2017
Beware of the predatory science journal: A potential threat to the integrity of medical research., Jaspreet Johal MD, MBA; Robert Ward; Jerzy Gielecki; Jerzy Walocha; Kostantinos Natsis; R Shane Tubbs; and Marios Loukas (Article)
Acute and Chronic Growth Plate Injuries., Charlene Jones, Michael Wolf, and Martin Herman (Article)
Gender and age differences in cardiovascular complications in anorexia nervosa patients., Aditi Kalla, Parasuram Krishnamoorthy MD, A Gopalakrishnan, Jalaj Garg MD, Nainesh C. Patel MD, and Vincent M. Figueredo MD (Article)
Primary hyperparathyroidism predicts hypertension: Results from the National Inpatient Sample., A Kalla, Parasuram Krishnamoorthy MD, A Gopalakrishnan, Jalaj Garg MD, Neinesh C. Patel MD, and Vincent M. Figueredo MD (Article)
The Aortomesentaric Angle as an Aid in Diagnosing Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome., Kathleen E. Kane MD and Andrew L. Koons (Article)
Standardized Direct Observation Assessment Tool: Using a Training Video., Kathleen E. Kane MD; Kevin Weaver D.O.,FACOEP; Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD; Gary Bonfante DO; Nicole L. Bendock DO; Brian M. Berry DO; Stephanie L Goren-Garcia DO; Marc B Lewbart DO; Allison L. Raines DO; Gregory Smeriglio Jr DO; and Bryan G. Kane MD (Article)
Encephalopathy Secondary to Aggressive CD5+ DLBCL Versus Herpes Zoster Encephalitis., Kathryn Kass MD (Poster)
The Lost Art of Chemical Peeling : My Fifteen Year Experience with Croton Oil Peel., Lawrence G. Kass MD and Kathryn Kass MD (Article)
Loperamide-Induced Torsades de Pointes: A Case Series, Kenneth D. Katz MD; Robert D. Cannon DO; Matthew D. Cook DO; Alexandra Amaducci; Ryan Day; Joshua Enyart DO; Glenn Burket; Jennifer Janssen MS; and Karl E. Williams MD, MPH (Presentation)
Endogenous, regulatory cysteine sulfenylation of ERK kinases in response to proliferative signals., Jeremiah D Keyes, Derek Parsonage, Rama D Yammani, LeAnn C Rogers, Chelsea Kesty MD, Cristina M Furdui, Kimberly J Nelson, and Leslie B Poole (Article)
A Rare Presentation of HSV Type 2 Hepatitis., Jahangir Khan MD, Anam Malik MD, Sandhya Venkataraman DO, Hina A. Sheikh, and Amy Slenker MD (Poster)
A KCNC3 mutation causes a neurodevelopmental, non-progressive SCA13 subtype associated with dominant negative effects and aberrant EGFR trafficking., Swati Khare, Jerelyn A Nick, Yalan Zhang, Kira Galeano MD, Brittany Butler, Habibeh Khoshbouei, Sruti Rayaprolu, Tyisha Hathorn, Laura P W Ranum, Lisa Smithson, Todd E Golde, Martin Paucar, Richard Morse, Michael Raff, Julie Simon, Magnus Nordenskjöld, Karin Wirdefeldt, Diego E Rincon-Limas, Jada Lewis, Leonard K Kaczmarek, Pedro Fernandez-Funez, Harry S Nick, and Michael F Waters (Article)
Wegener’s Granulomatosis Precipitated by Prostatic Abscess., Sehris Khawaja DO; Deepika Jain MD; Gabriela Firak DO; and James Ross MD, FACP (Poster)
Readability Assessment of Online Patient Education Material on Congestive Heart Failure., Akhil Kher MD, Sandra Johnson, and Robert Griffith (Article)
Post-Transfusion Purpura: A Rare Cause of Severe Thrombocytopenia., Rachel Kinney DO and Bala Carver MD (Poster)
Maternal Substance Abuse: How New Trends are Affecting Long Term Change in Pediatrics, Abigail Klitsch DO (Presentation)
Use of biologic mesh at ostomy takedown to prevent incisional hernia: A case series., Sepehr Lalezari, Michael L Caparelli, and Shyam Allamaneni (Article)
Black Esophagus with Superimposed Candida in a Patient with B Cell Lymphoma: A Case Study., Christopher Lenivy DO, Patrick Hickey DO, and Adam Peyton DO (Poster)
Psychiatric conditions as predictors of rehospitalization among African American patients hospitalized with heart failure., Marvin Louis Roy Lu, Toni Anne De Venecia, Abhinav Goyal, Mary Rodriguez Ziccardi, Napatt Kanjanahattakij, Mahek Shah MD, Carlos D Davila, and Vincent M Figueredo (Article)
Novel Immunotherapy Treatments: The Adverse Effects of Nivolumab., Angela Magdaleno DO and Wael Hanna MD (Poster)
An Over-the-Counter Treatment for Diarrhea Leading to Euphoria and Fatal Arrhythmia., Angela Magdaleno, Michael Sumner DO, Travis Magdaleno MD, Justin L. Guthier DO, and Apurva Vyas MD (Poster)
Development of Pancreatic Cancer During Novel Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer With Pembrolizumab: A Case Report, Travis Magdaleno MD, Patrick Hickey DO, Shashin Shah MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
Epstein-Barr Virus Mucocutaneous Colonic Ulcer in an Immunocompetent Patient., Travis Magdaleno MD, Eric Nellis MD, and Paola Blanco MD (Poster)
Endoscopic Gastrojejunostomy: A Novel Approach to Roux Limb Obstructions Following Roux-en-Y Hepaticojejunostomy., Travis Magdaleno MD, Eric Nellis MD, Hiral N. Shah MD, and Shashin Shah MD (Poster)
