Submissions from 2023
Fluid Management in Septic Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension: Review of the Literature, Blerina Asllanaj, Elizabeth Benge, Jieun Bae, and Yi McWhorter
Managing Acute Intermediate Risk Pulmonary Thromboembolism in a Patient Who Developed Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: Review of Current Guidelines and Literature, Blerina Asllanaj, Elizabeth Jane Benge, Sapna Bhatia, and Yi McWhorter
Acute Partial Papillary Muscle Rupture as a Rare Complication Following Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Blerina Asllanaj, Matthew Farr, and Yi McWhorter
Her Cross to Bear, Stuart J. Bagatell, Levy Amar, and Gabriel Ghanoum
Rapidly Progressive Emphysematous Pancreatitis With Massive Hemorrhage and Multi-Organ Failure: A Severe Sequela of COVID-19, Raghav Bassi, Hamza M. Alzghoul, Kipson Richard Charles, Ariel Ruiz de Villa, Charles R Russell, and Peters Okonoboh
COVID-19-Induced Complete Heart Block: Case Series and Literature Review, Raghav Bassi, Zeeshan Ismail, Joshua K. Salabei, Kipson Richard Charles, Asad Haider, Abdullahi Hussein, and Andrew Smock
A Review on Clostridioides Difficile Testing and How to Approach Patients With Multiple Negative Tests: A Case Report, Raghav Bassi, Pranav Prakash, Anuoluwa Oyetoran, Rabab Elsadek, Isaac Loseke, and John Leibach
A Case Report of Carbamazepine-induced Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in a Patient with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, Daniel Bishev, Mercedes Malone, Devon Best, and Yvette Bazikian
Timing Matters: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Red Cell Transfusion Timing and Hospitalization Outcomes in Sickle Cell Crisis Patients Using the National Inpatient Sample Database, Zubair Hassan Bodla, Mariam Hashmi, Fatima Niaz, Umer Farooq, Farhan Khalid, Abdullahi Hussein Abdullahi, and Sue-Wei Luu
Renal Amyloidosis (AL Kappa Type) With an Uncommon Presentation: A Case Report, Stephanie A. Botero, Michelle Bass, Carlos Botero Suarez, Pran Kar, and Elpidio Abreu
Diabetic Muscle Infarction: An Uncommon Diabetic Complication With a Lack of Standardized Treatment, Carlos Botero Suarez, Moises Matos, and Sowmya Suryanarayanan
Annular Rupture Due to Calcified Nodule Located in Left Ventricular Outflow Tract (LVOT) During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Managed by Protamine Sulfate., Sukhjinder Chauhan, Mina Bhatnagar, Talha N Jilani, and Jeffrey Levisman
A Rare Case Report of Flecainide-Induced Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB) and Transient Cardiomyopathy, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Desiree Morris, Mina Bhatnagar, Pinak A. Shah, and Dhiraj D. Narula
Benign Intrapulmonary Schwannoma With High Uptake on Fluorodeoxyglucose-18 (FDG-18 PET) Presenting as a Pancoast Tumor, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Faraz Rahman, Gundip S. Dhillon, Udanie Hewapathirana, Milliejoan Mongalo, and Arnold Chung
Gallstone Ileus Caused by Migration of Gallstone Through Cholecystoduodenal Fistula Resulting in Small Bowel Obstruction, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Rasiq Zackria, Trad George, Andrew Wojtanowski, and John Ryan
Sarcoid-Like Reactive Lymphadenopathy in Metastatic Synovial Sarcoma, Gundip S. Dhillon, Yema Jalal, and Vishisht Mehta
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Precipitates the Discovery of Underlying Liver Disease: A Case Report, Victoria Diaz, Elizabeth Jane Benge, Matthew Brockway, Weston Truman, and Birjees Ahmed
Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Presenting as Left Ventricular Aneurysm in a 74-Year-Old African American Male, Daniel Diez, Joel Brooks Tamayo, Jennifer Rodriguez-Belen, Jorge Hernandez Canciobello, Amr El-Tella, Kevin Mancheno, Kevin Manceno, Jorge X. Montilla, James Davenport, and Yeissen Godinez
A Case of Pseudo-Pseudo Meigs Syndrome as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Daniel Diez, Jennifer M. Lara, David Cotto Velez, Jorge Hernandez Canciobello, Yanet Diaz-Martell, Iliza Minaya, Asad Rizvi, Jose Gonzalez-Pantaleon, Yeissen Godinez, and Daniel Zapata
