Submissions from 2023
A Late-onset Leg Rash, Unique Janeway Lesions or Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction? A Case Report, Andrew Kim, Cristian Valdez, Tony Alarcon, Elizabeth Jane Benge, Blerina Asllanaj, Aaron Singh, Elvin A. Colon Martinez, and Derek Oh
Encephalopathy in a Young Female With COVID-19: A Case Report, Andrew Kim, Cristian Valdez, Weston Truman, George Trad, Cordelia Solomon, and Yi McWhorter
Correlation Between Serum and Arterial Blood Gas Bicarbonate in Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, Andrew Kim, Leo Yamaguchi, Shobhit Keswani, Vincent Yang, and Yi McWhorter
When Hypothyroidism Goes Unchecked, Jeong Hwan J. Kim, Yasimin Taheri, Matt Rostami, Ian Joel, and Jasprit Takher
Dynamic Ultrasonography of Snapping Forearm: Proximal Intersection Syndrome, Se Won Lee, Jeffrey Farrington, and Timothy Tiu
COVID-19 Vaccination Decreased COVID-19 Hospital Length of Stay, In-Hospital Death, and Increased Home Discharge, Se Won Lee, Danny Ma, Adrian Davoodian, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, and Bryan Werner
Rare Sequela of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, Muhammad Madkour and Ashis Mukherjee
Longitudinal Study On The Effects Of Implementing Continuous Glucose Monitoring for the Management of Patients with Type-I and Type-II Diabetes Mellitus on Multiple Insulin Injections in an Internal Medicine Residency Clinic, Andrey Manov, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Gundip Dhillon, Athena Dhaliwal, Sabrina Antonio, Yema Jalal, Ashrita Donepudi, Jonathan Nazha, Melissa Banal, and Joseph House
Type 2 Decompensated Diabetes Mellitus Weaned off Subcutaneous Insulin Therapy by Utilizing a Continuous Glucose Monitoring Device, Andrey Manov, Gundip S. Dhillon, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Blerina Asllanaj, and Erie S Uy
The Effectiveness of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices in Managing Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Study, Andrey E. Manov, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Gundip S. Dhillon, Athena Dhaliwal, Sabrina Antonio, A. Donepudi, Yema N. Jalal, Jonathan Nazha, Melissa Banal, and Joseph House
Unmasking Type 1 Diabetes in Adults: Insights From Two Cases Revealing Misdiagnosis As Type 2 Diabetes, With Emphasis on Autoimmunity and Continuous Glucose Monitoring, Andrey E. Manov, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Gundip S. Dhillon, and Ashrita Donepudi
A Man with Sore Throat: A Case Report, Nathan Mercado, Sawyer Schuljak, Daniel Ng, Curtis Knight, Allison Woodall, and John Costumbrado
Disseminated Peritoneal Coccidioidomycosis, Ryan Meyer and Tamir Bresler
Factor VII Deficiency and Second Trimester Abortion: A Case Report, Katie Nguyen, Tamara Lynne Aqui, and Honey Milestone
Factor VII Deficiency and Second Trimester Abortion: A Case Report, Katie P. Nguyen, Tamara Lynne B. Aqui, and Honey Milestone
Spontaneous Heterotopic Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Management, Katie P. Nguyen, Marlekah Hudspeth, and Honey Milestone
Impact of Inhaled Epoprostenol in Patients on COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Stacey Nguyen, Stephen Chromi, Mark Decerbo, Surajit Dey, Joseph McCoy, and Jeffrey Murawsky
The Impact of Gender and Race When Using the GRACE ACS Score to Predict Mortality, Ikechukwu Ogbu, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Sarah Wilson, and Hossein Akhondi
