From the Chief Editor

Welcome to Our 16th Issue of SMRJ!

Welcome to this edition of the Spartan Medical Research Journal (SMRJ). We have over these past months gathered together a number of exciting experts to review and provide to you a number of peer-reviewed articles which are sure to pique your interest on a number of interesting topics while also bringing you up to speed on several others. These manuscripts include comprehensive reviews on topics such as neuroforminal stenosis and midline sacral fractures, and analysis of injury type in professional athletes as a predictor of return to sport, and historical review of ICU outcomes of COVID-19 cases early in the pandemic. Also included are potential interventions to address complex clinical situations, such as asymptomatic bacteriuria, and an interesting read as to how artificial intelligence might be utilized to assist in the interpretation of potential cardiac pathologies incidentally noted on CT scans.
Together, we hope you find this edition of SMRJ useful to your practice and/or research interests, as well we continue to seek your future scholarly contributions to the medical literature. Please contact smrj@msu.edu with any questions or suggestions.

Sincerely,
Andrea Amalfitano, DO, PhD
Dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University
Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Professor, BioMolecular Science Gateway
Faculty, Osteopathic Medicine D.O. Program
Faculty, Genetics & Genome Sciences Ph.D. Program
Faculty, Cell & Molecular Biology Ph.D. Program
Faculty, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Ph.D. Program

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