Submissions from 2020
Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Neglected Complication of Lipodystrophy., Onur Saydam, Basak Ozgen Saydam, Cem Suleyman Adiyaman, Melda Sonmez Ince, Mehmet Ali Eren, Fatma Ela Keskin, Habib Bilen, Murat Dagdeviren, Seher Kaya, Gulcin Akinci, Ali Balci, Canan Altay, Firat Bayraktar, Elif Arioglu Oral, and Baris Akinci
Hematological Malignancies with Thrombocytopenia Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Pericardiocentesis: Periprocedural (30-Day) Overall Survival Analysis, Astrid Serauto, Michelle Lee, Juan C Lopez-Mattei, Clarence Gill, Teodora Donisan, Dinu Balanescu, Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, Nicolas Palaskas, Peter Y Kim, Anita Deswal, and Cezar Iliescu
COVID-19 complicated by acute arterial thrombosis: Therapeutic challenges., Hammam Shereef, Ahmed Subahi, M Chadi Alraies, Shakir Hussein, and Omar E Ali
The efficacy and safety of transradial and transfemoral approach in treatment of coronary chronic total occlusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis., Mohamad Soud, Ziad SayedAhmad, Marvin Kajy, Fares Alahdab, Fahed Darmoch, Yasser Al-Khadra, Homam Moussa Pacha, Yasar Sattar, Waqas Ullah, Fred King, Ali Bani Saad, Ghaith Alhatemi, Zaher Hakim, Omar E Ali, James J Glazier, and M Chadi Alraies
Glycemic Outcomes in Adults With T1D Are Impacted More by Continuous Glucose Monitoring Than by Insulin Delivery Method: 3 Years of Follow-Up From the COMISAIR Study., Jan Šoupal, Lenka Petruželková, George Grunberger, Aneta Hásková, Milan Flekač, Martin Matoulek, Ondřej Mikeš, Tomáš Pelcl, Jan Škrha, Eva Horová, Jan Škrha, Christopher G Parkin, Štěpán Svačina, and Martin Prázný
Clinical and economic burden of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in hospitalized patients undergoing percutaneous peripheral arterial interventions, Ahmed Subahi, Mohammed Osman, Oluwole Adegbala, Hossam Abubakar, Babikir Kheiri, Ahmed S. Yassin, Mowyad Khalid, Emmanuel Akintoye, Ammar Eljack, Khansa Osman, and Mohamad Alkhouli
Autologous Retinal Transplantation as a Primary Treatment for Large Chronic Macular Holes., Shin Tanaka, Maiko Inoue, Tatsuya Inoue, Tadashi Yamakawa, Eiichi Uchio, Dilraj S Grewal, Tamer H Mahmoud, and Kazuaki Kadonosono
The impact of peripheral arterial disease on patients with mechanical circulatory support., Waqas Ullah, Yasar Sattar, Fahed Darmoch, Yasser Al-Khadra, Tanveer Mir, Rasikh Ajmal, Homam Moussa-Pacha, James Glazier, Abedelrahim Asfour, Delair Gardi, and M Chadi Alraies
Successful Treatment of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia With Clazakizumab in a Heart Transplant Recipient: A Case Report., Gaurang Vaidya, Lawrence S C Czer, Jon Kobashigawa, Michelle Kittleson, Jignesh Patel, David Chang, Evan Kransdorf, Anuja Shikhare, Hai Tran, Ashley Vo, Noriko Ammerman, Edmund Huang, Rachel Zabner, and Stanley Jordan
Low Dose Brain Irradiation Reduces Amyloid-β and Tau in 3xTg-AD Mice., George D Wilson, Thomas G Wilson, Alaa Hanna, Giovanni Fontanesi, Justin Kulchycki, Katie Buelow, Barbara L Pruetz, Daniel B Michael, Prakash Chinnaiyan, Michael E Maddens, Alvaro A Martinez, and James Fontanesi
The correlation between body mass index and prostatic-related parameters in men 40 years or older in Zhengzhou., Limin Yue, Yongchao Ge, Tao Wang, Mengying Ge, Chengda Zhang, and Weidong Zhang
Outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement in cancer survivors with prior chest radiation therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis., Meer Rabeel Zafar, Syed Farrukh Mustafa, Timothy W Miller, Talal Alkhawlani, and Umesh C Sharma
Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Strategies for Volume Overload in Acute Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure: A Review Article., Meer R Zafar, Timothy W Miller, Syed Farrukh Mustafa, and Nawfal Al-Khafaji
