Submissions from 2023
In-Hospital Outcomes of PCI in Patients Who Have ESRD vs Non-ESRD Patients, a Retrospective Study Involving a National Inpatient Sample (NIS) Database, Abdullah H. Abdullahi, Zeeshan Ismail, Omar Obeidat, Hamza M. Alzghoul, Natalie P. Hurlock, Mohammad Tarawneh, Rabab Elsadek, Mohamed Ismail, and Andrew Smock
Clostridium Septicum Bacteremia as the Presenting Sign of Colon Cancer, Andrew T. Abraham and Sripal A. Padam
Association of Thiazide Diuretics With Diabetes Progression, Kidney Disease Progression, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Death Among Patients With Diabetes Who Initiate Statins, Hesham Afify, Ubaldo Gonzalez Morales, Abdo Asmar, Carlos A Alvarez, and Ishak A Mansi
Capnocytophaga canimorsus Infection in a 38-Year-Old Male after a Dog Bite, Ahmad I. Ahsen, Philip Korsun, Fadi Albahra, Ranjit Nair, and Zain Tariq
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and the attenuation of risk for disseminated intravascular coagulation in patients with sepsis., Nicholas B. Alana, William A. Ciurylo, and Natalie Hurlock
Ultrasound-Accelerated Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis, Mrhaf Alsamman, Ali Mohsin Choudhry, Abdulaziz Mheir AlSaadi, and Rakesh Prashad
Polypoid Lymphangiectasia in the Sigmoid Colon: A Case Report of a Rare Entity, Anwar Alshaakh Moh' D Mari, Aarushi Varshney, Kristin Recker, Jignesh Parikh, and Vania Zayat
The First Case of Daratumumab-Induced Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Ali Tariq Alvi, Sachin George Mathew, and Murali Shankar
Fulminant Hepatic Failure With Minimal Alcohol Consumption in a 25-Year-Old Female With Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A Rare Case., Ali Tariq Alvi, Luis E. Santiago, Zahid Nadeem, and Ali Chaudhry
Acute Pancreatitis-Induced Thrombosis of Celiac Artery: An Unusual Complication of Acute Pancreatitis, Ali Tariq Alvi, Luis Santiago, and Marvin Lopez-Medal
Pernicious Anemia Presenting as a Mimicker of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Omar Alzarkali, Jane-Hwei Lee, and Kathryn Bower
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
Newly Diagnosed Lung Cancer in Hospitalized Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Well Are LDCTs Utilized?, Jonathan Assis, Thanuja Neerukonda, Bilal Farooqi, and Mahvish Haider
Radiation Proctitis with Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding Complicated by Cytomegalovirus, Austin B. Auyeung, Melanie N. Rayan, Xiaolan Tang, and Sanil Thomas
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
Overlapping Drug-Induced Vasculitis, ANCA-associated Vasculitis, and Lupus Nephritis Caused by Low-Dose Hydralazine, Mina Bhatnagar, A Agaronov, E Sarkisyan, I Sotoudeh Deilamy, Don Pepito, and H Akhondi
Acute Colonic Perforation with Septic Shock Secondary to Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient, Harsimrandeep Bhatti, Enkhbileg Batbileg, Srijisnu De, Glen Friedman, and Suresh Antony
Efficacy and Safety of Mavacamten in the Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review, Daniel Bishev, Stephanie Fabara, Isaac Loseke, Akankcha Alok, Hashim Al-Ani, and Yvette Bazikian
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
A Rare Case of Bartonella henselae Infective Endocarditis Causing an Embolic Cerebrovascular Accident, Kipson Richard Charles, Andrew Abraham, Raghav Bassi, Rabab Elsadek, and George Cockey
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
A Rare Case of Nodular Mantle Cell Lymphoma of the Gastrointestinal Tract Discovered During a Routine Colonoscopy With a Positive Response to R-CHOP Chemotherapy Regimen, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Jordan Valenta, Gundip S. Dhillon, Preston Phan, Yongwoon Huh, Andre E. Manov, and Ann Wierman
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
Accidental Extravasation of Mitomycin C into the Subcutaneous Tissue, Johnathon Chung, Brooke Walterscheid, Jose Lopez-Vera, Hytham Rashid, and Mike K. Liang
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
Climate crisis and nephrology: a review of climate change's impact on nephrology and how to combat it., Leonie Dupuis, Aarushi Varshney, Jason Patel, and Shivam Joshi
Not Just an Accident: A Case of Insulinoma, Asanka Ekanayake, Harrison Stubbs, Dominique Broutin, Olga Karasik, and Mustafa Kinaan
Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Pyogenic Hepatic Abscess., Emad Elmusa, Muhammad Raza, Michael Orlando, Seth Boyd, and Robert Kulchinsky
Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Acute Heart Failure, Emad Elmusa, Waleed Raza, Ahmad Muneeb, Hovra Zahoor, and Naja Naddaf
Primary Left Thigh Melanoma Presenting as an Obstructive Hemorrhagic Melanoma of the Small Bowel, Lidice Galindo, Catherine Traylor, Larissa Check, and Mohamed Faris
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Activation Syndrome with Multi-Organ Co-Infections: A Therapeutic Dilemma, Shivangi Gohil, Hannah Berrett, Rebecca Kurian, Johnathon Phillips, Mala Goyal, and Francis Dailey
Case of Calcinosis Cutis Associated with Sjogren's Syndrome, Keysha N. Gonzalez, Karishma Ramsubeik, and Gurjit Kaeley
Diet as a Risk Factor for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chelsea Guan and Shazia Beg
A Rare Case of Candida Parapsilosis Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Patient, Raiya Habib, Zeeshan Ismail, Anthony Nanajian, Matthew Calestino, and Christopher L. Bray
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
A Perplexing Case of Bladder Mass Biopsy-Proven Neurosarcoidosis, Zainab Hanif, Keysha N. Gonzalez, Pouyan Razminia, Eboselum Aigbe, and Pegah Ghafourian
How Did That Get There? A Case Series of Adolescent Foreign Bodies, Justin Ian Hanson, Paul Bomar, Sarah Kleist, Denver Rogalla, Lori Crihfield, and Scott Gutovitz
A Case of Generalized, Unrelenting Sweating Resulting in Social Isolation for Over Two Decades, Anil Harrison, Caroline Tashdjian, and Mayank Rampal
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
Hard to See: Systemic Lupus Erythematous Presenting as Cranial Nerve Six Palsy: A Case Report, Yema Jalal, Elizabeth Benge, Gundip S. Dhillon, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Andrew Kim, Andy He, Aaron Sing, and Pinak A. Shah
Hypertonic Saline Administration via Intraosseous Access During Symptomatic Hyponatremia, Angel Juarez, Mitsy Barr, and Thaddeus Golden
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
Congenital Atrial Septal Defect Presenting With Tamponade Physiology and an Associated Viral Illness, Angel Juarez, Gabriela F. Jhon, Rami N. Khouzam, Randall Goodroe, Russell F. Stahl, and Mohamed Faris
The Importance of Excisional Biopsy in Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Angel Juarez, Kevin Parza, Lidice Galindo, and Mohamed Faris
COVID-19-Associated Acute Myocarditis: Risk Factors, Clinical Outcomes, and Implications for Early Detection and Management., Shiwani Kamath, Mohamad Hamood T. Gomah, Gauthier Stepman, Peter Di Martino, and Itioye Adetula
Impact Evaluation of a Resident-Driven Research Training Workshop in Idaho: A Feasibility Study, Muhammad Arslan Khan, Meesha Iqbal, Trevi Mancilla, John H. Grider, Justin Solomon, and Katie Suleta
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
Exceedingly Rare Bilateral Synchronous Germ Cell Testicular Tumors With Different Histopathological Features, Jong H. Kim, Ray D. Page, Gregory Moses, and Rod C Columbres
Adenocarcinoma of the Transverse Colon Presenting as Anterior Abdominal Wall Abscess, Jenn Klein, Nima Avin, and Sunil Gandhi
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
Takotsubo Syndrome: An Epidemiologic Evaluation, Ian Lancaster, Jeffrey P. Steinhoff Sr., and Allison White
A 44-Year-Old Man with a Sore Throat and Vesicular Rash, Ton La Jr., Joshua Gelber, Essam Girgawy, and Ijeoma Arubaleze
Epidural abscess secondary to Streptococcus pneumoniae. A case report and review of the literature, Nathaniel Leavitt, Abraheim M. AL-Nasseri, and Adam C. Brady
In-hospital Stroke and Mortality Trends After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in the United States from 2017 to 2019, Jose L. Lopez, Justin Mark, Waseem Wahood, Nader Lamaa, and Mauricio Danckers
Rare Sequela of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, Muhammad Madkour and Ashis Mukherjee
A Case of Synchronous Primary Tumors of the Left Ovary and Uterus, Mercedes Malone, Abdelilah Lahmar, Daniel Bishev, and Xiaolong Sean Liu
A Case of Statin-Associated Autoimmune Myopathy: Management and Treatment, Mercedes Malone, Abdelilah Lahmar, Atif Siddique, Michael Rozboril, and Jesse L Kresak
