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Converting USMLE Step 1 to Pass or Fail: The Impact on Female and Underrepresented Minority Applicants, Ashtyn Barrientes, Andrew Youssef, Haris Ahmed, Peter Yu, Brendan Rosamond, Jonathan S. Lall, Scott Zimmerle, Said Maldonado, Ashlynn Mills, Nicole Lyons, Alex Seo, Angelica C. Rodriguez, Zuhair Ali, Rajeev Raghavan, and Mike Liang

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Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome ina Patient with COVID-19, Matthew Bear, Branden Wilson, Aswin Srinivasan, Amar Hasan, Salman Alim, and Mohamad Ezzeldin

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A Resident Led Newsletter is a Powerful Communication Tool, Jonathan Brown, Rachel Hogan, An Dao, Zuhair Ali, and Rajeev Raghavan

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Musculoskeletal Lecture Series: Neck Pain, Ryan Brown, Pradeep D'Souza, and Ryan Giang

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Documentation Burden: The Impact of Inadequate Operative Reports on Surgrical Outcomes, Natalia Cavagnaro, Ali Siddiqui, Rainna Coelho, Nicole B. Lyons, and Said Maldonado

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Organizing Pneumonia from Inhalational Injury, Asad Chohan, Rene Franco, and Abhay Vakil

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Accidental Extravasation of Mitomycin C into the Subcutaneous Tissue, Johnathon Chung, Brooke Walterscheid, Jose Lopez-Vera, Hytham Rashid, and Mike K. Liang

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Unique Presentation of Cerebritis: A Case Report, Wajahat Dawood, Kevin Jiang, and Bryan Kharbanda

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Pregnancy Induced Pancreatitis in the Setting of Medical Abortion and Severe Hyponatremia, Nd Ekpa, Sheila Chandrahas, and Randy Chung

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Tranexamic Acid (TXA) in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeds – Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Nd Ekpa, Harout Hamzoian, and Justin Yan

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Standardized Training to Improve the Quality of Screening Diabetic and Hypertension-Related Opthalmoscopic Exams, Ashley Faye, Pradeep D'Souza, and Elizabeth Suniega

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An Unusual Presentation of Myasthenia Gravis: Rapidly Progressive Distal Muscle Paralysis, Andi Nicole Garcia, Sheiva Vakili, and Vernon Lawrence

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A Case of Vanishing Bronchus Syndrome in a Non-lung Transplant Patient, Diane S. Habib, Ariana Azimi-Shooshtari, Siva T. Sarva, Ramesh Kesavan, and Gnananandh Jayaraman

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Acute Appendicitis Secondary to Enterobius Vermicularis: Case Report, Yasmine Hemida, Horeb Cano Gonzalez, and Mike K. Liang

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Utility of Daily CBC in Hospitalized Patients, Lauren Howard, Kayla Engstrom, Aisha Khan, Andrew Vest, and Carlos Vargas

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Fascial Defect Closure During Ventral Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Shin Jeong, Tunmi A. Anwoju, Oscar A. Olavarria, Natalia Cavagnaro, Naila H. Dhanani, Nicole B. Lyons, Zuhair Ali, and Mike K. Liang

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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

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A 44-Year-Old Man with a Sore Throat and Vesicular Rash, Ton La Jr., Joshua Gelber, Essam Girgawy, and Ijeoma Arubaleze

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Increasing Resident Confidence and Preparedness for In-Hospital Medical Emergencies, Joshua A. Macaluso, Pradeep D'Souza, and Elizabeth Suniega

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Frequency and Predictors of All-Cause In-Hospital Mortality in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement: A Nationwide Inpatient Analysis, 2011-2015, Ahmed Mahmood, Hasnan Ijaz, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Sohail Khan, and Thomas Alexander

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Percutaneous Closure of Aorto-Right Fistula: An Interesting Case of Marfan's Syndrome and Fistula Formation, Ahmed Mahmood, Vivek Nadipalli, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Bilal Hussain, Carlos E. Vargas, Sohail Khan, Christel Cuevas, and Thomas Alexander

