Submissions from 2023
Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Adverse Effects in South Atlantic Hospitals, Nicholas D'Angelo, Ramyar Sigarchy, Anthony Esswein, and Sidra Asrar
Delayed Hypotension and Bradycardia in Guanfacine ER Overdose, Quang-Trung Dang, Alexandra Mathis, Barbara Gracious, and Alexander Bui
Opioid-Induced Intrathecal Catheter Tip Granuloma via Pain Pump in a Patient with Chronic Pain Syndrome: A Case Report, Katherine David, R Blake Kline, and Jon Halling
An Acknowledgement to the HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine's Reviewers and Editors for the First Half of 2023, Bruce Deighton, Hossein Akhondi, Barbara L. Gracious, David Scott Lind, and Graig Donini
Midgut Volvulus A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in the Adult Patient, Mason S. Deinema and Saptarshi Biswas
Stone-Containing Meckel’s Diverticulitis as a Mimic of Acute Appendicitis, Justin Denny and David Pardue
Predicting Early Versus Late In-Hospital Mortality in the Trauma Population, Jackson Dunitz, Heather Rhodes, and Antonio Pepe
Diagnostic Dilemma: Infective Endocarditis in the Setting of an Esophageal Abscess., Emad Elmusa, Ahmad Muneeb, Waleed Raza, Hassan Tahir Khokhar, and Nilmarie Guzman
Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Pyogenic Hepatic Abscess., Emad Elmusa, Muhammad Raza, Michael Orlando, Seth Boyd, and Robert Kulchinsky
Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Acute Heart Failure, Emad Elmusa, Waleed Raza, Ahmad Muneeb, Hovra Zahoor, and Naja Naddaf
Acute Thalamic Stroke in a COVID Positive Adult, a Case Report, Norberto Escobales, Daniel Kiehl, Michelle Militello, and Vorbes Aleger
Acute Thalamic Stroke in a COVID Positive Adult: A Case Report, Norberto Escobales, Daniel Kiehl, Michelle Militello, and Aleger Vorbes
Admission Rate of Patients with Most Common Psychiatric Disorders During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic, Sulaiman Farooqui, Koroush Mehrazar, Marshall Johnson, Nicholas D'Angelo, and Leslie Hart
Maternal Mirror Syndrome as a Consequence of Fetal Sacrococcygeal Teratoma: A Case Report and Literature Review, Ali Farris, Andrew Royek, and Kaitlyn Dorsey
On the Discontinuation of Enteral Feeding in Head and Neck Cancer: A Case Report, Kyle Fisk and Ana Sanchez
When We Pause: On the Discontinuation of Enteral Feeding in Head and Neck Cancer a case report, Kyle Fisk and Ana Sanchez
Intracervical Foley Balloon Use in Pre-labor Rupture of Membranes: Rates of Maternal and Neonatal Infections, Ashley Foreman, Stephanie Tootle, and Merritt McGowan
Illicit Drug Use Patterns in Myrtle Beach, S.C. from 2017-2022, Michelle Fowler, Mark Plexousakis, Meg Riley, Blaine Rourke, Erin Artigiani, Amy Billing, Margaret Hsu, Ebonie Massey, and Eric Wish
A Case of Embolic Stroke Due to Native Mitral Valve Pasteurella multocida Infective Endocarditis, Alexia Foy-Crowder, Omar Kandah, and Mohamed Faris
An Accidental Pox Party: A Preventable Case of Fatal Disseminated Varicella in an Elderly Immunocompromised Female, Chad Froes, Eric Fromke, Dominic Collins, and Thomas Bumbalo
Primary Left Thigh Melanoma Presenting as an Obstructive Hemorrhagic Melanoma of the Small Bowel, Lidice Galindo, Catherine Traylor, Larissa Check, and Mohamed Faris
Thoracic Radiculopathy Following Permanent Spinal Cord Stimulator Placement, Nicholas Gentry, Desiree Aird, and Farayi Mbuvah
Use of POCUS to Support Clinical Diagnosis of Fournier's Gangrene, Erica Gibbons, Johnatan Jhon, and Jennifer Purcell
Prevalence of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Across Hospital Corporation of America Healthcare in the United States, Their Correlation With Mood Disorders and Other Lifestyle-Related Comorbidities, Keysha Gonzalez, Zainab Hanif, Maham Shahid, Nilmarie Guzman, and Natalie Hurlock
Case of Calcinosis Cutis Associated with Sjogren's Syndrome, Keysha N. Gonzalez, Karishma Ramsubeik, and Gurjit Kaeley
Prevalence of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Across HCA Healthcare Hospitals in the US, their correlation with Mood Disorders and Other Lifestyle Related Comorbidities, Keysha Gonzalez-Ramos, Zainab Hanif, Maham Shahid, and Nilmarie Guzman
