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AUGUST 2026    Volume 109, Number 8

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CONTACT
Editor-in-Chief

William Binder, MD
william_binder@brown.edu

Managing Editor
Mary Korr
mkorr@rimed.org

FOR AUTHORS
Publication Requirements
Pre-Submission Checklist
Peer Review Policy
Ethics Statement
Copyright Transfer
Financial Disclosure
Commentary Guide
Letters to the Editor Guide
Images in Medicine Guide
Videos in Medicine Guide

Associate Editor
Philip Chan, MD

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

 

CASE REPORTS
Flumazenil Use in Benzodiazepine-Induced Delirium Reversal
Riya Bhattacharya, MD; Arihant Surana, MD; Arunava Saha, MD;
Sandeep Sasidharan, MD; Akshat Banga, MD; Erin O’Shea Paudel, MD

Acute Interstitial Nephritis after Single Dose of Ketorolac
Ishan Jani, MD; Arjun Sekar, MD; Sergey Brodsky, MD

When Psychiatric Disease is Not What it Seems:
History Taking Uncovers Steroid-Induced Delirium Following Intra-Articular Injections

Clare Nimura, BA; Zachary Shaw, MD; Sarah Freeman, MD

VIDEOS IN MEDICINE
Myoclonus Due to Acute-On-Chronic Hypercarbic Respiratory Failure
Marina Hilario BruguÉs, MD, MBA; Dechen Tuladhar, DO; Alisa Merolli, MD;
Mauricio F. Villamar, MD

RESEARCH REVIEWS
A Decade of Pathways to Medicine: Program Evaluation and Lessons Learned
in Implementing a Local Health-Professions Outreach Program

Rajeev J. Kant, PhD; David F. Painter, MD; Luckson Omoaregba, MS, MPH;
Kyla Dewar, MD; Joseph A. Diaz, MD

Characteristics and Management of Xylazine-Associated Wounds:
A Systematic Review of Published Cases

Catherine M. Call, MD; Christopher J. Lama, MD; Sean L. Agrodnia, BA;
Jonathan Liu, MD; Julia A. Katarincic, MD; Joseph A. Gil, MD

RESEARCH STUDIES
Shotgun Metagenomics Identify Unique Changes of the Intestinal Microbiome
in Pediatric Survivors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Roma Bhuta, DO, MPH; Thomas Kuntz, PhD; Bradley DeNardo, MD; Xochitl Morgan, PhD; Jason Shapiro, MD

Evaluation of Emergency Department Visits by Refugee Children
in Rhode Island

Giovanna Deluca, MD, MS; Timmy Lin, MPH; Janette Baird, PhD; Carol Lewis, MD;
Kyle Martin, MD, MPH; Sara Jlilati, MBBS, MPH; Suraiya Hamidzada, MPH;
Seraphina Negash, MPH; Alizeh Shamshad; Siraj Amanullah, MD, MP

Outcomes of a Novel Full-Service, Free Ophthalmology
Clinic-Within-A-Clinic: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study

Sophia Dutton, BA; Anagha Lokhande, MD; Chanbin Lee, BA;
Vineethsubbu Somasundaram, BS; Jonathan Harrison, BA;
Samuel Hochberger, BA; Samuel Mickel-Hulse, MD; David Booy, MD;
Andrew G. Young, MD; Jamie Schaefer, MD; Nicole Lanza, MD

Changes in Diet Among Adult Prevalent Kidney Stone Formers in the United States:
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–2018

Eduardo Cadore Guzzo, MD; Christina Raker, ScD; Jie Tang, MD, MPH

Opioid, Buprenorphine, Benzodiazepine, Naloxone, and Stimulant Prescriptions
Dispensed to Rhode Island Residents, 2022–2025

Taylor J. Mello, MPH; Staci Fischer, MD; Kristen St. John, MPH;
Adam Z. Nitenson,
PhD; Benjamin D. Hallowell, PhD, MPH

PUBLIC HEALTH
Health by numbers
Accidental Drug Overdose Deaths—Rhode Island, January 1, 2023–December 31, 2025
Heidi R. Weidele, MPH; Benjamin D. Hallowell, PhD

Vital Statistics
Zuheil AmoreseI, DEPUTY STATE REGISTRAR

COMMENTARY
Bridging the Gap: Supporting Primary Care Pediatricians in the Management
of Common Gastrointestinal Conditions

Prerana Baranwal, MD

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Accessibility of Over-the-Counter Naloxone in Providence, RI, Retail Pharmacies
Ruby J. Groves; Soniya G. K. Chawla; Jocelyn Antonio, MPH; Tia E. Sanders;
Caroline J. Kistin, MD, MS
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HERITAGE
Lucius F. C. Garvin, MD: 1876 Centennial Perspective on Life, Liberty, Longevity
Mary Korr

In the News   [4-page pdf]
URI Trustees authorize next phase of public medical school development
at the University of Rhode Island

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island seeks applications for its
BlueAngel Community Health Grants

CharterCARE Health first in Rhode Island to introduce multi-site
breast tumor localization technology

Morton Hospital completes 100th Inspire® sleep apnea treatment

New blood-based biomarkers predict when ALS symptoms will emerge

Brain immunity may undergo a major midlife overhaul

People/Places   [4-page pdf]
APPOINTMENTS
Julie Abilheira, RN, MS, appointed President of Brown University Health’s Massachusetts hospitals

Julia A. Katarincic, MD, named President of University Orthopedics, Chief of Orthopedics
for Brown University Health, and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedics at Brown

Bethany Gentilesco, MD, named senior associate dean for inclusive community at Brown

RECOGNITION
Gerontological Society of America names URI professor Nekehia Quashie, PhD, among
its newest fellows

South County Hospital designated with a Silver Plus Achievement Award

Brown University Health hospitals recognized for exceptional stroke treatment

Kent Hospital earns American Heart Association Stroke Gold Plus recognition

Roger Williams Medical Center receives Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island recognized as 2026 World’s Top
Disability Inclusive business

Obituary  [2-page pdf]
Edward R. Feller, MD
Charles “Bud” Bernard Kahn, MD
James F. Padbury, MD

 
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