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Treatment Options for World Health Organization Hroups 2 and 3 Pulmonary Hypertension: Using Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Medication, Austin Makadia, Jorge Garza, Arjun Kamath, Ahsan Syed, and Vishesh Persaud

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A Curious Case of Biopsy Proven Usual Interstitial Pneumonia, Austin Makadia, Vishesh Persaud, Saiara Choudhury, Asad Chohan, and Abhay Vakil

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An Interesting Case of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage with an Elusive Etiology, Austin Makadia, Vishesh Persaud, Saiara Choudhury, Asad Chohan, and Abhay Vakil

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A Spontaneous Subcutaneous Emphysema as a Life Threatening Complication of Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Interstitial Lung Disease, Austin Makadia, Vishesh Persaud, Saiara Choudhury, Asad Chohan, and Abhay Vakil

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New Onset Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Associated with Severe Rhabdomyolysis After Infection with COVID19, Nova Mebane, Jacqueline M. Phillips, Cynthia Salloum, Neva Mebane, and Daniel Park

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Impact of Disclosure of Radiographis Test Results on Quality of Life Among Patients with Hernia: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Keyon Mohebzad, Rainna Coelho, Oscar A. Olavarria, Nicole Lyons, and Karla Bernardi

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The Role of Biologic Mesh and Fundoplication in the Surgical Management of Hiatal Hernias: A Multicenter Evaluation., Cassandra Mohr, Hailie Ciomperlik, Naila Dhanani, Oscar A Olavarria, Craig Hannon, William Hope, Scott Roth, Mike K. Liang, and Julie L Holihan

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Subacute Combined Degeneration in Atypical case, Ryan Molina

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A Comparison of ICU Mortality Scoring Systems Applied to COVID-19, Muhammad A. Monk, Jordan Torres, Kimberly Vickery, Gnananandh Jayaraman, Sivatej Sarva, and Ramesh Kesavan

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A Rare Case of Right Atrial Appendage Mass in Patient with Recurrent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia, Vivek Nadipalli, Ahmed Mahmood, and Thomas Alexander

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Utilizing A Mechanical Aspiration Device to Debulk Intracardiac Mass, Vivek Nadipalli, Ahmed Mahmood, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Christel Cuevas, Scott McKinstry, and Thomas Alexander

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An Intersting Presentation of Angina Due to Left Posterolateral to Right Posterolateral Coronary Artery Fistula, Vivek Nadipalli, Ahmed Mahmood, Muhammad Uzair Lodhi, Bilal Hussain, Sohail Khan, Christel Cuevas, and Thomas Alexander

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A Case of Vibrio Vulnificus in Galveston, Kayla Nguyen, Duyen Quach, Chinasa Anokwuru, Connor Hogan, and Mike Liang

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Assessment of Patient and Surgeon Perception on Prophylactic Mesh: A Standard Gamble, Kayla Nguyen, Duyen Quach, Niharika Neela, Nicole Lyons, and Oscar Olavarria

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Clinical Impact of Oral Step-Down Therapy for Gram-Negative Bacteremia: A Retrospective Study, Nhi Nguyen, Ashitha Jayachandran, Minhhang Mui, and Kelsey Olson

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Severe IVC Thrombosis Presenting as Abdominal Pain in Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Arya Nikjoo, Aswin Srinivasan, and Ali Abbasi

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Journal Club 2.0: A Fun, Active-Learning Based Journal Club Template for Residency Program, Arya Nikjoo, Torres, Zuhair Ali, Tunmi Anwoju, and Rajeev Raghavan

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Expert Consensus for Key Components of a High Quality Ventral Hernia Repair Operative Note, Shreena Patidar, Peter Yu, Jonathan S. Lall, Said Maldonado, Nicole B. Lyons, Zuhair Ali, and Mike Liang

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Natural History of Occult Hernias in Adults at a Safety-Net Hospital, Duyen Quach, Kayla Nguyen, Nicole Lyons, Oscar Olavarria, and Karla Bernardi

