Submissions from 2021
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
Taking Serious Threats Seriously: Successful Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions to Reduce Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus, Nora Bairagdar, Kathryn Hernando, Kayihura Manigaba, Cristobal Cintron, Marie Kima, Sanil Thomas, and Robert Yancey
AHORA: a Spanish language tool to identify acute stroke symptoms., Paul Banerjee, Helene Koumans, Madison Danielle Weech, Maricela Wilson, Mark Rivera-Morales, and Latha Ganti
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockers Prior to Hospitalization and Their Association With Clinical Outcomes in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Ranjit Banwait, Devina Singh, Anamarys Blanco MD, Vaibhav Rastogi, and Khalid Abusaada
A Case Report of Acute Prostatitis Secondary to Use of P-valve Condom Catheter During Cave Diving, Ashley Barash, Evan Stern, and Robyn Hoelle
A Rare Case of Bartonella henselae Infective Endocarditis Causing an Embolic Cerebrovascular Accident, Raghav Bassi, Kipson Charles, Syed Hussain, Afzal Khan, Mingyue Zheng, and George Cockey
Impact of Pharmacist Involvement on the Utility of a Gram-Negative Blood Culture Identification Panel on Antimicrobial Usage, Caitlin Bowman, Melissa Holloway, and Lisa Scott
Pharmacy-Led Medication Reconciliation Program Reduces Adverse Drug Events and Improves Satisfaction in a Community Hospital, L. Hayley Burgess, Joan Kramer, Carley Castelein, Joseph M. Parra, Victoria Timmons, Samantha Pickens, Sarah Fraker, and Christopher Cameron Skinner
Treatment of Refractory Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy with Abatacept and Tacrolimus: A Case-Based Review, Kathlyn Camargo Macias, Karan Bhanushali, Chawla Ambreesh, and Neha Bhanusali
Increased Mortality in Hip Fracture Patients With Aortic Stenosis and Pulmonary Hypertension Compared to Aortic Stenosis Alone., Christian B. Cignoni, Steven K M Vuu, Huazhi Liu, Jason M. Clark, Carrie D. Watson, Larwrence R. Ferber, Winston T. Richards, and Darwin N. Ang
Bilateral Pulmonary Emboli on Dabigatran, Emily Clark, Josh Walker, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, and Latha Ganti
The Statewide Epidemiology of Mucormycosis Among Trauma Patients in Florida., Jason M. Clark, Huazhi Liu, Susan Collins, Carrie Watson, Lawrence Feber, Winston T. Richards, Dana Taylor, and Darwin Ang
Acute Headache Due to Intracerebral Hemorrhage Secondary to Brain Metastases, Zachary J. Cohen-Neamie, Latha Ganti, Thor S. Stead, Joshua Walker, and Frank Fraunfelter
Bedside Ultrasound Used for the Rapid Diagnosis and Treatment of a Patient with a Small Bowel Obstruction in the Emergency Department, William Daly, Mollie Powell, and Diana Mora Montero
Unity, Nicholas D'Angelo
Impact of Music Therapy on Gait After Stroke, Anjali Daniel, Helene Koumans, and Latha Ganti
AKI, Gross Hematuria, and Crystalluria: Rare Side Effects of a Very Common Drug, Bethsy Daverman, Stefan S. Mann, Wassim Moussa, Scott Lang, and Jerry Sayre
Lymphoproliferative Disease in a Non-Transplant Patient and Spironolactone’s Activity Against Epstein Barr Virus, Anthony DeRenzi and Jessie Penico
Testicular Compartment Syndrome: An Unexpected Diagnosis in a Case of Testicular Pain, Emily Drone, Bryan Kwon, Cherian Plamoottil, and Latha Ganti
A Rapid Diagnosis and Treatment of a Traumatic Aortic Transection: A Case of Survival to the ICU, Larissa Dub, Sherwin Thomas, Nicholas Fusco, Cherian Plamoottil, and Latha Ganti
Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices: Available Modalities and Review of Literature, Mohammed A. Faluk, Syed Mustajab Hasan, Tianyu Jiang, Ramy Abdelmaseih, and Jigar H. Patel MD