A Bridge Too Far: A Case of Myocardial Bridge Requiring Unroofing and Complicated by Post-Cardiac Injury Syndrome, Daniel Diez, Alfredo Toll, Ernesto Perez Colome, Ruben Cabrera, David Cotto Velez, and Hector J. Crespo
Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Pyogenic Hepatic Abscess., Emad Elmusa, Muhammad Raza, Michael Orlando, Seth Boyd, and Robert Kulchinsky
A Rare Case of Splenic Artery Thrombosis Provoked By Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Requiring Splenectomy, Asad Haider, Raghav Bassi, Pranav Prakash, Abdullahi Hussein, Hamza Alzghoul, Muhammad Bilal, Anuoluwa Oyetoran, and Uma Iyer
Persistent Coagulopathy After Synthetic Cannabinoid Use, Mahvish Haider, Carlos Acevedo-Cajigas, Desiree Ortiz, Christian A Zorrilla, and Jorge Perez
Mastocytic Enterocolitis: An Overlooked Diagnosis for Unexplained Chronic Diarrhea in a Patient With Colon Polyps and a Family History of Colon Cancer., Leeann Hu, Liliana Franco Moreira, Jignesh Parikh, and Vania Zayat
Characteristics, ICU Interventions, and Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Palliative Care Triggers in a Mixed Community-Based Intensive Care Unit, Michele Marie Iguina, Aunie M. Danyalian, Ilko Luque, Umair Shaikh, Sanaz B. Kashan, Dionne Morgan, Daniel Heller, and Mauricio Danckers
Hypertension-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy Leading to End-Stage Renal Disease., Angel Juarez, Lidice Galindo, and Maryam Gondal
Thrombospondin Type 1 Domain-Containing 7A (THSD7A)-Associated Membranous Nephropathy Leading to Metastatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, Angel Juarez, Lidice Galindo, Aditya Ragunathan, and Maryam Gondal
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
Atypical Manifestations of Primary Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma With Signet Ring Features: A Case Report, Noah R. Kosnik, Syed M. Hasnain, Duncan A. McKinney, and Nelson Greene
Antithrombotics and Gastrointestinal Prophylaxis: A Systematic Review., Ian Lancaster, Vikas Sethi, Deep Patel, Cyrus H. Tamboli, Elizabeth Pacer, Jeffrey Steinhoff, Meir Mizrahi, and Andrew C. Willinger
Rare Sequela of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, Muhammad Madkour and Ashis Mukherjee
A Case of Statin-Associated Autoimmune Myopathy: Management and Treatment, Mercedes Malone, Abdelilah Lahmar, Atif Siddique, Michael Rozboril, and Jesse L Kresak
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
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
A Challenging Case of Metastatic Non-Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung, Annalee Mora, Amirali Ghavamrevaii, Omar Antabli, and Ali Vaziri
Combination of Chemotherapeutic Agents and Biological Response Modifiers (Immunotherapy) in Triple-Negative/Her2( +) Breast Cancer, Multiple Myeloma, and Non-small-cell Lung Cancer, William Morse, Haroon Nawaz, and Ayesha A Choudhry
Septic Shock and Bacteremia Secondary to Herbaspirillum huttiense: A Case Report and Review of Literature, Ariel Ruiz de Villa, Akankcha Alok, Anuoluwa Oyetoran, and Stephanie Fabara
An Electronic Medical Record Pocket Guide for Incoming Internal Medicine Interns: Perceptions and Impact on Patient Information Gathering, Andrew Sephien, Rajalakshmi Arunachalam, Rahul Mhaskar, Andrew San Antonio, and Jeffery Jordan
What is Next for Patients and Medical Students in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships?, Andrew Sephien and Ambuj Kumar
An Unusual Case of Haemophilus parainfluenzae Endocarditis in a Young Patient With Crohn’s Disease, Vishrut Shah, Garry Berdichevskiy, Veronica Abello, Hasnan M. Ijaz, Ihtisham Khalid, Mustafa Rahim, Muntaha Asif, and Henry Cusnir
Negative Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG) in the Setting of Cholangiocarcinoma: A Case Report, Emily P. Shilakis, Raghav Bassi, Pranav Prakash, Eason Balakrishnan, Almari Ginory, and Matthew Calestino