Identifying gene-environment interactions on the efficacy of folic acid therapy for hyperhomocysteinemia based on prediction model., Qinglin Zhao, Dankang Li, Xiaowen Huang, Bingnan Ren, Limin Yue, Binghui Du, Chengda Zhang, and Weidong Zhang
CBS gene polymorphism and promoter methylation-mediating effects on the efficacy of folate therapy in patients with hyperhomocysteinemia., Qinglin Zhao, Chengda Zhang, Dankang Li, Xiaowen Huang, Bingnan Ren, Limin Yue, Binghui Du, Opolot Godfrey, and Weidong Zhang
Submissions from 2019
Rare case of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome with spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage., Anju Adhikari, Mohammad Muhsin Chisti, Sanjog Bastola, and Ojbindra Kc
Emicizumab use in treatment of acquired hemophilia A: A case report, Kadhim Al-Banaa, Alsadiq Alhillan, Fadi Hawa, Raai Mahmood, Ahmed Zaki, Mohamad El Abdallah, Ammar Eljack, Jonathan Zimmerman, and Faisal Musa
A prospective mixed-methods study evaluating the integration of an evidence based medicine curriculum into an internal medicine residency program., Andrew M Aneese, Justine A Nasr, and Alexandra Halalau
Variation in use and outcomes related to midline catheters: results from a multicentre pilot study., Vineet Chopra, Scott Kaatz, Lakshmi Swaminathan, Tanya Boldenow, Ashley Snyder, Rachel Burris, Steve J Bernstein, and Scott Flanders
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Caused by Fioricet (Butalbital-Acetaminophen-Caffeine)., Naomi Cret, Madalina Halalau, Shahab Rezvani, and Alexandra Halalau
Cardiac Interventional Procedures in Cardio-Oncology Patients., Teodora Donisan, Dinu Valentin Balanescu, Nicolas Palaskas, Juan Lopez-Mattei, Kaveh Karimzad, Peter Kim, Konstantinos Charitakis, Mehmet Cilingiroglu, Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, and Cezar Iliescu
A quality improvement project to increase compliance with diabetes measures in an academic outpatient setting., Subhash Edupuganti, Jordan Bushman, Rhyan Maditz, Pradeep Kaminoulu, and Alexandra Halalau
A New Challenging Strategy in the Prevention and Management of Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Patients with Chemo-Sensitive Hematological Malignancies., Ammar ELJack, Mohamad El Abdallah, Kadhim Al-Banaa, Kashif Chaudhry, and Faisal Musa
The Central Nervous System Effects and Mimicry of Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID): A Case Report with Literature Review., Sohail Farshad, Fernando Figueroa Rodriguez, Alexandra Halalau, Joseph Skender, Cory Rasmussen, and Martin Pevzner
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) with Acute Nephritis, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody- (ANCA-) Associated Vasculitis, and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP): A Rare Case Report with Literature Review., Sohail Farshad, Christopher Kanaan, Solomiia Savedchuk, Dillon S Karmo, Alexandra Halalau, and Abhishek Swami
Mitral Valve Endocarditis with Perforation from a Urinary Source: An Unusual Case and Literature Review., Fernando Figueroa Rodriguez, Antonio Faieta Lasarcina, and Francisco Davila Grijalva
Primary Pulmonary Malignant Melanoma Found While Evaluating New Onset Cough: A Case Presentation and Literature Review., Fernando Figueroa Rodriguez, Ahsan Uddin, and Justine Nasr
Levomilnacipran: More of the Same?, Mohan Gautam, Madhupreet Kaur, Pranav Jagtap, and Bassem Krayem
Hazardous Chemical Emergencies and Poisonings., Kartik Gupta and Tanya S Kakar
Role of left ventricle deformation analysis in stress echocardiography for significant coronary artery disease detection: A diagnostic study meta-analysis., Kartik Gupta, Tanya S Kakar, Ankur Gupta, Amitoj Singh, Nitin Gharpure, Sudeep Aryal, Riem Hawi, Steven G Lloyd, Julian Booker, Fadi G Hage, Sumanth D Prabhu, Navin C Nanda, and Navkaranbir S Bajaj
Heatstroke., Kartik Gupta, Akhilesh Khuttan, and Tanya S Kakar
