SMJ : June 2020 Vol. 113, No. 06
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.
Pretreatment Assessment of Psychosocial Readiness Is Not Associated with Improved Treatment Outcomes in a Safety-Net HCV Treatment Clinic
Zoë Kopp, MD, Lesley Miller, MD, Sara Turbow, MD, MPH
Red Meat Allergies after Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum) Bites
James H. Diaz, MD, DrPH
A Robust Faculty Development Program for Medical Educators: A Decade of Experience
Sarah B. Merriam, MD, MS, Rachel Vanderberg, MD, MS, Melissa A. McNeil, MD, MPH, Tanya Nikiforova, MD, MS, Carla L. Spagnoletti, MD, MS
CME Article: Relation Between Pediatric Emergency Department Activity and Patient Complexity
Barry Hahn MD, Jerel Chacko MD, Raquel Klinger , Yvonne Giunta MD
A Population-Based Study of Factors Associated with Postpartum Contraceptive Use by Birth Interval Length
Larissa R. Brunner Huber, PhD, Kenesha Smith, PhD, Wei Sha, PhD, Liang Zhao, MS, Tara Vick, MD, Tasha L. Gill, MPH
Opioid Use Among HIV-Positive Pregnant Women and the Risk for Maternal–Fetal Complications
Ngoc H. Nguyen, PharmD, Erika N. Le, PharmD, Vanessa O. Mbah, PharmD, Emily B. Welsh, PharmD, Rana Daas, BS, Kiara K. Spooner, DrPH, MPH, Jason L. Salemi, PhD, MPH, Omonike A. Olaleye, PhD, MPH, Hamisu M. Salihu, MD, PhD
Proportion and Characterization of Co-infections of HIV and Hepatitis C or Hepatitis B among People with HIV in Alabama, 2007–2016
Charlene Siza, DVM, MPH, Danae Bixler, MD, MPH, Sherri Davidson, PhD, MPH
Effects of Preoperative WBC Count on Post-CABG Surgery Clinical Outcome
Alexander Aizenshtein, MD, Erez Kachel, MD, Grosman Rimon Liza, PhD, Basem Hijazi, MSc, Arnon Blum, MD
Nationwide Trends in Prevalent Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Diseases in Young Adults: Differences by Sex and Race and In-Hospital Outcomes
Rupak Desai, MBBS, Upenkumar Patel, MBBS, MPH, Tarang Parekh, MBBS, MSc, Bishoy Hanna, MD, Kranthi Sitammagari, MD, Hee Kong Fong, MD, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, MD, BSc, Yash Varma, MBBS, Nanush Damarlapally, MBBS, Rajkumar Doshi, MD, MPH, Sejal Savani, MPH, Gautam Kumar, MD, Rajesh Sachdeva, MD
Implementation and Assessment of a Pharmacy-Led Inpatient Transitions of Care Program
David Evans, PharmD, Justin Usery, PharmD, BCPS
