Submissions from 2021
Uncommon Pathogen in an Unexpected Host: A Rare Case of Rothia mucilaginosa Infective Endocarditis in an Immunocompetent Patient Without an Underlying Valvular Disease., Ramy Abdelmaseih, Randa Abdelmasih, Mohammed A. Faluk, and Mustajab Hasan
Atrial Fibrillation as a Possible Adverse Reaction to Evolocumab., Ramy Abdelmaseih, Randa Abdelmasih, Mustajab Hasan, and Alan Hamza
Epiglotitis Related to E-Cigarette Smoking: A Case Report, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Randa Abdelmasih, Syed M. Hasan, Jay D. Patel, and Khalid Abusaada
Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness: Florida's Lyme Disease Variant., Ramy Abdelmaseih, Bilal Ashraf, Randa Abdelmasih, Sandi Dunn, and Hesham Nasser
Cardio-oncology: Capecitabine Can Sometimes be Heatbreaking Capecitabine-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Case Report and Literature Review., Ramy Abdelmaseih, Anamarys Blanco, Randa Abdelmasih, Krutika Desai, Joshua J. Pothen, Jay Patel, and Rama Balaraman
Perspectives on Heyde's Syndrome and Calcific Aortic Valve Disease, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Ravi Thakker, Randa Abdelmasih, Arroj Ali, and S Mustajab Hasan
A Case of Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis in a Young Athlete., Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Syed Mustajab Hasan, and Hesham Nasser
Acute Multiple Cerebral Watershed Infarctions as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19 in a Young Male Patient: A Case Report, Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, and Radhames Ramos De Oleo
Update on the Cardiovascular Benefits of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter-2 Inhibitors: Mechanism of Action, Available Agents and Comprehensive Review of Literature, Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Ravi Thakker, Mohammed Faluk, Arroj Ali, Morhaf Alsamman, and Syed M. Hasan
Incidental Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in Asymptomatic Patient Using Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) During Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy Assessment, Sherif Abuserewa and Richard Duff
Transverse Sinus Thrombosis Secondary to Internal Jugular Vein Abnormalities., Sherif Abuserewa and Richard Duff
Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis., Sherif Abuserewa, Richard Duff, and Gregory Becker
A Rare Cause of Exudative Pleural Effusion in a Female., Sherif Abuserewa, Shawn B. Esperti, Thaddeus Golden, and Richard Duff
Aphasia as the Initial Presentation of Acute Otomastoiditis in an Elderly Male, Sherif Abuserewa, Mohamed Faris, and Thaddeus Golden
A Silent Killer: Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in Gastrointestinal Bleed, Hesham Afify, Volodymyr Oliynyk, and Floyd Burke
Meropenem-Resistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Subspecies Denitrificans Bacteremia in a Patient With Stage IV Adenocarcinoma of the Lung, Andre Agassi, Erin Pollock, Mary Carter, Robert J. Sherertz, and Andrew Mangano
Aortic Thrombus Extending to Left Subclavian in a Patient With Diffuse Venous Thromboembolism on Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy, Mrhaf Alsamman, Joshua Pothen, Marialla Inoyatov, Elis Cruz Salcedo, and Chembu Ramesh
Adult Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Arising From the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA) Syndrome as First Presentation With Atrial Fibrillation in a Marathon Runner, Mrhaf Alsamman, Kubra Tuna, Sandi Dunn, Faysal Rifai, and Justin Reed
Fluoroscopy Nasogastric Feeding Tube Placement, Elena Anigati
Systemic Vasospasms Induced by Vasopressor Therapy Resulting in Diffuse Tissue Necrosis and Death: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Muhammad U. Arian, Christopher S. Medina, George Matus, Akash Hazari, Luis Chozet, and Fahad Omar
An Atypical Case of Congenital Lobar Emphysema in an Adult, Non-Smoker Patient Presenting with Pneumothorax., Zekarias T. Asnake, Joshua K. Salabei, Jordan B. Pierce, Angela Fernandez-Manovel, Ramin Ahmad, Zeeshan Ismail, and Matthew Calestino
