Manuscripts from 2021
Behavioral Health for the Front Line: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic, C. Virginia O'Hayer, Deanna Nobleza, Samantha Inch, Rachelle Rene, Lisa Capparella, Michael Vergare, and John Lauriello
Emerging Advances of Nanotechnology in Drug and Vaccine Delivery against Viral Associated Respiratory Infectious Diseases (VARID), Amir Seyfoori, Mahdieh Shokrollahi Barough, Pooneh Mokarram, Mazaher Ahmadi, Parvaneh Mehrbod, Alireza Sheidary, Tayyebeh Madrakian, Mohammad Kiumarsi, Tavia Walsh, Kielan D McAlinden, Chandra C Ghosh, Pawan Sharma, Amir A Zeki, Saeid Ghavami, and Mohsen Akbari
The Effects of Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kai Killebrew
Social Media on Mental Health Literacy in the United States: A Rapid Review, Wendy Kong
Telemedicine-delivered Buprenorphine Treatment Interventions for Opioid Use Disorder: A Rapid Review, Dorothy Tang
SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins NSP1 and NSP13 inhibit interferon activation through distinct mechanisms, Christine Vazquez, Sydnie E Swanson, Seble G Negatu, Mark Dittmar, Jesse Miller, Holly Ramage, Sara Cherry, and Kellie A Jurado
Exciting News on the Research Front, Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS
Evaluation of a Student-led Outreach to Address Digital Health Barriers during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Amanda Guth
Reducing Readmission Rates By Improving Transitions Of Care For Stroke Patients In The Pre-Covid And Covid Eras, Evan Kolesnick
A Save Environment of Care: Lessons from COVID-19, Elizabeth Johnson, MSHP; Firas Zabaneh, MT, MBA; Karen Kendrick, MSN, RN, CPHQ; and Robert S. Hendler, MD
Facing death: Attitudes toward physician-assisted end of life among physicians working at a tertiary-care-hospital in israel, Keren Dopelt, Dganit Cohen, Einat Amar-Krispel, Nadav Davidovitch, and Paul Barach
COVID-19 treatment combinations and associations with mortality in a large multi-site healthcare system., Dagan Coppock, Michael Baram, Anna Marie Chang, Patricia Henwood, Alan Kubey, Ross Summer, John Zurlo, Michael Li, and Bryan Hess
SARS-CoV-2 Messenger RNA Vaccine Antibody Response and Reactogenicity in Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients, Andrew Hallett, MD
Social Intervention by the Numbers: Evidence Behind the Specific Public Health Guidelines in the COVID-19 Pandemic., Michael P. Savage, David L. Fischman, and Mamas A. Mamas
Reforming the Pre-Operative Clearance Process in the Covid-19 ERA, Ritam Ghosh, MD; René Daniel, MD; Jesse Edwards, MD; Catriona Harrop, MD; Janeen Duckworth, MSN; and Amy Della Penna, MSN
Improving the Virtual Neurosurgery Residency Interview Experience, Ellina Hattar, MD; Omaditya Khanna, MD; Ritam Ghosh, MD; Nikolaos Mouchtouris, MD; Kevin Hines, MD; Daniel Franco, MD; Michelle Hoffman; James S. Harrop, MD; and Ashwini D. Sharan, MD
Preventing Iatrogenic Pneumothorax “Just-In-Time”, Jason Ho, MD; Ammar Saati, MD; Ryan Commins, MD; Justin Henneman, MD; and Frances Mae West, MD
A Safety Assessment of the Re-opening of an Academic Medical Center Outpatient Endoscopy Unit During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Scott Manski, Christopher Schmoyer, Alice Pang, Richard Denicola, Amy Javia, Melissa Vitolo, Linda Yan, Christopher Cao, Brianna Shinn, Divya Chalikonda, Giselle Mahoro, Ritu Nahar, Joshua Lieberman, Micaela Gernhardt, Neveda Murugesan, Alexandra Leto, Ryan Erwin, Taylor Kavanagh, Stephanie Moleski, Robert Coben, and Mitchell Conn
Improving Colon Cancer Screening Rates in an Ambulatory Resident Clinic, Ashima Oza, MD; Tina Boortalary, MD; Elizabeth Chin, MD; Tudor Sturzoiu, MD; John Wallis, MD; and Sonia Bharel, MD
