Submissions from 2021
Incessant Refractory Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Michele M. Iguina, Shaun Smithson, and Mauricio Danckers
Case Series: The Coexistence of Thrombocytopenia and Thromboembolism in COVID-19 Patients on ECMO: A Case Series and Literature Review., Can Jones, Kai Chen, and Vijay Narendran
Effect of Initiation of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder on Hospitalization Outcomes for Endocarditis and Osteomyelitis in a Large Private Hospital System in the United States, 2014–18, Young Jo, Rebecca Nosal, Angela Vittori, Leopoldo Cordova MD, Christian Vandever, Clara Alvarez, Tyler S Bartholomew, and Hansel E Tookes
A Rare Presentation of an Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Obscured Due to the Simultaneous Presence of Acute Pancreatitis, Amrin M. Kharawala, Nirav Brahmbhatt, Huzefa Bhopalwala, Nakeya Dewaswala, Adnan Bhopalwala, Waqas Ghumman, and Robert Dean Chait
Alexander Disease, James Kuhn and Marco Cascella
Is Endurance Training Harmful to Older Athletes in the Long Run? An Interesting Case of Exercise-Induced Ventricular Tachycardia, Nader Lamaa, Jose L. Lopez, Amer Zeizoun, and Kenneth Zide
Localization of Hand and Wrist Anatomic Structures Among Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residents: Implication of Ultrasonography in Palpation Skill Verification, Se Won Lee, Phuong Uyen Le, Craig Van Dien, Stefanie Lai, and Eric Aguila
Rare Papillary Breast Carcinoma Incidentally Discovered After Trauma-Induced Hematoma, Becky Li, Jackie Nguyen, Caitlin Williams, Karina Cardenas, and Ihor Pidhorecky
Inoperable Left Renal Vein Leiomyosarcoma Refractory to Chemotherapy Invades Inferior Vena Cava and Right Atrium: A Case Report, Geoffrey Lindblad, Stephanie Prater, Sotiris Chaniotakis MS, and James Banks
An Incidental Discovery Following Hypertension and Headaches: A Pheochromocytoma Case Report, Geoffrey Lindblad; Stephanie Prater; Ashley Hall; Sheyla Gonzalez, MD; and Danay Herrera
Physicians’ Emotional Intelligence: Improving Performance While Reducing Burnout, Miriam Zylgerblait Lisigurski, Umair Shaikh, and Brian Toston
Unique Considerations of Certain Countries, Bilal Haider Malik, Ian Rutkofsky, and Dong Hyang Kwon
Recurrent Hiatal Hernia Resulting in Rightward Mediastinal Shift: Diagnostics in Cardiology and Clinical Pearls., Divy Mehra, Javier Alvarado, Yanet Diaz-Martell, Lino Saavedra, and James Davenport
Hypercoagulability Due to COVID-19 Leading to Impending Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens and Sub-Massive Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism, Bruno V. Moraes, Amir Hashemi, Kevin Mancheno, Manuel Obando, and Erin Marra
Do Certain Biomarkers Predict Adverse Outcomes in Coronavirus Disease 2019?, Hiba Narvel, Anam Sayed, Nida Narvel, Shreyas Yakkali, and Tasleem Katchi
Case Report of a Near-fatal Case of Mycobacterium massiliense Sepsis after De-clotting of an Arteriovenous Fistula, Haroon Nawaz, Ayesha Choudhry, and William Morse
Air Leak in COVID-19 Patients, Jonathan Nieves, Tarig Elhakim, Valentina Rojas Ortiz, Gabriel Silva, Robert Hernandez, and Jose Gascon
Leadership, Anthony Pearson-Shaver and Evan Layton
