Submissions from 2024
Accuracy of GPT's Artificial Intelligence on Emergency Medicine Board Recertification Exam, Murtaza Akhter
An Unusual Presentation of Severe Ciguatera Poisoning: Case Report., Moshe Bengio, Glenn Goodwin, Katherine L. O'Neil, and Laura E. Tortora
Emergency Department Volumes After State-Wide Lockdown Orders Across the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: COVID-19 Lockdown and Emergency Volume, Nicole Lau, Stephen Patterson, Steven Kim, and Tommy Kim
Case Report of a Child with Colocolic Intussusception with a Primary Lead Point., Ethan Lee, Jeremy Lins, Chelsea Cosand, Mary Jane Piroutek, and Tommy Y. Kim
A Rare Case of Intussusception in an Elderly Adult Diagnosed by Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Lucas Winter, Derrick Huang, and Frank Fraunfelter
Management of the Agitated Patient, Carmen Wolfe and Nicole McCoin
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
Emergency Physician-Performed Point-of-Care Ultrasound of a Renal Mass, Annie Au, Justin Harris, Gabriel Cabrera Correa, and Eric Kalivoda
Hereditary Angioedema, Anjali Banerjee, Natalie Bermudez, Murdoc B Gould, Sidhartha R Ramlatchan, and Latha Ganti
Hereditary Angioedema, Anjali Banerjee, Natalie Bermudez, Murdoc B Gould, Sidhartha R Ramlatchan, and Latha Ganti
A National Survey of Job Satisfaction and Workload Among Emergency Medicine (EM) Residency Faculty, Jennifer Chapman, Martha Barrett, Meredith Thompson, Christine Stehman, Michael Hansen, and Martin Wegman
Acute Onset of Movement Disorders Accompanying Common Emergency Room Neurologic Disease Processes, Jennifer Chapman, Michael Horowitz, Ronnie L. Bond, Janae Fry, Christy Joesph, and Youssef M. Al-Saghir
Disparities in the Use of Chemical and Physical Restraints in the Emergency Department by Race/Ethnicity., Etta Conteh, Abigail Alorda, David Lebowitz, and Tracy Macintosh
Occult Pneumonia in a Symptomatic Patient Found on Bedside Ultrasound, Missed on Chest Radiograph, Anthony DeRenzi, Dakota Lane, and Diana Mora Montero
Sclerosing Mesenteritis Managed Conservatively With Prednisone, Saipriya Gande, Natalie Nguyen, Thor S. Stead, Rohan Mangal, and Latha Ganti
Impact of Emergency Department Arrival Time on Door-to-Needle Time in Patients with Acute Stroke, Latha Ganti, Amber Mirajkar, Paul Banerjee, Tej Stead, Andrew Hanna, Joshua Tsau, and Ankur Garg
Use of POCUS to Support Clinical Diagnosis of Fournier's Gangrene, Erica Gibbons, Johnatan Jhon, and Jennifer Purcell
Spontaneous Peri-aortic Hematoma in a Patient with New-onset Chest Pain, Harold Gomez Acevedo, Stanley Budzinski III, and Micaela B. Ramsey
Bilateral Knee Septic Arthritis after Prostatic Urethral Lift: A Case Report, Scott P. Goodsell, Alexandra Lewis, and Kristina Domanski
A Patient with Generalized Weakness - A Case Report, Darby Graham, Manparbodh Kaur, John Costumbrado, and Sassan Ghassemzadeh
Disaster Day: A Simulation-Based Competition for Educating Emergency Medicine Residents and Medical Students on Disaster Medicine, Shayne Gue, Stephanie Cohen, Maria Tassone, Ayanna Walker, Andy Little, Martin Morales-Cruz, Casey McGillicuddy, David Lebowitz, Robert Pell, Ariel Vera, Steven Nazario, Darielys MejiasMorales, Andrew Bobbett, Drake Dixon, Anines Quinones, and Latha Ganti
Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule for Distinguishing Bacterial and Aseptic Meningitis in Pediatric Patients, Amelia L. Gurley, Matt Fukuda, Ashwin Sharma, Ethan Lee, Erica Junqueira, Michael Kang, and Tommy Y. Kim
Nudge Theory: Effectiveness in Increasing Emergency Department Faculty Completion of Residency Assessments, Amelia L. Gurley, Colin N. Jenkins, Thien Nguyen, Allison Woodall, and Jason An
How Did That Get There? A Case Series of Adolescent Foreign Bodies, Justin Ian Hanson, Paul Bomar, Sarah Kleist, Denver Rogalla, Lori Crihfield, and Scott Gutovitz
Morel-Lavallée Lesion of the Distal Thigh: Emergency Department Diagnosis with Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Derrick Huang, Morgan Killian, Samyr Elbadri, Leoh Leon II, and Latha Ganti
Acute Upper Extremity Arterial Occlusion Diagnosed on POCUS in the Emergency Department, Derrick Huang, Jacob Ruzicka, Leoh Leon II, and Latha Ganti
Emergency Department Point-of-care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Active Bleeding into the Intraluminal Thrombus of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Derrick Huang, Rohan Wanchu, Michael Cho, Leoh Leon II, and Latha Ganti
Case Study of Biatrial Thrombus: Found Down With Atrial Fibrillation, Colin N. Jenkins, Nader W. Badri, and Barbara Blasko
Implementation of a Resident-Designed Procedure Cart in a Busy Emergency Department, Kimberly Johnson, Caroline M. Smith, Lee Barker, Stephanie Iken, Jean Laubinger, Connor Fraser, Michael Falgiani, Leoh Leon, Samyr Elbadri, Joshua Walker, James L. Wilson, Frank Fraunfelter, and Latha Ganti
Video Documentation as a Measure of Written Documentation Accuracy in Emergency Medical Service Field Intubations, Christopher S. Keller, Christopher Dilger, Shih-Chin Chou, Rasheed Lawal, and Shane Jenks
A 75-year-old with Left Ankle Pain, Morgan Killian, Rohan Wanchu, Derrick Huang, Josh Walker, and Latha Ganti
Stress Cardiomyopathy Following Thoracostomy Tube Placement and Hemothorax Drainage: A Case Report, Brandon Kuley and Jeremy Webb
A Rare Case of Prosopagnosia Related to Intracranial Hemorrhage., Peyton Lampley, Michael D Saggio, Madeline Boulet, Laurence Dubensky, and Erin M. Marra
Pericardial Effusion Following Pacemaker Implantation Detected by Point-of-care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department, Thomas Lemaster, Joshua Middleton, and Diana Mora-Montero
Cocaine User with Chest Pain, Jonathan Littell, Shayne M. Gue, and Latha Ganti
Stellate Ganglion Block for Intractable Hiccups Secondary to a Motor Vehicle Collision, Daniel Lopez and Sanjeev Kumar
A Non-Classical Presentation of Erythema Migrans in a 51-Year-Old Woman With Early Manifestation of Lyme Neuroborreliosis (Bannwarth Syndrome), Jovans Lorquet, Robert Pell, Jeffrey Adams, Mihir Tak, and Latha Ganti
A Man with Sore Throat: A Case Report, Nathan Mercado, Sawyer Schuljak, Daniel Ng, Curtis Knight, Allison Woodall, and John Costumbrado
Ureterocele Diagnosed With Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Edgar J. Miranda Gonzalez, Nicholas Bencomo, Alfredo Tirado, and Veronica T. Tucci
The Prevalence of Undiagnosed Anxiety: A National Survey, Arshaan Momin, Kiran Rodrigues, Thor Stead, Rohan Mangal, and Latha Ganti
Ingestion of Toxic Iron Dose With Benign Outcome, Martin Morales-Cruz, Darielys MejiasMorales, Parker Hunsaker, Erin Butler, and Maria Tassone