An Atypical Presentation of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis In a 19-Year-Old Woman, Mercedes Malone, David Ritchie, Peter Okonoboh, and Ahmed Ebrahim
Infectious Mononucleosis-Induced Splenic Infarction: Perhaps More Common in Healthy Individuals Than Previously Thought., Gabriella Mamo, Stephanie Erickson, Karthikram Komanduri, Dewid Zayas Zuazaga, and Niti Aggarwal
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
The Effectiveness of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices in Managing Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Study, Andrey E. Manov, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Gundip S. Dhillon, Athena Dhaliwal, Sabrina Antonio, A. Donepudi, Yema N. Jalal, Jonathan Nazha, Melissa Banal, and Joseph House
Unmasking Type 1 Diabetes in Adults: Insights From Two Cases Revealing Misdiagnosis As Type 2 Diabetes, With Emphasis on Autoimmunity and Continuous Glucose Monitoring, Andrey E. Manov, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Gundip S. Dhillon, and Ashrita Donepudi
Probiotic-Associated Central Venous Catheter Bloodstream Infections Lead to Increased Mortality in the ICU, Scott Mayer, Colin Bonhag, Patrick Jenkins, Brendon T. Cornett, Paula J. Watts, and Dmitriy Scherbak
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
Mediastinal Bronchogenic Cyst With Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: A Case Report, Annalee Mora, Amirali Ghavamrezaii, Hayder Abidali, Hector Caballero, Alisher Hamidullah, and Nikolay Mitzov
A Case of Asymptomatic Massive Inguinoscrotal Bladder in Acute Renal Failure, Annalee Mora, Opeyemi Oyenusi, Amirali Ghavamrezaii, Safwan Mohiuddin, and Nikolay Mitzov
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
A Rare Case of Paratesticular Leiomyosarcoma, Ernesto Munoz-Pena, Keishla Garcia Fernandez, Abigail Miller, Jonathan Vasquez, and Vania Zayat
Type I Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a 33-Year-Old Male With Clinically Suspected Myopericarditis., Cullen R. Nisson, Yeily Hernandez Mato, Nimisha Lingappa, and James Abraham
Left Atrial Myxoma With Aortic Insufficiency Leading to Cerebrovascular Accident, Kevyn Niu, Manuel Torres Velez, and Yizhi Lin
COVID-19 Among People Living with HIV in Lebanon, Hussein A. Noureldine, Georges Chedid, Hilal Abdessamad, Christy Costanian, Julian Maamari, Mostafa Al Nakib, Ismael Maatook, Anna Farra, Roula Husni, and Jacques Mokhbat
Diabetes Mellitus Impact on Left Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients: National Inpatient Sample Study, Omar Obeidat, Abdullahi H. Abdullahi, Zeeshan Ismail, Mohamed F. Ismail, Hamza M. Alzghoul, Mohammed Tarawneh, Rabab Elsadek, Hashim Al-Ani, Natalie Hurlock, and Andrew L Smock
Social Risk Factors That Increase Cardiovascular and Breast Cancer Risk, Omar Obeidat, Kipson R. Charles, Nausheen Akhter, and Ann Tong
Association of Strict Versus Lenient Cholesterol Lowering with Cardiac Outcomes, Diabetes Progression and Complications, and Mortality in Patients with Diabetes Treated with Statins: Is Less More?, Victoria Odeleye, Omar Masarweh, Jorge Restrepo, Carlos A Alvarez, and Ishak A Mansi
Intra-Abdominal Abscess with Candida in a Post-Operative Setting, Derek Oh, Kenneth Rodrigues, Blerina Asllanaj, Alexander Urzua, Andy He, and Rosaly Diaz
The Emboli Does Not Fall Far From The Vegetation: A Case of Infective Endocarditis Causing Acute Myocardial Infarction, Shivaan Oomrigar, Roger A. Rojas Rodriguez, Tommy Macias, and Diego Bonilla
An Unusual Presentation of Infective Endocarditis, Ethan J. Peterson, Jordan Jackson, Syed M. Zaidi, and Jorge Perez
A Case of Grave's Thyrotoxicosis-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Presenting with Cardiac Arrest After Winning the Lottery, David Philippides, Angelina Hong, Amanda Eukovich, and Ali Chaudhry
A Case of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Masquerading as Community Acquired Pneumonia, Brianna Probasco, Veniamin Melnychuk, Angelina Hong, Abanoub Gabra, and Scott Lieberman
Ciprofloxacin-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Case Report, Alexander Refaeian, Eric L. Vest, Michael Schmidt, Jorge D. Guerra, Mohd N. Refaei, Michael Refaeian, Ryan A. Floresca, and Manouchehr Refaeian