Cerebrovascular Accident and SARS-CoV-19 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review., Amira Athanasios, Ivy Daley, Anjali Patel, Olu Oyesanmi, Parth Desai, and Johnathan Frunzi
Disseminated Cryptococcus in an Immunocompetent Patient Due to Prison Yard Pigeon Exposure, Matthew Barvo, Nicholas James, and Muhammad Ayyaz
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
Achromobacter xylosoxidans/denitrificans Bacteremia in a Patient With Good’s Syndrome, Saiara Choudhury, Sudhakar Papineni, Srikanth Ramachandruni, Jurairat Molina, and Salim Surani
Opioid-Associated Amnestic Syndrome, William Ciurylo and Elizabeth Noh
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation, Aunie Danyalian and Felix Hernandez
Ischemic Nephropathy Following Occlusion of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Graft: A Case Report, Kevin Dao, Pooja Patel, Erin Pollock DO, Andrew Mangano, and Kiranpreet Gosal
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
Schmidt’s Syndrome Presenting as Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Adrenal Crisis: A Case Report and Review of Literature, Marines Faya, Randa Abdelmasih, Kubra Tuna, Adrianna Gatt, and Amruth Bapatla
Autoimmune Myasthenia, Primary Adrenal Insufficiency, and Progressive Hypothyroidism Due to Pembrolizumab and Axitinib Combination Regimen, Nikole Figueroa-Perez, Rahul Kashyap, Deepinder Bal, Syed Anjum Khan, and Vishwanath Pattan
Underrecognized Zieve's syndrome: A Case Report, Kiran Gosal, Pratishtha Singh, Katherine Westbrook, and Meg Kanoy Carter
Incidence of Acute Ischemic Stroke in Hospitalized Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Who Had Anticoagulation Interruption: A Retrospective Study., Syed Mustajab Hasan, Mohammad Faluk MD, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Jay D Patel, Ravi Thakker, Jay J Chacko, Dewid Zayas Zuazaga, Alexis L. Finer, Aiham Albaeni, and Khalid Abusaada
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (PanNET) Presenting with a Concomitant Ampulla of Vater Abnormality on Endoscopy, Ashan T. Hatharasinghe
Mycobacterium abscessus Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection, Danay Herrera, Aunie Danyalian, Daniel Kaswan, Nicole L. Cohen, Miguel Edelstein, Andres Rivero, and Paola Solari
Effects of Anticoagulation on Low-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol and Ischemic Stroke in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation, Zeeshan Ismail, Zekarias T. Asnake, and Joshua K. Salabei
Third-Degree Heart Block Associated With Saddle Pulmonary Embolism: A Rare Sequelae of COVID-19-Induced Hypercoagulable State, Zeeshan Ismail, Joshua Salabei, Gregoy Stanger, Zekarias Asnake, Leora Frimer, and Andrew Smock
Remdesivir-Induced Symptomatic Bradycardia in the Treatment of COVID-19 Disease, Jomel Jacinto, Milan Patel, Justin Hao Goh, and Kenneth Yamamura
A Call to Action: Preventing Opioid and Substance Abuse in South Florida Youth, Julie A. Jacko, Katherine P. Cohen, Cathaerina Appadoo, Arkene S. Levy, Timothy F. Page, Michael J. Parker, Solina Pierre-Gilles, and Francois Sainfort
Adrenal Crisis Secondary to Influenza and Tetanus Vaccination in an Adult Without Known Adrenal Insufficiency: A Case of Autoimmune Adrenalitis, Shiwani Kamath, Jessica Khabra, Parth R. Desai MD, and Johnathan Frunzi
Critical Limb Ischemia in a Young Patient With a Mechanical Aortic Valve Leading to Bilateral Above-Knee Amputation, Shiwani Kamath, Abid Ulhaque, Rias Ali, and Johnathan frunzi
Hematuria in Pregnancy Due to Renal Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report, Ashie Kapoor, Leo Yamaguchi, Sherwin Azad, and Yi McWhorter
Bee Attack or Heart Attack: Kounis Syndrome, Kashmala Khan, Gabor Szalai, Humayun Anjum, Francis Dimtri, Deanna Yamamura, and Salim Surani
Reverse Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in the Setting of Acute Asthma Exacerbation, Muhammad Khan, Alexander Howell, Thuy Pham, and Nilmarie Guzman
An Incidental Discovery Following Hypertension and Headaches: A Pheochromocytoma Case Report, Geoffrey Lindblad; Stephanie Prater; Ashley Hall; Sheyla Gonzalez, MD; and Danay Herrera
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
