Submissions from 2022
An Ominous Cause of Back Pain: Vertebral Osteomyelitis, Trilok Stead, Aanchal Shah, Sumedha Bandi, James Neumeister, Phillip Coker, and Latha Ganti
Ovarian Dermoid Tumor, Mya St Louis, Rohan Mangal, Thor S Stead, Marcos Sosa, and Latha Ganti
Olecranon Bursitis Secondary to Trauma, Shalini Subramanian, Trilok G Stead, Rohan K Mangal, Vashun Rodriguez, and Latha Ganti
Inferior STEMI Electrocardiogram in a Young Postpartum Female with Sickle Cell Trait with Chest Pain – A Case Report, Jessica Truong, Ryan Perdomo, Daniel Ng, Sassan Ghassemzadeh, and John Costumbrado
Acute Submandibular Sialadenitis, Megan Vu, Carlos Lopez Ortiz, Marcos Sosa, Bryna Peplinski, and Latha Ganti
Impact of Alzheimer's Disease on Caregivers in the United States., Megan Vu, Rohan Mangal, Thor Stead, Carlos Lopez-Ortiz, and Latha Ganti
Frontal Lobe Hemorrhage With Surrounding Edema and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Megan Vu, Mustafa B. Mohamed, Thor S Stead, Rohan Mangal, and Latha Ganti
The A to E (ABCDE) Pit Crew Model: A Novel Approach to Team Based Care of Critical Patients in the Prehospital Setting., Ayanna Walker, Adam Oswald, Jessica Wanthal, Christine Van Dillen, Cherian Plamoottil, Parth Patel, Maria Tassone, and Latha Ganti
Assessment of Emergency Department Staff Awareness of Policy and Expert Opinion Protocol Regarding Active Shooter Events., Michelle F. Wallen, Emily Drone, Jenny Lee, and Latha Ganti
Hepatic Abscess Following Acute Appendicitis, Tavish E. Ward, Rohan Mangal, Thor Stead, and Latha Ganti
Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department: How to Select the Correct Imaging for Diagnosis, Carmen Wolfe, Maglin Haley-Nichols, Kathryn Ritter, and Nicole McCoin
Emergency Decompressive Craniostomy “Burr Hole” Using an Intraosseous Vascular Access System in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Technical Report on a Cadaver, Jesse Wu, Kevin Cao, Jeremy Mayfield, and Latha Ganti
A survey of stroke-related capabilities among a sample of US community emergency departments., Kori S Zachrison, Latha Ganti, Dhruv Sharma, Pawan Goyal, Marquita Decker-Palmer, Opeolu Adeoye, Joshua N Goldstein, Edward C Jauch, Bruce M Lo, Tracy E Madsen, William Meurer, John A Oostema, Cindy Mendez-Hernandez, and Arjun K Venkatesh
Massive Ureterolithiasis, Safwan Zaman, Rohan Mangal, Thor Stead, Jesse Dubey, and Latha Ganti
Submissions from 2021
Emergency physician-performed bedside ultrasound of pyomyositis., Ali Al-Marzoog, Gabriel Cabrera, and Eric Kalivoda
Bilateral Tonsillitis With Peritonsillar Abscess., Kyra Alston, Rachel Sklar, Thor S Stead, Carlos O Lopez Ortiz, and Latha Ganti
POCUS Use in the Emergency Department to Determine the Presence of Pneumothorax, Michael Ament, Johnny Nguyen, and Diana Mora-Montero
Case of Doxepin Overdose, Massud Atta, Sanam Patel, John Shivdat, and Pete Stueve
AHORA: a Spanish language tool to identify acute stroke symptoms., Paul Banerjee, Helene Koumans, Madison Danielle Weech, Maricela Wilson, Mark Rivera-Morales, and Latha Ganti
A Case Report of Acute Prostatitis Secondary to Use of P-valve Condom Catheter During Cave Diving, Ashley Barash, Evan Stern, and Robyn Hoelle
Bilateral Pulmonary Emboli on Dabigatran, Emily Clark, Josh Walker, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, and Latha Ganti
Acute Headache Due to Intracerebral Hemorrhage Secondary to Brain Metastases, Zachary J. Cohen-Neamie, Latha Ganti, Thor S. Stead, Joshua Walker, and Frank Fraunfelter
Regarding "Median Cut-Off Membrane Can Be a New Treatment Tool in Amanita phalloides Poisoning"., Nicholas J. Connors, Sophie Gosselin, and Robert S Hoffman
Relative addictive potential of opioid analgesic agents., Nicholas J. Connors, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Sergey Motov, and Hong K Kim
Bedside Ultrasound Used for the Rapid Diagnosis and Treatment of a Patient with a Small Bowel Obstruction in the Emergency Department, William Daly, Mollie Powell, and Diana Mora Montero