Hyperacute and Fulminant Guillain-Barré Syndrome Requiring Emergent Intubation, James Neumeister, Derrick Huang, Shane Dzluneski, Alexander M. Huttleston, Christopher Megargel, Michael Falgiani, and Latha Ganti
Cranial Nerve Six Palsy After Vaginal Delivery with Epidural Anesthesia: A Case Report, Jennifer Olivarez, Scott Gutovitz, and Caylyne Arnold
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Shaan Patel, Mekdes Ditamo, Rohan Mangal, Murdoc Gould, and Latha Ganti
Sunscreen Use Amongst US Adults: A National Survey, Mahika Patlola, Aanchal A Shah, Thor Stead, Rohan Mangal, and Latha Ganti
Pearls and Pitfalls of an Orthopaedic Mission Trip, Adam Pearl and Khaled Saleh
Thromboembolic Stroke from Aberrant Sternotomy Wire, Andreea Popa, Ana Pineda, and Murtaza Akhter
Meningovascular Syphilis: A Case of a Young Man Presenting With Acute Stroke and Pulmonary Emboli, Alexa Ragusa, Adrian Kapustka, Latha Ganti, and Shayne M. Gue
Costoclavicular Brachial Plexus Block Facilitates Painless Upper Extremity Reduction: A Case Report, Matthew Townsend Reeves, Katherine O'Neil, and Todd Slesinger
Adult Traumatic Brain Injury and Likelihood of Routine Discharge: Do Comorbidities Matter?, Heather Rhodes, Stephanie Anderson, Yelena Pecheny, Antonio Pepe, and Donald Courtney
Accuracy of Emergency Medicine Residents Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) to Detect Retained Stingray Barbs, Stewart R. Richardson, Jacob Pope, Lexus Dickson, Leslie Hart, and Casey Wilson
Drowning Rule-Out With Novices (DROWN) in Ultrasound, Stewart R. Richardson, Jacob Pope, Leslie B Hart, and Casey Wilson
The Extent of Sleep Deprivation and Daytime Sleepiness in Young Adults, Alexandra Rubin, Rohan Mangal, Thor S Stead, Joshua Walker, and Latha Ganti
Layperson Knowledge of Heart Attacks in the State of Georgia, USA, Shiva Sajja, Thor Stead, Rohan Mangal, and Latha Ganti
Mitigating Nipple Areolar Complex (NAC) Ischemia Following Mastopexy Augmentation Using Nitroglycerin Application and Methylprednisolone: A Case Report, Thor Stead, Matteo Laspro, Giovanni Ramirez-Arroyo, Latha Ganti, and Amitabha Mitra
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Encounters in a Major Metropolitan Area, Jeffrey R Stowell, Michael B Henry, Paul Pugsley, Jennifer Edwards, Heather Burton, Craig Norquist, Eric D Katz, B Witkind Koenig, Sandra Indermuhle, Vignesh Subbian, Hamid Ghaderi, and Murtaza Akhter
Molar Pregnancy Presenting in the Emergency Department, Rohan Wanchu, Jonathan Rebik, Emily Maccauley, Samyr Elbadri, Leoh Leon II, Terrika Jones, and Latha Ganti
Prevalence of Stress Amongst High School Athletes (v2), Tavish Ward, Thor Stead, Rohan Mangal, and Latha Ganti
Proof of Concept: Using ChatGPT to Teach Emergency Physicians How to Break Bad News, Jeremy Webb
High Tech POCUS Education in Remote Environments: An App Review., Jeremy Webb, Chad Mosby, John Stadnyk, and Michael Jones
Limitations to Generalizing Emergency Department Procedural Rate Estimates Nationwide., Martin Wegman, Jennifer Chapman, Alfredo Tirado, Edward Descallar, Shane Jenks, and David Lebowitz
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome Presenting with Ventricular Bigeminy, Jeffrey Wong, Muneet Gill, Thor Stead, Derrick Huang, and Latha Ganti
