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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. Gunaga S, Carpenter CR, Kennedy M, Southerland LT, Lo AX, Lee S, Swan K, Mowbray F, Skains RM, Hogan TM  et al.  A Model for Developing Subspecialty Clinical Practice Guidelines: The Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines 2.0.  J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open  2025 Dec;6(6):100247. pii:100247
  2. Black LP, Hopson C, Puskarich MA, Modave F, McCarthy DM, DeVos E, Garvan C, Fernandez R, Guirgis FW  Time to Vasopressor Initiation Is Not Associated With Increased Mortality in Patients With Septic Shock.  Ann Emerg Med  2025 Nov 03;. pii:S0196-0644(25)01238-7
  3. Kim HS, Schauer JM, Ciolino JD  Cluster-Randomized Trials in Emergency Care Research.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Oct 28;. doi:10.1111/acem.70181
  4. Lee S, Khoujah D, Eagles D, Kennedy M, Lo AX, Nickel CH, Arendts G, Ragsdale L, Seidenfeld J, de Wit K  et al.  GRADE-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Emergency Department Delirium Risk Stratification, Screening, and Brain Imaging in Older Patients With Suspected Delirium.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Oct 27;. doi:10.1111/acem.70167
  5. Pruitt P, Prabhakaran S, McCarthy DM, Holl JL, Courtney DM, Borczuk P, Naidech A  External validation and comparison of three prediction tools to identify low risk patients with isolated subdural hematomas.  Am J Emerg Med  2025 Oct 14;98:318-323. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2025.10.022
  6. Burford KG, Lo AX, Quinn JW, Crowe RP, Just AC, Kondo MC, Beard JR, Rundle AG  Tree Canopy Cover and Injurious Pedestrian Falls: A Location-Based Case-Control Study.  Am J Epidemiol  2025 Oct 14;. pii:kwaf231
  7. Gupta M, Schoettler ML, Brazauskas R, Bo-Subait S, Orozco G, Battiwalla M, Buchbinder D, Hamilton BK, Savani BN, Schoemans H  et al.  Risk Factors for Solid Organ Graft Failure and Death in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients Undergoing Solid Organ Transplantation: A Retrospective Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research and Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Study.  Transplantation  2025 Oct 01;109(10):1626-1638. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000005397
  8. Gupta M, Schoettler ML, Orozco G, Brazauskas R, Bo-Subait S, Battiwalla M, Buchbinder D, Hamilton BK, Savani BN, Schoemans H  et al.  Risk Factors for Solid Organ Graft Failure and Death in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Retrospective Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) and Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Study.  Transplantation  2025 Oct 01;109(10):1611-1625. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000005377
  9. Chan TM, Trueger NS, Maggio LA, Ting DK, Sherbino J, Thoma B  A User's Guide to Open Educational Resources in Medical Education.  Cureus  2025 Sep;17(9):e93394. pii:e93394
  10. Baloescu C, Bailitz J, Gottlieb M  User Trust in Artificial Intelligence-Guided Lung Ultrasound-Reply.  JAMA Cardiol  2025 Sep 01;10(9):968. doi:10.1001/jamacardio.2025.2056
  11. Gifford A, McClellan C, Daven M, Ellenbogen M, Foster B, Gil H, Johnson J, Jobe D, Carpenter CR, Dresden SM  et al.  Engaging Community Reviewers: The Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research (2.0)-Advancing Dementia Care Network Approach.  J Am Geriatr Soc  2025 Sep;73(9):2678-2684. doi:10.1111/jgs.19515
  12. Slocum JD, Jelke D, Mai Q, Johnson JK, Nguyen MLT, Cong L, Chandrasekaran A, Holl JL, Moklyak Y, Mis J  et al.  User-Centered Design of Trauma Systems Solutions for Retriage of Patients With Injury: Mixed Methods Study.  J Med Internet Res  2025 Aug 27;27:e70846. pii:e70846
  13. 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 Aug 14;232(2):370-380. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaf072
