About this journal

Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings is a subscription-based, peer-reviewed general medical journal that presents clinical articles of interest to practitioners. The journal is published by Taylor & Francis and owned by Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States. Baylor Scott & White Health is committed to innovation, collaboration, integrity, and compassion for the patient, and the journal attempts to highlight these values. Submissions from outside of the health care system are welcome.

Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings contains a mixture of articles and features, including original research, clinician’s corner (case reports in a specific format), review articles, historical studies, editorials, letters to the editor, commentaries, and book reviews. While articles that focus on a single specialty are accepted, articles that appeal to a wide range of practicing physicians are particularly desired. All articles will be subject to single-anonymous peer review.

Proceedings is particularly interested in manuscripts on the following topics:

• Clinical outcomes studies
• Population health studies
• Community-delivered health care
• Implementation science
• Health care quality
• Health care delivery science
• Value-based health care
• Professionalism

Only five Clinician’s Corner features (cases) and five reviews are published each issue. Reviews should be systematic reviews and meta-analyses of clearly stated questions; traditional narrative reviews are no longer considered. Reviews should follow the PRISMA guidelines.

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Editor in Chief

James W. Fleshman, MD, Chief of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, and Professor of Surgery, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA. E-mail: [email protected].

Deputy Editor

Robert L. Gottlieb, MD, PhD, Cardiologist, Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Disease, Baylor University Medical Center and Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA; Clinical Assistant Professor, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Dallas, Texas; Associate Professor, Texas Christian University Burnett School of Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Associate Editors

Alejandro C. Arroliga, MD, MS, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, Baylor Scott & White Health, and Regional Dean, Baylor College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, USA
Raul Benavides Jr., MD, Main Laboratory Medical Director, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, President, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, and Senior Vice President, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas, USA
Byron Cryer, MD, Chief of Internal Medicine, Ralph Tompsett Endowed Chair in Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, and Clinical Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
Martin P. Fernandez, MD, Dermatopathology Fellowship Program Director, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Baylor Scott and White Medical Center – Temple, Temple, Texas USA
Alessandro Fichera, MD, Surgery Safety and Quality Officer, Division Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center; Clinical Professor of Medical Education, Texas A&M University, USA
Liza Johannesson, MD, PhD, Medical Director, Uterus Transplant, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Alan L. Jones, MD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Michael J. Mack, MD, Director, Cardiovascular Service Line, Baylor Scott & White Health, and Chairman of the Board, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA
Susan K. Mathai, MD, Pulmonologist, Center for Advanced Heart and Lung Disease, and Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Baylor University Medical Center; Clinical Associate Professor of Medical Education, Texas A&M School of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
Harry T. Papaconstantinou, MD, Glen E. and Rita K. Roney Endowed Chair in Surgery, Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple, Temple, Texas, USA
Judson P. Smith, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Michael L. Volk, MD, MSc, Dr A Ford and Brooksie Nell Boyd Wolf Centennial Chair of Medicine, Baylor Scott and White Health, Central Texas Region; Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
R. Jay Widmer, MD, PhD, Interventional/Structural Cardiologist, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple, and Clinical Assistant Professor, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, USA

