Submissions from 2021
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
Serotonin Toxicity Precipitated by Tramadol in the Setting of Polypharmacy: Case Report and Literature Review of Serotonin Syndrome., Ariel Ruiz de Villa, Monica Macahuachi, Amina Lleshi, Alexey Minevskiy, 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
Frailty Score as a Predictor of Outcomes in Geriatric Patients with Isolated Hip Fractures., Whiyie A Sang, Hamza Durrani, Huazhi Liu, Jason M. Clark, Laurence Ferber, Joshua Hagan, Winston Richards, Dana Taylor, Carrie Watson, and Darwin Ang
COVID-19-Induced Cardiomyopathy, Emanual Santiago-Santanta, Zekarias T. Asnake, and George H. Cockey
Case Report: Perioperative Management of a Patient with Familial Dysautonomia, Melodie Sarebanha, Laura Valente, Kalra Minnea, Joseph Layon, and Ettore Crimi
COVID-19 Triage and Management in Pregnant Women Flowchart, Saad Serra, Dawn Hannah, Jason Gronert, and Julie DeCesare
An Uncommon Rash in the Emergency Department: Sporothrix schenckii., Dipal Shah, Alison E Kim, Samyr Elbadri, Bobby Desai, and Latha Ganti
Abnormal Bedside Ultrasound Findings in a Complex Patient With Kawasaki Disease, Dipal Shah, Helene Koumans, Kimberly Johnson, Leoh Leon II, and Latha Ganti
An Ominous Cause of Headache in a Teenager, Dipal Shah, Rachel Sklar, Latha Ganti, and Joshua Walker
Gallbladder Hydrops, Rhea Sharma, Thor S Stead, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, John Amatea, and Latha Ganti
Symptomatic Pulmonary Hamartoma, Isha Shukla, Thor S Stead, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, Vashun Rodriguez, and Latha Ganti
Upper Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis Detected Incidentally by Emergency Department Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), Robert Skinner, Robyn Hoelle, and Diana Mora Montero
The Morbidity & Mortality Assessment Tool (MMAT): Design and Proof of Concept., Tandis Soltani, Key Yan Tsoi, Aidan Charles, Alex Csortan, Jessica Lindsay, Huazhi Liu, Tyler Loftus, and Darwin Ang
Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita Presenting with Usual Interstitial Pneumonia and Pneumomediastinum, Karan Soni, Kay Khine, and Natajaran Rajagopalan
Real-World Field Performance of the Los Angeles Motor Scale as a Large Vessel Occlusion Screen: A Prospective Muticentre Study., Tej G Stead, Paul Banerjee, and Latha Ganti
What Do Spanish Speakers Think of the Andar, Hablar, Ojos, Rostro, Ambos Brazos o Piernas (AHORA) Stroke Tool?, Trilok Stead, Latha Ganti, Emily McCauley, Helene Koumans, Maricela Wilson, Madison D. Weech, Andrew R. Barbera, and Paul Banerjee
A Rare Presentation of Asymptomatic Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum., Thomas Y. Sun and Allison Ferrara
Myalgia as a Symptom of Envenomation by the Eastern Coral Snake, Micrurus Fulvius: A Case Report., Nicholas V. Titelbaum, Michael J. Hughes, and James Link Wilson
Persistent Hydronephrosis on Bedside Ultrasound Secondary to Bladder Obstruction Despite Foley Catheter Decompression Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury, Joseph Tran, Thomas P. Bentley, and Diana Mora-Montero
A Case of Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis Following Canagliflozin Therapy, Kubra Tuna, Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Mrhaf Alsamman, and Joseph Robbins
Optimal Timing and Outcomes Among COVID-19 Patients Undergoing Tracheostomy, Steven K M Vuu, Huazhi Liu, Jennifer DeMuro, Laura Albors, Tandis Soltani, Ettore Crimi, and Darwin Ang
A Simulated Scenario to Improve Resident Efficiency in an Emergency Department., Ayanna Walker, Nubaha Elahi, Mary C. Slome, Tracy MacIntosh, Maria Tassone, and Latha Ganti
Residency Exposure to Emergency Medical Services Concepts Through Immersion, Interprofessional Collaboration and Assembly Line Education, Ayanna Walker, Nubaha Elahi, Maria Tassone, Jonathan Littell, and Latha Ganti