Clinical Performance Measures for Emergency Department Care for Adults With Intracranial Hemorrhage, Kori S Zachrison, Joshua N Goldstein, Edward Jauch, Ryan P Radecki, Tracy E Madsen, Opeolu Adeoye, John A Oostema, V Ramana Feeser, Latha Ganti, Bruce M Lo, William Meurer, Mitra Corral, Craig Rothenberg, Anshita Chaturvedi, Pawan Goyal, and Arjun K Venkatesh
Submissions from 2022
Challenges in Treating Opioid Use Disorder Beyond the Waiver., Murtaza Akhter and Eleanor Fernandez Dunham
The Emergency Department Patient Experience: In Their Own Words., Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, Latha Ganti, and Stefanie Simmons
Epididymo-Orchitis and Pelvic Abscess in a Patient With Inflatable Penile Prosthesis, Miyaz Ansari, Rohan Mangal, Thor S Stead, Matthew Carman, and Latha Ganti
Bedside Echocardiography Diagnosis of Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis in the Emergency Department., Melissa Bacci, Kishan Patel, Gabriel Cabrera Correa, and Eric Kalivoda
Gastrocnemius Tear Diagnosed in the Emergency Department with Point-of-care Ultrasound: A Case Report, Alex Basara, Mollie Powell, and Diana Mora
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Fardad Behzadi, Nicolas A. Ulloa, and Mauricio Danckers
Eptinezumab-jjmr, a humanized monoclonal specific to Calcitonin Gene Related Peptide, for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults., Amnon A Berger, Joseph Keefe, Cain W Stark, Matthew Moore, Giovanni F Ramírez, Julia R Cucarola, Andrew H Han, Alan D Kaye, and Latha Ganti
Rimegepant for the Treatment of Migraine, Amnon A Berger, Ariel Winnick, Austin H Carroll, Alexandra Welschmeyer, Nathan Li, Marc Colon, Antonella Paladini, Giovanni F Ramírez, Jamal Hasoon, Elyse M Cornett, Jaehong Song, Giustino Varrassi, Adam M Kaye, Alan D Kaye, and Latha Ganti
Steroid-Induced Tumor Lysis Syndrome Accompanied by Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Acute Renal Failure in a Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Patient, Kevin Cao, Jesse Wu, Michelle Hernandez, and Latha Ganti
Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Associated With Cocaine Use, Ishan Choksey, Thor S Stead, Rohan K Mangal, Carlos Lopez Ortiz, and Latha Ganti
Diverticulitis With Microperforation, Rhea Choksey, Thor Stead, Rohan Mangal, John Amatea, and Latha Ganti
The History and Evolution of the Stethoscope, Misha Choudhry, Thor Stead, Rohan Mangal, and Latha Ganti
Midazolam Nasal Spray to Treat Intermittent, Stereotypic Episodes of Frequent Seizure Activity: Pharmacology and Clinical Role, a Comprehensive Review, Elyse M. Cornett, James Link Wilson, Meskerem A. Nemomsa, Bailey Turbeville, Matthew A. Busby, Jessica S. Kaye, JooHee Choi, Giovanni F Ramírez, Giustino Varrassi, Adam M Kaye, Alan D. Kaye, James Link Wilson, and Latha Ganti
Emergency Department Psychiatric Holds are Linked to Increased Emergency Department Violence, John Costumbrado, Nahal Nikroo, Shaokui Ge, and Gregory Guldner
Socioeconomic and Comorbid Factors Affecting Mortality and Length of Stay in COVID-19 Patients., Adam Delora, Ashlynn Mills, David Jacobson, Brendon T. Cornett, William F Peacock, Anita Datta, and Shane Jenks
Bedside Echocardiography Evaluation of a Male with Transient Global Amnesia, Dasha Dewberry, Eric Kalivoda, Gabriel Cabrera Correa, and Priscilla Cruz Menoyo
Pneumonia Diagnosed by Emergency Department Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in a Patient with Worsening Dyspnea and Severe Diffuse Ground-glass Airspace Disease Bilaterally on Chest CT Angiography, Precious Eze, Jonathan Journey, and Diana Mora Montero