Impact of Music Therapy on Gait After Stroke, Anjali Daniel, Helene Koumans, and Latha Ganti
Socioeconomic and Comorbid Factors Affecting Mortality and Length of Stay in COVID-19 [Preprint], Adam Delora, Ashlynn Mills, David B. Jacobson, Brendon Cornett, William Frank Peacock, Anita Datta, and Shane Jenks
Lymphoproliferative Disease in a Non-Transplant Patient and Spironolactone’s Activity Against Epstein Barr Virus, Anthony DeRenzi and Jessie Penico
A Psychonaut's Experience of Intoxication with Multiple Classes of Drugs Including Novel Psychoactive Substance 2-fluorodeschloroketamine: Case Report and Urinary Analysis., Kristina Domanski, Steven W Fleming, Hayden Maag, Emily Bouso Raley, Joshua DeBord, Brooks Wright, and Roya Mahana
Testicular Compartment Syndrome: An Unexpected Diagnosis in a Case of Testicular Pain, Emily Drone, Bryan Kwon, Cherian Plamoottil, and Latha Ganti
A Rapid Diagnosis and Treatment of a Traumatic Aortic Transection: A Case of Survival to the ICU, Larissa Dub, Sherwin Thomas, Nicholas Fusco, Cherian Plamoottil, and Latha Ganti
Psychologically-Informed Management of Schizophrenia in the Emergency Department, Anthony Furiato DO and Mark L. Ruffalo
Effectiveness of seatbelts in mitigating traumatic brain injury severity., Latha Ganti, Aakash N Bodhit, Yasamin Daneshvar, Kelsey Hatchitt, Sudeep Kuchibhotla, Christa Pulvino, Sarah W Ayala, and Keith R Peters
What Is The Diagnostic Accuracy of Rapid Nucleic Acid Tests for Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis?, Latha Ganti and Brit J. Long
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assisting in the Rapid Diagnosis of Acute Cholangitis 60 Years After Cholecystectomy., Nikkitta Georges, Carissa Ford, Moises Moreno, and Sara Zagroba
Bedside Ocular Ultrasound Diagnosis of a Traumatic Lens Dislocation., Andrew A. Glickman, Brian Szczucki, Eric J. Kalivoda, Anthony Furiato, and Gabriel Cabrera
A Revamping of an Old Practice: Head-Up CPR, Glenn Goodwin and Charles Latimore
ITP vs. VITT: Rare but Distinct Conditions Associated with the COVID-19 Vaccines, Glenn Goodwin, Charles Latimore, and Annalee Baker
Significance of the Hepatic Falciform Artery., Sanjiv Gray and Latha Ganti
Gastric Ischemia Secondary to Abdominal Distension, Sanjiv Gray, Andrew Hanna, and Latha Ganti
Rhabdomyolysis: A Case Report of an Extrapulmonary Presentation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Michael Gulenay, Victor Andres Sasson, and Kevin Taylor
Cumulative Incidence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Resident Physicians Over Time., Scott Gutovitz, Leslie Hart, Nayda Parisio Poldiak, Morgan Smith, Lexus Dickson, Steven Warrington, Stephen Thacker, and Amanda Janke
Emergency Department Utilization and Patient Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in America, Scott Gutovitz, Jonathan Pangia, Lexie Finer, Karen Rymer, and Dean Johnson
Myocardial Bridging, the Hidden Risk Factor for Ischemia., Vincenzo C. Happach, Gerlad T. Delk, and Latha Ganti
A Rare Case of a Bifurcated Uvula in a 20-year-old, Michelle Hernandez, Andrew George, and Latha Ganti
Point-of-care Ultrasound Evaluation of a Young Male with Flank Pain., Jonathan Hill, Gabriel Cabrera, and Eric Kalivoda
Acute Gastric Volvulus in the Setting of a Paraesophageal Hernia With Hemoperitoneum: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management, Derrick Huang, Michael Hughes, Samyr Elbadri, Michael Falgiani, and Latha Ganti
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation Complicated by Hill-Sachs Lesion, Nofel Iftikhar, Thor S. Stead, Latha Ganti, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, and Frank Fraunfelter
Car Ratings Take a Back Seat to Vehicle Type: Outcomes of SUV Versus Passenger Car Crashes, Dietrich Jehle, Albert Arslan, Chirag Doshi, and Clay O'Brien
Compartment Syndrome Secondary to Knee Lipohemarthrosis, Madeleine E. Kim, Thor S. Stead, and Latha Ganti
