Submissions from 2021
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
A Two-Year Longitudinal, Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Resident Physician Burnout: An Exploration of the Effects of Stress, Satisfaction, Exercise and EMR, Oliwier Dziadkowiec, Jeffery S. Durbin, Megan L. Novak, Ziva Patt-Rappaport, and Gregory Guldner
Quadrilateral Space Region Inflammation and Other Incidental Findings on Shoulder MRI Following Recent COVID-19 Vaccination: Three Case Reports, Matthew T Eisenberg, Christopher Tingey, Oliver Fulton, Josh Owen, and Travis Snyder
A Spontaneous Compartment Syndrome Associated with a Supratherapeutic INR: A Case Report, Michael Hansen, Erik Korsgaard, Cole Kretchmar, and Se Won Lee
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (PanNET) Presenting with a Concomitant Ampulla of Vater Abnormality on Endoscopy, Ashan T. Hatharasinghe
Subacute Idiopathic Pericarditis with a Large Pericardial Effusion in a Young Adult Seven Months Post COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) Infection, Ashan T. Hatharasinghe and Andrey Manov
Cirrhosis is Associated with Significantly Worsened Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 Infection in a Retrospective Analysis of 23,474 Patients Across 143 Hospitals, Andrew Hwang, Rasiq Zackria, Eric Choi, Hyunju Heineke, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, and Scott Kubomoto
Epidural Anesthesia for Cesarean Section for Parturient with Recently Diagnosed Asymptomatic Chiari Malformation Type I: A Case Report, Ashie Kapoor and Jon Halling
Hematuria in Pregnancy Due to Renal Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report, Ashie Kapoor, Leo Yamaguchi, Sherwin Azad, and Yi McWhorter
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
COVID-19 Related Critical Illness Neuromyopathy: An Increasingly Common Rehabilitation Challenge, Stefanie Lai, Se Won Lee, and Mark Steinhauer
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
Autobiographical Case Report of Experiences With Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma, Cherry Liu and Nutan Winston
Hemithorax Westermark Sign Secondary to Complete Pulmonary Artery Occlusion from Pulmonary Embolus, Michael Louthan and Daniel Ng
Right Ventricular Dysfunction/Enlargement as a Prognostic Marker for Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 Infection, Muhammad Madkour, Karim El-Sherief, Patrick Hu, and Javad Savoj
Multi-Vessel Coronary Artery Ectasia., Muhammad Madkour and Patrick Hu
Extensive Coronary Thrombosis as a Sequelae of COVID-19 Presenting as a STEMI., Muhammad Madkour, Javad Savoj, Syed Iftikhar, and Alain Waked
Case report: Challenges in Making the Diagnosis of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Yi McWhorter
Non-Aspirin NSAIDs Use is Associated with Lowering of Liver Fibrosis Scores in Patients with Fatty Liver Disease, Ikechukwu R. Ogbu, Hossein Akhondi, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Andrey Manov, and Vignan Manne
Blunt Trauma Resulting in Testicular Evisceration: A Case Report, Roderick Olivas, Syed Uddin, Bhani Kondal, and Avinash Chenam
American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Verification Level II Vs Level I Outcomes: Similar but Without all the Hype., David Plurad, Bhani Chawla-Kondal, Nicholas Sheets, and Ahmed Mahmoud
A Re-Evaluation of the Effect of Trauma Center Verification Level on the Early Risk of Death in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients, David Plurad, Glenn Geesman, Nicholas Sheets, Bhani K. Chawla-Kondal, and Ahmed Mahmoud
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
A Contemporary Analysis of the Effect of Trauma Center Verification Level on Mortality in Severe Injury., David S. Plurad, Glenn Geesman, Nicholas Sheets, Bhani K. Chawla-Kondal, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, and Ahmed Mahmoud
Pressure Injury as Insidious Comorbidity in Ventilator-Dependent Respiratory Failure (VDRF) Secondary to COVID-19: A Case Report, Carlos Rodriguez, Karyn R. Doddy, and Napatkamon Ayutyanont