An Unusual Variant of Guillain-Barre Syndrome with COVID-19, Jennifer Perez, Cesar Santillana, Orlirio Corrales, Daniel Gonzalez, Sherard LaCaille, and Ria Sitahal
Colonic Migration of a Nephroureteral Stent Through a Colovesical Fistula, Nicholas Pigg, Kevin Carr, Julio Zayas, and Eduardo Franca
Prevention of Pulmonary Cement Embolism by Inferior Vena Cava Filter following Vertebroplasty-related Cement Intravasation, Stephanie Prater, Muhammad Ali Awan, Kristina Antuna, and Julio Zayas Colon
Bilateral Ureteral Obstruction Causing Acute Kidney Injury and Resultant Metformin Toxicity, Umar Rashid, Erin M. Marra, and Vu Huy Tran
The Hurricane Lung: A Case of Hydrocarbon Pneumonitis With Abscess Formation Following Fuel Siphoning, Renuka Reddy, Jessica Baek, Hanna R. Perone, Kai Chen, and Daniel Lichtstein
Large Vessel Ischemic Stroke in a Young Woman With Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2, Renuka Reddy, Kai Chen, and Katherine Hodgin
An Atypical Presentation of PRES and the Case for DWI for Prognostication, Jan Sambataro, Tilisha Persaud, Alexandra Pisklakova, Mark Nagrani, Matthew Posada, Harrison Lief, Alexandra Witt, Kishankumar Patel, and Jorge Perez
Sexism in Medicine: Alive and Well or a Dying Breed?, Diane Shannon, Nadia Obaed, Dieula John, Elena Cervantes, and Miriam Zylberglait Lisigurski
Acute Psychosis with Recurrent Neurocysticercosis: A Case Presentation, Nasir F. Siddique, Kristy A. Fisher, Joshua Chang, and Clara L. Alvarez Villalba
Preventative Medicine and Alzheimer’s Disease: Is Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Reduction Achievable?, Benjamin Sinyor, Richard Isaacson, and Christopher Ochner
COVID-19-Induced Colitis: A Novel Relationship During Troubling Times., Peter Stawinski, Karolina Dziadkowiec, and Akiva Marcus
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection Predisposing to Chronic Cavitary Pulmonary Aspergillosis, Bryan Vera, Geoffrey Lindblad, Benjamin Carmel, Andres Rivero, and Simon Miguel Edelstein
Impact of Stimulants to Reduce Readmission for Aggressive Behavior in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder, Angela Vittori, Young Jo, Clara Alvarez, and Samuel A. Neuhut
Emergency Department Case: Covid-19 Related Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Katherine Wietecha
Differential Diagnosis of Corpus Callosum Lesions: Beyond the Typical Butterfly Pattern., Yi Yang, Nancy Fischbein, and Anjeza Chukus
Physician Suicide: Where are the Leaders?, Miriam Zylberglait Lisigurski
Take Back the Power and Joy of Being a Doctor, Miriam Zylberglait Lisigurski and Yudith Furman
Submissions from 2020
The Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on In-Hospital Mortality in COVID-19, Samar Aboulenain, Nakeya Dewaswala, Fergie Ramos, Pedro Torres, Ahmed Abdallah, Mohamed Abdul Qader, Baher Al-Abbasi, Charles R. Bornmann, Karolina N. Dziadkowiec, Kai Chen, Jesus E. Pino, Robert Chait, and Kleper de Almeida
Neuropsychiatric Presentation of COVID-19: A Case Report of Disinhibition in an Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection, I. Jack Abramson, Kristy A. Fisher, Clara V. Alvarez, and Jacqueline Horan Fisher
Zinc Toxicity, Ulrika Agnew and Todd L. Slesinger