Evaluating the reliability of the problem list for comorbidity, Joseph W. Schaefer; Alan A. Kubey, MD; Michael Li, PhD; and Novel COVID Learning Group
Addressing Health Disparities and Access in the Department of Neurology Outpatient Setting in the era of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Quality Improvement Initiative, V. Wang; M. Rehman; K. Burda; L. Liao; M. Braslavsky; T. Chuang; J. Diep, MD; E. Isaac; and E. Wong
Textile education during the 2020 pandemic: experiences in US, South Africa and Germany, Chris Pastore, Yordan Kyosev, Ali-Akbar Fassihi, and Becky Flax
Best Practices for Perinatal Care during COVID-19, Sarah N. Cross, MD and Jennifer Schoenecker
From Climate Change to COVID-19: Using Entertainment-Education for Public Health, Amy Henderson Riley, DrPH, MCHES; Lyena Birkenstock; and Elizabeth Critchlow
Goals-of-Care Course for Emergency Physicians during the COVID-19 Pandemic., Mari Siegel and Erica Westlake
Hypertension as a sequela in patients of SARS-CoV-2 infection., Ganxiao Chen, Xun Li, Zuojiong Gong, Hao Xia, Yao Wang, Xuefen Wang, Yan Huang, Hector Barajas-Martinez, and Dan Hu
Life during the pandemic: an international photo-elicitation study with medical students., M Dworkin, T Akintayo, D Calem, C Doran, A Guth, E M Kamami, J Kar, J LaRosa, J C Liu, I N Pérez Jiménez, and R Frasso
Impact of Social Determinants in the Effectiveness of the Diabetes Prevention Program Under COVID-19 Pandemic, Nwando Tony-Onugu
Colorado's Combined Hospital Transfer Center: Ensuring Care for All Coloradans, Robert Leeret; Lyle Moore, Jr., MPH, TLO; Kevin Zachary; and Darlene Tad-y, MD
Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Deep Brain Stimulation Think Tank: Advances in Optogenetics, Ethical Issues Affecting DBS Research, Neuromodulatory Approaches for Depression, Adaptive Neurostimulation, and Emerging DBS Technologies, Vinata Vedam-Mai, Karl Deisseroth, James Giordano, Gabriel Lazaro-Munoz, Winston Chiong, Nanthia Suthana, Jean-Philippe Langevin, Jay Gill, Wayne Goodman, Nicole R Provenza, Casey H Halpern, Rajat S Shivacharan, Tricia N Cunningham, Sameer A Sheth, Nader Pouratian, Katherine W Scangos, Helen S Mayberg, Andreas Horn, Kara A Johnson, Christopher R Butson, Ro'ee Gilron, Coralie de Hemptinne, Robert Wilt, Maria Yaroshinsky, Simon Little, Philip Starr, Greg Worrell, Prasad Shirvalkar, Edward Chang, Jens Volkmann, Muthuraman Muthuraman, Sergiu Groppa, Andrea A Kühn, Luming Li, Matthew Johnson, Kevin J Otto, Robert Raike, Steve Goetz, Chengyuan Wu, Peter Silburn, Binith Cheeran, Yagna J Pathak, Mahsa Malekmohammadi, Aysegul Gunduz, Joshua K Wong, Stephanie Cernera, Aparna Wagle Shukla, Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, Wissam Deeb, Addie Patterson, Kelly D Foote, and Michael S Okun
Violence Has No Home in Healthcare, Ellen Crowe, MBA, MS; Carl J. Schiessl, JD; and Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD
Multifaceted Management of COVID in the Medical Student Population of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Wayne Bond Lau, Kristin DeSimone, Leonard Levine, Kathryn Trayes, and Charlie Pohl
Increasing Community Access to COVID19 Testing: The Establishment of a Dedicated Testing Center at a Suburban Community Hospital, Andrew M. Rogers, MD
Application of Data Visualization, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at a Community Hospital, Irshad Siddiqui, MD
Jefferson Digital Commons quarterly report: January-March 2021, Kelsey Duinkerken, MSI and Larissa Gordon, MSLIS, MEd, MA