A Full-Circle Trip, Barbara L. Gracious
Cârța Monastery, Barbara L. Gracious
The Role of Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography/Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in the Setting of Mildly Elevated Liver Enzymes Prior to Cholecystectomy, Rachel Groening, Salah Abdel Jalil, Jeffery Durbin, Rahul Kashyap, and Aaron D. Pinnola
What is Chilaiditi Sign? A Case Report as Seen in a Patient With Acute Coronary Syndrome, Mina Guirguis, Jennifer Horawski, Sean Gibbs, and Andrew Baird
Chilaiditi Sign in a Patient With Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Case Report, Mina M. Guirguis, Jennifer L. Horawski, and Sean L. Gibbs
MVC Rollover with Visual Left Wrist Deformity, Nicholas Hale and Jonathan Leggett
A Perplexing Case of Bladder Mass Biopsy-Proven Neurosarcoidosis, Zainab Hanif, Keysha N. Gonzalez, Pouyan Razminia, Eboselum Aigbe, and Pegah Ghafourian
How Did That Get There? A Case Series of Adolescent Foreign Bodies, Justin Ian Hanson, Paul Bomar, Sarah Kleist, Denver Rogalla, Lori Crihfield, and Scott Gutovitz
A Pilot Study of a Low Cost Simulation to Teach and Assess Breast Cancer Communication and Procedural Skills, Kimberly Helseth, Alexandra Marcelli, Ena Novakovic, Natalie LaGuttuta, Rachel Attebury, Darwin Ang, Joseph Love, Alene Wright, and Scott Lind
Two PAES In A Pod, Jennifer Horawski, Mina Guirguis, Andrew Baird, and Thomas Chambers
The Importance of Recognizing the Many Facets of Crohn’s Disease, Alexander Howell, Rachel Murray, Ann Church, and Karthik Krishnamurthy
Visual Representation of Cultural and Collegial Collaboration, Afsah Ali Hussain
Traumatization, Underrepresentation, and Identity Crises, Afsah Hussain, Marshall Johnson, Andrew Gonedes, and Barbara Gracious
Glaucoma Associated with Sinusitis: A Case Report, Nawzad Jacksi, Jennifer Chapman, and Martin Wegman
Congenital Mesenteric Defect Results in Internal Hernia in an Adult with Obstructed Small Bowel, Tameem Jamal, Adina McNair, and Saptarshi Biswas
Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Underlying Sjogren's Syndrome, Ryan E. Johnson, Elizabeth Bogaty, Chamonix Kinimaka, and Marilian Canals-Rivera
Amiodarone-Induced Thyrotoxicosis Type 2 : Utilization of Color-flow Doppler Sonography for Diagnosis, Sam Joseph, Larissa Check, and Donald Eagerton
Hypertonic Saline Administration via Intraosseous Access During Symptomatic Hyponatremia, Angel Juarez, Mitsy Barr, and Thaddeus Golden
Hypertension-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy Leading to End-Stage Renal Disease., Angel Juarez, Lidice Galindo, and Maryam Gondal
THSD7A Associated Membranous Nephropathy Leading to Metastatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, Angel Juarez, Lidice Galindo, and Maryam Gondal
Thrombospondin Type 1 Domain-Containing 7A (THSD7A)-Associated Membranous Nephropathy Leading to Metastatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, Angel Juarez, Lidice Galindo, Aditya Ragunathan, and Maryam Gondal
Congenital Atrial Septal Defect Presenting With Tamponade Physiology and an Associated Viral Illness, Angel Juarez, Gabriela F. Jhon, Rami N. Khouzam, Randall Goodroe, Russell F. Stahl, and Mohamed Faris
The Importance of Excisional Biopsy in Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Angel Juarez, Kevin Parza, Lidice Galindo, and Mohamed Faris
Gender and Leadership: Continued Progress in Academic Dermatology, Preetha Kamath, Nallammai Muthiah, Anisha Venkatesh, and Melissa Pugliano-Mauro
Puzzling Painful Cutaneous Nodules: A Sign to Dig Deeper, Preetha Kamath, Angelia Stepien, Brandon Beal, Courtney Bernett, and Karthik Krishnamurthy
Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 Waves in the Southeastern United States: A Retrospective Study, Omar Kandah, Robert Sherertz, Richard Duff, and Erica Junqueira
Hippocampal barques and their manifestation as 14&6 Hz positive spikes during sleep., Vasileios Kokkinos, Helweh T. Hussein, Danai Georgia Sakelliadou, R Mark Richardson, Anto Ι Bagić, and Alexandra Urban