Intra-Abdominal Abscess with Candida in a Post-Operative Setting, Derek Oh, Kenneth Rodrigues, Blerina Asllanaj, Alexander Urzua, Andy He, and Rosaly Diaz
Children Ages One to Four are Disproportionally Affected by Chemical Burns in a Cross-sectional Analysis of NEISS 2012-2021, Aislyn Oulee, Ian W. Waldrop, Roy Mendoza, Chiemelie Onyekonwu, David Plurad, and Nicholas W. Sheets
Persistent Left Side Superior Vena Cava, Kevin Palmer, Ryan Meyer, Tamir Bresler, Hunter King, and Marissa DeFreese
Chromobacterium haemolyticum Infection from Hot Springs Near Yellowstone National Park: A Case Report, Kyle Patterson, Katie Suleta, Sean R. Shearen, and Ken Chapman
First Case Report of Ruptured Giant Expanding Breast Oil Cyst, Oleg Popovych, Michael Mousa, and Shiv Bhanu
Case Based Review on Headaches and Cerebral Venous Thromboembolism Post COVID-19 Infection, Aishwarya Raich, Tanvir Khosla, Vishnu Halthore, Ali Abu-Alya, and Venkatachalam Veerappan
APPEAL: Advocating POLST Education and Adherence at End of Life, Carlo Reyes, Susan Hickman, Neil Gerts, Mandeep Sablok, and Jasprit Takher
A Case Of Suspected Intracranial Granulocytic Sarcomas Versus Cerebrovascular Hemorrhage in a Young Male with CML with AML Transformation, Nicholas C. Rochester, Alicia C. McCartney, Amol S. Patel, Alexandra Kroes, Angelina Rodriguez, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, and Upinder Singh
Incidental Skin Manifestation of Trisomy 12 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Kenneth Rodrigues, Derek Oh, Blerina Asllanaj, and Ann Wierman
Traumatic Amputations Treated in US Emergency Departments: A Review of the NEISS Database., Brittany R. Sadoma, Nicholas W. Sheets, David S. Plurad, and Emily Dubina
Pediatric Trauma During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A 3-year Retrospective Analysis, Gabriel Scally, Nicholas W. Sheets, Emily Dubina, Bhani K. Chawla-Kondal, and David S. Plurad
Giant Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast: A Case Report, Tam Truong Faulds, Jacob Bruckner, Michael Mousa, Shiv Bhanu, Michael Chin, and Kristina Cendrowski
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Hemangioma: A Rare Case Report, Tam Truong Faulds, Vanessa Milan, Soheil Sharifi-Amina, Charles Stout Jr., and Duy Bui
Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by a Wandering Nephroureteral Stent, Cristian Valdez, Tony Alarcon, Andrew Kim, and Hatim Gemil
A Case of Gabapentin-Induced Angioedema in a 31-year-old Female, Cristian Valdez, Andrew Kim, and Tony Alarcon
Isolated Torsion of Fallopian Tube with Associated Torsed Paratubal Cystadenofibroma: A Case Report, Daryush Varedi, Vivek Bhatt, Mariam Asadian, Soheil Sharifi-Amina, Shiv Bhanu, Duy Bui, Tae Hun Kim, and Justin Wei
Enlarging Premaxillary Mass: A Unique Manifestation of Extranodal Diffuse B-cell Lymphoma, Daryush Varedi, Michael Carlson, Jacob Bruckner, Pavandeep Maan, Shiv Bhanu, Justin Wei, and Duy Bui
Enlarging Premaxillary Mass: A Unique Manifestation of Extranodal Diffuse B-cell Lymphoma, Daryush Varedi, Pavandeep Maan, Jacob J. Bruckner, Michael Carlson, Justin Wei, Shiv Bhanu, and Duy Bui
Atrial Fibrillation: Rate Versus Rhythm Control, Carlos E. Vargas, Mina Bhatnagar, Haris Ahmed, Michael G. Flynn, and Thomas Alexander
Who Left the Hospital Against Medical Advice During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic?, Bryan Werner and Se Won Lee
Gastric, Duodenal, and Small Bowel Emergencies, Brianna Williams, Teresa Huynh, and Ahmed Mahmoud
