July 2023, Volume 40, Issue Number 7 | MDedge

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Jul 2023
Vol. 40
No. 7

Program Profile

Program Profile

Pharmacist-Led Management of HIV PrEP Within the Veterans Health Administration

Author:

Madison A. Cameron, PharmD

Jenna Kawamoto, PharmD, BCACP

Troy A. Shahoumian, MPH, PhD

Pamela S. Belperio, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Ending the HIV Epidemic framework aims to decrease HIV...
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Program Profile

COVID-19 Incidence After Emergency Department Visit

Author:

Jonathan Balakumar, MD

My-Phuong Pham, PharmD

Selene Mak, PHD

Kathleen Yip, MD

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, patient encounters with the health care system plummeted.
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Commentary

Commentary

Fireworks, Veterans, and PTSD: The Ironies of the Fourth of July

Author:

Cynthia Geppert, MD, MA, MPH, MSBE

When I was a child, every Fourth of July holiday my father would take me to the military fireworks display at Fort Sam...
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Original Research

Original Research

Barriers to Implementation of Telehealth Pre-anesthesia Evaluation Visits in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Author:

Atilio Barbeito, MD, MPH

Karthik Raghunathan, MD, MPH

Samantha Connolly, PhD

Edward R. Mariano, MD, MAS

Jeanna Blitz, MD

Randall S. Stafford, MD, PhD

Sesh Mudumbai, MD

Days or weeks before a scheduled surgical or invasive procedure involving anesthesia, evaluations are conducted to...
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Case Reports

Case Reports

A Case of Duodenocaval Fistula in the Setting of Respiratory Failure Initially Confused for Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury

Author:

Gaurav Suryawanshi, MD

Aaron Boothby, MD

Richard Dykowski, PA-C

A duodenocaval fistula (DCF) is seen when a connection exists between the duodenum and the inferior vena cava.
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