Submissions from 2021
Starvation Ketoacidosis Induced by Ketogenic Diet and Consumption of Ketone Supplement, Manjot S. Malhi, Frank Duerson, Joshua K. Salabei, and Peters Okonoboh
A Curious Case of PTH Independent Hypercalcemia Secondary to Silicone Injections, Moises Matos, Ahsan Farooq, Heidi Peynado De Pena, Hanford Yau, and Asif Uddin
A Grave Case of COVID-19: SARS-CoV-2 Induced Autoimmune Hyperthyroidism, Moises Matos, Hilda Merino-Chavez, and Suzanne Martinez
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 High-Dose Cortisol Receptor Antagonist for the Management of Severe Hyperglycemia in a Patient With an Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Hilda Merino-Chavez, Nancy Torres Luna, Gabriela Zuniga Paniagua, and Hanford Yau
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
Incidental Findings of Asystole in a Patient With Complaints of Near Syncope: A Case Report on Paroxysmal Ventricular Standstill, William Moles, Anne Barnes, Ahmed Khan, Kashyap Patel, and Nadine Bos
A Surprising Outcome of Metastatic Pheochromocytoma Misdiagnosed as Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report, Elio P. Monsour, Randa Abdelmasih, Joshua Pothen, Rima Gandhi, and Frank Ramharrack
Hyperhemolysis in the Setting of Mixed-Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Rare Complication of COVID-19., Sonya Narula, Sean Winkle, Kenneth Brand, Farhan Shah, Priscilla Y. Fujikawa, Tyler Truitt, and Mark Currie
Case Report of a Near-fatal Case of Mycobacterium massiliense Sepsis after De-clotting of an Arteriovenous Fistula, Haroon Nawaz, Ayesha Choudhry, and William Morse
A Case of Coombs-Negative Hemolytic Anemia Prompting Diagnosis of SARS‐CoV‐2, Thanuja Neerukonda, Walid Moughabel, Justin Chen, Devansh Patel, and Faiza Manji
Chronic Sleep Deprivation in a 75-year-old Female Leading to Increased Falls and a Daytime Microsleeps, John B. Nelson, Michael Anderson, and Neeley Remmers
Air Leak in COVID-19 Patients, Jonathan Nieves, Tarig Elhakim, Valentina Rojas Ortiz, Gabriel Silva, Robert Hernandez, and Jose Gascon
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
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
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
Atypical Mycobacterial Tenosynovitis in the Setting of Adalimumab Use, Jay Patel, Nilmarie Guzman, and Kurt Wukitsch
Congenital Internal Hernia: Rare Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain, Jay Patel, Antoine Hamedi-Sangsari, Muhammad J. Khalil, and Jessica El-Bahri
Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Testicular Pain: An Unusual Case Report, Jinal K. Patel, Varun Reddy, Gauthier L. Stepman, Debra Angelo, and Johnathan Frunzi
Subacute Thyroiditis Secondary to Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine: A Case Report of a Rare Manifestation, Mayank Patel, Marika Shahid, Ahmad Khawaja, Chibuzor Ejike, and Kavitha Vemuri
An Unusual Variant of Guillain-Barre Syndrome with COVID-19, Jennifer Perez, Cesar Santillana, Orlirio Corrales, Daniel Gonzalez, Sherard LaCaille, and Ria Sitahal
Recurrent, Complicated Diverticulitis with Atypical Features, Shelley Persaud, Bir Singh, Francisco Abreu Brea, and Johnathan Frunzi
Ischemic Brain Infarcts and Vasculitis in Histoplasmosis of the Central Nervous System: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Roberto Pineda-Reyes, Irene Riestra Guiance, Avi Landman, and Minh Quang Ho
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
Utilization of Patient-Controlled Analgesia Reduces Length of Stay of Sickle Cell Crisis Hospitalizations, Brett M. Prestia, Talha Ramzan, Catherine Waldron, Ameer Malik, Robert M. Pallay, Candace R. Murbach, Mike Flynn, Eric Shaw PhD, Abdullah Kutlar, and Daniel Lowe
Unlucky Triad: Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hypertriglyceridemia and Pancreatitis, Sean-Patrick A. Prince, Qitan Huang, Andrew Santos, Mollika Hossain, and Nelson Mane
Endometrioma: An Unlikely Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction, Sean-Patrick A. Prince, Andrew Santos, and Varun Patel
Adult Duodeno-Duodenal Intussusception into a Diverticulum Secondary to a Duodenal Ulcer, Sean-Patrick A. Prince, Sabrina Urs, Andrew Santos, Anil Ram, and Siddarth Mathur
Laxative Abuse Cessation Leading to Severe Edema., Aditya Ragunathan, Pratishtha Singh, Kiranpreet Gosal, Nicolina M. Scibelli, and Victor Collier
Pulmonary Amyloidoma Discovered During Lung Cancer Screening, William Jarad Raney, Drew Thomas, Saira Memon, Jay Helsel, Ian Fekete, and John B. Nelson
Acute Coronary Syndrome Secondary to Retinoid Use in Acne Vulgaris, Asma Rashid and Mehboob A. Rehan
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
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
