Submissions from 2020
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
Research and Data Mining During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hale Z. Toklu and Rakesh Prashad
A Primary Adrenal Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma (PEComa) in a Patient with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature, Nancy Torres-Luna
Cavernous Malformation: An Elusive Mimicker of Transverse Myelitis (1484), Aqsa Ullah, Michelle Nunes, Amna Imran, and Saif Ullah MD
Treatment-Resistant Depression With Catatonia Presenting as a Feature of Creutzfeldt-Jakob’s Disease, Muhammad Uneib, Randolph Devereaux, Ian Rutkofsky, Sourahb Lahoti, and Marvin Lopez
Development of an interactive curriculum and trainee-specific preparedness plan for emergency medicine residents, Ayanna D. Walker, Nicholas Fusco, Joshua Tsau, and Latha Ganti
Kids Really Are Just Small Adults: Utilizing the Pediatric Triangle with the Classic ABCD Approach to Assess Pediatric Patients, Ayanna Walker and Andrew Hanna MD
8 Emergency Physician COVID-19 Readiness and Practices, Amanda Webb and Latha Ganti
Serum Procalcitonin Level Is Associated with Positive Blood Cultures, In-hospital Mortality, and Septic Shock in Emergency Department Sepsis Patients, Amanda L. Webb, Nicholas Kramer, Tej G. Stead, Rohan Mangal, David Lebowitz, Larissa Dub, Javier E. Rosario, Mihir Tak, Srikar Reddy, James R. Lee, Jeffrey Adams, Paul Banerjee, Michelle Wallen, and Latha Ganti
Behind the Scenes of Starting a New Residency Program, Traci Wooden, Krystal D. Hernandez, and Elizabeth Rashid
Submissions from 2019
Does topical lidocaine decrease pain during IUD placement?, Maryam Abid DO and Anthony Shadiack
An Uncommon Malignant Pleural Effusion, Israel E. Acosta-Sanchez MD, Kathlyn Camargo Macias MD, A Madanieh, C Orabi MD, and J Otoya MD
A Pelvic Cause of Episodic Dyspnea, George Alvarez, Patricia Guzman Rojas, Israel Acosta Sanchez, and Dong Xu
1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D mediated hypercalcemia as an initial presentation in a patient with undiagnosed B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Ranjit Banwait MD, Jawad Noor MD, Jing He MD, Xiaolong Liu MD, and Liang Sun MD
Millenials: A Review of the Next Generation of Physicians, Annie Laurie Benzie MD
Severe Bradycardia During a Spinal Cord Stimulator Procedure, Marc Blanchard MD, Ettore Crimi MD, and Stephen Pyles MD
Postbariatric Surgery Hyperammonemia: A Rare Cause of Encephalopathy., Janyll Castineira, Yevgeniya Goltser, Mark Vila, Reepal Patel, Peggy St Croix, Duane Ashe, Salah Al-Andary, Christopher Halleman, and Basem Alkurdi
Strongyloidasis Complicating Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in an Immunosuppressed Patient with Refractory Asthma, Anthony Chahin, Jovan A. Gayle, George Alvarez, Zaid Yaqoob, Israel E. Acosta-Sanchez MD, and Vanthanh Ly
Something to Get Off Your Chest: Compressive Atelectasis due to a Massive Pericardial Cyst, Anthony Chahin, Jovan A. Gayle, Abed Madanieh, Kirolus Sourial, Chirin Orabi, Natarajan Rajagopalan, and Floyd Burke
Out-of-Hospital Double Sequential Defibrillation of Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation Associated With Improved Outcomes, James Chiang, Javier Rosario, Latha Ganti, Ariel Vera, and Paul Banerjee
Diffuse Exfoliative Rash with Sepsis and Eosinophilia: A Case of Erythroderma?, Jake N. Cho, Selsabeel A. Elyaman, Stephen A Avera, and Kenneth Iyamu
Intraabdominal Fire During Emergency Laparotomy, Heather Christopherson MD and Alan Kroll MD
Post-Dural Puncture Headache Complicated By Subdural Hematomas - A Case Report, Mark Cohen MD, Mays Alani MD, Amir Touray MD, and Saif Ullah MD
Rapidly recurrent basilar artery thrombosis treated with emergent mechanical thrombectomies and stenting, Mark Cohen, Amna Imran, and Ankur Garg
Neurologic Manifestations of Auto-Immune Thyroiditis - A Rare Case of Hashimoto's Encephalopathy, Mark Cohen, Roberta Santos, and Yassar Chakfe
Extracapsular Hepatocellular Adenoma: A Diagnostic Dilemma, iIsin Y. Comba, Richard Henriquez, Sundeep Kumar, Ruthvik Srinvasa-Murthy, Maria Wallis-Crespo, Olga Karasik, Lakhinder Bhatia, and Dong Xu
Salivary Gland Choristoma: A Rare Finding at Gastroesophageal Junction, Isin Y. Comba MD, Richard Henriquez, Sundeep Kumar MD, Hilda Merino-Chavez MD, Maria Wallis-Crespo MD, Christopher Cooper MD, and Lakhinder Bhatia MD
Salivary Gland Choristoma: A Rare Finding at Gastroesophageal Junction, Isin Y. Comba MD, Richard Henriquez MD, Sundeep Kumar MD, Hilda Merino-Chavez MD, Maria Wallis-Crespo MD, Christopher Cooper MD, and Lakhinder Bhatia MD
Iron Pill-Induced Gastropathy in Elderly Patients: A Case Series Report, Isin Y. Comba MD, Richard Henriquez, Sundeep Kumar, Ruthvik Srinvasa-Murthy, Maria Wallis-Crespo, Lakhinder Bhatia MD, and Joshua Shultz