A Case Of Thrombolytic Associated ICH in the Setting of Infective Endocarditis, Priscilla Yan and Lama Al-Khoury
Submissions from 2022
CO2 Levels Behind and in Front of Different Protective Mask Types, Hossein Akhondi, Sassan Kaveh, Kimball Kaufman, Tina Danai, and Napatkamon Ayutyanont
Elongated Inferior Vena Cava and Intracardiac Mass: Thrombus In-Transit or Metastasis, Blerina Asllanaj, Elizabeth Benge, Ryan Hafen, and Yi McWhorter
Viral Myocarditis Mimicking ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Thrombocytopenia and Vasculitic Peripheral Neuropathy., Blerina Asllanaj, Eric Chang, Anthony Dota III, and Yi McWhorter
Myxedema Coma: A Rare Case of Shock Post-Pericardial Window Procedure, Blerina Asllanaj, Mark Olson, and Yi McWhorter
Non-Surgical Extirpation of a Non-Infectious Expanding Tricuspid Valve Mass by Percutaneous Aspiration Thrombectomy, Blerina Asllanaj, Alexander Urzua, Anthony Dota III, and Jeffrey Levisman
Symptomatic Improvement in Cicatricial Pemphigoid of the Trachea Achieved with Laser Ablation Bronchoscopy, Elizabeth Benge, Vincent Tran, Nazanin Sheikhan, Sapna Bhatia, Yi McWhorter, John Collier, and Arnold Chung
Muir-Torre Syndrome: Abdominal Sebaceous Carcinoma, An Bui, Shalini Shah, Nutan Winston, and Ahmed Mahmoud
Culture-Negative Primary Sternal Osteomyelitis in a Patient with Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, David H Chan, Michael T. Lee, Amy Q. Zhang, Erinn H. Ton, and Shyh-Jeun Wang
Autoimmune Hepatitis in the Setting of Iron Overload Secondary to Heterozygous HFE Gene Mutation, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Rasiq Zackria, and Deb Mukhopadhyay
An Unusual Case of an Acute Mesenteroaxial Gastric Volvulus Secondary to a Hiatal Hernia, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Rasiq Zackria, and John Ryan
Emergency Department Psychiatric Holds are Linked to Increased Emergency Department Violence, John Costumbrado, Nahal Nikroo, Shaokui Ge, and Gregory Guldner
Low-Dose Methotrexate Toxicity Presenting as Pancytopenia, Gundip S. Dhillon, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Yema Jalal, Youssef Ghobrial, and Birjees Ahmed
High-Pressure Injection Injury to the Hand – A Case Report, Cesar Fortuna, Derek Prince, Daniel Ng, and John Costumbrado
Portal Vein Thrombosis and Pyogenic Liver Abscess With Concomitant, Trad George, Nazanin Sheikhan, Andrew Nguyen, Jordan Valenta, and Homayon Iraninezhad
Home Brew Gone Wrong: A Case Report on Potential Auto-Brewery Syndrome Sequelae, Saif Ghias, Sobia Ashfaq, and Jasprit Takher
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
Acute Right Ventricular Failure Immediately Following Subxiphoid Pericardial Window Requiring Temporary Cardiopulmonary Bypass Support: A Case Report of Pericardial Decompression Syndrome, Ashie Kapoor, Yi McWhorter, and Dean R. Polce
There’s an Eagle in my Throat!, Gulreen Kassoo, Ian Craven, and Andrew Sheep
A Case of Brugada Phenocopy in Adrenal Insufficiency-Related Pericarditis, Andrew Kim, Cristian Valdez, Tony Alarcon, Elizabeth Jane Benge, and Blerina Asllanaj
Ultrasound-Guided Thoracodorsal Nerve Block for Post-Breast Reconstruction Discomfort., Se Won Lee, Dan Nguyen, and Dennis Nguyen
Clinical Characteristics, Hospital Course, and Disposition of Patients with Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Injury in a Large Private Health Care System in the United States, Se Won Lee, Bryan Werner, Jonathan Holt, Akash Lohia, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, and Henry York
