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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine

Publications

Browse the list below to catch up on the most recent faculty publications. For more information on our research, see the Emergency Medicine section on Northwestern Scholars.

  1. Dresden SM, Dickens JC, Lo AX  Emergency Care for Persons Living with Dementia.  Emerg Med Clin North Am  2025 May;43(2):235-248. doi:10.1016/j.emc.2024.09.002
  2. McCarthy DM, Malone S, Papanagnou D, Leiby BE, Doty AMB, Watts P, Yadav R, Pugliese JK, Woodworth J, Camacho TE  et al.  Targeted EHR-based communication of diagnostic uncertainty (TECU) in the emergency department: Protocol for an effectiveness implementation trial.  Contemp Clin Trials  2025 Apr 07;153:107910. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2025.107910
  3. Ngoc Nguyen O, Amin D, Bennett J, Hetlevik Ø, Malik S, Tout A, Vornhagen H, Vellinga A  GP or ChatGPT? Ability of large language models (LLMs) to support general practitioners when prescribing antibiotics.  J Antimicrob Chemother  2025 Mar 13;. pii:dkaf077
  4. Kim HS, Gupta R, Rali P  Pulmonary Embolism as a Cause of Death in Lung Transplant Recipients: Data From a Nationwide Registry.  Pulm Circ  2025 Jan;15(1):e70056. pii:e70056
  5. Fihn SD, Jacobs EA, Kim HS, Perencevich EN  JAMA Network Open-The Year in Review, 2024.  JAMA Netw Open  2025 Mar 03;8(3):e257199. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.7199
  6. Sanford TJ, Kaul P, McCarthy DM  Response to Tangkamolsuk and La RE: Online public response to emergency department diagnostic error report: A qualitative study.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Mar;32(3):378-379. doi:10.1111/acem.70007
  7. Baloescu C, Bailitz J, Cheema B, Agarwala R, Jankowski M, Eke O, Liu R, Nomura J, Stolz L, Gargani L  et al.  Artificial Intelligence-Guided Lung Ultrasound by Nonexperts.  JAMA Cardiol  2025 Mar 01;10(3):245-253. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2024.4991
  8. Sanford TJ, Kaul P, McCarthy DM  Online public response to emergency department diagnostic error report: A qualitative study.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Mar;32(3):300-308. doi:10.1111/acem.15047
  9. Kontrick AV, Alinger JB, Goins EC, Mollo AF, Cruz DS, McCarthy DM  Documentation of incidentally noted hepatic steatosis to emergency department patients: A retrospective study.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Mar;32(3):284-291. doi:10.1111/acem.15044
  10. Strickland KJ, Kim HS, Seitz AL  Application of Algorithm-Based Treatment Approach to Low Back Pain in the Emergency Department.  Phys Ther  2025 Feb 14;. pii:pzaf016
  11. Ambroggio L, Florin TA, Williamson K, Bosma G, Wagner BD, Yeomans L, Kim JH, Sucharew H, Macaluso M, Ruddy RM  et al.  Urine Metabolites of Suspected Community-Acquired Pneumonia.  J Infect Dis  2025 Feb 12;. pii:jiaf072
  12. Kim HS, Schauer JM, Kan AK, Alinger JB, Strickland KJ, Garreau A, McCarthy DM, Taylor ZB, Fishman IL, Muschong KM  et al.  Emergency Department Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy for Dizziness and Vertigo: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.  JAMA Netw Open  2025 Feb 03;8(2):e2459567. pii:e2459567
  13. Woo W, Kim HS, Bharat A, Chae YK  The association between pretransplant malignancy and post-transplant survival and cancer recurrence in bilateral lung transplantation: An analysis of 23,291 recipients.  JHLT Open  2025 Feb;7:100161. pii:100161
  14. Royan R, Ayodele I, Stamm B, Alhanti B, Sheth KN, Pruitt P, Mac Grory BC, Meurer WJ, Prabhakaran S  Door-In-Door-Out Times at Referring Hospitals and Outcomes of Hemorrhagic Stroke.  Ann Emerg Med  2025 Feb;85(2):132-143. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.09.002
  15. Klein MR, Loke DE, Barsuk JH, Adler MD, McGaghie WC, Salzman DH  Twelve tips for developing simulation-based mastery learning clinical skills checklists.  Med Teach  2025 Feb;47(2):212-217. doi:10.1080/0142159X.2024.2345270
  16. Cohen I, Curiati PK, Morinaga CV, Han L, Gandhi T, Araujo K, Avelino-Silva TJ, Bianco LM, Brandt CA, Capelli S  et al.  The PRO-AGE Tool and Its Association With Post Discharge Outcomes in Older Adults Admitted From the Emergency Department.  J Am Geriatr Soc  2025 Jan 22;. doi:10.1111/jgs.19374
  17. Liu H, Zhang W, Di M, Lee H, Shi L, Wang X, Xingyu Z, Powers CA, Sethi V, Li X  et al.  Survival benefit associated with liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma based on tumor burden scores at listing.  Hepatol Commun  2025 Jan 01;9(1). pii:e0619
