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We want to take the time to highlight the great success and published work our Division of Hospital Medicine faculty produces throughout the year. We've collected publications including research from Denver Health and the VA Medical Center from the past month. Please take a look at the links below!

Caitlin Dietsche, MD
Sommers, S. W., Tolle, H. J., Trinkley, K. E., Johnston, C. G., Dietsche, C. L., Eldred, S. V., Wick, A. T., & Hoppe, J. A. (2024). Clinical Decision Support to Increase Emergency Department Naloxone Coprescribing: Implementation Report. JMIR medical informatics, 12, e58276. https://doi.org/10.2196/58276
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39504560/

Vineet Chopra, MD, MBBS, MSc
Larsen, E. N., Rickard, C. M., Marsh, N., Fenn, M., Paterson, R. S., Ullman, A. J., Chan, R. J., Chopra, V., Tapsall, D., Corley, A., Gavin, N., Scanlon, B., & Byrnes, J. (2024). Patient reported outcome and experience measures among patients with central venous access devices: a systematic review. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 32(12), 775. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-024-08961-x
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39499376/

Paje, D., Walzl, E., Heath, M., McLaughlin, E., Horowitz, J. K., Tatarcuk, C., Swaminathan, L., Kaatz, S., Malani, A. N., Vaughn, V. M., Bernstein, S. J., Flanders, S. A., & Chopra, V. (2024). Midline vs Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy. JAMA internal medicine, e245984. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.5984
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39527077/ 

Marisha Burden, MD, MBA; Gaby Frank, MD
Celli, S. I., Burden, M., Minor, N., & Frank, M. G. (2024). Never Too Late: A Case of Strongyloidiasis Several Decades After Most Recent Exposure. Journal of general internal medicine, 10.1007/s11606-024-09179-7. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-09179-7
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39495452/

Kevin Sullivan, MD
Tracy, P., Hill, J., Liester, J., Sullivan, K., & Pearson, J. (2024). Skin heating during simulated hemorrhage lowers arterial blood pressure but not tolerance following exercise in a cold environment. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 137(5), 1313–1323. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00560.2024
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39298617/

Jenny Santos, MD
Zelikson, V., Gurumurthi, A., Sawalha, Y., Annunzio, K., Saha, A., Dong, N., Qualls, D., Amoozgar, B., Kahl, B., Baird, J., Challa, P., Huntington, S. F., Santos, J., Bair, S., Narkhede, M., Li, S., Frosch, Z., Ho, C., Smith, S. D., Winter, A., … Ayers, E. C. (2024). Loncastuximab in high-risk and heavily pretreated relapsed / refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a real-world analysis from 21 US centers. Haematologica, 0. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2024.285977
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39540227/

Lily Cervantes, MD
Rizzolo, K., Jauregui, R. G., Teakell, J., Chonchol, M., Waikar, S. S., & Cervantes, L. (2024). Home Dialysis for Latinx Individuals Living with Kidney Failure: A Qualitative Study of Interdisciplinary Dialysis Clinicians. Kidney360, 10.34067/KID.0000000642. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.34067/KID.0000000642
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39531314/

Joseph Simonetti, MD
Trujeque, J., Dudley, R. A., Mesfin, N., Ingraham, N. E., Ortiz, I., Bangerter, A., Chakraborty, A., Schutte, D., Yeung, J., Liu, Y., Woodward-Abel, A., Bromley, E., Zhang, R., Brenner, L. A., & Simonetti, J. A. (2024). Comparison of six natural language processing approaches to assessing firearm access in Veterans Health Administration electronic health records. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, ocae169. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocae169
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39530748/

Larry Haber, MD
Haber, L. A., James, J. E., & Williams, B. A. (2024). Threats to Women's Health in Prisons and Jails. JAMA internal medicine, 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.5066. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.5066
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39527070/

Haber, L. A., Boudin, C., & Williams, B. A. (2024). Establishing National Standards for Carceral Health Care-The Federal Prison Oversight Act. JAMA internal medicine, 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.6155. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.6155

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39556365/

Katie Raffel, MD
Zapata, J., & Raffel, K. (2024). Leadership & professional development: Strategies to disagree productively: Persuasive DISNT. Journal of hospital medicine, 10.1002/jhm.13531. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13531
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39526548/

Dennis Gibson, MD; Philip Mehler, MD
Gibson, D., Filan, Z., Westmoreland, P., & Mehler, P. S. (2024). Loss of Bone Density in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa Food That Alone Will Not Cure. Nutrients, 16(21), 3593. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16213593
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39519426/

Sansrita Nepal, MD; Larry Haber, MD; Sarah Stella, MD
Nepal, S., Haber, L. A., & Stella, S. A. (2024). Decoding Homelessness: Z-Codes and the Recognition of Homelessness as a Comorbid Condition. Journal of general internal medicine, 10.1007/s11606-024-09136-4. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-09136-4
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39511118/

Tyler Anstett, DO
Roach, J. P., Linton, A., Tchou, M. J., Riess, L., Adamson, L., Garrington, T. P., Younoszai, A., & Anstett, T. J. (2024). Eliminating Error in Central Line Scheduling and Placement Using Quality Improvement Methods. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001238. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/XCS.0000000000001238
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39508475/

Katherine Stafford, MD
Osataphan, S., Awidi, M., Jan, Y. J., Gunturu, K., Sundararaman, S., Viray, H., Frankenberger, E., Mariano, M., O'Loughlin, L., Piper-Vallillo, A., Stafford, K., Kolnick, A., Ghazalah, H., Sehgal, K., Patti, M. E., Costa, D., Lam, P., & Rangachari, D. (2024). Association between higher glucose levels and reduced survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 198, 108023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2024.108023
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39571252/

Marisha Burden, MD, MBA; Joseph Keach, MD; Lauren McBeth, BA; Katie Raffel, MD; Angela Keniston, PhD, MPH
Burden, M., Gundareddy, V. P., Kauffman, R., Keach, J. W., McBeth, L., Raffel, K. E., Rice, J. D., Washburn, C., Kisuule, F., & Keniston, A. (2024). Assessing the impact of workload and clinician experience on patient throughput: A multicenter study. Journal of hospital medicine, 10.1002/jhm.13555. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13555
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39588662/

Hillary Western, MD; Moksha Patel, MD; Sam Porter, MD
Rai, K., Western, H. L., Patel, M., & Porter, S. (2024). Streamlining diuresis: A quality improvement approach to implementing a sodium-based predictive diuresis protocol. Journal of hospital medicine, 10.1002/jhm.13560. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13560
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39582256/

Brandon Fainstad, MD
Fainstad, B., Malik, M., & Voigt, L. (2025). The Role of Ultrasound in Bedside Procedures. The Medical clinics of North America, 109(1), 237–252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcna.2024.07.003
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39567096/

Carol Stamm, MD
Borgelt, L. M., Armstrong, M., Brindley, S., Brown, J. M., Reisdorph, N., & Stamm, C. A. (2024). Content of selected nutrients and potential contaminants in prenatal multivitamins and minerals: an observational study. The American journal of clinical nutrition, S0002-9165(24)00885-2. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.11.014
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39566682/

Kasia Mastalerz, MD
Mastalerz KA, Jordan SR, Broadfoot KJ. Physician experiences of team-based clinical microsystems: implications for the future of inpatient interprofessional communication. J Interprof Care. Published online November 17, 2024. doi:10.1080/13561820.2024.2426722 

Ben Vipler, MD
Wykowski JH, Vipler BS. Creating Health Professions Trainee-Heroes Through Transformative Learning. Med Educ. Published online December 5, 2024. doi:10.1111/medu.15589