Comparison of Maternity Care Training in Family Medicine Residencies 2013 and 2019: A CERA Program Directors Study, Julia Fashner, Christina Cavanagh, and Aimee Eden
COVID-19 Disruption to Family Medicine Residency Curriculum: Results from a 2020 US Programme Directors Survey, Julia Fashner, Anthony Espinoza, and Arch G Mainous III
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
Bartonella Henselea Prosthetic Balve Endocarditis Mimicking Vasculitis, Troy Fishman, Sara Khan, Efrain Irizarry, Ayesha Kaleem, Robert Yancey, and Uma Iyer
TIA Symptoms Reveal a Carotid Body Paraganglioma, Leora Frimer, Zekarias Asnake, Gregory Stanger, Zeeshan H. Ismail, and Uma Iyer
Effectiveness of seatbelts in mitigating traumatic brain injury severity., Latha Ganti, Aakash N Bodhit, Yasamin Daneshvar, Kelsey Hatchitt, Sudeep Kuchibhotla, Christa Pulvino, Sarah W Ayala, and Keith R Peters
What Is The Diagnostic Accuracy of Rapid Nucleic Acid Tests for Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis?, Latha Ganti and Brit J. Long
Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita: A Case Report and Anesthetic Considerations, Adrianna Gatt, Alexander Buttermore, Daniel Chang, Tayo Akadiri, and Ettore Crimi
Case Report: GPA Presenting as Neuropathy, Ann George, Azin Azarfar, Shazia Beg, and Maria Farooq
Vaping-associated Lung Injury: A Case Report and Literature Review, Dewansh Goel and Kenneth Iyamu
Recurrent Gemcitabine-Associated Pseudocellulitis in a Patient with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Clinical Vignette, Laura M. Gordon, Andrew Slater, and George Cockey
Significance of the Hepatic Falciform Artery., Sanjiv Gray and Latha Ganti
Gastric Ischemia Secondary to Abdominal Distension, Sanjiv Gray, Andrew Hanna, and Latha Ganti
Increase in Morbidity and Mortality in Geriatric Hip Fracture Patients Requiring Pre-Operative Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Single Center Retrospective Analysis, Eric Gruenberger, Kyle Mahoney, Kailey Mansour, Dardiny Saint-Clair, Satish Chandrasekhar, and Karl Siebuhr
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
A Rare Case of a Bifurcated Uvula in a 20-year-old, Michelle Hernandez, Andrew George, and Latha Ganti
Increased Gap in the Gender Birth Ratios in Florida Following the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Nicholas Heyden, Cristobal Cintron, Nicholas Dorsey, Justin Watkins, Stephen Zehring, and Julia Fashner
Frontotemporal Dementia, Schizophrenia, Brain Sagging, or All of the Above?, Jonathan Hirschauer, Virmaire Diaz Fernandez, Alex Ledbetter, Daniel Witter, and Sarah Fayad
Evidence of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Elevated Intracranial Pressures in Both Trauma and Non-Traumatic Patients Across Community Level 1 & 2 Trauma Centers, Alana Hofmann, Jennifer DeMuro, David Zhu, and Alexis Finer
Bilateral Cerebellar Stroke Associated With Opiate Abuse: Evaluation and Management, Derricck Huang, Samyr El-Badri, and Latha Ganti
Acute Gastric Volvulus in the Setting of a Paraesophageal Hernia With Hemoperitoneum: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management, Derrick Huang, Michael Hughes, Samyr Elbadri, Michael Falgiani, and Latha Ganti
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation Complicated by Hill-Sachs Lesion, Nofel Iftikhar, Thor S. Stead, Latha Ganti, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, and Frank Fraunfelter
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
Cosmetovigilance: A New Concept in Residency Curriculum, Sarah Isom, George Yazji, Katy l. Robinson, Nicholas Dorsey, Aniruddha Logan, and David Quillen
Clinical Value of Histologic Endometrial Dating in Women with Inadequate Endometrium During Frozen-Thawed Blastocyst-stage Embryo Transfer: A Retrospective Pilot Study, Jayapriya Jayakumaran, Kiara Maldonado, and Mark P. Trolice