Implementation of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign in Patients With Heart Failure: Gender-Specific Outcomes, Baher Al Abbasi, Pedro Torres, Fergie Ramos Tuarez, Kai Chen, Gustavo Avila, Endri Ceka, Andres R. Chacon, Gretchen De Diego, Charles R. Bornmann, Waqas Ghumman, Robert Chait, and Jesus Pino Moreno
Cardiac Troponin-I and COVID-19: A Prognostic Tool for In-Hospital Mortality, Baher Al Abbasi, Pedro Torres, Fergie Ramos Tuarez, Nakeya Dewaswala, Ahmed Abdallah, Kai Chen, Mohamed Abdul Qader, Riya Job, Samar Aboulenain, Karolina Dziadkowiec, Huzefa Bhopalwala, Jesus Pino Moreno, and Robert Chait
Health Care Workers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Related to COVID-19 in Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care, Zaida Albarracin, Michael Silverman, Jocelyn Mineo, Baher Al Abbasi, Susan Koff, Catherine Martell, and Richard Levene
A Case of Recurrent Catamenial Pneumothorax Despite Chemical and Mechanical Pleurodesis, Aimee Almanzar, Usha Deonarine, Imran Sayeedi, and Nihhil Bhardwaj
Persistent Thromboembolic Events in a Patient with Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated with TPA, Aimee Almanzar, Vijay Srinivasan, Prashant R. Upadhyaya, and Mauricio Danckers
Abdominal Aortic Repair, Dor M. Avishay and Joseph Reimon
A cycle dependent heart - A rare case of menstruation induced neurocardiogenic syncope., Jilla R. Azarbal, Gustavo A. Vargas, and James Davenport
Liver Imaging, Shahrzad Azizaddini and Nisha Mani
Defense Mechanisms, Ryan Bailey DO and Jose Pico
Acute Headache, Leeran Baraness and Annalee Baker
Coronary Artery Anomalies, Robert Beecham, Stephanie Prater, and Juan Carlos Batlle
Stroke Alert Leptomeningeal Sarcoidosis with Neurologic Involvement, Arian Bethencourt, Imran Sayeedi, Anarella Abrantes, Vijay N. Srinivasan, Prashant R. Upadhyaya, Nadiuska Sanchez, Jose Barros, Parikh Parth, Felix Hernandez, and Gustavo Ferrer
A Rare Case of Extramedullary Plasmacytoma Presenting as Large Abdominal Mass, Dieter Brummund and Benjamin Sinyor
Patellofemoral Syndrome, Jared M. Bump and Lindsay Lewis
Budd-Chiari Syndrome from a Tunneled-Dialysis Catheter?, Ifrah Butt MD, Kairavee D. Dave MD, Lucas Rindy DO, Arash Zarrin DO, Livasky Concepcion MD, Daniel Heller MD, Franklin Kasmin MD, Steven Kaplan MD, and John Rivas MD
Alosetron, Ifrah Butt and Franklin Kasmin
Esophageal pH Monitoring, Ifrah Butt and Franklin Kasmin
Unexpected Case of Critical Left Main Coronary Artery Dissection in a Young Woman, Ifrah Butt MD, Vahid Kazemi, Oranus Mohammadi, and Mauricio Danckers
Pituitary Cancer, Wajeeha Saeed Butt and Vijay N. Srinivasan
Inebriated Liver Causing Mesangial Turmoil, Luis Caraballo, Adalberto Gonzalez, Joel Brooks Tamayo, Evelyn Bryon, Jose Pantaleon, and Jose Gascon
Balloon Kyphoplasty Complication: A Case of a Lodged Balloon Within the Vertebral Body., Grace Chalhoub, Brian Cheung, and Christian Gonzalez
The Incidence of Respiratory failure (RF) after Hurricane Irma and Michael, Zeeshan Chauhan, Armando Cabrera, Huda Asif, Hector Y. Vazquez, Felix Hernandez, and Gustavo Ferrer
Gastric Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Chronic Back Pain: A Case Report., Alexandra Chitty, Dennis Cardriche, and Thomas H. Matese Jr.