Editorial Board

Jamil A. Abbasi, MD, Medical Director of Critical Care, Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center, and Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University Burnett School of Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
C. Cordell Adams, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Sumeet Asrani, MD, MSc, Chief of Hepatology, Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA
Sumeet Asrani, MD, MSc, Chief of Hepatology, Baylor Simmons Transplant Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA
Subhash Banerjee, MD, Paul J. Thomas Endowed Chair and Chief of Cardiovascular Research and Innovation, Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA; Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
G. Wright Bates, MD, Chair, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple; Medical Director, Women’s Service Line, Baylor Scott & White Health Central Texas, Temple, Texas, USA
Madhava R. Beeram, MD, Chief of Pediatrics, Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Hospital, Temple, Texas, USA
Christina Bird, DO, Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, and Associate Professor, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
Cristie Columbus, MD, Associate Dean, Texas A&M School of Medicine, Dallas Campus; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Peter A. Dysert, MD, Chief of Pathology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Cara A. East, MD, Director, Soltero Cardiovascular Research Center, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute and Baylor Scott & White Heart & Vascular Hospital, and Professor, Internal Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
John F. Eidt, MD, Vice Chair, Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, and Professor of Surgery, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
Katherine Fiala, MD, Chair of Dermatology, Baylor Scott and White Medical Center – Temple; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas A&M School of Medicine, College Station, Texas, USA; and Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, USA
Virginia M. Flores, MD, Program Director, Psychiatry Residency, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple; Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, USA; Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, Baylor College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, USA
Stevan A. Gonzalez, MD, MS, Medical Director of Liver Transplantation, Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center, and Professor of Medicine, Burnett School of Medicine at TCU, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Joseph M. Guileyardo, MD, Director of Autopsy Services, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
John R. Krause, MD, Director of Hematopathology, Baylor University Medical Center, and Professor of Pathology, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
Kennith F. Layton, MD, Chair of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Russell K. McAllister, MD, Chair of Anesthesiology, Baylor Scott & White Health Central Division; Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine – Temple; Adjunct Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, USA
Ankit N. Mehta, MD, Program Director, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Texas Christian University Burnett School of Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Researcher, Renal Diseases Research Institute and Dallas Nephrology Associates, Dallas, Texas, USA
Dan M. Meyer, MD, Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chief of Cardiac Transplantation, and Chief of Advanced Cardiac Circulatory Support, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas USA; Professor, Texas A&M University School of Medicine, Dallas, Texas USA
Richard C. Naftalis, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Jennifer Rasmussen-Winkler, MD, Chief of Neurology, Baylor University Medical Center; Director TeleStroke, Baylor Scott & White Health System, Dallas, Texas, USA
Catherine A. Raver, MD, Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine; Assistant Clinical Professor, Texas A&M University School of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
Charles S. Roberts, MD, Cardiovascular Surgeon, Baylor University Medical Center, and Clinical Professor of Surgery, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
Randall L. Rosenblatt, MD, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, and Clinical Professor of Medicine, Texas Tech School of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
Lawrence R. Schiller, MD, Chair, Institutional Review Boards for Human Subject Protection, Baylor Scott & White Health, and Clinical Professor, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
Jeffrey M. Schussler, MD, Chief, Division of Cardiology, Baylor University Medical Center, and Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
Gary Schwartz, MD, Chief, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation, Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Stuart J. Spechler, MD, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, and Co-Director, Center for Esophageal Diseases, Baylor University Medical Center; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
Robert C. Stoler, MD, Director of the Catheterization Laboratory and Co-Chief of Cardiology, Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas, and Clinical Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
David Wenkert, MD, PhD, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple, Temple, Texas, USA
F. David Winter, Jr., MD, Member of the Board of Directors, Baylor Scott & White Health, and Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, USA
Lucas Wong, MD, Principal Investigator, Southwest Oncology Group; Co-Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Program; Associate Program Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple, Temple, Texas, USA

Editorial Office

Cynthia D. Orticio, MA, ELS, Managing Editor, Department of Scientific Publications, Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX 75246, USA. Phone: 214-820-9996. E-mail: [email protected].

CME articles

Select articles are available for CME credit:

Advanced heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Hicks A III, Velazco JF, Gohar S, Seliem A, Hall SA, Michel JB

Expiration: 7/1/2022

The acute respiratory distress syndrome

Wood C, Kataria V, Modrykamien AM

Expiration: 7/1/2022

Quality improvement initiative for pain management practices in primary care

Embry J, Reis MD, Couchman G, Ledbetter TG, Zolfaghari K

Expiration: 10/1/2022

Antibody tests for COVID-19

Kopel J, Goyal H, Perisetti A

Expiration: 1/1/2023

These articles are also available on PubMed Central.

For information on how to obtain credit, see https://ce.bswhealth.com/Proceedings2020