Submissions from 2024
Accuracy of GPT's Artificial Intelligence on Emergency Medicine Board Recertification Exam, Murtaza Akhter
Clinical and Radiological Identification and Management of SAPHO Syndrome, Obyda Al-Housni, Jessica M. Alonso, Matthew Thornburg, and Enny Cancio
Dercum’s Disease: The Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, Radiological Findings, and Treatment of a Rare, Debilitating Inflammatory Disorder, Obyda Al-Housni, Constantinos Boufeas, and Valori Slane
Benign Pneumoperitoneum Following Mitral Valve Replacement, Ali Tariq Alvi, Luis E. Santiago, Murali Shankar, and Pallavi Aneja
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: A Possible Trigger for Dieulafoy's Lesion, Ali Tariq Alvi, Elsa Tchouambou, and Murali Shankar
Descending Colon Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma: An Unusual Site of Metastasis., Ali Tariq Alvi, Elsa Lesley Tchouambou Pougoue, Cameron Summers-Powell, and Mayuri Gupta
Operative Time and Relative Value Units for Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Based on Pathology in the United States, Jack Bayer, Robert Trenschel, Jacob Oster, Amr El-Talla, Daniel Dominguez, Waseem Wahood, and Menar Wahood
An Unusual Presentation of Severe Ciguatera Poisoning: Case Report., Moshe Bengio, Glenn Goodwin, Katherine L. O'Neil, and Laura E. Tortora
The Sexual and Gender Minority (LGBTQ+) Medical Trainee: The Journey Through Medical Education, Mauricio Danckers, Jake Nusynowitz, Lily Jamneshan, Richard Shalmiyev, Raiko Diaz, and Asa E Radix
The Sexual and Gender Minority (LGBTQ+) Medical Trainee: The Journey Through Medical Education, Mauricio Danckers, Jake Nusynowitz, Lily Jamneshan, Richard Shalmiyev, Raiko Diaz, and Asa E. Radix
The Wallet Biopsy: Medical Crowdfunding for Heart Transplantation, Ersilia M Defilippis, Adhya Mehta, Fatimah A Alkhunaizi, Christy N Taylor, José Lopez, Laura McLaughlin, Vanessa Blumer, and Nasrien E Ibrahim
Caring Moments, Margaret J. DeMars
The Association Between Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Celiac Disease and the Role of Inflammation: Retrospective Analysis Using the National Inpatient Sample., Rabab Elsadek, Zeeshan Ismail, Raghav Bassi, Anuoluwa Oyetoran, Yaseen Perbtani, Tony Brar, and Suzanne Zentko
The Heart of Residency, Julia Fashner and Samantha Gionocchio
Anesthetic Management of Intra-aortic Balloon Pump-Induced Systolic Anterior Motion of the Mitral Valve During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting., Rachel Figaro, Imani Thornton, Jeremy P Scott, and Joseph Sluhoski
Management Targeted Genetic Evaluation of an Idiopathic Neuropathy Cohort Through ATTRv Amyloidosis Screening, Kristy A. Fisher, Santiago Diaz, Jeffrey Gelblum, Charles Brock, Niraja Suresh, and Meghan Towne
Tremor as a Rare Manifestation of Cefepime Neurotoxicity, Brittany Guidos, Kurt Lee, Elsa Tchouambou, and Nathan Zaher
The Use of Methylene Blue in Conjunction With Hydroxocobalamin and Multiple Pressors to Treat Severe Vasoplegia in a Patient Due to Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity: A Case Report, Aaron Hacker, Dylan S Irvine, Michael Gross, Imani Thornton, and Diego Marin
Variation in Transcript Reports Among Residency Applicants: An Anesthesia Program’s Perspective, Alex M. Hendon and Imani Thornton
Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Atraumatic Splenic Rupture in TEE-negative Endocarditis: A Case Report., Daniel P. High, Jose M. Acosta, Danay Herrera, Mauricio Danckers, Daniel Heller, and Daniel Zapata
