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RIMS-IBC

January 2016

Volume 99, Number 1

Complete issue

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About RIMJ

For Authors
• Contributors
• Letters to the Editor

For Advertisers

Editor-in-Chief
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

Associate Editor
Sun Ho Ahn, MD

Managing Editor
Mary Korr

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

Advertising
Steve DeToy, Sarah Stevens

	CONTRIBUTIONS
15	Prevalence of Sedating Medication Use Among Older Drivers Presenting in the Emergency Department Adam W. Henderson, BS, MD’17; Francesca L. Beaudoin, MD, MS; Michael J. Mello, MD, MPH; Janette Baird, PhD
30	Patient Perspectives on the Need for and Barriers to Professional Medical Interpretation Katherine Brooks, Bianca Stifani, MD; Haiyan Ramírez Batlle, MA; Maria Aguilera Nunez, MS; Matthew Erlich, MA, M. Phil; Joseph Diaz, MD, MPH

	CASE REPORTS
20	Snakebite! Crotalinae Envenomation of a Man in Rhode Island Xiao C. Zhang, MD, MS; Alexis Kearney MD, MPH; Frantz J. Gibbs, MD; Jason B. Hack, MD
25	Refractory sciatica could be a sign of malignancy: A unique case presentation Karuppiah Arunachalam, MD
28	Painless syphilitic uveitis in the Emergency Department Cameron Gettel, MD
30	Patient Perspectives on the Need for and Barriers to Professional Medical Interpretation Katherine Brooks, Bianca Stifani, MD; Haiyan Ramírez Batlle, MA;Maria Aguilera Nunez, MS; Matthew Erlich, MA, M. Phil;Joseph Diaz, MD, MPH

	PUBLIC HEALTH
34	PUBLIC HEALTH BRIEFING Rhode Island’s Physician Rules and Regulations: New, Improved, and Simplified James McDonald, MD, MPH
35	Vital Statistics Roseann Giorgianni, State Registrar

	FROM THE EDITORS
6	Thanks to RIMJ’s Guest Editors of 2015

	COMMENTARY (6-page section)
8	Bloodletting in the 21st Century? JOSEPH H. FRIEDMAN, MD
11	From the Shiftless Lazy to the Contemplative Scholars Stanley M. Aronson, MD

	WE ARE READ EVERYWHERE RIMJ readers' photos
13	Calabria, Italy

	RIMS NEWS (6-page section)
37	Working for You
39	Why You Should Join RIMS
41	Open House photos

	PEOPLE (11-page section)
50	Appointments, Research, Recognition, Obituaries

	HERITAGE
58	The early physicians of Washington and Kent Counties They fought in Civil War, served on Supreme Court, rounded on horseback MARY KORR

	IN THE NEWS (complete 7-page section)
43	Brown, RIH Win $1.7M in Grants to Teach Addiction Screening
45	Outpatient detoxification program available at Butler Hospital
	Lifespan, Brown, Care New England, University of Rhode Island, Providence VA Medical Center forge neuroscience research agreement
47	Bradley Hospital Enrolling Teens with Tic Disorder for Research Study Study will examine how the brain and environment interact to influence tics
	Bradley Hospital continues to expand inpatient capacity for children and teens locally, regionally Renews contract with Boston Children’s Hospital to provide world-class psychiatric care
48	Promising new technology to block sciatica and back pain in use at RIH
	Research offers recommendations for use of aspirin to prevent preeclampsia

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