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ArticlePublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)

A Model for Syphilis Screening in the Emergency Department.

Justin A Yax, Joshua D Niforatos, Daniel L Summers, Margaret H Bigach, Christine Schmotzer, Barbara M Gripshover, Ann Avery

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Article in Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Emergency Department Syphilis Screening: Insights from a National Stakeholder Convening.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Justin A Yax24575 Division of Population Health, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6609-5610
Joshua D Niforatos24575 Division of Population Health, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Daniel L Summers24575 Division of Population Health, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Margaret H Bigach24575 Division of Population Health, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Christine SchmotzerCase Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Barbara M GripshoverCase Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Ann AveryCase Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
University Hospitals of Cleveland · USJohns Hopkins University · USMetroHealth · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence of syphilis infections is on the rise, particularly among African American men and men who have sex with men, and it is reaching epidemic levels in these communities throughout the United States. Although syphilis is relatively inexpensive to treat and cure and is a predictor for HIV incidence among men and transgender women who have sex with men, rates of co-screening for syphilis are low in the emergency department setting, with a dearth of literature on this topic since the 1990s and early 2000s. In this case study, we describe an operational model for routine syphilis screening implemented in June 2017 at the University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. We describe the advantages of screening using a reverse testing algorithm rather than the traditional method and the necessity of partnering with the Cleveland Department of Public Health for both diagnostic and follow-up logistics.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsEmergency Service, HospitalHumansMass ScreeningSyphilisTreponemal InfectionsUnited Statesemergency departmentHIVHIV screeninginfectious diseasepublic healthsexually transmitted diseasessyphilissyphilis screening

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PMID33166486
PMCPMC8093848
OpenAlexW3104465808

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