Prognosis of Patients with AKI After Percutaneous Mechanical Thrombectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis, Hongchuan H. Coville MD, Tien-Min Lee MD, Hong Liang, Paul Alfino MD, Christopher Bray MD, and Matthew Calestino MD
A Case of Cannot Intubate, Cannot Ventilate, Evan Davidson MD and Su Min Oon
Spinal Cord Stimulator for the Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis, Bruce Dixon
Peripheral Nerve Stimulator For Treating Nummular Headaches And Occipital Neuralgia, Bruce Dixon DO, Stephen Pyles MD, and Ettore Crimi MD
Spinal Cord Stimulator for Treating Pudendal Neuralgia, Bruce Dixon DO, Stephen Pyles MD, and Ettore Crimi MD
A Case of Disseminated Zoster in an Immunocompetent Patient, Emily Drone and Latha Ganti
An Unusual Case of Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Calcium Carbonate Use, Selsabeel Elyaman, Uma Gudur MD, Hady Khalifa, Alan Hamza, and Andrew Seevaratnam MD
Does creatine supplementation when combined with resistance training augment muscle strength gains in the elderly?, Anthony Espinoza DO, Gabriel Johnson DO, and Anthony Shadiack DO
Possible Association of Tremors and Dysarthria with Losartan Use: A Case Report, Troy J Fishman, Tigist A. Degu, Liang Sun, and Joshua K. Salabei
Lateral Knee Dislocation, Latha Ganti and Andrew Hanna MD
Do Antibiotics Improve Outcomes in Patients With Acute Asthma Exacerbations?, Latha Ganti and Javier E. Rosario
Acute Airway Obstruction due to Cervical Goiter in a Post-Operative Patient, Jovan A. Gayle, Israel Acosta Sanchez, Anthony Chahin, Ali Ashraf, and Relin Yang
Recurrent Aortic Dissection Causing Acute Stroke, Jovan A. Gayle, Israel E. Acosta-Sanchez, Anthony Chahin, Ali Ashraf, and Ankur Garg
Impact of required antibiotic stop dates and indications on length of treatment in hospitalized patients with pneumonia, Amanda Haddad, Kathryn Hernando, Kayihura Manigaba, and Abigail Antigua
Not Just a Cyst: A Rare Presentation of LUQ Pain, Richard Henriquez, Isin Y. Comba MD, Sundeep Kumar MD, Khawaja Arsalan Bashir, Maria Wallis-Crespo MD, and Lakhinder Bhatia MD
Acute myocardial infarction in the setting of left bundle branch block: Chapman's sign., Amr Idris, Mohamad Hatahet, and Basel Edris
MRI Findings of Cerebral Fat Embolism Syndrome in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease, Amna Imran, Enrique Serrano, Asif Bhimani, and Alimohamed Manji
Exercise training and cardiac rehabilitation in cardiovascular disease., Sergey Kachur, Carl J Lavie, Rebecca Morera, Cemal Ozemek, and Richard V Milani
Anesthetic Management Without The Use Of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents In Myasthenia Gravis Patient Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting And Thymectomy, Katarina Kapisoda, Ettore Crimi MD, and Omeni Osian
Just Another Labor Epidural, Whitney King DO and William B. Smith
Demographic Factors, BMI and Diagnosis that Affect the Administration of Emergency Treatment Orders in Psychiatric Units, France Leandre MD, Liang Hong, and Sarah Fayad MD
Cardiac Chamber Air Detected by Bedside Ultrasound as a Sign of Abdominal Catastrophe, Christopher Libby, Evan Stern, and Diana Mora-Montero
Symptomatic May-Thurner Syndrome Without Deep Venous Thrombosis, Keegan McNally, Latha Ganti, Vanessa Diaz, Amanda Webb, and George Alvarez
Using Simple CT Perfusion to Help Identify Ictal vs. Interictal Lateralized Periodic Discharges (LPDS): A Case Report, Michelle Nunes, Aqsa Ullah, Amna Imran, and Enrique Serrano
Medications and safety, Kanakadurga Poduri
Listen to Your Heart, or at Least Theirs: Maintaining a High Index of Suspicion for Infective Endocarditis, Mollie Powell DO and Mahesh Setty MD
Improving Ambulation and Minimizing Disability with Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in a Stiff-person Syndrome Patient with Recurrent Falls, Kyle Sanchez, Aqsa Ullah, Alexandra Waler, and Yassar Chakfe
Improving Ambulation and Minimizing Disability with Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in a Stiff-person Syndrome Patient with Recurrent Falls., Kyle Sanchez, Aqsa Ullah, Alexandria R Waler, and Yassar Chakfe
Does Daily Caffeine Intake Lead to Increased Rates of Insomnia?, Syed Osama Sher and Julia Fashner
A Hiatal Hernia Causing Atrial Fibrillation through Direct Mechanical Irritation, Kirolus Sourial, Zaid Yaqoob, Anthony Chahin, Saif Borgan, Ernesto S. Robalino Gonzaga, Aamir Javaid, and Olga Karasik
Emergency Department Approach to Testicular Torsion: Two Illustrative Cases, Sherwin Z. Thomas, Vanessa Diaz, Javier E. Rosario, Vibhav Kanyadan, and Latha Ganti
A Case of Transient Complete AV Block caused by Infective Endocarditis with Abiotrophiadefectiva, Jung Yoon DO, Wilco Civil Sr, Urvish Patel, Jermaine Ekobena, Arun Abraham, and Michael Strobbe
Impact of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal swab on total duration of MRSA therapy for pneumonia patients, Darren D. Yum, Kayihura Manigaba, Danielle Gagne, and Heather Ellis