Acute Onset of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Resembling Stroke in Absence of Diagnostic EEG Findings, Erika Juliani and Mathew Calestino
Omeprazole-induced Visual Hallucinations: A Case Report, Grace S. Kim, Tatiana Nunez, and Enrique Vargas
Compartment Syndrome Secondary to Knee Lipohemarthrosis, Madeleine E. Kim, Thor S. Stead, and Latha Ganti
Who Will Speak for You?, Sheri M. Kittelson, Teri McLean, Anne M. Meiring, and David M. Quillen
Hypercalcemia as a Presentation of Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Karthikram Komanduri, Aya Elalem, Emerson Bookal, Kiran Kathi, and Aneta Tarasiuk-Rusek
Hand Hygiene and Hospital-Acquired Infections During COVID-19 Increased Vigilance: One Hospital’s Experience, Alexander Kong, Carlos S. Botero Suarez, Bebe Rahamatalli, Jennifer Shankweiler, and Olga Karasik
Acute on Chronic Theophylline Toxicity in an Elderly Patient, Alexander Kong, somshukla ghosh, Chelsea Guan, Brittany L. Fries, and Floyd W. Burke
A Growing Two-Decade-Old True Left Ventricular Aneurysm: A Case Report, Alexander Kong, Ramses Ramirez Damera, Alberto Perez Buitrago, Hiep C. Nguyen, and Sayed T. Hussain
Ability and willingness to utilize telemedicine among rheumatology patients-a cross-sectional survey., Steve S Kong, Lilian A Otalora Rojas, Amnie Ashour, Mathew Robinson, Tyler Hosterman, and Neha Bhanusali
OMT Effect on Length of COVID Hospitalization: Case Report, Candace Kuzma, Jonathan Garces, and Casey Turner
Redox Signaling and Biomarkers in the Acute Setting, Dakota Lane, James Lee, Anthony Derenzi, Jyoti Das, Mollie Powell, Mahesh Setty, and Robyn Hoelle
Are medical students and residents receiving an appropriate education on LGBTQ+ health?, France Leandre, Virmarie Diaz Fernandez, and Almari Ginory
Are Psychiatry Programs Providing Adequate Parental Leave to Their Residents?, France M. Leandre, Donna M Sudak, and Almari Ginory
Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of US College Students., Jenny Lee, Matthew Solomon, Tej Stead, Bryan Kwon, and Latha Ganti
Endometriosis And Pelvic Pain In The Adolescent: Delayed Diagnosis Leading To Long-Term Suffering And The Need For Intervention, Latashia-Lika Lelea
Challenges of Diagnosing Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma vs. EBV Mucocutaneous Ulcer, Amina Lleshi and Ashali Jain
Physician-Perceived Barriers to Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department, Gideon Logan, Amber Mirajkar, Jessica Houck, Fernando Rivera-Alvarez, Emily Drone, Parth Patel, Alexandra Craen, Larissa Dub, Nubaha Elahi, David Lebowitz, Ayanna Walker, and Latha Ganti
Erythema ab igne: Toasted Skin Syndrome, Vincent Ly, James E. Vandruff, and Julia Fashner
Starvation Ketoacidosis Induced by Ketogenic Diet and Consumption of Ketone Supplement, Manjot S. Malhi, Frank Duerson, Joshua K. Salabei, and Peters Okonoboh
Rare Case of Persistent First Rib Osteomyelitis in a Twenty-Seven Year Old, Mercedes Malone, Atif Siddique, Asad Haider, Dhaval Upadhyay, and Matthew Calestino
Lanterns in Marrakesh, Stefan Mann
Right Vertebral Artery Dissection Leading to Acute Right MCA Stroke, Allen Mao and Hoang Duong
Contraception Counseling and Patient Choice in the Postpartum Period, AnnaMaria G. Maples, Donna Boucher, and Karen Harris
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
Anaphylaxis after Moderna COVID-19 vaccine., Jeremy Mayfield, Sumedha Bandi, Latha Ganti, and Jose Rubero
Sex-Based Differences in the Presentation of Myocardial Infarction, Jeremy Mayfield, Muneet Gill, Helen J. Zhang, and Latha Ganti
Challenge Case Report: Left-Sided Headache & Dizziness, Keegan McNally, Jesse Wu, Larissa Dub, and Latha Ganti