The Effect of Starting a New Residency Program on the Quality of Care Measures at a Community Hospital: A 2-Year Follow-Up, Javad Savoj, Christine Mikhail, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Rajesh Gulati, Remus Popa, and Alina Popa
CODE BLUE: An Intern's Reflections from Nights in the COVID-19 ICU, Benjamen Schoenberg
A Rare Case of Intraparenchymal Cerebrospinal Fluid Cyst Associated With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt in an Adult Patient, Pinak A. Shah, Kartika Shetty, Maycky Tang, Elnaz Saberi, and Nazanin Sheikhan
Common Iliac Vein Injury in Blunt Abdominal Trauma Without Pelvic Fractures, Nicholas Sheets, Roderick Olivas, and David S Plurad
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trauma Encounters, Nicholas W. Sheets, Tosin Fawibe, Ahmed Mahmoud, Bhani K. Kondal, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, and David Plurad
Utility of Endobronchial Valves in a Patient with Bronchopleural Fistula in the Setting of COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report and Brief Review, Nazanin Sheikhan, Elizabeth Benge, Amanpreet Kaur, Jerome Hruska, Yi McWhorter, and Arnold Chung
Direct Oral Anticoagulant Use in Preventing Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Left Ventricular Thrombus, George Skaf, Diana Daftari, Samantha Gelman, Javad Savoj, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, and Mimi S. Biswas
Challenges of Rehabilitation in a Post COVID-19 Patient Outside of the Acute Care Setting: A Case Report, Thanapath D. Thantacheva, Dennis Nguyen, Jordan Petersen, Farhang Farzin, and SeWon Lee
Deeper than the Pandemic: A Retrospective Study Evaluating Outcomes and Mortality Rates on Hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 Negative Patients Presenting with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Manvir Wadhwa, Harjeet P. Singh, Scott Kubomoto, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Hyunju S. Heineke, and Mimi S. Biswas
Inflammatory Bowel Disease is Associated with Significantly Worsened Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 Infection in a Retrospective Analysis of 78,756 Patients Across 143 Hospitals, Rasiq Zackria, Andrew Hwang, Scott Kubomoto, Hyunju Heineke, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, and Eric Choi
Acute Bilateral Blindness in the Setting of Sudden Onset of Bilateral Proptosis and Ophthalmoplegia: A Case Report With Literature Review, Sara Zarei, Phuong Vo, Christian Sam, Robert W. Crow, Charles Stout, and Lama Al-Khoury
Submissions from 2020
Systematic Survey of Creatinine-Based Versus Cystatin C-based Estimated GFR in People with Diabetes, Sadik Acaralp and Hossein Akhondi
Always Remember to Floss... or Else, Arunmozhi (Sankavi) Aravagiri MD, Muhammad Zain MD, and Rajesh Gulati MD
Investigation of a Peculiar Case of Childhood Lymphadenopathy, Chade Aribo, Alonso Al, Allison Woodall, and Tommy Y. Kim
Ethacrynic Acid, Chade Aribo and Daniel Ng
Acute Ischemic Stroke as the Presenting Feature of COVID-19 in the Young and Pregnant, Nermila A. Ballmick, Jiri F. Kubac, and Hossein Akhondi
Trick or Treat? Licorice-Induced Hypokalemia: A Case Report, Elizabeth Jane Benge MD, Pinak A. Shah, Leo Yamaguchi MD, and Vanessa Elaine Josef MD
Case Report: Talar Neck Fracture, Wilson Frasca MD and Nhan Do MD
Carney Syndrome: A Family No Longer Cursed, Samantha Gelman MD, Andrew Benin, Rita Ishkhanian, Harjeet P. Singh, Jyotsna Sharma, and Rajesh Gulati MD
An Atypical Presentation of IVC Thrombosis, Samantha Gelman MD, Gregory Shimizu MD, and Rajesh Gulati MD
The Role of Mindset, Impostorism, and Irrational Beliefs in Resident Wellness: Results from the HCA Nationwide Longitudinal Resident Wellness Study, Gregory Guldner, Jason Siegel, Brendon Ellis, and Anne Brafford
Metastatic Breast Cancer Presenting as Acute Cholecystitis and Hyperbilirubinemia, Vika Guloyan, Manika Paul, and Aaron Lee
