SMJ : April 2021 Vol. 114, No. 04
The Southern Medical Journal(SMJ) 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.
Prehospital ABC Score Accurately Forecasts Patients Who Will Require Immediate Resource Utilization
Kyle J. Kalkwarf, MD, Michael D. Goodman, MD, Gregory M. Press, MD, Charles E. Wade, PhD, Bryan A. Cotton, MD, MPH
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Colonic Mucosal Neoplasia and Evaluation of Long-Term Recurrence: A Single-Center Experience of 500 Cases
Saeed Ali, MD, Neelam Khetpal, MD, Evgeny Idrisov, MD, Asad Ur Rahman, MD, Sameen Khalid, MD, Yuan Du, MS, Udayakumar Navaneethan, MD, Shyam Varadarajulu, MD, Robert Hawes, MD, Muhammad Khalid Hasan, MD
How Do Healthcare Executives Understand and Make Decisions about Spiritual Care Provision?
Aja Antoine, BA, George Fitchett, DMin, PhD, Vanshdeep Sharma, MD, Deborah B. Marin, MD, Andrew N. Garman, PsyD, Trace Haythorn, PhD, Kelsey White, MDiv, MSc, Wendy Cadge, PhD
When Students Become Doctors: The Blurring of the Lines in Medical Education
Sherine Salib, MD, MRCP, FACP
Hospitalist Readiness to Assess and Evaluate Resident Progress
Doris Lin, MD, MS
Second Victim Experience among OBGYN Trainees: What Is Their Desired Form of Support?
Vanessa E. Torbenson, MD, Kirsten A. Riggan, MA, MS, Amy L. Weaver, MS, Margaret E. Long, MD, Robyn E. Finney, DNAP, Megan A. Allyse, PhD, Enid Rivera-Chiauzzi, MD
Enhancing Patient–Provider Breastfeeding Conversations: Breastfeeding Intention and Prenatal Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy among a Sample of Pregnant Women
Erin M. McKinley, PhD, RD, Linda L. Knol, PhD, RD, Lori W. Turner, PhD, RD, Joy J. Burnham, PhD, Kristine R. Graettinger, MD, Maria Hernandez-Reif, PhD, James D. Leeper, PhD
Evidence for Prophylactic Transfusion during Pregnancy for Women with Sickle Cell Disease
Julie R. Whittington, MD, Everett F. Magann, MD, Songthip T. Ounpraseuth, PhD, Jon N. Chang, Dayna D. Whitcombe, MD, John C. Morrison, MD
COVID-19, Telemedicine, and the Demise of the Physician’s Touch
Philip A. Mackowiak, MD, MACP
Battlefield Acupuncture as a Treatment for Pain
Frank J. Salamone, BA, Daniel G. Federman, MD
CME Article: Osteoporosis in Adult Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Special Considerations for Diagnosis, Prevention, and Management
Rachel Fritz, BS, Linda Edwards, MD, Rafik Jacob, MD
Factors Affecting Quality of Life at Discharge among Patients with Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures
Takuya Umehara, PT, PhD, Ayaka Inukai, PT, Daisuke Kuwahara, PT, BS, Ryo Kaneyashiki, PT, BS, Akinori Kaneguchi, PT, PhD, Miwako Tsunematsu, RN, PhD, Masayuki Kakehashi, PhD, DSc