: 512-520
  • First Published: 30 June 2020
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Aerosol risk with noninvasive respiratory support in patients with COVID-19

David C. Miller MD,  Paloma Beamer PhD,  Dean Billheimer PhD,  Vignesh Subbian PhD,  Armin Sorooshian PhD,  Beth Salvagio Campbell PhD,  Jarrod M. Mosier MD, 
  • Pages: 521-526
  • First Published: 21 May 2020
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Epidemiology of the 2020 pandemic of COVID-19 in the state of Georgia: Inadequate critical care resources and impact after 7 weeks of community spread

Justin Xavier Moore PhD, MPH,  Marvin E. Langston PhD, MPH,  Varghese George PhD,  Steven S. Coughlin PhD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 527-532
  • First Published: 12 May 2020
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Viral and atypical respiratory co-infections in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bennett Davis MD,  Ava N. Rothrock,  Sarah Swetland,  Halle Andris,  Phil Davis MD,  Steven G. Rothrock MD, 
  • Pages: 533-548
  • First Published: 19 June 2020
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Bracing for impact: operational upshots from the National Centre for Infectious Diseases Screening Centre (Singapore) during the COVID-19 outbreak

Charmaine Malenab Manauis MD (Philippines), MMed (Emergency Med), MCEM (UK),  Marvin Loh MBBS (S'pore),  James Kwan MBBS (London), BSc (Hons), MMed (ClinEpi), MHPE, MRCSEd, FACEM, FRCEM, FAMS,  John Chua Mingzhou MBBS (Melbourne), MMed (Emergency Med), MCEM (UK), GDFM,  Han Jie Teo MBBS (S'pore), MMed (Emergency Med),  David Teng Kuan Peng MBBS (S'pore), MMed (Emergency Med), FAMS,  Shawn Vasoo Sushilan MBBS, MRCP (UK), ABIM (IM, ID),  Yee Sin Leo MBBS, MMed (Int Med), MPH, MRCP (UK), FRCP, FAMS,  Ang Hou MB, BCh, BAO (Dublin), MRCS (A&E) (Edinburgh), FAMS, Grad. Dip. Geriatric Medicine (NUS), 
  • Pages: 549-556
  • First Published: 19 June 2020
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Integration of aeromedicine in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Lesley Osborn MD,  David Meyer MD, MS,  Paul Dahm MD, MS,  Brandy Ferguson MD,  Rodolfo Cabrera RN, EMT-P,  Damon Sanger MAS, ATP CFII,  Michael Mock ATP,  Tony Herrera BSN, RN,  Shelby Mader BS,  Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, FECMM, CMQ, 
  • Pages: 557-562
  • First Published: 26 May 2020
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Lessons learned from COVID-19 outbreak in a skilled nursing facility, Washington State

Stephen C. Morris MD, MPH,  Aaron T. Resnick MA,  Susan A. England RN,  Susan A. Stern MD,  Steven H. Mitchell MD, 
  • Pages: 563-568
  • First Published: 30 June 2020
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Patient factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 in an admitted emergency department population

Adrian D. Haimovich MD PhD,  Frederick Warner PhD,  H. Patrick Young PhD,  Neal G. Ravindra PhD,  Arijit Sehanobish PhD,  Guannan Gong MS,  Francis Perry Wilson MD,  David van Dijk PhD,  Wade Schulz MD PhD,  Richard Andrew Taylor MD, 
  • Pages: 569-577
  • First Published: 22 May 2020
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Reducing aerosol dispersion by high flow therapy in COVID-19: High resolution computational fluid dynamics simulations of particle behavior during high velocity nasal insufflation with a simple surgical mask

Scott Leonard BSME,  Wayne Strasser PhD,  Jessica S. Whittle MD, PhD,  Leonithas I. Volakis MS, PhD,  Ronald J. DeBellis PharmD,  Reid Prichard BS,  Charles W. Atwood Jr MD,  George C. Dungan II MPhil(Med), 
  • Pages: 578-591
  • First Published: 29 May 2020
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Rates of coinfection with other respiratory pathogens in patients positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Edward M. Castillo PhD, MPH,  Christopher J. Coyne MD, MPH,  Jesse J. Brennan MA,  Christian A. Tomaszewski MD, MS, MBA, 
  • Pages: 592-596
  • First Published: 02 July 2020
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Clinical, laboratory, and radiological features indicative of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in emergency departments: a multicenter case-control study in Hong Kong

Rex Pui Kin Lam MBBS, MPH,  Kevin Kei Ching Hung MBChB, MPH,  Eric Ho Yin Lau PhD,  Chun Tat Lui MBBS,  Kin Ling Chan MBBS,  Chin San Leung MBBS,  Ion Wa Wong MBBS,  Kin Wa Wong MBChB,  Colin A Graham MD, MPH,  Patrick Chiu Yat Woo MBBS, MD, 
  • Pages: 597-608
  • First Published: 20 June 2020

Trauma

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Emergency department observation of mild traumatic brain injury with minor radiographic findings: shorter stays, less expensive, and no increased risk compared to hospital admission

Brandon K. Root MD,  John H. Kanter MD,  Dan C. Calnan MD, PhD,  Miguel Reyes-Zaragosa BS,  Harman S. Gill MD,  Patricia L. Lanter MD, 
  • Pages: 609-617
  • First Published: 17 June 2020
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Improving out-of-hospital notification in traumatic cardiac arrests with novel usage of smartphone application

