SMJ : November 2020 Vol. 113, No. 11
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.
A Game Show–Based Curriculum for Teaching Principles of Reproductive Infectious Disease (GBS PRIDE Trial)
Sharlay K. Butler, MD, Megan A. Runge, MS, Magdy P. Milad, MD, MS
From Bench to Every Bedside: Improving the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices
Benjamin A. Rodwin, MD, Naseema B. Merchant, MD
Evidence for Cancer Literacy Knowledge Retention among Kentucky Middle and High School Students after a Brief Educational Intervention
Lauren Hudson, , Chris Prichard, BS, L. Todd Weiss, BS, MSPH, Nathan L. Vanderford, PhD, MBA
Gynecological Care and Contraception Considerations in Women with Cerebral Palsy
Madeline Fasen, DO, Brittany Saldivar, Suhane Elamsenthi, Jordan Thompson, Lina Fouad, MD, Linda Edwards, MD, Rafik Jacob, MD
Prevention of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in an Outpatient Prenatal Buprenorphine Tapering Program
Martin Olsen, MD
Less Toxic Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
John Carpenter, MD, Andres Forero, MD, Carla I. Falkson, MD, Lisle M. Nabell, MD, Jennifer F. De Los Santos, MD, Helen Krontiras, MD, Kirby I. Bland, MD, Yufeng Li, PhD, Sejong Bae, PhD
Factors Affecting Patient Adherence to Lung Cancer Screening
Christina Bellinger, MD, Kristie Foley, PhD, Frank Genese, MD, Aaron Lampkin, DO, Stephen Kuperberg, MD
Impact of Obesity in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Rama Dilip Gajulapalli, MD, Amer Kadri, MD, Mohamed Gad, MD, Johnny Chahine, MD, Leen Nusairat, MD, Florian Rader, MD
Cognitive Tests and Stool Frequency at Hospital Discharge Do Not Predict Outcomes in Hepatic Encephalopathy
Patricia P. Bloom, MD, Samuel J. Miller, MD, Rahul K. Nayak, MD, Muhammad Sarib Hussain, BA, Ashwini Arvind, MBBS, Camden Bay, PhD, Raymond T. Chung, MD
Evolving Approaches to Antithrombotics in Stroke Prevention and Treatment
Vijayakumar Javalkar, MD, MCh, Okkes Kuybu, MD, Abdallah Amireh, MD, Roger E. Kelley, MD
Outcomes of Clostridioides difficile in Patients with Vitamin D Deficiency: A Propensity-Matched National Inpatient Sample Analysis
Vijay Gayam, MD, FACP, Amrendra Kumar Mandal, MD, Chobufo Muchi Ditah, MD, Jasdeep Sidhu, MD, Venu Madhav Konala, MD, Sreedhar Adapa, MD, Srikanth Naramala, MD, Pavani Garlapati, MD
OPEN: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Related Pulmonary Toxicity: Focus on Nivolumab
Hazim Bukamur, MD, Heather Katz, DO, Mohamed Alsharedi, MD, Akram Alkrekshi, MD, PgDip, MRCP(UK), Yousef R. Shweihat, MD, Nancy J. Munn, MD