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Kaposi Sacroma in a 27 year old man: A Case Report, Duyen Quach, Kayla Nguyen, Andrew Youssef, Diego Arellano, and Jorge Leiva

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Intestinal Tuberculosis Presenting as Small Bowel Obstruction, Duyen Quach, Jordan Torres, Kayla Nguyen, Kevin Garnepudi, Wenjing Fang, and Mike Liang

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Left Atrial Enlargement in Primary Cryptogenic Strokes Without Atrial Fibrillation, Hytham Rashid, Jonathan Brown, Negar Niknam, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Sivatej Sarva, and Syed Danyal Raza

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Fatal Atrio-Esophageal Fistula Presenting as New Onset Seizures, Hytham Rashid, Jonathan Brown, Eryn Percenti, Justin Saunders, and Sivatej Sarva

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Rare Case of Chylopericardium Status Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Hytham Rashid, Harris R. Khawaja, Ashley Charales, Essam Girgawy, Ramesh Kesavan, and Michael Daniel

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Systematic Review of Coronary Air Embolism Following Percutaneous Lung Biopsy, Hytham Rashid, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Aswin Srinivasan, Branden Wilson, and Haris Ahmed

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Efficacy of Safe Zone Trainings for Sexual Healthcare Competency in Medical Education, Hytham Rashid, Matthew Scholl, Joshua Gelber, and Rachel Hogan

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Anti-glomerular Basement Membrane Disease Presenting With Renal Failure And Extensive Deep Venous Thrombosis, Alec Rhodes, Zainab Shakir, Lakshmi Tatineni, Sivatej Sarva, and Ramesh Kesavan

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A Rare Case of PRES in a Patient on bevacizumab-awwb Chemotherapy, Alexander Rhodes, John Punla, Aswin Srinivasan, An Dao, and Syed Raza

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Bioprosthetic Valve Endocarditis causing Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Cassie Robertson, Lakshmi Tatineni, Talha Qasmi, Sivatej Sarva, Ramesh Kesavan, and Michael Daniel

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Implementing AUC Monitoring in a Pharmacist-Managed Vancomycin Dosing Protocol: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Brandon L S Robinson, Blake Bennie, Mahmoud Nasiri, Kieu Nguyen, Reba Forbess, Mallory Gessner-Wharton, and Cassie Robertson

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A Unique Case of Olanzapine Induced Hypothermia, Victoria A. Rodriguez-Quick, Shreenal Patel, Jaijo Vennatt, Krina Viroliya, and Sivatej Sarva

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Shocking Side Effect: Hypophosphatemia Induced by Hydrochlorothiazide, Kenneth Salu

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Mesh Type With Ventral Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials, Ali Siddiqui, Nicole B Lyons, Oluwatunmininu Anwoju, Brianna L Cohen, Walter A Ramsey, Christopher F O'Neil, Zuhair Ali, and Mike K. Liang

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Is Night Time the Right Time for Hernia Surgery and Dictations, Ali Siddiqui, Nicole B. Lyons, Said Maldonado, Jonathan Lall, and Brianna L. Cohen

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PASCAL repair system for patients with mitral regurgitation: A systematic review., Aswin Srinivasan, Jonathan Brown, Haris Ahmed, and Michael Daniel

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A Case of Idiopathic Systematic Capillary Leak Syndrome Associated with Diffuse Anasarca, Jonathan Tang, Jonathan Brown, and Rajeev Raghavan

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An Interesting Case of Libman-Sacks Endocarditis, Nam Tran, David Kenison, Hasan Seede, and Julian Nguyen

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Dementia Screening at Hope Clinic, Kang-Lin Tsai, Wolf Frances, and Elizabeth Suniega

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Atrial Fibrillation: Rate Versus Rhythm Control, Carlos E. Vargas, Mina Bhatnagar, Haris Ahmed, Michael G. Flynn, and Thomas Alexander