A True Case of a Broken Heart With Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, Michelle Wallen, Graham E. Kupsaw, and Latha Ganti
Recurrence of Massive Macroglossia Following Discontinuation of Dexamethasone in a Patient Recovering from severe ARDS due to SARS-CoV-2 that Utilized Prone Positioning, Edward Walton, Andrew Slater, Nancy Si, and George Cockey
Evaluation of Maternal Age, Race and Ethnicity Role in the Male-Female Birth Ratios During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic in Florida, Justin Watkins, Cristobal Cintron, Nicholas Dorsey, Nicholas Heyden, Stephen Zehring, and Julia Fashner
Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure and Septic Shock Secondary to Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia Complicated by Heroin Overdose, Jesse Wu, Matthew Solomon, Amanda L. Webb, and Latha Ganti
NIPHS: A Rare Cause of Hypoglycemia Suspected in a Hospitalized Patient, George Yazji, Anjali Hardeo, Allyson Montalvo, Gerald Keller, and David Quillen
Splenic Infarction: Might Not be as Rare in Infectious Mononucleosis, Dewid Zayas Zuazaga, Karthikram Komanduri, Stephanie Erickson, Randa Abdelmasih, and Khalid Abusaada
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
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Healthy Male: A Case Report and Literature Review, Ramy Abdelmaseih MD, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, Jay D. Patel D.O., Alauddin Elhag, and Jigar H. Patel M.D.
An Unusual Case of Ipilimumab/Nivolumab Induced Fulminant Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) in a Non Diabetic Patient - a Case Report, Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Jay D. Patel, Elio P. Monsour, and Khalid Abusaada
Is pet ownership associated with a decreased burden of depressive symptoms in people at least 50 years old?, Jennifer Abernathy DO and Julia Fashner MD
Zic4 Antibody Positive Autoimmune Encephalitis Responding to Rituximab After Failing First Line Therapies: A Case Report (2233), Mays Alani MD, Fabian Rossi, Michael Hoffmann, Lourdes Benes-Lima, Umesh Sharma, and Nina Tsakadze
Lefamulin: Potential Role of a New Antibiotic in Community Acquired Pneumonia, Mortatha Al-Bassam, Vir Singh, Bobby Desai, and Latha Ganti
Cross-Sectional Analysis of Online Patient Reviews of Fertility Care Providers, Ricci Allen, Shruti Agarwal DO, and Mark P. Trolice MD
Current Paradigms in the Prehospital Care of Exertional Heat Illness, Joshua Altman, Evan Stern, Mori Stern, Bryan Prine, Kristy Breuhl Smith, and Michael Smith
Pulmonary Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Host, George Alvarez, Manuel Carrazana, Muhammad Ijlal Khan, M Rodriguez, J Vasquez, F Daroowalla, and E Geigel
Prevalence and Characteristics of Hypothyroidism and its Association with Non-Organ Related Manifestations in US Sarcoidosis Patients, Bashar Alzghoul, Farah Amer, Mamoun Mardini, Chen Bai, Bara Alzghoul, Ayoub Innabi, Tamara Al-Hakim, Noopur Singh, Diana Gomez Manjarres, and Divya Patel
A Multicenter Study on Definitive Surgery for Isolated Hip Fracture within 24 Hours., Darwin Ang, Jeffrey Anglen, Michele Ziglar, John Armstrong, Patrick Offner, Mark McKenney, David Plurad MD, Stephen Flaherty, Ernest Gonzalez, Huazhi Liu, Mary Danish, Gregory McCormack, Julie Nash, Roger Nagy, and Matthew Carrick
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
Valacyclovir-Associated Neurotoxicity in a Patient With Kidney Failure, Zekarias T. Asnake, Joshua K. Salabei, Fariha Ashraf, and George Cockey MD
The Undifferentiated Pediatric Ingestion: What to Expect and How to React, Zaza Atanelov MD, Sonja Eagle, Gregory Jasani MD, Shiva Kalidindi MD, and Robyn Hoelle MD
Demystifying the EM to PEM Journey: A Conversation with EM to PEM Attendings, Zaza Atanelov MD and Gwen Hooley MD
