SMJ : April 2021 Vol. 114, No. 04

April 20, 2021 // Randy Glick

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

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

Battlefield Acupuncture as a Treatment for Pain

Frank J. Salamone, BA, Daniel G. Federman, 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