Submissions from 2020
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
Epigenetic Susceptibility to Severe Respiratory Viral Infections: Pathogenic and Therapeutic Implications: A Narrative Review, Ettore Crimi, Giuditta Benincasa, Neisaliz Figueroa-Marrero, Massimiliano Galdiero, and Claudio Napoli
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Developing After a Coral Snake Bite: A Case Report, Elis Cruz Salcedo, Anamarys Blanco, and Justin Reed
Use of Dexmedetomidine in Early Prone Positioning Combined With High-Flow Nasal Cannula and Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in a COVID-19 Positive Patient, Elis Cruz Salcedo, Lyd-Marie Rodriguez-Garcia, Jay D. Patel, and Andrew Seevaratnam
Early Aggressive Hydration Is Associated with Decreased Opioid Use and Readmission in Mild Acute Pancreatitis, Shreyans Doshi, Hong Liang, Hale Z. Toklu, Selina Fritze, and Sue-Wei Luu
Assessment of Emergency Department Staff Awareness of Policy and Expert Opinion Protocol Regarding Active Shooter Event, Emily Drone, Michelle Wallen, and Latha Ganti
A Rare Case of an Immunocompetent Male With Zoster Meningitis, Mohammad Faluk MD, Shraddhadevi Makadia MD, Ramy Abdelmaseih, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, and Khalid Abusaada MD
Evolution of Acute Pulmonary Embolism Management: Review Article, Mohammed A. Faluk MD, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, Jay J. Chacko MD, Ramy Abdelmaseih MD, and Jigar H. Patel MD
Challenges in Managing Acute Myocardial Infarction Associated With Infective Endocarditis: A Case Report, Mohammed A. Faluk, Steven Vuu, and Kiran Kathi
Creative Writing in Residency Training, Julia Fashner
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A General Overview, Julia Fashner
Obstetric Training in the Southeast US: A 2019 CERA Study, Julia Fashner, Christy Cavanagh, and Aimee Eden
Nine SARS-CoV-2 Positive Pregnant Women and Their Infant Delivery Outcomes, Julia Fashner and Cristobal Cintron
Ventroculoperitoneal shunts in the Emergency Department, Michael Ferras, NIck J. McCauley, Latha Ganti, Bobby Desai MD, and Trilok Stead
An Atypical Complicated Left-sided Bronchopleural Fistula Presenting More Than Seven Months After Lobectomy, Troy J. Fishman, Joshua K. Salabei, Cameron M. Zadeh, Manjot S. Malhi, Zekarias T. Asnake, and Yvette Bazikian
Recognizing Belhassen Ventricular Tachycardia and Preventing Its Misinterpretation as Supraventricular Tachycardia: An Unusual Case Report, Anthony Furiato, Alexander Prestley, Abdul Waheed, and Salvador Villanueva
Can Neuron Specific Enolase Be a Diagnostic Biomarker for Neuronal Injury in COVID-19?, Latha Ganti, Enrique Serrano, and Hale Z. Toklu
Retching in Pneumonia: An Uncommon Presentation of a Common Problem, Jovan A. Gayle, Somshukla Ghosh, Muhammad Faiz, Moises Matos, and Jose Urdaneta
A Less Virulent COVID-19 Pneumonia, Andrew George and Latha Ganti
What’s the Risk: Differentiating Risk Ratios, Odds Ratios, and Hazard Ratios?, Andrew George, Thor Stead, and Latha Ganti
Bounced off a Truck Out of the Blue: A Case Report of a Lightning Strike During a Thunderstorm, Nathan George, Sumedha Bandi, Latha Ganti, Aaron Umansky, and Bobby Desai MD
Aortic Dissection Presenting as Leg Pain, Nathan George, Latha Ganti MD, Michael Falgiani, and Bobby Desai
Scheduling Like a Pro, Joseph Gibney
Salivary Gland Choristoma: A Rare Finding at the Gastroesophageal Junction., Rachel Hanke, Isin Y. Comba, Richard Henriquez, Maria W Crespo, and Lakhinder Bhatia
Emergency Department Factors that Negatively Impact Door To Needle Time In Acute Stroke, Andrew Hanna MD, Joshua Tsau, Ankur Garg, Mohammed Khan, Paul Banerjee, and Latha Ganti
Give Every Pregnant Floridian the Health Care She Needs, Karen Harris MD and Rahul Gupta MD
Seizure as an Initial Presentation for Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Undiagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Lupus Nephritis: A Case Report, Ethan Hartman, Kubra Tuna, Elio P. Monsour MD, Karthikram Komanduri, and Aneta Tarasiuk-Rusek
Atrial Myxoma, a Rare Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Case Report and Review of Literature, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Mohammed A. Faluk, Jay Chacko, and Hesham Nasser MD