Disseminated MAI in an HIV Patient-An Unusual Presentation, Joshni Simon, Joella Lambert, Jose Mosco-Guzman, Kaitlyn Dittmer, Alison Stern-Harbutte, and Weston Connelly
PASCAL repair system for patients with mitral regurgitation: A systematic review., Aswin Srinivasan, Jonathan Brown, Haris Ahmed, and Michael Daniel
Ischemic Colitis Secondary to Olanzapine and Clonidine Use in a Patient With a History of Laxative Abuse, Bosco C. Theodore, Ashley Foulkrod, Priscilla Y. Fujikawa, and Kashyap Patel
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
Individualize - But Do Not Universally Restrict - Dietary Potassium, Aarushi Varshney, Leonie Dupuis, Mario Mendoza-Sanchez, and Shivam Joshi
Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Young Male With COVID-19 Infection, Hovra Zahoor, Eboselumen Aigbe, Aamir Hussain, and Hema VanKayala
An Isolated Splenic Hydatid Cyst, Hovra Zahoor, Esra Sari, Jay Patel, and Nilmarie Guzman
Submissions from 2022
Uncertainties in the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction with Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Ravi A. Thakker, Mustajab Hasan, Mohammad Faluk MD, Ali Mohsin Choudhry, Jigar H. Patel, and Wissam Khalife
Pheochromocytoma Resection and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Chicken or the Egg??? - A Case Report, Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Kubra Tuna, Zainab Saeed, and Jiger Patel
A Case of Dulaglutide-Induced Acute Pancreatitis in a Diabetic Patient – A Case Report, Randa Abdelmasih, Randa Abdelmasih, Zainab Saeed, Bilal Ashraf, Ramy Abdelmaseih, and Hesham Nasser
Schwannomatosis Presenting With a Grade IV Glioblastoma: A Case Report and Literature Review, Nardine Abdelsayed, Zachary Bondranko, and Peter Montesano
An Unusual Case of Hypoxia: A Case of Right-to-Left Interatrial Shunting in a Patient With a Patent Foramen Ovale and Normal Pulmonary Pressure, Nardine Abdelsayed, Richard Duff, and Mohamed Faris
Acute Isolated Thrombocytopenia Secondary to Meloxicam Use: A Case Report, Nardine Abdelsayed, Michael Frost, and William Betz
Severe Gastroparesis Leading to Hypoglycemia and Subsequent Seizures, Nardine Abdelsayed, Angel Juarez, and Mary Carter
SARS-CoV-2 Complicated by a Large Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion, Nardine Abdelsayed, Benjamin Mckinney, and Mary Carter
A Case of Intractable Vomiting: Was It the Celiac Artery Compression?, Nardine Abdelsayed, Kevin Parza, and Mohamed Faris
A Case of Recurrent Embolic Strokes in a Young Female With a Patent Foramen Ovale and Presumed Fibroelastoma., Nardine Abdelsayed, Kevin Parza, and Mohamed Faris
Utility of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) in Atrial Fibrillation, Nardine Abdelsayed, Nicholas Venuti, Alexandra Smith, Kim Page, Dominic Collins, Kevin Parza, and Victor Collier
Role of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Diagnosis and Prognosis of Severe COVID Infection, Sherif Abuserewa, Eric K. Shaw, Leslie Hart, Cari Jennings, and Richard Duff
Pulmonary Hypertension in Pregnancy: Challenges and Solutions., Hesham Afify, Alexander Kong, Jopher Bernal, and Islam Y Elgendy
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
CO2 Levels Behind and in Front of Different Protective Mask Types, Hossein Akhondi, Sassan Kaveh, Kimball Kaufman, Tina Danai, and Napatkamon Ayutyanont
Acute Multiple Sclerosis Exacerbation After Vaccination With the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine: Novel Presentation and First Documented Case Report, Younus Al-Midfai, Winy Kujundzic, Simrun Uppal, Darby Oakes, and Sardinas Giezy
Acute Pancreatitis After Bariatric Surgery: Case Report and Rare Presentation, Younus Al-Midfai, Darby Oakes, Simrun Uppal, and Carlos A. Lopez
The First Documented Case of Marchiafava-Bignami Disease with Concurrent Bilateral Deep Vein Thrombosis, Younus Al-Midfai, Gehan A. Pendlebury, Peter Oro, Kerstyn Ludlow, and Jose Urrutia-Madrid
Fix the Heart, Damage the Gut: A Case Report and Literature Review of Ablation-Induced Gastroparesis, Mrhaf Alsamman, Bilal Ashraf, Bernard Dankyi, and Niti Aggarwal