Intractable Belching as a Psychiatric Consequence: A Case Report, Iva Hu and Rachel Alef
Dual-Mobility Cups in Patients Undergoing Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty with Prior Lumbar Spine Fusion: A Systematic Review, Tariq Ziad Issa
The Impact of Non-trauma Factors on Trauma Patient Mortality and Hospital Resource Utilization: Population-Based Retrospective Review., Mariel A. Javier, Ilko Luque, Jaclyn T. Kliewer, Nicole Yordan Lopez, David Ritchie, Beatriz Cobo Dominguez, and Orlando Morejon
Morbidity and Mortality of Trauma Patients 55 and Older: A Study of Nontrauma Risk Factors, Mariel A. Javier, Ilko Luque, Hector Mendez, Nicole Yordán López, Marcela C. Ramirez, Orlando Morejon, and Mark McKenney
Emergency Surgical Treatment and Triage: Targeting Optimal Outcomes for Emergency Surgical Patients From Index Encounter Through Definitive Care., Jaclyn T. Kliewer, Ilko Luque, Mariel A. Javier, Amanda Moorefield, Hector Mendez, Zulmari Martinez-Resto, Jacob Oster, Alexis Rangel, and Orlando Morejon
Disseminated Peritoneal Leiomyomatosis Mimicking Carcinomatosis: A Case Report, Matthew Lee, Gabriella Morey, Hector Lopez, Robert Bass, and Susana Ferra
Racial Differences in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: The ARISE-HF Trial, Jose L. Lopez, Yuxi Liu, Javed Butler, Stefano Del Prato, Justin A Ezekowitz, Carolyn S P Lam, Thomas H Marwick, Julio Rosenstock, W H Wilson Tang, Riccardo Perfetti, Alessia Urbinati, Faiez Zannad, James L Januzzi, and Nasrien E Ibrahim
Man on the Mound: Pictures of a Pitcher in Pain, Jean Medina, Matthew Campanella, Elliot Mendelsohn, Carl Mitchell, and Murtaza Akhter
Acute Viral Myocarditis in a Young Adult: A Case Report., Jason Nguyen, Cristina Benites, Daniel Karpel, Mohammed Akram, and Livasky Concepcion Perez
Undetected metastatic melanoma in the colon., Sarah Pajek, Walter Cisneros Lopez, Juliet Ray, and Rennier A Martinez
Words Unspoken, Andreea Popa
Emergency Ultrasound Unveils Intermediate-High Risk Saddle Pulmonary Embolism with Extensive Bilateral Clot Burden, Masquerading as Micturition Syncope: A Case Report, M Townsend Reeves, Harjeev Lahil, Aaron Gold, Mauricio Danckers, Laurence Dubensky, and Todd L. Slesinger
Light-Chain (AL) Cardiac Amyloidosis Presenting as Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction., Luis Santiago, Ali Tariq Alvi, Veniamin Melnychuk, Philip Mesquita, and Pallavi Aneja
Late-onset Rupture of an Intracranial Dermoid Cyst: A Case Report, Richard Shalmiyev, Adam Devine, Sheyla Gonzalez, and Mauricio Danckers
Metastatic Axillary Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in an African-American Female: A Rare Case, Shahriar Sharif, Biura Markarian, and Diego Marin
Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated With Toxic Shock Syndrome., Shahriar Sharif, Samyukta Swaminath, Nashit Mozumder, Kenneth A. Mack, and Diego Marin
Anesthesia Management of Hip Fracture Surgery in Geriatric Patients: A Review., Tarun Uppalapati and Imani Thornton
Parvimonas micra Bacteremia in the Setting of a Hepatic Abscess: A Case Report, Aneil S. Walizada, Sarah E Lyons, Chulou Penales, and Carlos Lopez
T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Crisis: Hyperleukocytosis, Tumor Lysis Syndrome, and Innovative Approaches., Gordon White, Mariel Duchow, and Levy Amar
Acute Renal Failure Secondary to Vibrio cholera Gastroenteritis in a United States Citizen, Corrected With Renal Replacement Therapy, Meng Xie, Angelina Hong, Mayuri Gupta, and Dusan Dragovic