Aspiration Thrombectomy for Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Literature Review, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, Mohammed A. Faluk, Jay D. Patel, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Jay Chacko, Premranjan Singh M.D., and Jigar H. Patel MD
Eustachian valve endocarditis: a case report on an under diagnosed entity., Syed Mustajab Hasan, Anamarys Blanco, Mohammed A. Faluk, and Hesham Nasser
Use of Optical Coherence Tomography in Coronary Artery Disease: Review Article., Syed Mustajab Hasan MD, Mohammad Faluk MD, Jay D. Patel DO, Ramy Abdelmaseih MD, and Jigar H. Patel MD
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and its Variants: A Case Series and Literature Review., Syed Mustajab Hasan, Jay D. Patel, Mohammed A. Faluk, Jigar H. Patel, and Premranjan Singh
Does pharmacologic treatment of depression after acute coronary syndrome reduce the risk of subsequent adverse cardiovascular outcomes?, Kyle Herring DO and Julia Fashner MD
Hispanics Have Higher Grade Intracerebral Hemorrhage Compared to Non-Hispanics, Jessica Houck DO, Tej Stead, Paul Banerjee, and Latha Ganti MD
Predictors of Good Functional Outcome After Hemorrhagic Stroke, Jessica Houck, Amanda Webb, and Latha Ganti
Hematemesis Secondary to Complex Incarcerated Pantaloon Hernia, Derricck Huang, Ilya Aleksandrovskiy, and Latha Ganti
Hyperkalemic Emergency: When You Have Taken a Few Too Many KCl Tablets, Mahmoud Ibrahim, Christina Seto, and Tracy MacIntosh
Evolution of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement | Review of Literature, Tianyu Jiang DO, Syed Mustajab Hasan MD, Mohammed A. Faluk MD, and Jigar H. Patel MD
Does neurofeedback, in addition to pharmacotherapy, relieve depression symptoms in adults?, Adam Kachelman DO and Julia Fashner MD
The Coronaviruses: Past, Present, Future, Kimball Kaufman, Shobhit Keswani, Cristobal Cintron, and Hossein Akhondi
Altered and Agitated due to Hypertension: A Case of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome, Raza Kazmi, Emily Clark, Vir Singh, Michael Falgiani, and Latha Ganti
Awareness and Attitudes Towards Telemedicine Among Medical Students in the United States, Steve S. King, Azin Azarfar, Amnie Ashour, Christopher Atkins, and Neha Bhanusali
Boerhaave's Syndrome Detected by Emergency Department Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in a Patient Presenting with a Hydropneumothorax in the Setting of Forceful Vomiting, Emmanouil Kiriakopoulos and Diana Mora-Montero
The Great Imitator Strikes Again: A Case of a Lupus Flare-up Presenting Like an Acute Abdomen, Emmanouil Kiriakopoulos, Vanessa Perez, and Robyn Hoelle
A Rare Presentation of Suspected Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis in the Setting of Testicular Mass, Puja Kohli MD, Srikanth Tadepalli MD, Jay D. Patel DO, Ali Ahmed MD, and Joseph Robbins DO
Sneddon syndrome: under diagnosed disease, complex clinical manifestations and challenging diagnosis. A case-based review., Steve Kong, Azin Azarfar, and Neha Bhanusali
Ability and Willingness to Utilize Telemedicine Among Rheumatology Patients - a Cross Sectional Survey, Steve Kong, Lilian Otalora Rojas, Amnie Ashour, Matthew Robinson, and Neha Bhanusali
Cervical Spine Injuries in the Pediatric Population, Nicholas Kos, Myrna Aboudlab, Zaza Atanelov MD, and Amber Hathcock MD
Do botulinum toxin injections to the glabellar area reduce depression symptoms?, Kim Le DO and Julia Fashner MD
Management of Hydrofluoric Acid Burns in the Emergency Department, Jason H. Lippert, Bobby Desai, Michael Falgiani, Trilok Stead, and Latha Ganti
Posner-Schlossman Syndrome, Jason H. Lippert, Michael Falgiani, and Latha Ganti
Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction After Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Cherry Liu, Daniel Smerin, Isin Y. Comba, and Lakhinder Bhatia MD
Surgical Management of Necrotic Wounds Following Rituximab Therapyfor Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia: A Case Report, Kyle Lockhart, Ernesto Quinto, and Larwrence Ferber
Hypercoagulable State in COVID-19: A Case Series of Three Patients, Gideon Logan, Larissa Dub, Emily Drone, Latha Ganti, and Amanda Webb
Apnea and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Caused by Cocaine and Heroin Use: A Case Report, Gideon Logan, Ernesto Robalino Gonzaga, Tracy MacIntosh, and Latha Ganti
