Submissions from 2020
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
Cardiovascular Considerations of Experimental Hydroxychloroquine Therapy on Patients Diagnosed With COVID-19: A Case Series Review, Jay D. Patel DO, Radhika Patel, Lyd-Marie Rodriguez-Garcia, Anamarys Blanco, and Alan Hamza
A Challenging Case of Postpartum Cardiomyopathy Caused by Viral Myocarditis Managed with Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membranous Oxygenation, Jay D. Patel, Rakesh Prashad M.D., and Hoang Boathuy M.D.
A Case of Internal Jugular Venous Thromboembolism Presenting in a Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Jay D. Patel D.O., Lyd-Marie Rodriguez-Garcia, Puja Kohli, and Hesham Nasser
Galcanezumab-Induced Anaphylaxis: A Case Report, Erick Perez Sifontes, Sonja Knittel-Hliddal, Zhao Han, Rahimullah Asad, Aya Marachi, and Uma Iyer
Innovative treatment of Burn wounds with Banana Leaf Dressing: A Case report, Kanakadurga Poduri, Brian Tucker, and Pritesh Patel
Performance of a Pre-Procedural Mehran Score to Predict Acute Kidney Injury After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Faisal Rahim, Anamarys Blanco, Michelle Nguyen, Steven Quach, Sai Guduru, Shraddha Makadia, and Khalid Abusaada
Transient Oculomotor Nerve Palsy: An Unusual Case of Disseminated Histoplasmosis, Irene Riestra, Roberto Pineda, Richard Henriquez, and Natarajan Rajagopalan
Perichondritis: Not All Ear Pain Is Otitis., Mark D. Rivera-Morales, Jennifer L. Rodriguez Belen, Ariel Vera, and Latha Ganti
Acute Myopericarditis in the Post COVID-19 Recovery Phase, Mark Rivera-Morales, Robert Pell, Jose Rubero, and Latha Ganti
Kambo Frog Poison as a Cause of Esophageal Rupture, Ernesto S. Robalino Gonzaga, Maria Chamorro, Latha Ganti, and Robert Schneider
Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade: Bedside Ultrasonography Saves Another Life, Javier E. Rosario, Jessica Houck, Rohan Mangal, Mary Cate Slome, and Latha Ganti
Assembly Line Education: A Novel Educational Technique for Today's Learners, Javier E. Rosario, David Lebowitz, Latha Ganti, Amanda Webb, Ariel Vera, Tracy Macintosh, Ayanna Walker, and Jose Rubero
Metoprolol Increases Risk of COPD Hospitalization, Andrew Ross and Julia Fashner
Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator/Pacemaker Lead Fracture, Jose Rubero, Sidhartha Ramlatchan, Matthew Solomon, Andrew George, and Latha Ganti
A Case Report on Endovascular Aortic Repair Rupture, Jose Rubero, Thor Stead, and Latha Ganti
Persistent Postprandial Angina in a Patient With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Diagnostic Dilemma, Josh Salabei, Troy Fishman, Zekarias T. Asnake, and Matthew Calestino
ANCA-Associated Intrahepatic Duct Injury Associated with Levamisole-Adulterated Cocaine, Josh Salabei, Sara Khan, Afzal Khan, Zekarias T. Asnake, Troy J Fishman, Jonathan D. Stromas, Zeeshan Ismail, and John Leibach
Bullous Cellulitis Caused by Pseudomonas putida in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease, Joshua K. Salabei, Troy Fishman, Aya Marachi, Veronica Lopez, Yvette Bazikian, and Yvette Bazikian
Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Which Metric(s) Supports Application of the Robotic Platform?, Whiyie Sang
Distal Arteriovenous Fistula Formation After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Old Complication of a New Access Site, Syed Raza Shah, Ferdinand Kiemeneij, and Matheen A Khuddus
We’re All on This Spaceship Earth, Nancy Si
Iatrogenic post-pulpectomy cervicofacial subcutaneous emphysema in a paediatric patient., Vir Singh, Latha Ganti, Joshua D Haupt, and Bruce Marshall
Not Just for Urine: A Versatile Tool for Foreign Body Removal, Vir Singh, Vishalakshi Lakshmanan, Jennifer Setlik, and Teerin Meckmongkol
Kratom Part II: Updates for the ED Provider on a Substance Skyrocketing in Use, Vir Singh MD and Nicholas Titelbaum MD
Hospital Course of a Man With Viral Pneumonia Caused by COVID-19, Matthew Solomon and Latha Ganti
Reinventing the Tradition of Morbidity and Mortality Conference: Turning Anecdotes into Databases, Tandis Soltani MD, Key Yan Tsoi MD, Alexandra Csortan, Aidan Charles MD, and Darwin Ang
Massive Acetaminophen Overdose, Thor Stead, Jae Jeong, Latha Ganti, and Jose Rubero
Acute Management of Trimalleolar Fracture, Thor S. Stead, Lauren H. Pomerantz, Latha Ganti, Leoh Leon II, and Samyr Elbadri
Extracapsular Hepatocellular Adenoma: A Diagnostic Dilemma, Hiffsa Taj, Isin Comba, Sundeep Kumar MD, and Lakhinder Bhatia MD
A Rare Case of Angioleiomyoma of the Hand, Hiffsa Taj, Isin Y. Comba, Jonathan Vasquez, and Vania Zayat
Caterpillar Envenomation, Nicholas Titelbaum and Robert Avera
Viper-induced Consumptive Coagulopathy from a Decapitated Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Nicholas Titelbaum, Samyr Elbadri, James L. Wilson, Bobby Desai, and Michael Falgiani
Cerebrospinal Fluid Findings and Hypernatremia in COVID-19 Patients with Altered Mental Status, Hale Z. Toklu, Latha Ganti, Ettore Crimi, Cristobal Cintron, Joshua Hagan, and Enrique Serrano