July 2021
Healing Reflections
Much has changed in our practices, profession, and communities since the first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in 2020. And as the pandemic starts to quiet, the academic medical community is catching up—writing about lessons learned and reflecting on ways these experiences may shape the future. This issue of WMJ includes a collection of these papers, as well as a narrative that describes a unique collaboration–the Healing Reflections mural—aimed at healing one Wisconsin community and documenting an historic year.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
In This Issue
COVID, Hepatitis, and Cancer
Sarina Schrager, MD, MS, WMJ Editor-in-Chief
As I See It
Mural Collaboration Aims to Heal Community
Nathan Hau; Julie Anderson, PhD; Donn Dexter, MD
Commentary
An Epidemic with a Cure
Steven Tyska, MD; Ryan P. Westergaard, MD, PhD, MPH
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Risk Factors and Mortality for Atypical Presentation of COVID-19 Infection in Hospitalized Patients – Lessons From the Early Pandemic
Aurora Pop-Vicas, MD, MPH; Ambar Haleem, MD; Fauzia Osman, MPH; Ryan Fuglestad, BS; Daniel Shirley, MD; Robert Striker, MD; Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD
Community-Based Testing for COVID-19 in a Low-Prevalence, Rural Area: Documentation of Logistics and Practical Aspects of Testing
Mari Freiberg, MPH; Mary F. Henningfield, PhD; Paul H. Hunter, MD; Elizabeth Bade, MD
Hepatitis B Screening and Awareness in the Milwaukee Hmong Community
Sindalana Hean, MD; Tuong Van Nguyen, MD; Tim Wang, MD; Steven Hur, MD; Chris Johnson, MD; Alina Leung, MD; Heather Chou, MD; Janna Lam Keenan, MD; Anna Patel, MD; Kia Saeian, MD, MSc Epi
Cancer Mortality and Research Outcomes in a Rural State
Mark R. Williamson, PhD; Rashid M. Ahmed, PhD
Colorectal Cancer Screening After Changes in US Preventive Services Force Guidelines With Increased Screening Options
Mark Benson, MD; Andrew Johannes, MD; Jennifer M. Weiss, MD, MS; Michael Lucey, MD; Jeff Pier, BS; Patrick Pfau, MD
CASE REPORTS
Pediatric COVID-19 Delirium: Case Report of 2 Adolescents
Sarah Corey Bauer, MD; Francesca Moral, MD; Erin Preloger, MD; Alexandrea Spindler, DO; Marisa Roman, MD; Ashley Logan, DO; Scott J. Sandage, DO; Colleen Manak, MD; Michelle Mitchell, MD
Activating the Hospital Incident Command System Response in a Community Specialty Practice: The Mayo Clinic Experience
Ellen A. Love, MHA; Susanne C. Degen, RN, MBA; Jason E. Craig, MBA; Richard A. Helmers, MD
Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting With Combined Cervical Lymphadenopathy and Cardiac Metastasis Without Inferior Vena Cava Involvement
Rana M. Usman, MD; Owais Yahya, MD; Hemnishil K. Marella, DO; Amit L. Jain, MD; Rahul Peravali, BS; Reshma Premkumar; Robert Bradsher, MD
Bacillus cereus: Beyond Gastroenteritis
Lindsey Koop, MD; Rohini Garg, MBBS; Toan Nguyen, MD; Nagarjuna Reddy Gujjula, MBBS; Manasa Velagapudi, MBBS
Encephalopathy of Unclear Etiology: A Diagnostic Dilemma
Javad Najjar Mojarrab, MD, MBA; Somto Nwaedozie, MD; Rana Raheel H. Khan, MD; Jayanthgopalreddy Vedre, MD; Martin K. Reriani, MD
BRIEF REPORTS
Heart Disease, Advanced Age, Minority Race, and Hispanic Ethnicity Are Associated With Mortality in COVID-19 Patients
Brian J. Conway, BS; Ji Won Kim, BS; David C. Brousseau, MD, MS; Meghan Conroy, BS
Effect of Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Chart Review
Brody Fitzpatrick; Matthew Cowling, DO; Michelle Poliak-Tunis, MD; Kathryn Miller, MD
FROM THE DEANS
Dean’s Corner
Knowledge Changing Life: A History of the Medical College of Wisconsin, 1893-2019
Joseph E. Kerschner, MD
Dean’s Corner
The First COVIDecade
Robert N. Golden, MD; David O’Connor, PhD