Starvation Ketoacidosis Induced by Ketogenic Diet and Consumption of Ketone Supplement, Manjot S. Malhi, Frank Duerson, Joshua K. Salabei, and Peters Okonoboh
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
Case report: Challenges in Making the Diagnosis of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Yi McWhorter
Recurrent Hiatal Hernia Resulting in Rightward Mediastinal Shift: Diagnostics in Cardiology and Clinical Pearls., Divy Mehra, Javier Alvarado, Yanet Diaz-Martell, Lino Saavedra, and James Davenport
A Case of Hemodynamically Unstable Sick Sinus Syndrome Secondary to Refeeding Syndrome, Michael Mgerian, Suzanne Havican, Frances Wolf, and Nioti Karim
Differences in the Relationship Between Diabetes and Prostate Cancer Among Black and White Non-Hispanic Men, Eric A Miller, Paul F Pinsky, and Dudith Pierre-Victor
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
July Effect on Mortality and Complications in Patients With ARDS in US Teaching Hospitals., Titilope Olanipekun, Abimbola Chris-Olaiya, Shawn B. Esperti, Vinod Nambudiri, Richard Duff, and Gloria Westney
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
Immunotherapy-Induced Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis, Kevin Parza, Kevin Dao, Pooja Patel, Nicolina M. Scibelli, Andrew Mangano, and Maryam Gondal
Occult Perforated Gangrenous Gallbladder Found on Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography, Kevin Parza, Pooja M. Patel, Nicolina Scibelli, and Jilian Sansbury
Silent Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: PLASMIC, Lessons Learned, and Current Management Overview, Alexandra Pisklakova, Joshua Barbir, Jan-Paul Sambataro, Christian Almanzar, and Faiza Manji
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia of the Aortic Valve: A Case Report, Marie-Louise Posch, Sean-Patrick A. Prince, Kevin Thompson, Fagun Modi, and Jeffery Jordan
Laxative Abuse Cessation Leading to Severe Edema., Aditya Ragunathan, Pratishtha Singh, Kiranpreet Gosal, Nicolina M. Scibelli, and Victor Collier
The Hurricane Lung: A Case of Hydrocarbon Pneumonitis With Abscess Formation Following Fuel Siphoning, Renuka Reddy, Jessica Baek, Hanna R. Perone, Kai Chen, and Daniel Lichtstein
Memantine Usage for Management of Korsakoff Syndrome in the Setting of Chronic Alcohol Use and Unspecified Eating Disorder, Varun Reddy, Andrea Hernandez, Leah Grossman, Debra Angelo, and Johnathan Frunzi
Physicians at the Crossroad of Prognosis and Faith: Practical Help Communicating with Patients and Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Joshua Salabei, Troy Fishman, Steven J. Schwartz, Peter Okonoboh, and Uma Iyer
A Retrospective Review of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed Outcomes During Hospital Admission While on Oral Anticoagulation, Nicolina Scibelli, Andrew Mangano, Kathleen Raynor, Sarah Wilson, and Pratishtha Singh
Intestinal Dysbiosis Disguised as a Rectal Fistula Treated With Autologous Fecal Microbiota Transplantation, Nicolina Scibelli, Pratishtha Singh, and Kathleen Raynor
Wernicke Encephalopathy in an Elderly Patient Due to Chronic Malnutrition From an Atypical Diet, Farhan A. Shah, Shaidy Moronta, Michalla Braford, Priscilla Y. Fujikawa, and Gary A. Stocker
Bouveret Syndrome: A Rare Form of Gallstone Ileus, Farhan Shah MD, Sean Winkle, Tyler Truitt, GIlad Guez, and Kevin Draper
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
Sexism in Medicine: Alive and Well or a Dying Breed?, Diane Shannon, Nadia Obaed, Dieula John, Elena Cervantes, and Miriam Zylberglait Lisigurski
Delaying the Development of Dementia with Physical and Cognitive Exercise, Michael Simpson DO
Newly Acquired Factor VIII Deficiency in a Male Ex-Smoker: A Case Report, Pratishtha Singh, Brian Gorman, Nardine Abdelsayed, and Mohamed Faris
A Retrospective Review of Outcomes in Intensive Care Unit Patients Infected With SARS-Cov2 in Correlation to Admission Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation II Scores., Pratishtha Singh, Kayle M. Warren, Hannah Adler, Andrew Mangano, Jilian Sansbury, and Richard Duff