COVID-19 Hospitalization Rate in Children Across a Private Hospital Network in the United States: COVID-19 Hospitalization Rate in Children, Tommy Y. Kim, Esther C. Kim, Adrian Z. Agudelo, and Lucas Friedman
The Effect on Length of Stay After Implementation of Discharging Low Acuity Patients From Triage., Tommy Y. Kim, Connor Ohmart, Zara Khan, Michael Lance, and Steven Kim
Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Expedite Diagnosis of Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Case Report, Romero Kupai, Ashkan Morim, Lucas Friedman, and Eva Tovar Hirashima
Analysis of Emergency Department Utilization in Medicaid Expansion and Non-expansion States, Ashley Lall, Randolph Devereaux, Mike Flynn, Christian Vandever, and Krystal Tomsky
The P2Network—Advancing Pediatric Emergency Care With Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Samuel Lam, Ron Berant, Todd P. Chang, Lucas Friedman, Delia L. Gold, Aaron E. Kornblith, Margaret Lin-Martore, Kathryn H. Pade, Melissa L. Skaugset, Amanda Toney, and Helena Wang-Flores
Redox Signaling and Biomarkers in the Acute Setting, Dakota Lane, James Lee, Anthony Derenzi, Jyoti Das, Mollie Powell, Mahesh Setty, and Robyn Hoelle
Puss Caterpillar Envenomation, Jarratt Lark, Garrett Root, and Preston Root
Traumatic Iridodialysis Associated With Hyphema Secondary to Injury From a Bungee Cord, Woo Kyung Lee, Sumeja Aljic, Patrick Barry II, and Latha Ganti
Flash Burn of the Eyes Caused by High-Voltage Electrical Spark, Woo Kyung Lee, Sarah M. Barnett, Trilok Stead, Paul R. Banerjee, and Latha Ganti
Physician-Perceived Barriers to Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department, Gideon Logan, Amber Mirajkar, Jessica Houck, Fernando Rivera-Alvarez, Emily Drone, Parth Patel, Alexandra Craen, Larissa Dub, Nubaha Elahi, David Lebowitz, Ayanna Walker, and Latha Ganti
Hemithorax Westermark Sign Secondary to Complete Pulmonary Artery Occlusion from Pulmonary Embolus, Michael Louthan and Daniel Ng
Anaphylaxis after Moderna COVID-19 vaccine., Jeremy Mayfield, Sumedha Bandi, Latha Ganti, and Jose Rubero
Sex-Based Differences in the Presentation of Myocardial Infarction, Jeremy Mayfield, Muneet Gill, Helen J. Zhang, and Latha Ganti
Point-of-care ultrasound diagnosis of a pyogenic liver abscess in the emergency department., Matthew B. McClure, Kishan Patel, Gabriel Cabrera, and Eric J. Kalivoda
Challenge Case Report: Left-Sided Headache & Dizziness, Keegan McNally, Jesse Wu, Larissa Dub, and Latha Ganti
Point-of-care Ultrasound Identification of a Swallowed Coin in 3-year-old Child, Jake McRae, Garrett Root, and Casey Wilson
Case report: Challenges in Making the Diagnosis of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Yi McWhorter
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
Bilateral Pleural Effusion and Pulmonary Edema Diagnosed by Emergency Department Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) in a Patient with Severe Undifferentiated Dyspnea, Diana Mora Montero, Donavan Ginest, and Robyn Hoelle
Baker's Cyst, Arjun Nanduri, Thor S Stead, Graham E Kupsaw, Jason DeLeon, and Latha Ganti
Acute Myeloid Leukemia Complicated by Hyperleukocytosis and Leukostasis in the Emergency Department, Ryan T. Ngo, Amanda Webb, and Anthony Furiato
Intravenous Thrombolysis for a Stroke Mimic Patient., Lilly Nguyen, Joyce Hoonsuh Lee, Latha Ganti, Mark Rivera-Morales, and Larissa Dub
Anaphylaxis Presenting as Uvulitis, Lilly Nguyen, Thor S Stead, Carlos Lopez Ortiz, Rita Gillespie, and Latha Ganti
Blunt Trauma Resulting in Testicular Evisceration: A Case Report, Roderick Olivas, Syed Uddin, Bhani Kondal, and Avinash Chenam
Blocking Breaks to Breathe Better, David Pardue, Casey Wilson, Jacob Pope, and Stewart R. Richardson
Bupropion-Induced Cardiogenic Shock Treated With VA ECMO and Left Ventricular Assist Device, Erick Perez Sifontes, Sonja Knittel-Hliddal, Rahimullah Asad, Peter Okonoboh, Crystal Gunn, and Melissa Weaver