Effect of High Sensitivity Troponin Assay on Hospital Resources and Emergency Department Discharges in Patients Presenting with Symptoms Concerning for Myocardial Infarction, Hans Koop, Keysha N. Gonzalez, Madalyn Nygren, Andrea Deneen, and Jennifer Chapman
Improving Comfort and Confidence with Advance Care Planning in Primary Care, Thomas Krajewski, Donald Courtney, and Tyler Kilgore
Prioritizing and Prescribing Exercise: Use of a Simple Tool to Encourage Clinical Conversations Around Exercise in Family Medicine Out-Patient Clinic, Michael Ladd, Parisa Biazar, Ting Han, Jennifer Horawski, Lisa Wright, and Anthony Shadiack
Care Alert Program in Chronic Recurrent ED Utilizing Patients: Expanded Study, Jonathan Leggett, Kaitlyn Phelps, Erica Gibbons, Jonathan Bryan, Brent Wright, Daniel Nunez, and Brian Griggs
QI project: Increasing Appropriate Use of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment as an Adjunctive Treatment for Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain in the Outpatient Setting, Zhe Liu, Aelius Khan, Derek Pride, Thomas Krajewski, and Anthony Shadiack
A Rare Case of Non-Traumatic Multi-Compartment Syndrome of the Gluteal Region and Lower Left Extremity, LaKeisha Majette, Taylor Locklear, and Saptarshi Biswas
Attitudes Towards HIV Testing in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women, Sashia Malone and Susan Greene
Pulsing Staples: A Case Report of Superficial Temporal Artery Pseudoaneurysm and Literature Review of the Same, Austin McCrea, Jonathan Hardin, Patrick Melmer, and Saptarshi Biswas
Increased Penetrating Trauma and Trauma Severity During the COVID-19 Lockdown, Adina M. McNair, Heather X. Rhodes, and Saptarshi Biswas
Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, Jacquelyn Medina, Adam Chahine, Courtney Bernett, and Karthik Krishnamurthy
Critical Left Subclavian Artery Stenosis With Retrograde Vertebral Flow: A Case Report and Literature Review, Andreas Montano, Martin Halicek, Victor Collier, and Brooke Reese
A Walking Case of Extensive Klebsiella pneumoniae Mimicking Lung Cancer, Diem Phuc T. Nguyen, Rebecca L. Cooper, Maria Antonio-Miranda, and Patricia Gilford
Are We “Pushing” Our Patients Toward Addiction? A Preliminary Post-Cesarean Survey to Quantify Narcotic Requirements for Pain Control, Aliya Nurani, Mikalah Maury, Merritt McGowan, Stephanie Tootle, Anthony Royek, and Eric Shaw
Cranial Nerve Palsy After Vaginal Delivery with Epidural Anesthesia, a case report, Jennifer Olivarez, Caylyne Arnold, and Scott Gutovitz
Cranial Nerve Six Palsy After Vaginal Delivery with Epidural Anesthesia: A Case Report, Jennifer Olivarez, Scott Gutovitz, and Caylyne Arnold
In-Hospital Mortality After Massive Transfusion and Motorcycle Trauma may Predict Highest Injury Severity in a Rural Level I Trauma System, Robert Olson, Heather Rhodes, and Antonio Pepe
1.8% Balanced Sodium Bicarbonate/Sodium Chloride Compared to 3% Sodium Chloride for the Management of Cerebral Edema, Rebecca K. Ortega, Eric Shaw, Emily Bowers, and Alisha B. Terry
Sonographic Measurements of Inferior Vena Cava Collapsibility in Recreational Divers, David Pardue, Brandon Bowers, Scott Chewning, and Casey Wilson
Isolated Septic Arthritis in the Cervical Spine Facet Joints, a Case Report, David Pardue, David A. Nunez, and Scott Gutovitz
Artificial Intelligence in Colonoscopy in a Community Setting, Kunaal Patel and Brett VanLeer-Greenberg
Subglottic Stenosis as a Presentation of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Glomerulonephritis., Austin Patrick Eisenberg, Victor Collier, Andrew Mangano, Karandeep Shergill, and Ellen Yos
Incidence of Adult (>40y) Traumatic Brain Injury and Likelihood of Routine Discharge: Do Co-Morbidities Matter?, Yelena Pecheny, Heather Rhodes, Stephanie Anderson, Antonio Pepe, and Donald Courtney
Moped Mayhem And A Crash Course In Blood Pressure Problems, Jordan Phelps, Marc Poirier, and Sydney Koenig