Development of a Graduate Medical Education Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology in a Community-Based Hospital: Building Blocks and Rate of Progress, Parker B. Long, Katherine M. Choi MD, Rachael Postlethwait MD, Mohamed Foda MD, and Karen Harris MD
Turning Passion into Purpose: A Journey to Medicine Through Global Health, Laurenie Louissaint MD
Human Papillomavirus Positive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Rectum, Shraddhadevi Makadia, Ishan Patel, and Khalid Abusaada
First Case of Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis Causing Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient, Shraddhadevi Makadia, Ishan Patel, Ivan Soosaipillai, and Aneta Tarasiuk-Rusek
Women Fare Worse Than Men After Acute Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Rohan Mangal, Alexandra Craen, Tej G. Stead, and Latha Ganti
COVID-19: The Culprit, the People and Lessons Learned, Kayihura Manigaba and Mukundwa K. Gael
Remdesivir-Warfarin Interaction: A Case Report, Kayihura Manigaba, Josh Hawks, and Marie Kima
An Unusual Presentation of Hemiparesis: Rapidly Progressing Meningitis Secondary to Acute Mastoiditis, Ryan Mathern and Matthew Calestino
Childhood Pityriasis Rosea With Multiple Herald Patches, Jeremy Mayfield, Matthew Solomon, Cherian Plamoottil, and Latha Ganti
Two Resident Wellness Exercises and Their Impact, NIck J. McCauley
Ingested Fish Bone Lodged in the Vallecula, Mitchell McElroy, Latha Ganti, Jessica Houck, Amanda L. Webb, and David Lebowitz
Virtual Telemedicine Training for Emergency Medicine Residents during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Keegan McNally, Nubaha Elahi, Mary Cate Slome, Latha Ganti, David Lebowitz, and Tracy MacIntosh
Vitamin E, Jacquelyn Medina DO and Vikas Gupta
Patterns of National Institutes of Health Grant Funding to Surgical Research and Scholarly Productivity in the United States., Jose Wilson Mesquita-Neto, William Dailey, Francisco I. Macedo, and Nipun B Merchant
Evolving Role of Liver Resection in Selected Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer., Janelle-Cheri Millen, Alana Hofmann, Jose Wilson Mesquita-Neto, Jeffrey Rose MD, and Francisco I. Macedo
Role of Liver Resection in Selected Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Paradigm Shift Underway?, Janelle-Cheri Millen MD, Alana Hofmann MD, Jose Wilson Mesquita-Neto MD, Jeffrey Rose MD, and Francisco I. Macedo MD
An Early Case of Fat Embolism Syndrome Occurring Following Polytrauma., Janelle-Cheri Millen, Carrie Watson, John M Cain, Joshua Hagan, Winston Richards, Dana Taylor, Darwin Ang, and Jason M. Clark
Ruptured Hepatic Artery Aneurysm, Amber Mirajkar, Ayanna Walker, Sanjiv Gray, Amanda Webb, and Latha Ganti
A Rare Case of Severe Hypercalcemia Secondary to Atypical Parathyroid Cystic Adenoma with Negative Sestamibi Scan, Elio P. Monsour, Faysal Rifai, Jay Chacko, Alan Hamza, and Khalid Abusaada
An Unusual Case of Follicular Thyroid Cancer with Pulmonary Metastasis and Concurrent Hyperthyroidism, Elio P. Monsour MD, Dewid Zayas Zuazaga MD, Jay Chacko MD, Randa Abdelmasih MD, and Frank Ramharrack MD
A Rare Case of Perforated Jejunal Diverticulitis, Mohamed Nagi MD, Stanley DeTurris MD, and Ang Darwin
Comparison of the Performance of the NCDR CathPCI Score and Mehran Score to Predict Acute Kidney Injury Post-Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Michelle Nguyen, S. Mustajab Hasan, Steven Quach, Sai Guduru, Faisal Rahim, Aiham Albaeni, and Khalid Abusaada
A Rare Case of Primary Mediastinal Endodermal Sinus Tumor Presenting with Hemoptysis, Muhammad Noor, Berenice Leal, and Dhruv Patel MD
Industry payments to hospitalist physicians: a 5-year analysis of the Open Payments programme from 2014 to 2018., Krishna C Pakanati, Suman Siddamreddy, Krishna Nalleballe, Vaishali Thombre, Sen Sheng, Karthika Veerapaneni, Sisira Yadala, Nidhi Kapoor, Vasuki Dandu, Akshay Avula, Sreenath Meegada, and Praveen Bere
A Case of Inoperable Substernal Goiter, Garyfallia Papaioannou, Erick E. Perez Sifontes, Gnanambal Manivel, and Manivel Kumaran Eswaran
Rare Case of Delayed Onset Focal Type Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following Routine Cataract Procedure, Jay D. Patel DO, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, Jay J. Chacko MD, Aaron Jaffe MD, and Jigar H. Patel MD