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22-page Special Section
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Guest Editors: Ilse Jenouri, MD, MBA;
Gary Bubly, MD, FACEP

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This Is Not Your Grandfather’s Emergency Department
Ilse Jenouri, MD, MBA; Gary Bubly, MD, FACEP

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Emergency Ultrasound: Point-of-care Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine
Otto Liebmann, MD; Tobias Kummer, MD

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The Emerging Science of Gender-Specific Emergency Medicine
Alyson J. McGregor, MD, MA;
Esther K. Choo, MD, MPH

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Concussion: A Primer for the Physician
Neha Raukar, MD; Linda Chao, MD’16

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The Extinction of Triage
Christopher P. Zabbo, DO; Katy E. Welzbacher, DO; Lynne Rivard, MBA, BSN, RN;
Peter F. Graves, MD

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Scribes: Letting Doctors Do What They Do Best
Benjamin M. Marks,
Matthew A. Kopp, MD, FACEP, CPC

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A Scribe’s Refection
Katie Baird, BS, MD’17

CONTRIBUTION

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Reported Behaviors of Prescription-Drug Misuse and Medication Safety among Students Attending a Rhode Island University
Kelly L. Matson, BSNutr, PharmD;
Jayne E. Pawasauskas, PharmD, BCPS;
Fortunato Procopio, MD

CASE REPORT

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Dyspnea on Daptomycin: Eosinophilic Pneumonia
Ann Wojtaszczyk, MD; Matthew Jankowich, MD

EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY CPC

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A twist and a turn
William Binder, MD; Mark Greve, MD

PUBLIC HEALTH

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HEALTH BY NUMBERS
Predictors of non-completion of community-based
chronic disease self-management programs: The Rhode Island experience during an economic recession
Deborah N. Pearlman, PhD; Sophie O’Connell, MA; Darren Kaw, MPH; Dona Goldman, RN, MPH

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Vital Statistics
Roseann Giorgianni, Deputy State Registrar