Areas for Improvement in Pre-eclampsia Prevention: Aspirin Use in Indicated Pregnancies, Mariah Piazza, Krystal Carmichael, Keisha Reddick, and Susan Greene
Hawaiian Sunset in Maui, Nayda Poldiak
Severe Thromboembolic Events in Two Pediatric Patients Diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Recently Initiated Adalimumab Therapy: A Case Series, Kelly Powell, Shreya Patel, Megan Tate, Abby Alaine Unger, and Abigail Haythorn
A Case of Type 1 Cryoglobulinemia with Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia/Lymphoplasmocytic Lymphoma and Dry Gangrene, Abhinav Rao, Diego Garrido, Fahim Syed, Kody Dhaliwal, Charles Holladay, Julia Saylors, Matthew Madden, and Jason Clark
A Rare Case of Terminal Ileum Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor in a Young Caucasian Adult., Abhinav K. Rao, Theshali Anthony, James Ravenel, Joanna Kosko, and Ian Whitaker
Case Report: Right Ventricular Free Wall Rupture Due to Displaced AICD Lead, Abhinav Rao, Angeli Patel, Kunaal Patel, Craig Herrforth, Fahim Syed, Brittany Lyons, and E Maci
A Rare Case of Unprovoked Deep Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis With Associated Petechial Hemorrhage., Abhinav Rao, Ian Whitaker, Theshali Anthony, Nick Shaheen, and Aidan Lum Kong
Traumatic Brain Injury Under Triage Risk: A Rural Trauma System Experience, Heather Rhodes, Stephanie Anderson, Taylor Locklear, Antonio Pepe, and Donald Courtney
Adult Traumatic Brain Injury and Likelihood of Routine Discharge: Do Comorbidities Matter?, Heather Rhodes, Stephanie Anderson, Yelena Pecheny, Antonio Pepe, and Donald Courtney
Predicting Complicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescent Trauma to Enhance Clinical Decisions in Imaging, Heather Rhodes, Gina Berg, Anthony Shadiack, Kevin D. Thomas, Jennifer L. Horawski, Geoff Boyer, Sara M Kleist, Aaron I. Worthley, David I. Rosenberg, Scott B. Gutovitz, George A. Helmrich Sr, Saptarshi Biswas, and Antonio P. Pepe
Can Pre-Hospital Medical Management Predict In-Hospital Mortality in Trauma?, Heather Rhodes, Taylor Locklear, and Antonio Pepe
Ambulance Response in Eight Minutes or Less: Are Comorbidities a Factor, Heather Rhodes, Blaine Rourke, and Antonio Pepe
Accuracy of Emergency Medicine Residents Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) to Detect Retained Stingray Barbs, Stewart R. Richardson, Jacob Pope, Lexus Dickson, Leslie Hart, and Casey Wilson
Drowning Rule-Out With Novices (DROWN) in Ultrasound, Stewart R. Richardson, Jacob Pope, Leslie B Hart, and Casey Wilson
Complications of Cardiopulmonary Bypass From an Anesthesia Perspective: A Clinical Review, Alex Roberts, Elizabeth C. Duncan, Paul Hargrave, David Redding Kingery, Josh Barnes, Derek L. Horstemeyer, and Russell F. Stahl
A Rare Constellation of Devastating Injuries - Open Pelvic Fracture with Testicular Disruption: A Case Report, Margaret Rose, Jamie Pham, Kelly Champlin, and Saptarshi Biswas
It’s a Mesh in These Bowels: Delayed Case of Decade Long Mesh Eroding Into a Small Bowel Causing Obstruction and Intraperitoneal Sepsis, Margaret Rose, Jamie Pham, Adina McNair, and Saptarshi Biswas
Ambulance Response in Eight Minutes or Less: Are Comorbidities a Factor, Blaine Rourke, Heather Rhodes, and Antonio Pepe
Perioperative Anesthesia Optimization Can Be Life Saving In Mitochondrial Disease: A Case Report, Christian Schroeder, Ethan Mosley, Austin McCrea, and Saptarshi Biswas
Mycotic Aneurysm of the Thoracoabdominal Aorta: A Diagnostic Challenge, Maham Shahid, Benjamin Phan, Vincent Tir, Corey Engel, and Jessica El-Bahri
Intraoperative Management of Vasa Previa during Cesarean Delivery, Nicholas Sheets
Tannerella forsythia, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Suspected Actinomyces Causing Massive Empyema: A Case Report., Courtney Stewart, Allison McCafferty, and Robert Sherertz
Using Ultrasound to Assist Neonatal Lumbar Puncture: A How to Guide, Samantha Stoner, Tram-Anh Huynh, and Casey Wilson
Stones Cause Pediatric Moans Too: A Case of Ureterolithiasis with Classic Sonographic Artifacts, Samantha Stoner, Courtney Mariner, Russ Richardson, and Casey Wilson