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Patients with History of Kidney Transplantation: Is it Associated with Worse Outcomes?, Krina Viroliya, Aswin Srinivasan, K Patel, Muhammad A. Monk, and Georg Elias

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Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Recognizing Variations in Clinical Presentations, Andrew Wang and Komal Luthra

Submissions from 2022

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Acute Limb Ischemia Caused by Dissection following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using Right Radial Approach, Haris Ahmed, Jonathan Brown, Brooke Walterscheid, Phebe Abraham, Junaid M. Alam, Nabeel Ahmad, and Syed Arman Raza

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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Possible Role of Vitamin C in Sepsis, Jonathan Brown, Cassie Robertson, Luis Sevilla, Jorge Garza, Hytham Rashid, Ana Benitez, Mikhail Shipotko, and Zuhair Ali

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Mortality and Length of Stay Among HIV Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: A Multicenter Retrospective Study, Jonathan Brown, Ashwin Srinivasan, Hytham Rashid, Brendon Cornett, Syed Raza, and Zuhair Ali

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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

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An Unusual Case of Isolated Pancreatitis Secondary to Blunt Abdominal Trauma., Haroutiun Hamzoian, Reuben Plasencia, Ndifreke Ekpa, Aswin Srinivasan, and Georg Elias

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Bell's Palsy in Pregnancy and Pre-eclampsia: Is There An Association?, Kathy Mostajeran, Hillary Boswell, Brendon Cornett, and Ziad Haidar

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A Rare Case of Wernicke Encephalopathy in Stage IV Gastric Cancer, Arya Nikjoo, Hytham Rashid, Randy Chung, and Mir Ali Sadat

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Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Cardiac Arrest Patients Receiving Targeted Temperature Management, Hannah Poquiz, Hannah Ehrenfeld, Hanhnhi Duong, and Laura Blackburn

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MRSA in the Bursa: An Unusual Complication of MRSA Bacteremia Causing Bilateral Acromioclavicular Septic Arthritis, Victoria A. Rodriguez-Quick, Alexander Llop, Kevin Dimas, and Essam Girgawy

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The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) 510(k) Process: A Systematic Review of 1000 Cases, Puja Shah, Oscar Olavarria, Naila Dhanani, Hailie Ciomperlik, Cassandra Mohr, Karla Bernardi, Niharika Neela, Rainna Coelho, Zuhair Ali, Ajita Prabhu, and Mike K. Liang

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Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Complicated by Rheumatoid Arthritis, Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, and Hypothyroidism, Soroush Shahrokh, Ammar Hasan, Salman Raza Alim, Michelle Hebert, and Khulood Rizvi

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Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Composed of Seminoma and Teratoma Metastasizing as Choriocarcinoma to the Lung Successfully Treated With Salvage Chemotherapy and Bone-Marrow Transplant: A Case Report, Soroush Shahrokh, Daniel Tran, Barbara Lines, and Murtaza N. Bhuriwala

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Cardioembolic-Related Renal Infarction, Keven Zhang, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Aswin Srinivasan, Harris Khawaja, Ahmed Qadri, and Zuhair Ali

Submissions from 2021

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A Rare Case of a Clot Through the Heart, Through the Lungs, and Through the Brain, Haris Ahmed, Junaid Alam, Aswin Srinivasan, Saad Choudhry, Branden Wilson, and Syed Raza

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Achromobacter xylosoxidans/denitrificans Bacteremia in a Patient With Good’s Syndrome, Saiara Choudhury, Sudhakar Papineni, Srikanth Ramachandruni, Jurairat Molina, and Salim Surani

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An Unusual Case of Breast Swelling After Thoracostomy, Liane De Guzman, Pahnwat Taweesedt, Humayun Anjum, Alamgir Khan, and Salim Surani

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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

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The Role of Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Amniotic Fluid Embolism: A Case Report and Literature Review, Shalini Durgam, Munish Sharma, Rahul Dadhwal, Abhay Vakil, and Salim Surani

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Severe Urinary Retention Secondary to Intrathecal Morphine Pain Pump: A Case Report, Eyitemi Fregene and Peter Lotze

