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Overview

David L. Simel is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research contributions span several fields, including surgery, psychiatry and mental health, ophthalmology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their recent publications cover multiple topics and are indexed in distinguished academic venues. Notable works include the 2022 paper titled Does This Patient With Acute Infectious Conjunctivitis Have a Bacterial Infection? published in JAMA; the 2020 article Multivariable risk scores for predicting short-term outcomes for emergency department patients with unexplained syncope: A systematic review appearing in Academic Emergency Medicine; and the 2021 JAMA publication Does This Adult Patient Have Hypertension? Other contributions to JAMA were published in 2022, albeit with smaller citation counts.

Frequent coauthors in Simel's collaborative research network include:

  • Michael Berkwits
  • Preeti Malani
  • Mary Mcdermott
  • Christopher Muth
  • Jody Zylke

Their work has appeared repeatedly in the following publication venues:

  • JAMA
  • Academic Emergency Medicine
  • Journal of Graduate Medical Education

Major research topics addressed by David L. Simel encompass:

  • Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Ocular Infections and Treatments
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Ocular Diseases and Behçet's Syndrome
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

The subfields supporting this research output include surgery, psychiatry and mental health, ophthalmology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Best Publications

  • Improving the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials. The CONSORT statement

    C Begg;M Cho;S Eastwood;R Horton

  • The CONSORT Statement

    Mildred Cha;Susan Eastwaad;Richard Hartan;David Maher

  • Likelihood ratios with confidence: sample size estimation for diagnostic test studies.

    David L. Simel;Gregory P. Samsa;David B. Matchar

  • Is This Patient Hypovolemic

    Steven McGee;William B. Abernethy;David L. Simel

  • Does This Woman Have an Acute Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection

    Stephen Bent;Brahmajee K. Nallamothu;David L. Simel;Stephan D. Fihn

  • Does This Patient Have Delirium?: Value of Bedside Instruments

    Camilla L. Wong;Jayna Holroyd-Leduc;David L. Simel;Sharon E. Straus

  • Does this patient have influenza

    Stephanie A. Call;Mark A. Vollenweider;Carlton A. Hornung;David L. Simel

  • Measuring shoulder function with the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index.

    Williams Jw;Holleman Dr;Simel Dl

  • A nurse-coordinated intervention for primary care patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: impact on glycemic control and health-related quality of life

    M Weinberger;M S Kirkman;G P Samsa;E A Shortliffe

  • Does the Clinical Examination Predict Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease

    Nadia A. Khan;Sherali A. Rahim;Sonia S. Anand;David L. Simel

  • Is This Patient Having a Myocardial Infarction

    Akbar A. Panju;Brenda R. Hemmelgarn;Gordon H. Guyatt;David L. Simel

  • Does This Patient Have a Torn Meniscus or Ligament of the Knee?: Value of the Physical Examination

    Daniel H. Solomon;David L. Simel;David W. Bates;Jeffrey N. Katz

  • Clinical evaluation for sinusitis. Making the diagnosis by history and physical examination.

    John W. Williams;David L. Simel;LeRoy Roberts;Greg P. Samsa

  • Antibiotics for Acute Maxillary Sinusitis

    J. W. Williams;Christine Aguilar;M. Makela;John E Cornell

  • Is This Patient Having a Stroke

    Larry B. Goldstein;David L. Simel

  • Noninvasive Carotid Artery Testing: A Meta-analytic Review

    Dean D. Blakeley;Eugene Z. Oddone;Vic Hasselblad;David L. Simel

  • The relationship between glycemic control and health-related quality of life in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

    Morris Weinberger;M. Kirkman;Gregory Samsa;Gregory Samsa;Patricia Cowper

  • Hormone replacement therapy and the risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis.

    Kavita Nanda;Lori A Bastian;Vic Hasselblad;David L Simel

  • Does This Patient Have Obstructive Sleep Apnea?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review

    Kathryn A. Myers;Marko Mrkobrada;David L. Simel

  • Does This Patient Have Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

    Frank A. Lederle;David L. Simel

Frequent Co-Authors

John W Williams
John W Williams Duke University
Eugene Z. Oddone
Eugene Z. Oddone Duke University
David B. Matchar
David B. Matchar Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Gregory P. Samsa
Gregory P. Samsa Duke University
Morris Weinberger
Morris Weinberger University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vic Hasselblad
Vic Hasselblad Duke University
Ingram Olkin
Ingram Olkin Stanford University
Kenneth F. Schulz
Kenneth F. Schulz University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Evan Wood
Evan Wood University of British Columbia
Mildred K. Cho
Mildred K. Cho Stanford University

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