Submissions from 2023
Scores and Suspicions for Acute Coronary Syndrome, Murtaza Akhter and Nicholas Rosende
Effect of Current (Virtual) vs. Future (Salary) Economics on the Residency Match, Murtaza Akhter, Jesus Seda, Jillian Stariha, and Valori H. Slane
Severe Case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a 36-year-old Male, Aleeza Ali, Max Kaito, Stanley Dennison, Hanan Zisling, Esam Khalifa, and John Romano
Multiple Sclerosis in a 32-Year-old Female with History of Prolactinoma, Aleeza Ali, Jesse Simon, and Adekunle Bamgboye
The First Case of Daratumumab-Induced Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Ali Tariq Alvi, Sachin George Mathew, and Murali Shankar
Inpatient Outcomes in Patients with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome and Cannabis Use Disorder: A Retrospective Study, Ali Tariq Alvi, Hasnan Ijaz, and Pallavi Aneja
Fulminant Hepatic Failure With Minimal Alcohol Consumption in a 25-Year-Old Female With Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A Rare Case., Ali Tariq Alvi, Luis E. Santiago, Zahid Nadeem, and Ali Chaudhry
Acute Pancreatitis-Induced Thrombosis of Celiac Artery: An Unusual Complication of Acute Pancreatitis, Ali Tariq Alvi, Luis Santiago, and Marvin Lopez-Medal
A Rare Case of Primary Extra-Nodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) in the Rectum, Ali Tariq Alvi and Murali Shankar
Primary Dedifferentiated Duodenal Liposarcoma With Gastric Outlet Obstruction: A Rare Small Bowel Tumor, Ali Tariq Alvi and Murali Shankar
Her Cross to Bear, Stuart J. Bagatell, Levy Amar, and Gabriel Ghanoum
Second Victim Syndrome: Nurturing Well-being and Resilience in the Medical Community, Daniel Basselgia
A Guide to Writing Quality Case Reports, Robert Chait, Graig Donini, and Michael G. Flynn
Cardiac Tamponade in the Setting of Severe Sepsis and Adrenal Insufficiency, Ayesha Choudhry, Matthew Cardeiro, Angelina Hong, and Adekunle Bamgboye
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Status Post Anoxic Brain Injury: A Case Presentation of Heightened Susceptibility in the Brain Injury Population, Brianna Cocuzzo, Kristy Fisher, and Clara L. Alvarez Villalba
A Case of Transient Left Bundle Branch Block, Taylor Craig, Vincent Grekoski, Kashan Mahmood, and Laura Tortora
Surviving the Apprehensive Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) Bacteremia: A Case of Bacteremia with an Undetermined Source of Infection Leading to Suspected Cardioembolic Ischemia and Biochemical Septic Shock, Greisy D. Curbelo Sesin, Eduardo Marino-Urbino, Christopher Fontela, Melanio J. Rodriguez, Jorge A. Diaz, Shivaan C. Oomrigar, Ramon Mendoza Bello, and Yoandy Rodriguez Fuentes
Organ Donation and Transplantation among Non-US Citizens: Opportunities to Improve Global Equity in Heart Transplantation, Ersilia M Defilippis, Jaya Batra, Vanessa Blumer, Isaiah A Peoples, Christy N Taylor, Daniel Oren, Jose L. Lopez, Andrew J Sauer, and Nasrien E Ibrahim
Persistent Challenges: Pulmonary Hypertension in Aortic Coarctation Despite Surgical Valve Replacement, Adam Devine and Jacklyn Garcia
Subacute Stroke Like Presentation Likely due to Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompromised Patient, Ashley R. Diaz, Priya Mohan, Utmitha Konda, Alfonso Manotas, and Issac Ichoa
Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Presenting as Left Ventricular Aneurysm in a 74-Year-Old African American Male, Daniel Diez, Joel Brooks Tamayo, Jennifer Rodriguez-Belen, Jorge Hernandez Canciobello, Amr El-Tella, Kevin Mancheno, Kevin Manceno, Jorge X. Montilla, James Davenport, and Yeissen Godinez