The Effect of Trauma Center Verification Level on Traumatic Brain Injury Outcome After Implementation of the Orange Book, David S. Plurad, Glenn Geesman, Ahmed Mahmoud, Nicholas Sheets, Bhani K. Chawla-Kondal, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, and Samer Ghostine
Pelvic Congestion Syndrome in a Postmenopausal Female, Neha Potla, Savithri-Chandana Veluri, Thor S Stead, Jesse Dubey, and Latha Ganti
Bilateral Ureteral Obstruction Causing Acute Kidney Injury and Resultant Metformin Toxicity, Umar Rashid, Erin M. Marra, and Vu Huy Tran
Prevalence of Hepatopancreatic Injury and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19 in USA, Vaibhav Rastogi, Ranjit Banwait, Devina Singh, Hale Z. Toklu, Lexie Finer, Dipendra Parajuli, and Latha Ganti
Impact of BMI on Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19, Bryson Renouard, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, James Neumeister, Mortatha Al-Bassam, Samyr El-Badri, Thomas Alterman, J Walker, Bobby Desai, Michael Falgiani, and Latha Ganti
Elderly woman with painless skin lesion of the right breast., Stewart Russ Richardson, Micaela Moen, Kaitlyn Murray, and Casey L Wilson
Massive Necrotizing Fournier's Gangrene, Fernando Rivera-Alvarez, Andrew George, and Latha Ganti
Rare Presentation of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Submassive Pulmonary Emboli Due to Hypercoagulable State With Supratherapeutic Anticoagulation., Mark D. Rivera-Morales, Jesse Wu, Larissa Dub, and Latha Ganti
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of a Crohn’s Disease-Related Intraabdominal Abscess in the Emergency Department, Kevin Rivera Rodriguez, Gabriel Cabrera, and Eric Kalivoda
The Diagnostic Challenge of the Pediatric Brain Abscess, Kevin Rivera Rodriguez, Robert Truckner, Anthony Furiato, and Sergio Martinez
Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Presenting to the Emergency Department, Jose Rubero, Jenny Lee, Matthew Solomon, Jesse Wu, and Latha Ganti
CODE BLUE: An Intern's Reflections from Nights in the COVID-19 ICU, Benjamen Schoenberg
An Uncommon Rash in the Emergency Department: Sporothrix schenckii., Dipal Shah, Alison E Kim, Samyr Elbadri, Bobby Desai, and Latha Ganti
Abnormal Bedside Ultrasound Findings in a Complex Patient With Kawasaki Disease, Dipal Shah, Helene Koumans, Kimberly Johnson, Leoh Leon II, and Latha Ganti
An Ominous Cause of Headache in a Teenager, Dipal Shah, Rachel Sklar, Latha Ganti, and Joshua Walker
Gallbladder Hydrops, Rhea Sharma, Thor S Stead, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, John Amatea, and Latha Ganti
Common Iliac Vein Injury in Blunt Abdominal Trauma Without Pelvic Fractures, Nicholas Sheets, Roderick Olivas, and David S Plurad
Symptomatic Pulmonary Hamartoma, Isha Shukla, Thor S Stead, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, Vashun Rodriguez, and Latha Ganti
Upper Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis Detected Incidentally by Emergency Department Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), Robert Skinner, Robyn Hoelle, and Diana Mora Montero
Real-World Field Performance of the Los Angeles Motor Scale as a Large Vessel Occlusion Screen: A Prospective Muticentre Study., Tej G Stead, Paul Banerjee, and Latha Ganti
What Do Spanish Speakers Think of the Andar, Hablar, Ojos, Rostro, Ambos Brazos o Piernas (AHORA) Stroke Tool?, Trilok Stead, Latha Ganti, Emily McCauley, Helene Koumans, Maricela Wilson, Madison D. Weech, Andrew R. Barbera, and Paul Banerjee
Myalgia as a Symptom of Envenomation by the Eastern Coral Snake, Micrurus Fulvius: A Case Report., Nicholas V. Titelbaum, Michael J. Hughes, and James Link Wilson
Persistent Hydronephrosis on Bedside Ultrasound Secondary to Bladder Obstruction Despite Foley Catheter Decompression Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury, Joseph Tran, Thomas P. Bentley, and Diana Mora-Montero
A Simulated Scenario to Improve Resident Efficiency in an Emergency Department., Ayanna Walker, Nubaha Elahi, Mary C. Slome, Tracy MacIntosh, Maria Tassone, and Latha Ganti