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
National Institutes of Health Career Development (K) Awards to Young Surgeons: An Academic Milestone or One-hit Wonder?, Jose Wilson Mesquita-Neto, William Dailey, Donald Weaver, Jashodeep Datta, Francisco I. Macedo, and Nipun B Merchant
Novel Adeno-Associated Virus-Based Genetic Therapy for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: A Case-Report, Alexey Minevskiy, Nausheen Khuddus, and Christine Kay
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
Characteristics and Outcomes of Diabetic Patients with Acute Exacerbation of COPD, Elio P. Monsour, Lyd-Marie Rodriguez Garcia, Randa Abdelmasih, Kubra Tuna, and Khalid Abusaada
Bilateral Pleural Effusion and Pulmonary Edema Diagnosed by Emergency Department Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) in a Patient with Severe Undifferentiated Dyspnea, Diana Mora Montero, Donavan Ginest, and Robyn Hoelle
Cold- and Warm-type Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Associated with COVID-19 Infections: What Lies Beneath?, Anthony Nanajian, Xiaolan Tang, and Uma Iyer
Baker's Cyst, Arjun Nanduri, Thor S Stead, Graham E Kupsaw, Jason DeLeon, and Latha Ganti
Intravenous Thrombolysis for a Stroke Mimic Patient., Lilly Nguyen, Joyce Hoonsuh Lee, Latha Ganti, Mark Rivera-Morales, and Larissa Dub
Anaphylaxis Presenting as Uvulitis, Lilly Nguyen, Thor S Stead, Carlos Lopez Ortiz, Rita Gillespie, and Latha Ganti
Bupropion-Induced Cardiogenic Shock Treated With VA ECMO and Left Ventricular Assist Device, Erick Perez Sifontes, Sonja Knittel-Hliddal, Rahimullah Asad, Peter Okonoboh, Crystal Gunn, and Melissa Weaver
Timing and Type of Venous Thromboembolic Chemoprophylaxis is Associated with Acute Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes, Kevin Pierre, John Armstrong, James Dunne, Stephen Flaherty, Ernest Gonzalez, Mark McKenney, Patrick Offner, David Plurad, Huazhi Liu, and Michele Ziglar
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
Pelvic Congestion Syndrome in a Postmenopausal Female, Neha Potla, Savithri-Chandana Veluri, Thor S Stead, Jesse Dubey, and Latha Ganti
Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery From the Ascending Aorta Above the Left Sinus of Valsalva, Ramses Ramirez Damera, Muhammad Ijlal Khan, Kay T. Kline, and Neelma Katukuri
Prevalence of Hepatopancreatic Injury and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19 in USA, Vaibhav Rastogi, Ranjit Banwait, Devina Singh, Hale Z. Toklu, Lexie Finer, Dipendra Parajuli, and Latha Ganti
Venous Thromboembolism and Thymic Hyperplasia in the Setting of Silent Graves’ Disease, Melanie N. Rayan, Monica Macahuachi, Ariel Ruiz de Villa, Alexey Minevskiy, Manasa Peddineni, Yvette Bazikian, and Mathew Calestino
Impact of BMI on Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19, Bryson Renouard, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, James Neumeister, Mortatha Al-Bassam, Samyr El-Badri, Thomas Alterman, J Walker, Bobby Desai, Michael Falgiani, and Latha Ganti
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
Massive Necrotizing Fournier's Gangrene, Fernando Rivera-Alvarez, Andrew George, and Latha Ganti
Rare Presentation of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Submassive Pulmonary Emboli Due to Hypercoagulable State With Supratherapeutic Anticoagulation., Mark D. Rivera-Morales, Jesse Wu, Larissa Dub, and Latha Ganti
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
Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Presenting to the Emergency Department, Jose Rubero, Jenny Lee, Matthew Solomon, Jesse Wu, and Latha Ganti
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