Impact of Body Mass Index on COVID-19-Related In-Hospital Outcomes and Mortality., Waqas Ullah, Sohaib Roomi, Nayab Nadeem, Rehan Saeed, Shafaq Tariq, Moataz Ellithi, Shujaul Haq, Ahmad Arslan, John Madara, Margot Boigon, Donald C. Haas, and David L. Fischman
Undergraduate Research in the Time of COVID-19: A Remote Imaging Protocol for Physically Distanced Students Studying Wildlife., Manuela Tripepi and Tobias Landberg
Inactivated rabies virus vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine prevents disease in a Syrian hamster model., Drishya Kurup, Delphine C Malherbe, Christoph Wirblich, Rachael Lambert, Adam J Ronk, Leila Zabihi Diba, Alexander Bukreyev, and Matthias J. Schnell
Life During COVID-19: The Student Experience, Julianne LaRosa
Role of Teledentistry During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rapid Systematic Review, Pretty Merry Sam
Mental Health Education Evaluation Pilot Study in Montgomery Area and Milton Area School Districts, Rasheeda Williamson
Postpartum in a Pandemic: Using Photo-elicitation to Explore Experiences of New Mothers During COVID-19, Elizabeth Critchlow
Declotting Inpatient Anticoagulation, Caitlyn Haines, MD
Controlling High Blood Pressure: An Evidence-Based Blueprint for Change, Robert Carey, MD; Don Casey, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, FAHA, DFAAPL, DFACMQ; Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN; and Alison P. Smith, MPH, BA, BSN, RN
Neurological manifestations as the predictors of severity and mortality in hospitalized individuals with COVID-19: a multicenter prospective clinical study, Man Amanat, Nima Rezaei, Mehrdad Roozbeh, Maziar Shojaei, Abbas Tafakhori, Anahita Zoghi, Ilad Alavi Darazam, Mona Salehi, Ehsan Karimialavijeh, Behnam Safarpour Lima, Amir Garakani, Alex R. Vaccaro, and Mahtab Ramezani
Patient & Family Engagement During the Era of COVID-19, Becky Boyle, MS; Caridad Hernandez, RN, BSN; Anne Bidelman; Cassandra Vonnes DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, AOCNP, CPHQ, FAHA; and Kim Streit, FACHE
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2-induced acute aortic occlusion: a case report, Artem Minalyan, Franklin L. Thelmo, Vincent Chan, Stephanie Tzarnas, and Faizan Ahmed
Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Finally Fuel Drug Repurposing Efforts?, Anna Chen, Shivangi Patel, Matthew Alcusky, and Vittorio Maio
Initial Experience in Monitoring QT Intervals Using a Six-lead Contactless Mobile Electrocardiogram in an Inpatient Setting., Daniel Frisch; Eitan Frankel; Darius Farzad, MD; Sang H Woo; and Alan Kubey
A Brazilian national preparedness survey of anesthesiologists during the coronavirus pandemic, Vinícius Caldeira Quintão, Claudia Marquez Simões, Gibran Elias Harcha Munoz, Paul Barach, Maria José Carvalho Carmona, and Brazilian Network for Research on Complications in Anesthesia BRANCA
Declining Intensive Care Unit Mortality of COVID-19: A Multi-Center Study, Sohaib Roomi; Syed Omar Shah; Waqas Ullah; Shan Abedin; Karyn L. Butler; Chiers, Kelly; Benjamin A. Kohl; Erika J. Yoo; Matthew Vibbert; and Jack Jallo
C1q complement/tumor necrosis factor-associated proteins in cardiovascular disease and covid-19, Yaoli Xie, Zhijun Meng, Jia Gao, Caihong Liu, Jing Wang, Rui Guo, Jianli Zhao, Bernard Lopez, Theodore Christopher, Daniel Lee, Xin-Liang Ma, and Yajing Wang
Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound for COVID-19: Findings and Prognostic Implications From 105 Consecutive Patients, Kosuke Yasukawa, Taro Minami, David R Boulware, Ayako Shimada, and Ernest A Fischer
COVID-19 in Solid Organ Transplantation: Disease Severity and Clinical Update., Akanksha Arya, Michael Li, Nana Aburjania, Pooja Singh, Tricia. Royer, Sean Moss, and Katherine A. Belden