Opioid Utility and Hospital Outcomes among Inpatients admitted with Osteoarthritis and Spine Disorders., Se Won Lee, Bryan Werner, Dan Nguyen, Charles Wang, Mingon Kang, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, and Soohyoung Lee
Treatment of Male Hypogonadism with Clomiphene Citrate: Review Article, Andrey Manov and Elizabeth Benge
Patient with hypogonadism and Infertility Successfully Treated with Clomiphene Citrate, Andrey Manov, Eric Yu, and Elizabeth Benge
Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patient Complicated by Covid-19 Co-Infection, William Nawa, Ikechukwu Ogbu, Yuriy Nikiforov, and Ahmed A. Sagaslli
Spontaneous Heterotopic Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Management., Katie Nguyen, Marlekah Hudspeth, and Honey Milestone
Ovarian Torsion: Presentation and Management in a Pediatric Patient., Katie Nguyen, William L. Valentino, Duy Bui, and Honey Milestone
Tibial Spine Fracture in an Adolescent Male After Minor Injury: A Case Report, Alberto Nunez, Shayna Sleight, Zara Khan, Barbara Blasko, and Tommy Kim
To Drain or not to Drain? Point-of-care Ultrasound to Investigate an Axillary Mass: Case Report, Kishan Patel, Zara Khan, and John Costumbrado
Management of Blunt Traumatic Abdominal Wall Hernias: An Analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank, Manika Paul, Bhani K. Kondal, Ayutyanont Napatkamon, Nicholas Sheets, Ahmed Mahmoud, and David Plurad
Protective Equipment Preparedness and Accessibility: A Survey of Medical Trainees, Navin R. Prasad, Jason An, Hyunju Heineke, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Deepinder Bal, and Rahul Kashyap
The Important Factors Applicants Consider When Choosing a Residency: A Survey Study, Amber Alexandria Quave, Hossein Akhondi, and Napatkamon Ayutyanont
Predictors of ICU Admission in Patients with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Omar Shahin, H Shahin, Hyunju Heineke, and Mimi S. Biswas
The Effect of Adding Procalcitonin to the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (Sirs) and Quick Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) Scoring System in Predicting Sepsis Mortality., Pinak A. Shah, Shobhit Keswani, Leo Yamaguchi, Kartika Shetty, Elizabeth Jane Benge, Abdul Gheriani, Maycky Tang, Nazanin Sheikhan, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Andrew Kim, Cristian Valdez, and Tony Alarcon
Foreign Body in the Glottis, Shalini Shah, Justin Howard, and Nutan Winston
Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments: A multicenter prospective effectiveness implementation study., Amy J Starmer, Nancy D Spector, Jennifer K O'Toole, Zia Bismilla, Sharon Calaman, Maria-Lucia Campos, Maitreya Coffey, Lauren A Destino, Jennifer L Everhart, Jenna Goldstein, Dionne A Graham, Jennifer H Hepps, Eric E Howell, Nicholas Kuzma, Greg Maynard, Patrice Melvin, Shilpa J Patel, Alina Popa, Glenn Rosenbluth, Jeffrey L Schnipper, Theodore C Sectish, Rajendu Srivastava, Daniel C West, Clifton E Yu, and Christopher P Landrigan
Analysis of Myocardial Infarction and Myocardial Infarction Complications Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic from Multiple Hospitals, Magnus To, Timothy Ho, Omar Shahin, Hyunju Heineke, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Javad Savoj, Syed Iftikhar, and Patrick Hu
A Broken Heart After Witnessing a Dying Heart: A Case of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy., Magnus To, Yolanda Zhang, Alexander Tompkins, Ruby Chen, Kaustubh Patankar, and Sandeep Sangodkar