A Case of Pseudo-Pseudo Meigs Syndrome as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Daniel Diez, Jennifer M. Lara, David Cotto Velez, Jorge Hernandez Canciobello, Yanet Diaz-Martell, Iliza Minaya, Asad Rizvi, Jose Gonzalez-Pantaleon, Yeissen Godinez, and Daniel Zapata
A Bridge Too Far: A Case of Myocardial Bridge Requiring Unroofing and Complicated by Post-Cardiac Injury Syndrome, Daniel Diez, Alfredo Toll, Ernesto Perez Colome, Ruben Cabrera, David Cotto Velez, and Hector J. Crespo
Examining Nationwide Disparities in Managing Critical Limb Threatening Ischemia among Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus or End-Stage Kidney Disease by Race and Ethnicity, Daniel Dominguez and Waseem Wahood
Late Onset Sheehan Syndrome 23 Years After Post-Partum Hemorrhage, Igbayilola Dosunmu, Ali Tariq Alvi, Sarah Kaufman, and Ayesha Malik
Burkholderia cepacia Causing ARDS in a Patient Without Cystic Fibrosis, Igbayilola Dosunmu, Shahriar Sharif, Samyukta Swaminath, Nashit Mozumder, and Diego Marin
Primary Care Physician Supply and Population Health Outcomes in Florida, 2010-2019, Maxwell E. Droznin and Julia Fashner
Massive Small Bowel Resection in a 74-year-old Patient with Atrial Fibrillation-Induced Mesenteric Ischemia, Armand Edalati, Bita C. Behaeddin, Raul Aguilar, and Shaikh Hai
Dorsal Column Spinal Cord Stimulation for Sacral Radiculopathy Due to Sacroiliac Joint Fusion to Hardware: A Case Report, Kristy Fishery, Jonathan Heaven, and Christine Hunt
Where’s ADAM? Successful Treatment of COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Refractory Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Christopher Fontela, Alfredo Toll, Jose Fernandez, Gabriel Barciela-Perez, Jorge Diaz, Greisy Curbelo-Sesin, Ilde Manuel Lee, and Jose Gascon
Invasive Testing for Pre-operative Localization of Parathyroid Tumors, Akua Graf, Craig Cochran, Samira Sadowski, Naris Nilubol, William F. Simonds, Lee S. Weinstein, Richard Chang, and Smita Jha
Acute Multiorgan Failure in a 27-Year-Old Non-Drug User, Tatiana Gusan, Angelina Hong, Sarah Kaufman, and Nathan Zaher
The Development of Fat Embolism Syndrome (FES) and Multiple Small Pulmonary Emboli Following Open Reduction Internal Fixation (ORIF) of a Left Femur Fracture: A Case Report, Aaron Hacker, Dylan S. Irvine, Scott MacDougal, and Imani Thornton
Save a Limb: Potential Utility of Empiric Plasmapheresis for Recurrent Brachial Artery Thrombosis and Acute Limb Ischemia following Left Heart Catheterization, Peter Harrill, Mariel Duchow, and Levy Amar
Neoadjuvant Radiation Therapy with Interdigitated High-Dose LRT for Voluminous High-Grade Soft-Tissue Sarcoma, Georges F. Hatoum, H Thomas Temple, Silvio Garcia, Yi Zheng, Fouad Kfoury, Jill Kinley, and Xiaodong Wu
Outcomes of Patients with COPD during the COVID Pandemic, Jacob Hentges and Julia Fashner
The Re-Emergence of an Ancient Disease: A Case Presentation of Spinal Tuberculosis, Danay Herrera, Nargisa Ergasheva, Paola Solari, Daniel Kaswan, and Bryan Greendield
Atraumatic Splenic Rupture: An Unaccustomed Complication of H. parainfluenzae Endocarditis, Daniel P. High, Jose M. Acosta-Rullan, Danay Herrera, and Mauricio Danckers
And Yet, Angelina Hong
A Rare Case of Candida glabrata Cervical Spondylodiscitis, Angelina Hong, Lily Hyungjung Lim, Ali Tariq Alvi, and Pallavi Aneja