Spinal Cord Ischemia Following Endovascular Repair of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Rare Complication, Abdelrahman Attili MD and Alberto Gonzalez
Prevalence of anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, fibromyalgia, obesity, and gastroesophageal disease in patients with rheumatic diseases., Azin Azarfar, Ali Ahmed, and Shazia Bég
Chronic Dry Cough: Could it be Your Polymyalgia Rheumatica?, Azin Azarfar and Shazia Beg
Sphingobacterium Thalpophilum Bacteraemia: A Case Report, Azin Azarfar, Sreyasi Bhattacharya, Shoaib Siddiqui, and Noman Subhani
Osteopoikilosis: Rare case with incidental radiographic findings, Azin Azarfar, Hiffsa Taj, and Michael Seifert
Seymour Fracture in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report., Sumedha Bandi, Emily Drone, Ariel Vera, and Latha Ganti
Thrombocytopenia Associated with Increase in Disease Severity and Mortality in COVID-19 Patients, Ranjit Banwait MD, Aya Marachi, and Uma G. Iyer
Disparities in Opioid Pain Management for Long Bone Fractures., Adam Benzing, Courtney Bell, Megan Derazin, Rene Mack, and Tracy MacIntosh
Curcumin: Prevalence and Perceived Efficacy in the Treatment of Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis, Neha Bhaskar, Lilian Otalora Rojas, Tara Jehu, Shazia Beg, and Neha Bhanusali
Isolated Case of Extensive Cavitary Lung Disease Secondary to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in a Recently Post-Partum Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report, Anamarys Blanco, Jay D. Patel DO, Lyd-Marie Rodriguez-Garcia, Sushma Patlolla, and Aneta Tarasiuk-Rusek
A Large Epiglottic Cyst Complicated by Acute Airway Obstruction in an Adult Patient with History of Electronic Cigarette Use: A Case Report, Anamarys Blanco MD and Justin Reed
Internal Medicine Residents and the Practice of Defensive Medicine: A Pilot Study Across Three Internal Medicine Residency Programs, Saif Borgan, Laniel Romeus, Saleh Rahman, and Abdo Asmar
Shedding Light on Rare Solitary Endobronchial Papillomas, Manuel Carrazana, George Alvarez, Muhammad Ijlal Khan, Nabeel Azzawi, E J. Geigel, J Goyos, and J Vasquez
Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome: A Rare Pulmonary Masquerader, Manuel Carrazana, George Alvarez, Muhammad Ijlal Khan, Nabeel Azzawi, and Jose Urdaneta
Comparison of OB Training in Family Medicine Residencies 2013 & 2019: A CERA Program Directors Study, Christina Cavanagh, Julia Fashner, and Aimee Eden
The Role of Adhesives in Dermatologic Surgery: Tips, Tricks and Review, Adam Chahine, Stefanie Lynn Altmann, Mariam Salman, and Karthik Krishnamurthy
Does CPAP treatment improve blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension?, Firaz Chaudhry DO and Julia Fashner MD
Elastomeric respirators are safer and more sustainable alternatives to disposable N95 masks during the coronavirus outbreak., James Chiang, Andrew Hanna MD, David Lebowitz, and Latha Ganti
Case Series of ANCA Vasculitis as Prognostic Marker for Severity or Relapse of Glomerulonephritis., Jake N. Cho, Venkat Chitumalla, and Izuchukwu Nwakoby
Rare Case of Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy in a Patient with Diabetic and Hypertensive Nephropathy., Jake N. Cho and Izuchukwu Nwakoby
A Case Series of Hyponatremia and Management in Hospitalized Patients, Jake N. Cho, Rebecca Ong, and Izuchukwu Nwakoby
A Case of Atrial Flutter with Diffuse ST Depression with ST Elevation in AVR, Jake N. Cho MD and Rakesh Prashad M.D.
Case Report: Left Atrial Myxoma Causing Elevated C-Reactive Protein, Fatigue and Fever, with Literature Review, Jake N. Cho, Steven Quach, Justin Reed, and Omeni Osian
An Unusual Case of Severe Metabolic Acidosis in MICU: SGLT2 Inhibitor-Associated Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hongchuan H. Coville MD, Andrea Ramirez, and Christopher Bray