Nephrolithiasis in Crohn's Disease Patients: A Review of the Literature, George Trad, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Matthew Brockway, Victoria Diaz, and Hatim Gemil
Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy, Rare Genetic Disorder: A Case Report, George Trad, Nazanin Sheikhan, Victoria Diaz, Eujean Park, and Hatim Gemil
A Rare Complication of Hemorrhagic Shock Following a Paracentesis: Case Report, George Trad, Nazanin Sheikhan, and Hatim Gemil
Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase Levels: The Grim Reaper Sign in Acute Pancreatitis?, George Trad, Nazanin Sheikhan, Abdul Gheriani, Ismail Hader, John Ryan, and Kartika Shetty
Acute Esophageal Necrosis Syndrome (Black Esophagus): A Case Report of Rare Presentation, George Trad, Nazanin Sheikhan, Jason Ma, Abdul Gheriani, and Ahmed A. Sagaslli
Nonsurgical Approach to Isolated Pancreatic Metastatic Malignant Melanoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, George Trad, Nazanin Sheikhan, Andrew Nguyen, and Ismail Hader
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
A Case of Bilateral Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: More Than Meets the Eye, Jordan Valenta, Nazanin Sheikhan, George Trad, Matthew Brockway, and Ann Wierman
A Massive Retroperitoneal Mature Teratoma from a "Burned-out" Testicular Teratoma and Seminoma, William L. Valentino, Kristina Cendrowski, Veena Mandava, and Justin Wei
A Curious Case of T2-FLAIR Mismatch in H3K27M Mutant Glioma, William L. Valentino, Darren Okada, and Shiv Bhanu
A Curious Case of T2-FLAIR Mismatch in H3K27M Mutant Glioma, William L. Valentino, Darren Okada, and Shiv Bhanu
Esophageal Food Impaction., William L. Valentino and Soheil Sharifi-Amina
A Case Report of a Multi-Arterial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula., William L. Valentino, Charles Stout, and Duy Bui
Submissions from 2021
Repeat Episodes of Massive Hemoptysis Due to an Anomalous Origin of the Right Bronchial Artery in a Patient with a History of Coccidioidomycosis, Blerina Asllanaj, Elizabeth Jane Benge MD, Yi McWhorter, and Sapna Bhatia
Barbiturates Versus Benzodiazepine for the Treatment of Severe Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials, Blerina Asllanaj, Eric Chang, Maha Hassan, and Yi McWhorter
Triple threat: Bilateral Renal Artery Thrombosis and Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia in a Patient with COVID-19, A Case Report, Elizabeth Benge and Yi McWhorter
Kratom-Induced Liver Injury: A Case Series and Clinical Implications., Mahesh Botejue, Gurjot Walia, Omar Shahin, Jyotsna Sharma, and Rasiq Zackria
Thyroid Abscess Initially Presenting as Destructive Thyroiditis With Subsequent Hypothyroidism, Jeffrey Caseja, Richard Wang, and Samer Nakhle
Brucellosis Presenting with Febrile Pancytopenia: An Atypical Presentation of a Common Disease and Review of Brucellosis, Carina Chang, Bryce D. Beutler, Mark B. Ulanja, Chukwudum Uche, and Milan Zdrnja
Who is at Risk for Cardiomyopathy in COVID-19, Diana Daftari, Javad Savoj, George Skaf, Samantha Gelman, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Hyunju Heineke, and Mimi S. Biswas
Inpatient Hypoglycemia in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, Justin Do, Hoda Mojazi-Amiri, Hyunju Heineke, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Chelsea McQueen, Bahman Moghadam, and Scott Kubomoto
A Case of Recurrent Paralysis and Low Potassium: Is It the Thyroid?, Justin Do and Hoveda Mufti