Psychological experience and coping strategies of patients in the Northeast US delaying care for infertility during the COVID-19 pandemic., David B Seifer, William D Petok, Alisha Agrawal, Tanya L Glenn, Arielle H Bayer, Barry R Witt, Blair D Burgin, and Harry J Lieman
Interprofessional Practice and Education During the Pandemic, Christine Arenson, MD
Global point-of-care ultrasound education and training in the age of COVID-19., Onyinyechi F Eke, Patricia C. Henwood, Grace W Wanjiku, Abiola Fasina, Sigmund J Kharasch, and Hamid Shokoohi
Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Within IVIg Preparations: Cross-Reactivities With Seasonal Coronaviruses, Natural Autoimmunity, and Therapeutic Implications, Marinos Dalakas, Kleopatra Bitzogli, and Harry Alexopoulos
Mapping major SARS-CoV-2 drug targets and assessment of druggability using computational fragment screening: Identification of an allosteric small-molecule binding site on the Nsp13 helicase., Matthew R Freidel and Roger S Armen
Economic Evaluation of Vaccines: Challenges & Opportunities, Sara Poston, PharmD; Craig Roberts, PharmD, MPA, MBA; and Vittorio Maio, PharmD, MS, MSPH
Skin Manifestations in COVID-19 Patients: Are They Indicators for Disease Severity? A Systematic Review, Parnian Jamshidi, Bahareh Hajikhani, Mehdi Mirsaeidi, Hassan Vahidnezhad, Masoud Dadashi, and Mohammad Javad Nasiri
Adverse Events During COVID 19: The MHA Keystone Center PSO’s Analysis and Response, Adam Novak, MA, CPPS and Phyllis McLellan, MSN, RN, CPPS, CNOR-E
Vaccine Hesitancy in the Era of COVID, Nicole Parkerson, MD, FAAP and Amy Leader, DrPH, MPH
Cytokine storms, evolution and COVID-19, Joe Alcock and Alix Masters
Making Philadelphia Parks Safer and Healthier, Russell K. McIntire, PhD, MPH and Tiara Halstead
Chloroquine: Autophagy inhibitor, antimalarial, bitter taste receptor agonist in fight against COVID-19, a reality check?, Pawan Sharma, Kielan D. McAlinden, Saeid Ghavami, and Deepak A. Deshpande
Health disparities among pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19 in Philadelphia, Vasundhara Acharya; Emily Oliver, MBBS; Danielle Tsevat, MD; Guillermo Gurza, MD; and Rupsa Boelig, MD
The Impact of Doula-Supported Care on Stress Levels of Women Receiving Opioid Addiction Treatment, Mariel Becker and Meghan Gannon, PhD, MSPH
Impact of COVID-19 on Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder’s access to Services and Substance use, Camryn Bernheimer and Lara Weinstein, MD
Appropriate ECMO Screening Protocols for Critically Ill Patients During COVID-19, Hudson Carter and Michael Baram, MD
A Game Of Triage: Developing a Game to Teach Medical Students Triage Tagging in The Setting of a Mass Casualty Event, Luke Egan and Alanna O'Connell
Pediatric Group Well Care within the Maternal Treatment Education & Research (MATER) Program, Elizabeth Franko, Neera Goyal, Vanessa Short, and Aditi Kale
Comparing the quality of an in-person versus virtual diabetes education course due to COVID 19 Pandemic, Allie Hamilton and Rickie Brawer, PhD
Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Rates: Associations with Race and Ethnicity, Harvey W Kaufman, Justin K Niles, and David B. Nash
CNS derived Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers in Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Anshel Kenkare and Abdolmohamad Rostami
The Promise of Unpaid Domestic Labor and its Relationship to Medical Residency, Alix Masters and Rosalind Kaplan, MD
Focal ST-segment elevation without coronary occlusion: myocardial infarction with no obstructive coronary atherosclerosis associated with COVID-19-a case report, Casey Meizinger and Bruce D. Klugherz