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Heartbeat, Marcia Glass

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Bee Attack or Heart Attack: Kounis Syndrome, Kashmala Khan, Gabor Szalai, Humayun Anjum, Francis Dimtri, Deanna Yamamura, and Salim Surani

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Parvovirus Reactivation in COVID-19, Peter Y. Lai, Alan Vu, Siva Sarva, Gnananandh Jayaraman, and Ramesh Kesavan

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Correlates of Delayed Initial Contact to Emergency Services among Patients with Suspected ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction., Osayi Lawani, Nicholas Gorman, Fiona Gorman, Jiries Ganim, and Stefano Sdringola-Maranga

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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

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Acute Renal Failure following Novel Subcutaneous Fat Reduction with Injected Ice Slurry., Daniel L. McMahan, Hangameh Dehbozorgi, Quy N. Lam, Calvin Le, Justin Richardson, Alexandra Villacres, and Fysal Albaalbaki

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A Case of Hemodynamically Unstable Sick Sinus Syndrome Secondary to Refeeding Syndrome, Michael Mgerian, Suzanne Havican, Frances Wolf, and Nioti Karim

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Systemic Thrombolysis for Treatment of Postpartum Saddle Embolism Complicated by Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review, Kathy Mostajeran, Hillary Boswell, and Ziad Haidar

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A 78-Year-Old Man with a Pulmonary Embolism Who Developed Skin Necrosis 7 Days After Treatment with the Direct Oral Anticoagulant Factor Xa Inhibitor Apixaban., Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Trung Nguyen, Mir Ali Sadat, Syed A Raza, and Sivatej Sarva

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Acute Reversal of Systolic Heart Failure in a Case of Coxsackievirus Myocarditis, Tushar Pansuriya, Hytham Rashid, Aswin Srinivasan, Branden Wilson, Ramesh Kesavan, Gnananandh Jayaraman, and Sivatej Sarva

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A Fatal Case of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome from Concomitant Blastomycosis and Aspergillosis in an Immunocompetent Male, Hytham Rashid, Vibha Mishra, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Sam Dabit, and Turuvekere Jayaram

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Systemic Inflammation-Related Bradycardia in COVID-19, Ashwin Srinivasan, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Branden Wilson, Siva Sarva, Turuvekere Jayaram, Salman Alim, Ramesh Kesavan, and Syed Raza

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Ceftaroline-Associated Encephalopathy: A Rare Adverse Effect, Aswin Srinivasan, Blake Bennie, Krina Viroliya, Ramesh Kesavan, and Siva Sarva

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Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome in a Patient With COVID-19, Aswin Srinivasan, Branden Wilson, Matthew Bear, Ammar Hasan, Obadah Ezzeldin, Salman Alim, Samer Elfallal, Xiang Fang, and Mohamad Ezzeldin

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Pneumomediastinum in COVID-19: Interplay Between Infection, Inflammation and Ventilation - a Case Series, Aswin Srinivasan, Branden Wilson, PK Krishnamani, M Bear, TH Jayaram, R Kesavan, S Sarva, PR Patel, and S Alim

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Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Acute Pancreatitis in Covid-19 Setting, Aswin Srinivasan, Branden Wilson, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Syed Talha Qasmi, and Ramesh Kesavan

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Rapidly Progressing Moyamoya Syndrome Secondary to Meningovascular Neurosyphilis and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Branden Wilson, Matthew Bear, Aswin Srinivasan, Khulood Rizvi, Samer Elfallal, and Mohamad Ezzeldin

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Respiratory Failure Secondary to Guillain-Barre Syndrome in COVID-19 Infection, Branden Wilson, Aswin Srinivasan, Junaid Alam, Haris Ahmed, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Uzma Ali, Ramesh Babu Kesavan, and Sivatej Sarva

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A Case of Bilateral Thalamic Infarcts Involving the Artery of Percheron in the Setting of COVID-19, Branden Wilson, Aswin Srinivasan, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Salman Alim, and Uzma Ali