  18. Itzkowitz NG, Burford KG, Crowe RP, Wang HE, Lo AX, Rundle AG  Prevalence of indications of alcohol and drug use among patients treated for injurious falls by Emergency Medical Services in the USA.  Inj Prev  2025 Jan 02;. pii:ip-2024-045447
  19. Chera T, Tinetti M, Travers J, Galske J, Venkatesh AK, Southerland L, Dresden SM, McQuown C, Gettel CJ  "What Matters" in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Analysis of Older Adults' Concerns and Desired Outcomes.  Med Care  2024 Dec 01;62(12 Suppl 1):S50-S56. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000002053
  20. Lo AX, Shih RD, Rackman AS, Kennedy RE  Challenges for emergency departments: Anti-amyloid therapy and amyloid-related imaging abnormalities in persons with dementia.  J Am Geriatr Soc  2024 Dec;72(12):3945-3949. doi:10.1111/jgs.19099
  21. Chae YK, Othus M, Patel SP, Gerber DE, Tanvetyanon T, Kim HS, Chung LI, McLeod CM, Lopez G, Chen HX  et al.  Phase II trial of dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in rare tumors SWOG/NCI experience: invasive mucinous or non-mucinous lepidic adenocarcinoma of the lung (formerly bronchioloalveolar carcinoma).  Ther Adv Med Oncol  2024;16:17588359241293401. pii:17588359241293401
  22. Olson AS, Li-Sauerwine S, Kraut AS, Burns W, Williamson K, Branzetti J, Hartman ND, Oskvarek JJ, Aldeen A,   Perceptions of the current and future emergency medicine workforce.  J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open  2024 Oct;5(5):e13279. pii:e13279
  23. Chae YK, Othus M, Patel S, Powers B, Hsueh CT, Govindarajan R, Bucur S, Kim HS, Chung LI, McLeod C  et al.  Phase II basket trial of dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in rare tumors (DART) SWOG S1609: the desmoid tumors.  J Immunother Cancer  2024 Sep 28;12(9). pii:e009128
  24. Kannam A, Cowett A, Caruso K, Lau K, Allen K, Lank PM, McCarthy DM, Kim HS  Fentanyl test strip distribution acceptability and use among substance-related emergency department visits.  Acad Emerg Med  2024 Sep;31(9):925-928. doi:10.1111/acem.14934
  25. Burford KG, Itzkowitz NG, Crowe RP, Wang HE, Lo AX, Rundle AG  Clinical trauma severity of indoor and outdoor injurious falls requiring emergency medical service response.  Inj Epidemiol  2024 Aug 09;11(1):36. pii:36
  26. Chan JL, Tsay S, Sambara S, Welch SB  Understanding the Use of Mobility Data in Disasters: Exploratory Qualitative Study of COVID-19 User Feedback.  JMIR Hum Factors  2024 Aug 01;11:e52257. pii:e52257
  27. AbiNader MA, Rundle AG, Park Y, Lo AX  Population-Level Surveillance of Domestic Assaults in the Home Using the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS).  Prev Sci  2024 Aug;25(6):882-890. doi:10.1007/s11121-024-01683-w
  28. McHugh MC, Muschong KM, Bradley SM, Lo AX  Perspectives from persons living with dementia and their caregivers on emergency department visits, care transitions, and outpatient follow-up: A qualitative study.  Acad Emerg Med  2024 Aug;31(8):767-776. doi:10.1111/acem.14898
  29. Fridland S, Kim HS, Chae YK  Differential impact of intratumor heterogeneity (ITH) on survival outcomes in early-stage lung squamous and adenocarcinoma based on tumor mutational burden (TMB).  Transl Lung Cancer Res  2024 Jul 30;13(7):1481-1494. doi:10.21037/tlcr-24-226
  30. Klein MR, Leibowitz MK, Fant AL  Evidence-Informed Emergency Medicine Career Advising.  AEM Educ Train  2024 Jun;8(3):e10969. pii:e10969
  31. Yeung SJ, Qdaisat A, Bischof JJ, Caterino JM, Kyriacou DN, Coyne Md C  A case series of adrenal insufficiency (likely due to hypophysitis) in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.  Am J Emerg Med  2024 Jun;80:227.e1-227.e5. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2024.04.046
  32. Dirr MA, Ahmed A, Schlessinger DI, Haq M, Shi V, Koza E, Ma M, Christensen RE, Ibrahim SA, Schmitt J  et al.  Rosacea Core Domain Set for Clinical Trials and Practice: A Consensus Statement.  JAMA Dermatol  2024 Jun 01;160(6):658-666. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.0636
  33. Burford KG, Itzkowitz NG, Crowe RP, Wang HE, Lo AX, Rundle AG  Clinical Trauma Severity of Indoor and Outdoor Injurious Falls Requiring Emergency Medical Service Response.  Res Sq  2024 May 07;. pii:rs.3.rs-4202941
  34. Pruitt P, Castillo R, Rogers A, Prabhakaran S, Muschong K, Scudder M, McCarthy DM, Holl JL, Courtney DM, Borczuk P  et al.  External Validation of a Tool to Identify Low-Risk Patients With Isolated Subdural Hematoma and Preserved Consciousness.  Ann Emerg Med  2024 May;83(5):421-431. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.08.481