Post-procedural Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty Outcomes of Patients from 2010-2020, Issac Ichoa, Waseem Wahood, Shyam Kurian, Mohamad Bydon, Jonathan Morris, David F. Kallmes, and Waleed Brinjikji
Characteristics, ICU Interventions, and Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Palliative Care Triggers in a Mixed Community-Based Intensive Care Unit, Michele Marie Iguina, Aunie M. Danyalian, Ilko Luque, Umair Shaikh, Sanaz B. Kashan, Dionne Morgan, Daniel Heller, and Mauricio Danckers
A Case of Hyperkalemia Secondary to Table Salt Alternative in a Patient with Normal Renal Function, Souhil M. Jaafil, Laura Tortora, Erin Marra, and Steven Shapiro
A Case of Coxsackievirus Type B-Induced Myocarditis Presenting with GI Symptoms, Daniel Karpel, Jason Nguyen, Cristina Benites, Mohammed Akram, Francini Alcocer-Guzman, Evelyn Garcia, Shany Quevedo, Ambar Sekulits, and Livasky Concepcion Perez
Diagnostic Considerations of Giant Cell Arteritis in Veterans, Paul Kay, Molly Phan, and Kimberly M. Winges
Residency Burnout and Wellness, Harmanjit Khokhar and Dennis Cardriche
Impact of Psychiatry Clerkship Rotation in Attitudes Towards Mental Illness and Psychiatry as a Career Among Medical Students, Jae Kim, Brian Blum, Shivani Kaushal, Sara Khan, Patrick Hardigan, and Clara Alvarez Villaba
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Strategies in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa: A Literature Review, Jae H. Kim, Shivani Kaushal, Sara Khan, and Brian Blum
Risk Factors for Depression Progression in Parkinson's Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study, David Kosoy, James Cassuto, and Gregory Kurgansky
Comparing 30-Day Outcomes of Open Versus Endovascular Revascularization for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia, David Kosoy and Waseem Wahood
Outcome Disparity Among African Americans Following Colon Trauma, Joseph Krocker, Victoria Lord, Tamar Walker, Tammy Luan, Luis Rivera Aguasvivas, Jonathan Meizoso, Heidi Bahna, and Juliet Ray
A Rare Case of Prosopagnosia Related to Intracranial Hemorrhage., Peyton Lampley, Michael D Saggio, Madeline Boulet, Laurence Dubensky, and Erin M. Marra
Unsuspected Large B-cell Lymphoma Diagnosed by Pleural Effusion Cytology after Chest Wall Trauma, Matthew Lee and Susana Ferra
Forum Discussion Indicates Favorable Views of JAK Inhibitors for Atopic Dermatitis, Nicole Levin, Karan Rajalingam, Ashley Wentworth, and Leila Tolaymat
Sudden Onset AMS, Focal Weakness, Fever and Aphasia due to Intracranial Subdural Empyema in Left Temporo-Parietal Lobe, Lily Hyunjung Lim, Menachem M. Nagar, and Pallavi Aneja
Stellate Ganglion Block for Intractable Hiccups Secondary to a Motor Vehicle Collision, Daniel Lopez and Sanjeev Kumar
Achieving Health Equity in the Care of Patients with Heart Failure., Jose L. Lopez, Gustavo Duarte, Christy N Taylor, and Nasrien E Ibrahim
In-hospital Stroke and Mortality Trends After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in the United States from 2017 to 2019, Jose L. Lopez, Justin Mark, Waseem Wahood, Nader Lamaa, and Mauricio Danckers
Role of Genetic Polymorphisms in Clopidogrel Response Variability: A Systematic Review., Jose Lopez, Justin Mark, Gustavo J Duarte, Mohammed Shaban, Franklin Sosa, Rishabh Mishra, Swati Jain, An Tran, Asma Khizar, Daniel Karpel, Giancarlo Acosta, and Miguel Rodriguez-Guerra
From Pest Control to Poison Control: A Novel Case Report of Delayed Carbamate Poisoning., Kashan Mahmood, Erin Marra, Taylor Craig, and Gaurav Patel