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Andrew Chu and Roopma Wadhwa
Dermal Melanocytosis (Mongolian Spot), Congenital, Raymond Chua and Jose Pico
The Use of 3D FS T1 Sequence to Diagnose Cervical Arterial Dissections in Peripartum Populations: A Case Series, Susana Creagh Reyes, Nicholas Pigg, Kevin Carr, and Ravishankar Shivashankar MD
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury, Jared M. Culp MD and Gaurav Patel
Broncho-Pleuro-Cutaneous Fistula: An Atypical Presentation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Pneumonia, Aunie Danyalian, Nicole L. Cohen, Prashant R. Upadhyaya, and Hector Y. Vazquez Saad
Delayed Presentation of Coarctation of the Aorta, Aunie Danyalian, Ivan Pagan, Umair Shaikh, and Livasky Concepcion Perez
A Decerebrating Female: A Rare Presentation of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Due to Measles, Natasha Del Rio, Yordan Orive, Andres Sobrado, Ruben Cabrera, Ilde Manuel Lee, Troy Hoang, Sherard LaCaille, Ricardo Garcia-Rivera, and Robert Hernandez
SEVen factors predictive of Severe outcomes in INfluenza (SEVIN) tool, Usha Deonarine MD, Alwiya Saleh MD, Gustavo Ferrer MD, Giselle Falconi MD, and Leopoldo Cordova MD
A Complication of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Nakeya Dewaswala and Robert Dean Chait
Adenocarcinoma Arising From a Cervical Esophageal Inlet Patch: The Malignant Potential of a Small Lesion, Karolina Dziadkowiec, Sergio Sanchez-Luna, Peter Stawinski, and Jose Proenza
Acute Obstructive Choledocholithiasis: A Case of Elusive Gallstones on Imaging, Karolina Dziadkowiec, Larnelle Simms, Sweet Gerlie Smith, Aviv Katz, and Kayode Olowe
Left Shoulder Pain After Routine Colonoscopy: An Unusual Presentation of Splenic Laceration, Karolina Dziadkowiec, Peter Stawinski, Dhruvil Radadiya, and Aviv Katz
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Causing Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: An Uncommon Way of Diagnosing An Uncommon Disease, Karolina Dziadkowiec, Peter Stawinski, Sergio Sanchez-Luna, and Aviv Katz
Lead Encephalopathy, Kristina Eastman and Laura Tortora
Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum, Pneumothorax and Subcutaneous Emphysema in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Rare Case and Literature Review, Tarig Elhakim, Haleem S. Abdul, Yoandy Rodriguez-Fuentes, and Carlos A. Pelaez Romero
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema in COVID-19 pneumonia: a rare case and literature review., Tarig Sami Elhakim, Haleem Abdul, Carlos A. Pelaez Romero, and Yoandy Rodriguez-Fuentes
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), Samuel R. Falkson and Vijay N. Srinivasan
Parasomnias, Kamron Fariba
Tardive Dystonia, Kamron Fariba and Ryan Estevez
Delusions, Kamron Fariba and Fatma Fawzy
Impulse Control Disorders, Kamron Fariba and Srinivasa B. Gokarakonda
Deep Brain Stimulation, Kamron Fariba and Vikas Gupta
Involuntary Commitment, Kamron Fariba and Vikas Gupta
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder In Children, Kamron Fariba and Vikas Gupta
Personality Disorder, Kamron Fariba and Ethan Kass
Combating Inpatient Vaccine Hesitancy: I Raised The Rates In My Cardiac Patients, Linda Ferrer, Giselle Falconi MD, Shivani Priyadarshni, dustin benyo, Daniel High, Kristi Pejo, Ajay Yechuri, Ruben Perez, and Bryan Curry
Paraphilia, Kristy A. Fisher and Raman Marwaha
Illness Anxiety Disorder, Jennifer Hope French and Sajid Hameed
Neonatal Evaluation, Elizabeth Gantan and Lily Wiedrich
Staged Management of High-Energy Complex Tibial Pilon Fractures, Gan Golshteyn DPM, Gina Nguyen DPM, Bradley Roth DO, and Marie Williams DPM
Ovarian Torsion, Shelby L. Guile and Josephin K. Mathai
Epstein Barr Virus (EBV), Karla Hoover and Karla Higginbotham MD
Recurrent Ischemic Strokes in a Patient with Severe COVID-19 Infection and Phosphatidylserine Antibodies, Michele M. Iguina, Alwiya Saleh MD, Imran Sayeedi, and Mauricio Danckers
Interest in linkage to PrEP among people who inject drugs accessing syringe services; Miami, Florida., Young Jo, Tyler S Bartholomew, Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, Allan Rodriguez, David W Forrest, Jasmine Tomita-Barber, Juan Oves, and Hansel E Tookes
Differences in Outcomes of ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in African American Women versus Women from other races: A United States National Study., Tasleem Katchi, Sanja Virani, Shaun Smithson, and Bryan Curry
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Hoon Kim and Anthony Pearson-Shaver
Central Venous Catheter, Joshua Kolikof, Katherine Peterson, and Annalee Baker
Bullet Hole Sinus Tarsi: Functional and Radiographic Outcomes Following A Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound to the Talus with Vascular Injury, Eric P. Krznaric DPM, John R. Greaves DPM, Jason C. Spector DPM, Alan A. MacGill DPM, and Christopher Ochner
Hallux Valgus, James Kuhn and Farhan Alvi