Assessment of Guideline Recommended Anti-Coagulation Rates for Atrial Fibrillation in an Outpatient Resident Clinic, Kanav Gupta MD, Emily Langnas DO, Zahra Khaled, Travis Tagami DO, and Alexandra Halalau MD
The Prevalence of Expired GBS Screens Among Women Delivering at Term [36N], Colleena Guzman-Uriza DO and David Howard MD
Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients With Elevated Cardiac Troponin I Have Increased Overall Mortality and Ventilation Requirements, George Hanna, Andre Johnson, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Scott Kubomoto, and Mimi S. Biswas
Cor Triatriatum Dexter: A Case Report in a 70-Year-Old Male, George Hanna, Javad Savoj, Syed Iftikhar, and Patrick Hu
A Five Chambered Heart, George Hanna, Javad Savoj, Syed Iftikhar, Scott Kubomoto, and Patrick Hu
The Successful Rehabilitation of a Complicated MVA Patient: A Case Report, Mike Hansen, Eric Jonsvold, Stanley Poole, and Mark Steinhauer
Postmenopausal Acute Pelvic Pain, Tara L. Henrichsen; Katherine E. Maturen; Jessica B. Robbins; Esma A. Akin; Susan M. Ascher; Olga Brooks; Mark Dassel; Lucas Friedman MD; Michael N. Patlas; Elizabeth A. Sadowski; Carl Saphier; Ashish P, Wasnik; and Phyllis Glanc
Immunoglobulin E as a Biomarker for the Overlap of Atopic Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease., Craig P Hersh, Soumya Zacharia, Ram Prakash Arivu Chelvan, Lystra P Hayden, Ali Mirtar, Sara Zarei, and Nirupama Putcha
Comparative Analysis of Three-Dimensional Volume Rendering and Maximum Intensity Projection for Preoperative Planning in Liver Cancer., Joyce L. Ho, Anuja Konda, Jawaria Rahman, Elan Harris, Ron Korn, Aqsa Sabir, Basil Bawany, Rajesh Gulati, Gordon J Harris, William D Boswell, Yuman Fong, and Syed Rahmanuddin
Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression Mimicking Cauda Equina Syndrome Illustrating Importance of Adequate Diagnostic Imaging, Jonathan L. Holt, Joseph Hill, Farzin Farhandnejad, Karyn Doddy, and Se Won Lee
Giant 75mm Intracranial Aneurysm Masquerading as Primary Malignancy, Andrew W. Hwang, Satvir Dhillon MD, and Remus Popa
Atypical Case of Burkitt’s Lymphoma/Leukemia Presenting with Cranial Nerve Palsy, Asma Jamil MD, Rajesh Gulati MD, Ayesha Jamil MD, and Abu Tahir M. Taha
Cervical Osteomyelitis: Unique Presentation And Fatal Outcome, Asma Jamil MD, Ayesha Jamil MD, Scott Kubomoto MD, and Liliana Crisan MD
A Case Regarding The Aftermath Of Acupuncture, Asma Jamil MD, Ibrahim Talab, Dietrich Schlueter MD, and Scott Kubomoto
Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Elevated Cardiac Troponin I Have Increased Length Of Stay But Similar Ventilation Time, Andre Johnson, George Hanna, Mimi S. Biswas, and Scott Kubomoto
The Coronaviruses: Past, Present, Future, Kimball Kaufman, Shobhit Keswani, Cristobal Cintron, and Hossein Akhondi
SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Positivity and Prevalence in an Outpatient Medical Setting in Las Vegas, NV, Sassan Kaveh, Kimball Kaufman, Tina Danai, and Hossein Akhondi
Zoster meningitis in an immunocompetent host with headache and atypical rash., Shadi Khalil and Eva Tovar Hirashima
Starting Residency with COVID-19, Seena Khosravi and Ashish Sinha
Worsening weakness after posterior cervical decompression and fusion; the challenge in diagnosis, Steven D. Kim, Joseph Hill, Farzin Farhandnejad, and Karyn Doddy
Tarantula Spider Toxicity, Erwin Kong MD and Kristopher K. Hart
Evaluation of Resident Palpation Skills in Foot and Ankle Anatomic Structures Using Bedside Ultrasound, Se Won Lee, Phuong U. Le, Craig Van Dien, Mike Hansen, and Timothy Tiu
Catch 22 : To Anticoagulate or Not to Anticoagulate, Muhammad Madkour and Patrick Hu
Abuse and Neglect of People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Survey with the North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS), Elizabeth Morrison-Banks MD, Dara Sorkin, Laura Mosqueda, and Napatkamon Ayutyanont