  35. Serina PT, Xu C, Baird J, Wang HE, Donnelly JP, Amanullah S, Lo AX  Emergency department resource utilization among nursing home residents, a National Cross-Sectional Study.  Am J Emerg Med  2024 Apr;78:76-80. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2024.01.008
  36. Tran SD, Lin J, Galvez C, Rasmussen LV, Pacheco J, Perottino GM, Rahbari KJ, Miller CD, John JD, Theros J  et al.  Rapid identification of inflammatory arthritis and associated adverse events following immune checkpoint therapy: a machine learning approach.  Front Immunol  2024;15:1331959. pii:1331959
  37. Klein MR, Quarles AR, Fant AL  Help Me Help You: How to Request a Letter of Recommendation.  South Med J  2024 Feb;117(2):106-107. doi:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001647
  38. Rundle AG, Crowe RP, Wang HE, Beard JR, Lo AX  A National Study on the Comparative Burden of Pedestrian Injuries from Falls Relative to Pedestrian Injuries from Motor Vehicle Collisions.  J Urban Health  2024 Feb;101(1):181-192. doi:10.1007/s11524-023-00815-x
  39. Wolf LA, Lo AX, Serina P, Chary A, Sri-On J, Shankar K, Sano E, Liu SW  Frailty assessment tools in the emergency department: A geriatric emergency department guidelines 2.0 scoping review.  J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open  2024 Feb;5(1):e13084. pii:e13084
  40. Miller A, Carney B, Shah S, Chen HW, Gougol A, Borhani A, Bataller R, Malik S, Rachakonda V  Liver surface nodularity and ascites are associated with mortality risk in acute alcohol-associated hepatitis.  Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken)  2024 Feb;48(2):273-282. doi:10.1111/acer.15248
  41. Won D, Workman C, Walker J, Zordani E, Bajaj P, Chen Z, Asthana S, Liu T, Christopher Malaisrie S, McCarthy DM  et al.  When the economy falters, hearts suffer: Economic recessions as a social determinant of health in cardiovascular emergencies.  Am J Emerg Med  2024 Feb;76:155-163. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2023.11.036
  42. Lo AX, Wadley VG, Brown CJ, Long DL, Crowe M, Howard VJ, Kennedy RE  Life-Space Mobility: Normative Values From a National Cohort of U.S. Older Adults.  J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci  2024 Feb 01;79(2). pii:glad176
  43. Reyes-Gibby CC, Caterino JM, Coyne CJ, Kyriacou DN, Qdaisat A, McQuade J, Owen DH, Bischof JJ, Shete S, Yeung SJ  Immune-related adverse event in the emergency department: methodology of the immune-related emergency disposition index (IrEDi).  Emerg Cancer Care  2024;3(1). pii:1
  44. Patel D, Bailitz J, Ymson S, Neichin J, Peksa GD, Gottlieb M  Diagnostic accuracy of real-time ultrasound for detecting pulmonary edema by lung region.  Am J Emerg Med  2024 Jan;75:181-182. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2023.07.005
  45. Jiang Y, Xu Y, Zhu C, Xu G, Xu L, Rao Z, Zhou L, Jiang P, Malik S, Fang J  et al.  STAT3 palmitoylation initiates a positive feedback loop that promotes the malignancy of hepatocellular carcinoma cells in mice.  Sci Signal  2023 Dec 05;16(814):eadd2282. doi:10.1126/scisignal.add2282
  46. Li-Sauerwine S, Weygandt PL, Smylie L, Williamson K, Burns W, Ordonez E, Hartman ND, Chung AS, Ketterer AR, Jordan J  The more things change the more they stay the same: Factors influencing emergency medicine residency selection in the virtual era.  AEM Educ Train  2023 Dec;7(6):e10921. pii:e10921
  47. Fant A  Whose Note Is It Anyway?  Ann Emerg Med  2023 Dec;82(6):718-719. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.10.001
  48. McNulty MC, Stanford KA, Eller D, Sha BE, Purim-Shem-Tov Y, Kishen E, Glick N, Hunt B, Lin JY, Maheswaran A  et al.  Concurrent Testing for COVID-19 and HIV Infection at 6 High-Volume Emergency Departments in a Priority Jurisdiction for Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States.  J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr  2023 Dec 01;94(4):364-370. doi:10.1097/QAI.0000000000003287
  49. Goldberg EM, Dresden SM, Carpenter CR  Clin-STAR corner: Practice changing advances in prescribing for geriatric emergency department patients.  J Am Geriatr Soc  2023 Dec;71(12):3686-3691. doi:10.1111/jgs.18619
  50. Rundle AG, Crowe RP, Wang HE, Lo AX  Correction: A methodology for the public health surveillance and epidemiologic analysis of outdoor falls that require an emergency medical services response.  Inj Epidemiol  2023 Nov 03;10(1):56. pii:56

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