Cara Borelli, DO
Assistant Professor in Medicine (General Medicine)Cards
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Letter: Nicotine Replacement Therapy During the Spinal Surgery Perioperative Period
Borelli C, McGinity M, Gaub M. Letter: Nicotine Replacement Therapy During the Spinal Surgery Perioperative Period. Neurosurgery 2025, 97: e67-e68. PMID: 40503904, DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000003580.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImplementation of an education session on buprenorphine induction in the emergency department, a resident-led initiative
Borelli C, Gao H. Implementation of an education session on buprenorphine induction in the emergency department, a resident-led initiative. Harm Reduction Journal 2024, 21: 22. PMID: 38282077, PMCID: PMC10822147, DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00917-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality improvement projectEducation sessionsEmergency medicine physiciansEmergency departmentOpioid use disorderImprovement projectMedicine physiciansEducational quality improvement projectUse disorderDepartment of Emergency MedicinePre-test surveyBuprenorphine inductionPost-survey resultsPost-test surveysMethodsThe projectResident physiciansEmergency medicinePhysician educationTraining sessionsTreatment of opioid use disorderMedical studentsPost-surveyPhysiciansSurvey questionsPeer involvementLetter: What Neurosurgeons Need to Know About Perioperative Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
Borelli C, Gaub M. Letter: What Neurosurgeons Need to Know About Perioperative Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder. Neurosurgery 2023, 93: e71-e72. PMID: 37294095, DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002577.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2026
What Is Methamphetamine Use Disorder?
Borelli C, Cheng A. What Is Methamphetamine Use Disorder? JAMA: The Journal Of The American Medical Association 2026, 335: 646-646. PMID: 41296353, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.18428.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Viral Infections Related to Injection Drug Use
Borelli C. Viral Infections Related to Injection Drug Use. JAMA: The Journal Of The American Medical Association 2025, 334: 1404-1404. PMID: 40928800, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.14271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecurrent Polymicrobial Pathogens From Licking Syringe Plungers: A Case Report and Artificial-intelligence-augmented Scoping Review of Oropharyngeal Bacterial Infections Linked to Unsafe Injection Practices.
Perri M, Borelli C, Cheng A. Recurrent Polymicrobial Pathogens From Licking Syringe Plungers: A Case Report and Artificial-intelligence-augmented Scoping Review of Oropharyngeal Bacterial Infections Linked to Unsafe Injection Practices. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2025 PMID: 41111174, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000001574.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBacterial complicationsCase seriesCase reportRisk of infectious complicationsInjected drugsCase series of patientsInjection practicesIntravenous drug useSeries of patientsInfectious complicationsOral floraSalivary contaminationPolymicrobial pathogensBacterial infectionsArtificial intelligenceComplicationsOvid MEDLINEMode of infectionPatientsLiterature searchDrug useInfectionMeSH termsScoping ReviewInjectionSevere gamma‐hydroxybutyrate withdrawal with delirium, hemodynamic lability, and rhabdomyolysis: A case series
Borelli C, Kessler N, Suter D, Levesque A. Severe gamma‐hydroxybutyrate withdrawal with delirium, hemodynamic lability, and rhabdomyolysis: A case series. American Journal On Addictions 2025, 34: 361-365. PMID: 39953704, DOI: 10.1111/ajad.70013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGamma-hydroxybutyric withdrawalGHB withdrawalCase seriesHemodynamic labilityGamma-hydroxybutyrateBenzodiazepine taperingMulti-modality treatmentComplications of deliriumClinical courseDexmedetomidine infusionMidazolam infusionMild casesPotential complicationsComplicationsSevere withdrawalBenzodiazepinesRhabdomyolysisPatientsSevere symptomsWithdrawalDeliriumInfusionBaclofenInpatient hospitalizationIntubation
2024
“Welcome Back from the New Editors-in-Chief”
Borelli C, Widerman J. “Welcome Back from the New Editors-in-Chief”. Journal Of Child & Adolescent Substance Use 2024, 30: 1-1. DOI: 10.1080/1067828x.2024.2364132.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Fever and blood pressure cuff-induced petechiae
Borelli C, Gay A, Skarpiak B. Fever and blood pressure cuff-induced petechiae. Visual Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 33: 101831. DOI: 10.1016/j.visj.2023.101831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOutcomes after Prehospital Cricothyrotomy.
Malkan R, Borelli C, Fairley R, De Lorenzo R, April M, Schauer S. Outcomes after Prehospital Cricothyrotomy. Medical Journal 2023, 70-73. PMID: 36607301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepartment of Defense Trauma RegistryPrehospital cricothyrotomySurgical cricothyrotomyMedian Injury Severity ScoreTrauma registryIncidence of complicationsLong-term complicationsInjury Severity ScorePrehospital populationMedian ageAirway injurySurgical proceduresSeverity scoreComplicationsMilitary treatment facilitiesCricothyrotomySurgical capabilitiesHospital admissionInjured body regionSecondary analysisRegistryIncidenceBody regionsOutcomesTracheostomy
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