Rehabilitation following Valproic Acid-Induced Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy (VHE) in a patient with Intractable Epilepsy, Dan Nguyen, Ann Ikonne, SeWon Lee, and Mark Steinhauer
Unmasking Severe Hypotension after Intermittent Catheter for Distended Bladder in a Patient with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Dennis Nguyen, Neal Ekpoudia, Ellsworth Remson, Farzin Farhandnejad, and Se Won Lee
Predictors of improvement of magnitude/magnitude D ratio on pattern electroretinogram (pERG) after glaucoma suspect treatment, Marina Peskina, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Upinder Singh, Stephen D. Anesi, and C Stephen Foster
The Effect of Trauma Center Verification Level on Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Undergoing Interfacility Transfer., David S Plurad, Glenn Geesman, Ahmed Mahmoud, Nicholas Sheets, Bhani K. Kondal, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Samer Ghostine, and Gregory Guldner
Little Did We Know What We Are Preparing for: Virtual Interviews Before COVID-19, Alina Popa, Scott Kubomoto, and Lorra Baldes
Man With Post-Traumatic Leg Swelling: A Morel-Lavallée Lesion, Emerald Raney MD and Daniel Ng
How Deep is Too Deep?, Dietrich Schlueter MD, Asma Jamil MD, Ibrahim Talab, Samia Faiz, and Scott Kubomoto MD
Effect of Surgeon Factors on Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes After Breast-Conserving Therapy in Older Breast Cancer Survivors., Benjamin D Smith, Xiudong Lei, Kevin Diao, Ying Xu, Yu Shen, Grace L Smith, Sharon H Giordano, Sarah M DeSnyder, Kelly K Hunt, Mediget Teshome, Reshma Jagsi, Simona F Shaitelman, Susan K Peterson, and Cameron W Swanick
The impact of a Nevada law on opioids prescribed to women after uncomplicated vaginal deliveries, Christine Todd MD, David Howard MD, and Elizabeth Tehrune
Post-Coital Sudden Cardiac Arrest Due to Non-Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage—A Case Report, Vinson Vong, John Costumbrado MD, Daniel Ng, and Brandon Phong
Off-Label Use of Solriamfetol In Idiopathic Hypersomnia, Tammy Wong and Talha Memon
Oversized Primary Intrapulmonary Schwannoma: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature, Sara Zarei, Alina Popa, Bahman Moghadam, Archana Reddy, and Ahmed Mahmoud MD
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES), Jaime Zelaya and Lama Al-Khoury
Submissions from 2019
Epidural Abscess, H. Alex Akhondi MD
Liver Abscess, H. Alex Akhondi MD
Upper Limb Amputation, H. Alex Akhondi MD and Prathusha Maduri
Development and Implementation of a Collaborative Obstetrical Continuity System in a New Family Medicine Residency (TBC), Michael Avila MD and Maylne Nambela-Barlow
Moyamoya Disease Presenting with Stroke, Timothy Collins, Chimezie Ubbaonu, and Phuong Vo
Lots of Clots, Diana Daftari MD, Vinh Ho MD, Scott Kubomoto MD, and Javad Savoj MD
Pantoprazole continuous infusion versus intermittent bolus for gastrointestinal bleed prior to esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), Vy Dang PharmD; Mickayla Clark PharmD, BCPS; Kartika Shetty MD; James Hwang; Pinak Shah; and Scott J. Anderson
So Much Soma, Satvir Dhillon MD and Gregory Shimizu MD
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease: Progressive Neurological Decline, Christine Fayad MD, Scott J. Anderson, and H. Alex Akhondi MD
Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Pediatric Limp, Lucas Friedman MD
A Comparison of Opioid Abuse Screening Tools of Detection of High Risk Patients in the Inpatient Setting, Grace Gu MD, Albert Cheng MD, Darren Rahaman MD, Shyh-Jeun Wang MD, Maureen Strohm MD, and Napatkamon Ayutyanont
From Burnout to Engagement (GME), Gregory Guldner MD
A Positive Psychology Model of Resident Well-Being: Results from the Nationwide HCA Well-Being Study, Gregory Guldner, Jason Siegel, Brendon Ellis, and Anne Brafford
The Impact of Resident Participation on Operating Time in Robotic Surgery for Benign Gynecological Conditions, David Howard MD, Alexandra McDaniel MD, Darin Swainston, and Salome Masghati