A Retrospective Review of Outcomes in Intensive Care Unit Patients Infected With SARS-Cov2 in Correlation to Admission Acute Physiologic Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation II Scores., Pratishtha Singh, Kayle M. Warren, Hannah Adler, Andrew Mangano, Jilian Sansbury, and Richard Duff
Ceftaroline-Associated Encephalopathy: A Rare Adverse Effect, Aswin Srinivasan, Blake Bennie, Krina Viroliya, Ramesh Kesavan, and Siva Sarva
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
A Case of Immune Thrombocytopenia After COVID-19 Infection, Gauthier L. Stepman, Ivy Daley, Duncan Bralts, Jigneshkumar B. Patel, and Johnathan Frunzi
A Rare Presentation of Asymptomatic Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum., Thomas Y. Sun and Allison Ferrara
Impact of Intravenous Antihypertensives on Outcomes Among Hospitalized Patients, Kelsi Thompson, Julien A. Exposito, Oliver Fowler, Rahul Mhaskar, Liwei Chen, and Jose Nicolas Codolosa
All-Cause Mortality and Incidence of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Sickle Cell Nephropathy: A Comparative Study, Kunjan Udani, Nayda Parisio Poldiak, Julia Campbell, Victor Collier, and Pooja M. Patel
Use of Anti-coagulants in Cancer Patients with Superficial Thrombophlebitis to Prevent Pulmonary Embolism, Pratikkumar Vekaria, Mansi Satasia, Tejas Raiyani, Rekha Rao, Chandrika Raiyani, and Kevin D. Phillips
A Retrospective Analysis Comparing Post-operative Bleeding with Various Doses of Aspirin after Lower Extremity Joint Arthroplasty or Revision., Paula J Watts, Mickey Kopstein, Weston Harkness, Brendon T. Cornett, Oliwier Dziadkowiec, Patrick Jenkins, Elizabeth Hicks, Shakib Hassan, and Dmitriy Scherbak
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
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
Overlap of Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis and IgA Nephropathy: A Case Report, Bassem Zeidan Jr, Andrea Hernandez, and Parth Desai
Physician Suicide: Where are the Leaders?, Miriam Zylberglait Lisigurski
Take Back the Power and Joy of Being a Doctor, Miriam Zylberglait Lisigurski and Yudith Furman
Submissions from 2020
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES); Reversible or Irreversible?, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Randa Abdelmasih MD, Jay D. Patel DO, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, and Radhames Ramos De Oleo MD
The Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on In-Hospital Mortality in COVID-19, Samar Aboulenain, Nakeya Dewaswala, Fergie Ramos, Pedro Torres, Ahmed Abdallah, Mohamed Abdul Qader, Baher Al-Abbasi, Charles R. Bornmann, Karolina N. Dziadkowiec, Kai Chen, Jesus E. Pino, Robert Chait, and Kleper de Almeida
Cross-Sectional Analysis of Online Patient Reviews of Fertility Care Providers, Ricci Allen, Shruti Agarwal DO, and Mark P. Trolice MD
Always Remember to Floss... or Else, Arunmozhi (Sankavi) Aravagiri MD, Muhammad Zain MD, and Rajesh Gulati MD
Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in a Patient with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome Despite Adequate Anticoagulation with Warfarin, Zekarias T. Asnake, Troy J. Fishman, Liang Sun, and Joshua K. Salabei
Isolated Unilateral Oculomotor Nerve Paresis: An Uncommon Presentation of Midbrain Stroke, Zekarias T. Asnake MD, Jawad Noor MD, Manjot S. Malhi MD, and George Cockey MD
Visual Hallucinations in a Patient with Myxedema Coma, Crystal del Mar Ayala Castillo, Adrian Lugo, Narrani Kanapathippillai, Aneeta J. Joseph, Guruswamy Ramamurthy, and Marwa Hegagi
Osteopoikilosis: Rare case with incidental radiographic findings, Azin Azarfar, Hiffsa Taj, and Michael Seifert
Liver Imaging, Shahrzad Azizaddini and Nisha Mani
Physician perceptions about goals of care of hospitalized patients with malignancies, Nino Balanchivadze, Alexander A. Slota, Andrew Mangano DO, Adam Kudirka, and Yaser Alkhatib
Methamphetamine Associated Cardiovascular Complications, Andrew Barnes MD, Alina Babar, Rony Shah, Samantha Williams, Olu Oyesanmi, and Jeffery Jordan MD
Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis: An Incidental Diagnosis!, Jennifer Batch Joudi MD, Muhammad Jahngir, and Ismael Rodriguez MD