Scholars@Duke
Jonathan Komisar

Jonathan Komisar

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology
Duke University Health System, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Publications

Evaluation of phenobarbital dosing strategies for hospitalized patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome.

Journal Article Gen Hosp Psychiatry · 2023 OBJECTIVE: Alcohol remains the fourth‑leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. The objective of this study was to compare the incidence of phenobarbital (PHB)-resistant withdrawal and determine risk factors for PHB-resistant alcohol withdrawal syndro ... Full text Link to item Cite

COVID-19-associated brief psychotic disorder.

Journal Article BMJ Case Rep · August 11, 2020 A 36-year-old previously healthy woman with no personal or family history of mental illness presented with new-onset psychosis after a diagnosis of symptomatic COVID-19. Her psychotic symptoms initially improved with antipsychotics and benzodiazepines and ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Urinary Tract Infections

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Impact of changing indications and increased utilization of fetal echocardiography on prenatal detection of congenital heart disease.

Journal Article Congenit Heart Dis · January 2017 BACKGROUND: Antenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defects (CHD) can impact outcomes in neonates with severe CHD. Obstetric screening guidelines and the indications for fetal echocardiography (FE) have evolved in an attempt to improve the early prenatal d ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is empathy associated with a derived sense of meaning among resident physicians working with patients nearing the end of life on a hematology-oncology ward?

Conference Journal of Clinical Oncology · October 9, 2016 28 Background: An association between empathy and physician-in-training based meaning derived from patient deaths has not been explored previously. If meaning is associated with empathy, an intervention to enhance meaning may cou ... Full text Cite