Geoffrey S. Kelly MD,  Drew Clare MD, 
  • Pages: 618-623
  • First Published: 02 July 2020
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Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta and traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A nationwide study

Ryo Yamamoto MD, PhD,  Masaru Suzuki MD, PhD,  Tomohiro Funabiki MD, PhD,  Yusho Nishida MD,  Katsuya Maeshima MD,  Junichi Sasaki MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 624-632
  • First Published: 04 July 2020
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Whole blood transfusion versus component therapy in trauma resuscitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ellen Crowe BSA,  Stacia M. DeSantis PhD,  Austin Bonnette BS,  Jan O. Jansen MBBS, PhD,  Jose-Miguel Yamal PhD,  John B. Holcomb MD,  Claudia Pedroza PhD,  John A. Harvin MD, MS,  Marisa B. Marques MD,  Elenir B.C. Avritscher MD, PhD, MBA,  Henry E. Wang MD, MS, 
  • Pages: 633-641
  • First Published: 29 May 2020
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Orogastric tube placement during trauma arrest

Russell A. Baker D.O.FACEP, FAEMS, FAWM,  Sunny Baker PA-C, MS, 
  • Pages: 642-644
  • First Published: 05 February 2020

Images in Emergency Medicine

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Man with foreign body in nose

Charles Han MD,  Andrew C. Meltzer MD, MS, 
  • Pages: 645-647
  • First Published: 28 May 2020
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Elderly woman with fever and urinary frequency

Yu-Lan Liu MD,  Wei-Shiang Lin MD,  Chin-Sheng Lin MD, 
  • Pages: 648-649
  • First Published: 22 May 2020
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Pediatric patient with a rash

Carmen Hoffman MD,  Samuel Francis MD, 
  • Pages: 650-651
  • First Published: 21 April 2020
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Child with fever, rash, and abnormal gait

Elizabeth Ojukwu MD,  Jana Anderson MD,  Amir B. Orandi MD, 
  • Pages: 652-653
  • First Published: 22 May 2020
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Male with trauma after a fall

Christopher Scott Sampson MD,  George J. Ubinas MD, 
  • Pages: 654-655
  • First Published: 21 May 2020
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Female with abdominal pain

Michael Berkenbush MD, NRP,  Danielle Biggs MD, 
  • Pages: 656-657
  • First Published: 19 May 2020
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Elderly woman with disturbance of consciousness and respiratory failure

Tomoya Nishino MD,  Kazuma Iimura MD,  Naoya Miura MD, PhD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 658-659
  • First Published: 02 June 2020
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Bruising in a child after a viral illness

Laura Scieszka MD,  Tricia B. Swan MD, MEd, 
  • Pages: 660-661
  • First Published: 25 May 2020
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Man with rectal protrusion

John J. Horky DO,  Chad M. Cannon MD, 
  • Pages: 662-663
  • First Published: 10 June 2020
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Man with fever and sore throat

Toshinobu Yamagishi MD,  Hiromi Kanazawa MD, 
  • Pages: 664-665
  • First Published: 10 June 2020
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Elderly man with abdominal and chest pain

Zachary R. Seymour BS,  Laura Nolting MD,  Brent Boyer MD, MS, 
  • Pages: 666-668
  • First Published: 14 June 2020
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Man with productive cough

Nicholas Pettit DO, PhD,  Ahmad Al-Hader MD, 
  • Page: 669
  • First Published: 12 June 2020
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Young girl with chest pain

So Eun Kim MD,  Jae Chol Yoon MD, 
  • Pages: 670-671
  • First Published: 20 June 2020
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Man with knee pain and rash

Brandon Delavar MD,  Michael Olushoga MD,  Maxwell A. Thompson MD, 
  • Pages: 672-673
  • First Published: 02 July 2020
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Twiddler's syndrome: The slow twist of a pruritic pacemaker

Fiona E. Gallahue MD,  Amy Walker MD, 
  • Pages: 674-675
  • First Published: 15 June 2020
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Young woman with flank pain

John Thomas Teijido MD,  Therese Johnson PA-C, 
  • Pages: 676-677
  • First Published: 19 June 2020
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Man with bilateral hip pain

Yu-Chen Chiu MD,  Fu-Chien Hsieh MD,  Sheng-En Chu MD,  Shyh-Shyong Sim MD,  Wen-Chu Chiang MD, PhD,  Matthew Huei-Ming Ma MD, PhD,  Jen-Tang Sun MD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 678-679
  • First Published: 03 July 2020
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Man with severe COVID pneumonia

Shutaro Isokawa MD,  Toru Hifumi MD, PhD,  Shinichi Ishimatsu MD, PhD, 
  • Page: 680
  • First Published: 15 June 2020
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Woman with dyspnea

Jordan Harris MD,  Rodney Omron MD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 681-682
  • First Published: 15 July 2020
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Adolescent with headache and double vision

David Foreman MD,  Ashley Webb MD,  Donna Mendez MD,  Irma Ugalde MD, 
  • Pages: 683-684
  • First Published: 23 June 2020

Correspondence

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Subcutaneous terbutaline as an alternative to metered-dose inhalers for asthma during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ronald A. Strauss MD, 
  • Page: 685
  • First Published: 02 July 2020
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Why the United States failed to contain COVID-19

Armin Nowroozpoor MD,  Esther K. Choo MD, MPH,  Jeremy S. Faust MD, MS, 
  • Pages: 686-688
  • First Published: 30 June 2020