SMJ : September 2018 Issue
The Southern Medical Journal is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the Southern Medical Association. It has a multidisciplinary and inter-professional focus that covers a broad range of topics relevant to physicians and other healthcare specialists, including medicine; surgery; women’s and children’s health; mental health; emergency and disaster medicine; public health and environmental medicine; bioethics and medical education; and quality health care, patient safety, and best practices.
Southern Medical Journal • Vol. 111 • No. 9 • September 2018
Bioethics & Medical Education
Religious Characteristics of Physicians Who Care for Underserved Populations or Work in Religiously Oriented Practices
Jonathan Lio, MD, Hyo Jung Tak, PhD, Yan Duan, MD, Farhan Dadani, MD, Basil Ali, MD, and John D. Yoon, MD
Commentary on “Religious Characteristics of Physicians Who Care for Underserved Populations or Work in Religiously Oriented Practices”
George F. Handzo, MA, MDiv
Patient Beliefs and Preferences Regarding Surrogate Decision Makers
James M. Hunter, Jr, MD and Wendy Walters, MSW
Commentary on “Patient Beliefs and Preferences Regarding Surrogate Decision Makers”
Julia F. Costich, JD, PhD
Team-Based Learning Activities for First-Year Medical Students: Perception of the Learners
Amir Kazory, MD and Zareen Zaidi, MD
How Much Time Do Residents Spend on Inpatient Clinical Computing?
Robert Goldszer, MD, Navid Ajabshir, MD, Luigi Cubeddu, MD, Haley Watsky, DO, Tarang Kheradia, MBBS, MPH, and Michael Dalley, DO
Hospitalist Infectious Disease Service in Academic Medical Centers: A Win-Win for Hospitalists and Fellows
Jennifer Townsend, MD, Kittane Srinivas Vishnupriya, MBBS, Eili Klein, PhD, Brian Spoelhof, PharmD, and Jonathan Zenilman, MD
Quality Care & Patient Safety
Is It “In” to Wear Scrubs Out?
Pavela G. Bambekova, BS, Chirag A. Buch, BS, Chelsea Mendonca, BS, Amr Arar, BS, Alireza Mirahmadizadeh, MD, MPH, PhD, and Ali Seifi, MD
Some Thoughts on Implementing Remote Telehealth
Neil J. Nusbaum, JD, MD and Judith Peratrovich, RN, BSN
Women's & Children's Health
Parental Age and the Risk of Gestational Hypertension and Preeclampsia
Christopher Ortiz, DO, MS, Nancy U. Rondeau, MPH, Lisa E. Moore, MD, and Zuber D. Mulla, PhD
Medicine & Medical Specialties
Uric Acid Control in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease in a Southeastern US Urban Cohort
Tibor Fülöp, MD,PhD, Christian A. Koch, MD,PhD,MACE, Lindsey T. Norris, MD, Betzaida Rodríguez, MD, Tibor Szarvas, PhD, Zsolt Lengvárszky, PhD, Éva Csongrádi, MD, PhD, and Mehul P. Dixit, MD
OPEN ACCESS: Association Between System Factors and Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality
Appathurai Balamurugan, MD, DrPH, Martha Phillips, PhD, MPH, James P. Selig, PhD, Holly Felix, PhD, MPA, and Kevin Ryan, JD, MA
Surgery & Surgical Speciality
Major Complications Associated with Conventional Transbronchial Needle Aspiration
Muhammad K. Zaman, MD and Rabin Shrestha, MD
Commentary on “Major Complications Associated with Conventional Transbronchial Needle Aspiration”
Alfio Proietto, MD, Francesco Nucera, MD, and Gaetano Caramori, MD, PhD