  14. McCarthy DM, Hernandez J, Papanagnou D, Cameron KA, Salzman DH, Long AW, Franiek AD, Rising KL  Sustained Impact: Long-Term Application of Diagnostic Uncertainty Communication Training.  AEM Educ Train  2025 Aug;9(4):e70086. pii:e70086
  15. Chae YK, Othus M, Patel SP, Aljumaily R, Win KZ, Pejovic T, Thomas SS, Robinson WR, Kim HS, Chung LI  et al.  A phase II basket trial of dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in rare tumors (DART) SWOG S1609: durable responses and delayed pseudoprogression in small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type cohort.  Cancer Commun (Lond)  2025 Aug;45(8):976-986. doi:10.1002/cac2.70020
  16. Papanagnou D, Bierowski A, Morrone C, Ghei R, Rising KL, McCarthy DM, Formella KT, Vozenilek JA, Chandra S, Ankam N  Teaching the Communication of Diagnostic Uncertainty at Scale: Leveraging a Mobile App for Just-in-Time Instruction.  Cureus  2025 Jul;17(7):e88385. pii:e88385
  17. Hwang U, Sifnugel N, Cohen I, Han L, Araujo K, Bianco LM, Brandt CA, Capelli S, Carpenter CR, Cruz DS  et al.  The Geriatric Emergency Care Applied Research Standardization Study (GEARSS): An Observational Study of Older Emergency Department Patients.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Jul 12;. doi:10.1111/acem.70101
  18. Fellner A, Kim HS  Usual Care for Low Back Pain at United States Emergency Departments, 2016-2022.  Ann Emerg Med  2025 Jul 11;. pii:S0196-0644(25)00378-6
  19. Kim J, Kim HS, Nam M, Chae YK  Tissue-agnostic biomarkers in solid tumors: current approvals and emerging candidates.  Cancer Metastasis Rev  2025 Jun 27;44(3):58. pii:58
  20. Lee S, Suh M, Ragsdale L, Seidenfeld J, van Oppen JD, Lapointe-Shaw L, Diniz Hooper C, Jaramillo J, Wescott AB, Lo AX  et al.  A systematic review of interventions for persons living with dementia: The Geriatric ED Guidelines 2.0.  Acad Emerg Med  2025 Jun 19;. doi:10.1111/acem.70074
  21. Kim HS, Woo W, Choi YG, Bharat A, Chae YK  Novel association between graft rejection and post-transplant malignancy in solid organ transplantation.  World J Transplant  2025 Jun 18;15(2):102384. pii:102384
  22. Klein MR, Loke DE, Mitchell ME, Barsuk JH, McGaghie WC, Salzman DH  Developing Simulation-Based Mastery Learning Curricula for Emergency Medicine Skills Training.  AEM Educ Train  2025 Jun;9(3):e70058. pii:e70058
  23. 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 Jun;153:107910. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2025.107910
  24. 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 May 02;80(5):1324-1330. doi:10.1093/jac/dkaf077
  25. Desai AN, Jacobs E, Ogedegbe O, Rubenfeld G, Berlin J, Shulman L, O'Cearbhaill R, Studenski S, Powell E, Mmeje O  et al.  The Global Public Health Imperative-Where Do We Go From Here?  JAMA Netw Open  2025 May 01;8(5):e2517283. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.17283
  26. Greenwood-Ericksen M, Kamdar N, Swenson K, Pruitt P, McCrum ML, Paul G, Myaskovsky L, Kocher KE, Zachrison KS  Emergency Department Boarding, Inpatient Census, and Interhospital Transfer Acceptances.  JAMA Netw Open  2025 May 01;8(5):e2512299. pii:e2512299
  27. Caretta-Weyer HA, Schnapp BH, Brown CA, Fant A, Gisondi MA, Kropf CW, Magda M, Pirotte M, Scott KR, Yarris LM  Implementing the 5 Core Components of Competency-Based Medical Education in US Emergency Medicine Residency Programs.  J Grad Med Educ  2025 May;17(2 Suppl):57-63. doi:10.4300/JGME-D-24-00639.1
  28. Trueger NS, Friedman AB  Triage, the Tip of the Shears.  JAMA Netw Open  2025 May 01;8(5):e258508. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.8508
  29. 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
  30. 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 May;73(5):1419-1428. doi:10.1111/jgs.19374
  31. Strickland KJ, Kim HS, Seitz AL  Application of Algorithm-Based Treatment Approach to Low Back Pain in the Emergency Department.  Phys Ther  2025 Apr 02;105(4). pii:pzaf016
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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

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