Postpartum Ovarian Vein Thrombosis: Case Report, Stephen Ferguson, David Arbona, and Anthony Furiato
High-Pressure Injection Injury to the Hand – A Case Report, Cesar Fortuna, Derek Prince, Daniel Ng, and John Costumbrado
Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: The Litigation Landscape, Latha Ganti, Bryan Kwon, Andrew George, Thor Stead, Cherian Plamoottil, and Paul Banerjee
Gamification of Graduate Medical Education in an Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Shyane Gue, Joseph Ray, and Latha Ganti
Impact of the Las Vegas Mass Shooting Event on the Graduate Medical Education Mission: Can There Be Growth from Tragedy?, Gregory Guldner, Suzanne Roozendaal, Ross P Berkeley, Michael P. Allswede, Kristina H Domanski, Obadha M Sairafe, Dylan F Davey, Hoda Abou-Ziab, and Jason T Siegel
Pericardial Effusion Found on Bedside Ultrasound Leading to the Diagnosis Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Hank Gureasko, Mahesh Setty, and Diana Mora-Montero
A Tale of Two D-Dimers: Comparison of Two Assay Methods to Evaluate Deep Vein Thrombosis or Pulmonary Embolism, Scott Gutovitz, Kaitlyn Phelps, Ian Broussard, Vishal Shah, Leslie Hart, and Preston Root
Metastasis of Melanoma to the Adrenal Glands: A Case Report and Literature Review, Asad A. Haider, Ariel Ruiz de Villa, Leora Frimer, and Yvette Bazikian
A Young Female With Thyroid Storm and Pulmonary Embolus: A Case Study., William Harper
Point-of-care Ultrasound Evaluation of Blunt Abdominal Trauma, Justin Harris, Salvatore Vassallo III, Carlie Finan, and Eric Kalivoda
Not Just a Sore Throat: A Case of a Retropharyngeal Abscess Causing Midline Shift of the Nasopharynx, Michelle Hernandez, Ariel Vera, Bryan Kwon, and latha ganti
Emergency Department Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of a Large Bowel Obstruction Due to Metastatic Rectal Cancer: A Case Report, Derrick Huang, Mortatha Al-Bassam, Leoh Leon, and Latha Ganti
A 70 Year Old with Back Pain, Derrick Huang, Thomas Alterman, Leoh Leon, Michael Falgiani, and Latha Ganti
Dexmethylphenidate-Induced Rhabdomyolysis by Interaction With Aromatase Inhibitor, Derrick Huang, Shane Dluzneski, Michael Hughes, Samyr Elbadri, and Latha Ganti
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Providers, Derrick Huang, Latha Ganti, Emily Weeks, Dipal Shah, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, Mortatha Al-Bassam, Frank Fraunfelter, Michael Falgiani, Leoh Leon, and Carlos Lopez-Ortiz
Penetrating Aortic Ulceration With Pseudoaneurysm and Intramural Hematoma: Emergency Department Management and Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis, Derrick Huang, Alexander Huttleston, Frank Fraunfelter, Leoh N. Leon II, and Latha Ganti
Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma: A Case of a Benign Presentation and Emergency Department Management., Derrick Huang, Stephanie Iken, Samyr Elbadri, Michael Falgiani, and Latha Ganti
Ultrasound for Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department: Recent Trends and Effects on Disposition, Derrick Huang, Leoh Leon, and Latha Ganti
Life-Threatening Sublingual Hematoma in the Setting of Anticoagulation and Neck Trauma, Derrick Huang, Rohan Wanchu, Josh Walker, and Latha Ganti