Utilizing the Charleston Comorbidity Index as an Independent Predictor for Outcomes in SARS-Cov-2 Positive Patient, Irene Riestra Guiance, Steven Char, Ernesto Robalino Gonzaga, Isabel Riestra, and Minh Q. Ho
Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Association with Respiratory Symptoms in Patients Diagnosed with SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19), Ernesto Robalino Gonzaga, Irene Riestra Guiance, Richard Henriquez, Mahmoud Ibrahim, YuYa Nway, and Minh Ho
The Role of the Liver in Iron Homeostasis and What Goes Wrong?, Gonzaga Ernesto Robalino, Irene Riestra Guiance, Richard Henriquez, Gerri Mortimore, and Jan Freeman
Serotonin Toxicity Precipitated by Tramadol in the Setting of Polypharmacy: A Case of Serotonin Syndrome, Ariel Ruiz de Villa, Tyler Jones, Amina Lleshi, Monica Macahuachi, Katie Lamar, and Yvette Bazikian
COVID-19 and the CHA 2 DS 2-VASc Score: Is It Time to Refine?, Josh Salabei
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
Marked Elevation of Carcinoembryonic Antigen Without an Identified Primary Gastrointestinal Tumor, Joshua K. Salabei, Dhaval Upadhyay, Asad Haider, Anthony Nanajian, Leora Frimer, Kipson Richard Charles, Zeeshan H. Ismail, Selina Imboywa, Awaad Khan, Nundia Louis, and Uma G. Iyer
COVID-19-Induced Cardiomyopathy, Emanual Santiago-Santanta, Zekarias T. Asnake, and George H. Cockey
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
Prevalence of, Qualities, and Barriers Associated with Mentoring Relationships from Medical Students' Perspective: A Multi-Institutional Cross-Sectional Study., Andrew Sephien, Leigh Hatch, Jordan Karsch, Karim Hanna, Ambuj Kumar, and Danielle Gulick
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
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
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
Rapid Severe Sepsis from Pseudomonas fluorescens/putida Bacteremia due to Skin and Soft Tissue Infection - A Case Report, Pratishtha Singh, Andreas Montano, and Adam Bostick
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
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
Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita Presenting with Usual Interstitial Pneumonia and Pneumomediastinum, Karan Soni, Kay Khine, and Natajaran Rajagopalan
Systemic Inflammation-Related Bradycardia in COVID-19, Ashwin Srinivasan, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Branden Wilson, Siva Sarva, Turuvekere Jayaram, Salman Alim, Ramesh Kesavan, and Syed Raza
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
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
Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Acute Pancreatitis in Covid-19 Setting, Aswin Srinivasan, Branden Wilson, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Syed Talha Qasmi, and Ramesh Kesavan
COVID-19-Induced Colitis: A Novel Relationship During Troubling Times., Peter Stawinski, Karolina Dziadkowiec, and Akiva Marcus
A Case of Immune Thrombocytopenia After COVID-19 Infection, Gauthier L. Stepman, Ivy Daley, Duncan Bralts, Jigneshkumar B. Patel, and Johnathan Frunzi
Ventricular Standstill in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis, Gauthier L. Stepman, Jinal K. Patel, Shiwani Kamath, Francisco Abreu Brea, and Rene Kunhardt
Hepatic Abscess as Early Presentation of Perforated Diverticulitis, Gauthier Stepman, Jinal K. Patel, John T. Young, 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
A Case of Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis Following Canagliflozin Therapy, Kubra Tuna, Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Mrhaf Alsamman, and Joseph Robbins
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
A Retrospective Study of Admission NT-proBNP Levels as a Predictor of Readmission Rate, Length of Stay and Mortality, Kunjan Udani, Dveet Patel, and Andrew Mangano
Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a Patient with Sickle Cell Anemia, Kunjan Udani, Pooja Patel, Dveet Patel, Hajra Awwab, and Nino Balanchivadze
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
Group B Streptococcus Meningitis Associated with Acute Otitis Media in an Adult Patient, Kenneth A. Villareal, Amelia Goslin, and Himal Bajracharya
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
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
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
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
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection: A Case Report., Bassem S. Zeidan Jr, Jinal K. Patel, Arielle C. Kirk, Arnoldo Gonzalez, and Imran Khan
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
Acute Ischemic Stroke as the Presenting Feature of COVID-19 in the Young and Pregnant, Nermila A. Ballmick, Jiri F. Kubac, and Hossein Akhondi