Heart Block as a Rare Complication of Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis: Awareness is the Key, Mrhaf Alsamman, Jing Hao Du, Naser Mubarak, Anamarys Blanco, and Kenneth Iyamu
Update on Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator: A Comprehensive Review of Literature, Mrhaf Alsamman, Adesh Prashad, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Tehreem Khalid, and Rakesh Prashad
Factors Influencing Thirty-Day Readmission Rate in Patients With Heart Failure Exacerbation, Mrhaf Alsamman, Dewid Zayas, Karthikram Komanduri, Rakesh Prashad, Cristobal Cintron, and Kim N. Page Vickery
Accuracy of the GRACE Score in Predicting Mortality in Patients with COVID-19, Keyvan Amini Noghondar, Jazmine Duran, Megan Stevens, Brendon Cornett, and Daniel Ortiz
COVID-19 Fulminant Myocarditis Progressing to Cardiac Tamponade in Less than 24 Hours, Ali Ammar, Alexander Kong, Josselin Vachon, and Deepak P. Vivek
A Rare Case of Atorvastatin Induced Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome - A Case Report, Bilal Ashraf, Randa Abdelmasih, Zainab Saeed, Bernard Dankyi, and Hesham Nasser
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
A Possible Cephalexin-Induced Cutaneous Vasculitis, Alma Aveytia Camacho, Justin Stubbs, and Pedro A. Blandon
Achenbach Syndrome: A Case Series, Azin Azarfar and Shazia Beg
Blame it on the Drug: A Rare Case of Recurrent Doxycycline-Induced Pancreatitis, Raghav Bassi, Pranav Prakash, Eason Balakrishnan, and George Cockey
Chronic Uncontrolled Hypothyroidism Associated With Dysphonia and Concurrent Pericardial Effusion, Rishu Batra, Gordon Glober, Andrew Gonedes, Jay Patel, Esra Sari, and Jessica El-Bahri
A Rare Case of Pseudohypoparathyrodism, Brian Behnke, Kavanya Feustel, Scott Mayer, Nikhilesh Srinivasan, and Dmitriy Scherbak
A Rare Case of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an Adult, Brian Behnke, Nikhilesh Srinivasan, Irene Soesilo, and Ryan Spilman
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
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
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
Delayed Complication of Iliac Artery Aneurysm Repair- From Critical Limb Ischemia to Mixed shock: A Case Report, Maria C. Canizares-Otero, Floyd Osterman, and Mauricio Danckers
Contained Rupture of a Left Coronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm: A Case Report, Kipson Charles, Ali Arroj, and Tong Ann
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
Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Cervical Spine Secondary to Inhaled Nitrous-Oxide-Induced Cobalamin Deficiency., Larissa Check, Nardine Abdelsayed, Gabriela Figueroa, Aditya Ragunathan, and Mohamed Faris
Severe Trichotillomania: An Unusual Trigger of Recurrent Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Larissa Check, Gabriela Figueroa, Lidice Galindo, Jamie Pham, and Robert Sherertz
Eustachian Valve Infective Endocarditis: A Rare Consequence of Implanted Venous Access Ports, Larissa Check, Lidice Galindo, Gabriela Figueroa, Robert Sherertz, and Shashi Nagabandi
A Case of Complete Heart Block Presenting as Resistant Hypertensive Emergency, Larissa Check, Andreas Montano, and Mohamed Faris
Endobronchial Ultrasound Diagnosis of a Malignant Superior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Extending Into the Right Atrium: An Unusual Cause of Recurrent Syncope., Larissa Check, Ariba Naz, Caleb Scott, and Richard Duff
Case of Multi-Drug Resistant Nocardia nova as the Causative Agent of Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Adult, Larissa Check, Aditya Ragunathan, Nicolina M. Scibelli, and Andrew Mangano
The Slow Rhythm of Midodrine: A Peculiar Case of Profound Bradycardia, Larissa Check, Louis Tsichlis, and Mohamed Faris
Correlation of Pyuria and Bacteriuria in Acute Care, Bo Cheng, Mufrad Zaman, and William Cox
Correlation of Pyuria and Bacteriuria in Acute Care., Bo Cheng, Mufrad Zaman, and William Cox