High expression of MiR-98 is a good prognostic factor in acute myeloid leukemia patients treated with chemotherapy alone., Ning Hu, Zhiheng Cheng, Yifan Pang, Hongmian Zhao, Li Chen, Chao Wang, Tong Qin, Qianyu Li, Yu Han, Jinlong Shi, and Lin Fu
Drug Induced Liver Injury Attributed to a Curcumin Supplement., Zaid Imam, Majd Khasawneh, Diana Jomaa, Hira Iftikhar, and Ziad Sayedahmad
When leucocytosis is not leukaemia., Filip Ionescu, Nwabundo Anusim, Vonda Douglas-Nikitin, and Michael Stender
Challenges in the assessment of diastolic function after cardiac arrest., Jacob C Jentzer, Nandan S Anavekar, Sunil V Mankad, Majd Khasawneh, Roger D White, Gregory W Barsness, Alejandro A Rabinstein, Kianoush B Kashani, and Sorin V Pislaru
Severe CD4 lymphocytopenia in patients with multiple sclerosis treated with fingolimod, Carl B Lauter, Andrew M Aneese, Fernando Figueroa Rodriguez, and Lawrence Eilender
Impact of a Prohibitive Versus Restrictive Tobacco Policy on Liver Transplant Candidate Outcomes, Alisa Likhitsup, Ammar Hassan, Jessica Mellinger, Frederick Askari, Gerald S. Winder, Naba Saeed, Christopher J. Sonnenday, Pratima Sharma, and Robert J. Fontana
Potential predictors for mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease., Mei-Yan Liu, Ya Yang, Li-Jun Zhang, Li-Hong Pu, Dong-Fang He, Jian-Yang Liu, Adam Hafeez, Yu-Chuan Ding, Huan Ma, and Qing-Shan Geng
Prognostic significance of the PANK family expression in acute myeloid leukemia, Yan Liu, Zhiheng Cheng, Qihui Li, Yifan Pang, Longzhen Cui, Tingting Qian, Liang Quan, Yifeng Dai, Yang Jiao, Zhihui Zhang, Xu Ye, Jinlong Shi, and Lin Fu
Role of microRNAs, circRNAs and long noncoding RNAs in acute myeloid leukemia., Yan Liu, Zhiheng Cheng, Yifan Pang, Longzhen Cui, Tingting Qian, Liang Quan, Hongyou Zhao, Jinlong Shi, Xiaoyan Ke, and Lin Fu
Preventative care in cholestatic liver disease: Pearls for the specialist and subspecialist, Adnan Malik, Ani A. Kardashian, Kais Zakharia, Christopher L. Bowlus, and James H. Tabibian
Peripherally Embolizing Aortic Thrombus: The Work-Up, Management, and Outcome of Primary Aortic Thrombus., Ramy Mando, Robert Gemayel, Ashish Chaddha, Julian J Barbat, and Elvis Cami
Slippery Stents: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Describing Patients with May-Thurner Syndrome That Experienced Stent Migration., Ramy Mando, Priscilla Sigua-Arce, Lisa Spencer, and Alexandra Halalau
A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Analysis of Outcomes After Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Older versus Younger Patients with Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: An International Multicenter Study., Nasser Mohammed, Yi-Chieh Hung, Zhiyuan Xu, Robert M Starke, Hideyuki Kano, John Lee, David Mathieu, Anthony M Kaufmann, Inga S Grills, Christopher P Cifarelli, John A Vargo, Tomas Chytka, Ladislava Janouskova, Caleb E Feliciano, Rafael Rodriguez Mercado, L Dade Lunsford, and Jason P Sheehan
Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Hospitalized Patients, Lindsay A. Petty, Valerie M. Vaughn, Scott A. Flanders, Anurag N. Malani, Anna Conlon, Keith S. Kaye, Rama Thyagarajan, Danielle Osterholzer, Daniel Nielsen, Gregory A. Eschenauer, Sarah Bloemers, Elizabeth McLaughlin, and Tejal N. Gandhi
The emerging story of acute lymphoblastic leukemia among the Latin American population - biological and clinical implications., Elisa Quiroz, Ibrahim Aldoss, Vinod Pullarkat, Eduardo Rego, Guido Marcucci, and Dan Douer
MDS with 5q deletion and rare cKIT positive mastocytosis: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, Daniel Steven Sanders, Thomas Fennell, and Mohammad Muhsin Chisti
Cetuximab and methotrexate in recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma-A single institution analysis of 54 patients., Ammar Sukari, Misako Nagasaka, Maria Diab, Khaled Al Sibai, Bassel Atassi, Jailan A Elayoubi, Seongho Kim, and Ömer Küçük