Wellbeing and the Effect of Covid-19 in SKMC Medical Students, David Miller and Andrew Newberg, MD
The Quest for Conquering COVID-19: Updates from the Laboratory, David B. Nash
Primary Care in a Pandemic: A Qualitative Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on Workplace Wellness, Oriana Pando, Amy Cunningham, Erin Kelley, Randa Sifri, and Kelsey Smith
The Therapeutic Effect of Reflective Writing on Loneliness During Quarantine, Syona Satwah
Assessing the Educational Impact of 3D Printed Models on Fellow, Resident, and Patient Education for Partial Nephrectomies, E. Reilly Scott, Samuel Morano, Andrea Quinn, Erica Mann, Kaitlyn Boyd, Michelle Ho, Alice Karp, Abhay Singh, Thenappan Chandrasekar, Mark Mann, Edouard Trabulsi, Vishal Desai, and Costas Lallas
Chronic Kidney Disease is Associated with Mortality from COVID-19 During Hospitalization in Male vs. Female Adults, Katherine Senter and Jingjing Zhang
Rapid Decline in Telestroke Consults in the Setting of COVID-19., Syed O. Shah., Robin Dharia, Jaime Stazi, Maureen DePrince, and Robert H. Rosenwasswer
Training Toolkit for Caregivers at Residential Care Centers in Peru, Elizabeth Stratton, Stephen DiDonato, and Wayne Centrone
The accuracy of self-performed ultrasound tele-guidance image acquisition among laypeople, Stanley Szeto; Ammar Saati; Barry S. Ziring, MD; Rebecca Davis, MD; Frances Mae West, MD; Rohin Singla; Titus Chu; Neeharika Bhatnagar, MD; Kelly Goodsell, MD; Arthur Au, MD; and Resa Lewiss, MD
Dysregulated anti-viral innate immune cascade during aging., Colby Stotesbury and Luis J. Sigal
Swoyers Support Colorectal Cancer Vaccine Research
Resilience, Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS
Trust, Timing and COVID: Attitudes and Vaccine Policy, Richard Ashworth, PharmD, MBA; Justin Barclay, DBA, MBA, CAP; and Willie H. Oglesby, PhD, MBA, MSPH
Clinical Performance of the Point-of-Care cobas Liat for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in 20 Minutes: a Multicenter Study., Glen Hansen, Jamie Marino, Zi-Xuan Wang, Kathleen G Beavis, John Rodrigo, Kylie Labog, Lars F Westblade, Run Jin, Nedra Love, Karen Ding, Sachin Garg, Alan Huang, Joanna Sickler, and Nam K Tran
Dual Threat Response – Hurricane & COVID-19 Lessons Learned by Louisiana, Frances Arledge, MPH; Gerald Bryant, BSN; Lacey Cavanaugh, MD; and Kenneth Alexander, MS, RRT
Medical Oncology Professionals’ Perceptions of Telehealth Video Visits, Arianna Heyer, Rachel E. Granberg, Kristin L. Rising, Adam F. Binder, Alexzandra T. Gentsch, and Nathan R. Handley
Improving Patient Postpartum Show Rates Through Increased Education and Scheduling, Ryan Brannon, MD and Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD
Designing a Program to Help Urban Pastors Cope With Compassion Stress, Valerie Andrews
Simulation Centers and Simulation-Based Education during the Time of COVID 19: A Multi-Center Best Practice Position Paper by the World Academic Council of Emergency Medicine., Fatimah Lateef, Madhavi Suppiah, Shruti Chandra, Too Xin Yi, Willy Darmawan, Brad Peckler, Veronica Tucci, Alfredo Tirado, Lorraine Mendez, Lisa Moreno, and Sagar Galwankar
Statins in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study in Iranian COVID-19 patients., Payam Peymani, Tania Dehesh, Farnaz Aligolighasemabadi, Mohammadamin Sadeghdoust, Katarzyna Kotfis, Mazaher Ahmadi, Parvaneh Mehrbod, Pooya Iranpour, Sanaz Dastghaib, Ahmad Nasimian, Amir Ravandi, Biniam Kidane, Naseer Ahmed, Pawan Sharma, Shahla Shojaei, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Andrzej Madej, Nima Rezaei, Tayyebeh Madrakian, Marek J Los, Hagar Ibrahim Labouta, Pooneh Mokarram, and Saeid Ghavami