Excess Antibiotic Treatment Duration and Adverse Events in Patients Hospitalized With Pneumonia: A Multihospital Cohort Study., Valerie M Vaughn, Scott A Flanders, Ashley Snyder, Anna Conlon, Mary A M Rogers, Anurag N Malani, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Sarah Bloemers, Arjun Srinivasan, Jerod Nagel, Scott Kaatz, Danielle Osterholzer, Rama Thyagarajan, Lama Hsaiky, Vineet Chopra, and Tejal N Gandhi
Rothia dentocariosa Endocarditis in an Unsuspecting Host: A Case Report and Literature Review, Stacy Willner, Zaid Imam, and Ismail Hader
Utilization of a breast cancer risk assessment tool by internal medicine residents in a primary care clinic: impact of an educational program., Siddhartha Yadav, Sarah Hartkop, Paola Yumpo Cardenas, Rand Ladkany, Alexandra Halalau, Sandor Shoichet, Michael Maddens, and Dana Zakalik
5-Fluorouracil-Associated Cardiogenic Shock., Ahmed Yeddi, Omeralfaroug Adam, Mowyad Khalid, Yasir Farah, Omer Yeddi, Hammam Shereef, Ahmed Yassin, Mohammed Yeddi, Mohamedanwar Ghandour, Mohamed Omer, Ayman Elawad, and Lubna Salih
Metronidazole-Induced Pancreatitis: Is There Underrecognition? A Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature., Ibrahim Youssef, Naba Saeed, Mohammad El Abdallah, Kara Huevelhorst, and Kais Zakharia
Preclinical In Vitro and In Vivo Evidence of an Antitumor Effect of CX-4945, a Casein Kinase II Inhibitor, in Cholangiocarcinoma., Kais Zakharia, Katsuyuki Miyabe, Yu Wang, Dehai Wu, Catherine D Moser, Mitesh J Borad, and Lewis R Roberts
Diagnostic role of kidney injury molecule-1 in renal cell carcinoma., Kevin J. Zhang, George D. Wilson, Sam Kara, Audrey Majeske, Ping L. Zhang, and Jason M. Hafron
Submissions from 2018
Examining 30-day COPD readmissions through the emergency department., Michael E Rezaee, Charlotte E Ward, Bonita Nuanez, Daniel A Rezaee, Jeffrey Ditkoff, and Alexandra Halalau
Submissions from 2017
Mycoplasma Pneumonia: An Unrecognized Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin in an Adult., Fatima Ali-Ahmed and Alexandra Halalau
Bladder urothelial carcinoma extending to rectal mucosa and presenting with rectal bleeding., Andrew M Aneese, Vinayata Manuballa, Mitual Amin, and Mitchell S Cappell
Esophageal hemangiomatosis with chest CT revealing a fine, curvilinear, calcified thrombus within the esophagus simulating acute esophageal fishbone impaction: first reported endoscopic photograph of GI manifestations in Maffucci syndrome., Seifeldin Hakim, Tusar Desai, and Mitchell S Cappell
Two case reports of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding from duodenal ulcers after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: Endoscopic diagnosis and therapy by single balloon or push enteroscopy after missed diagnosis by standard esophagogastroduodenoscopy., Seifeldin Hakim, Srinivas R Rami Reddy, Mihaela Batke, Gregg Polidori, and Mitchell S Cappell
Application of Adult Learning Theory in Teaching Evidence Based Medicine to Residents, Alexandra Halalau
Anchoring bias in a case of recurrent abdominal pain., Scott Keeney and Alexandra Halalau
A unique case of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis from gadolinium exposure in a patient with normal eGFR., Sadichhya Lohani, Jon Golenbiewski, Abhishek Swami, and Alexandra Halalau
Cytomegalovirus-related transverse myelitis in an immunocompetent host: a subacute onset of an immune-mediated disease?, Xavier Merchan-Del Hierro and Alexandra Halalau
Atrioesophageal Fistula Following Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, Molly Orosey, Lohit Garg, Sahil Agrawal, Jinu J John, David E Haines, and Wai Shun Wong
Constrictive pericarditis-induced shunting through a PFO: Persistence despite pericardiectomy., Emily Schuiteman, Thomas Verrill, Nader Mina, and Bhavinkumar Dalal