An Unfortunate Case of a Fallen Spartan., Travis Magdaleno MD and Noor Salam MD (Poster)
Angiocatheter Guided Closure of Gastrocutaneous Fistula Tract in the Absence of Fluoroscopy, Travis Magdaleno MD, Hiral N. Shah MD, and Shashin Shah MD (Poster)
Etiological and Endoscopic Profile of Middle Aged and Elderly Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India: A Retrospective Analysis., Pranav Mahajan and Vijant Singh Chandail (Article)
12-Lipoxygenase Inhibitor Improves Functions of Cytokine-Treated Human Islets and Type 2 Diabetic Islets., Kaiwen Ma, An Xiao, So Hyun Park, Lindsey Glenn, Laura Jackson, Tatvam Barot, Jessica R Weaver, David A Taylor-Fishwick, Diane K Luci, David J Maloney, Raghavendra G Mirmira, Yumi Imai, and Jerry L Nadler (Article)
Duodenal Varices: A Rare Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding., Anam Malik MD, Abdul Aleem MD, Eric Nellis MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
A Case of Refractory Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System., Anam Malik MD, Samer Bolis DO, and Susan Kim MD (Poster)
PPI Induced Hypomagnesemic Hypoparathyroidism Leading to Posterio Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome., Anam Malik MD, Shannon Davis DO, and Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Poster)
The Opioid Epidemic: A Pediatric Perspective, Saisho Mangla DO (Presentation)
Resveratrol Increases Cathelicidin Expression and Offers a Novel Approach to Combat Staph aureus Invasion., Shivtaj Mann DO and Kyle Kreitman DO (Poster)
Why do Trials for Alzheimer's Disease Drugs Keep Failing? A Discontinued Drug Perspective for 2010-2015., Dev Mehta, Robert Jackson, Gaurav Paul, Jiong Shi, and Marwan Sabbagh (Article)
Lithium-induced electrocardiographic changes: A complete review., Nikhil Mehta and Robert Vannozzi (Article)
Current Management Strategy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma and Future Directions., Hussein Merza and Marijo Bilusic (Article)
Changes in functional magnetic resonance imaging with, Shri K Mishra, Shaweta Khosa, Sandeep Singh, Negar Moheb MD, and Bhavesh Trikamji (Article)
Executive Dysfunction and Behavioral Symptoms Are Associated with Deficits in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Frontotemporal Dementia., Negar Moheb MD, Mario F Mendez, Sarah A Kremen, and Edmond Teng (Article)
AMPA-R Antibody Positive Autoimmune Encephalitis: An Under Recognized Cause of Acute Mental Status Changes., Joseph Moran DO; George Prousi MD; and Stacey Smith MD, FACP (Poster)
Laparoscopic splenopexy for wandering spleen, a video demonstration of technique by encircling the spleen with polyglactin 910 woven mesh., Sheridan Morgan, Ian Glenn, and Oliver Soldes (Article)
Fragmented central venous catheter retained for years with minimal symptoms., Clancy W Mullan, Umair Tariq, and Mark Goldin (Article)
Lactic Acidosis: A Rare Oncological Emergency in Solid Tumors at Presentation., Ranjit R. Nair MD and Usman Shah MD (Article)
Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease., Syed Yaseen Naqvi, Jordan Klein, Tisa Saha, Daniel J McCormick, and Sheldon Goldberg (Article)
Quality Assessment of the Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Recurrent Clostridium Dfficile Infection., Eric Nellis MD and Shashin Shah MD (Poster)
Impact of a Transition of Care Pharmacy Program on a Medical-Surgical Unit on 30-Day Readmission Rates., Kyle O'Brien PharmD; Kristin M. Held PharmD, BCOP; Jennifer E. Macfarlan MPH; and Elie Jabbour PharmD, MBA (Poster)
Atrioesophageal Fistula Following Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation., Molly Orosey, Lohit Garg MD, Sahil Agrawal, Jinu J John, David E Haines, and Wai Shun Wong (Article)
Acute kidney injury requiring dialysis and in-hospital mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease and non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome undergoing early vs delayed percutaneous coronary intervention: A nationwide analysis., Brijesh Patel MD, Philip Carson MD, Mahek Shah MD, Lohit Garg MD, Manyoo Agarwal MD, Sahil Agrawal MD, Shilpkumar Arora, Susan Steigerwalt, Anthony Bavry, Raman Dusaj MD, Nainesh C. Patel MD, and Bruce Feldman DO (Article)
Evaluating safety of thrombolysis in chronic kidney disease patients presenting with pulmonary embolism using propensity score matching., Brijesh Patel MD, Naveen Sablani, Mahek Shah MD, Lohit Garg MD, Manyoo Agarwal MD, Sahil Agrawal MD, Susan Steigerwalt MD, and Raman Dusaj MD (Article)
Percutaneous coronary intervention and inpatient mortality in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease presenting with acute coronary syndrome., Brijesh Patel MD, Mahek Shah MD, Raman Dusaj MD, Nainesh C. Patel MD, and Sharon E. Maynard MD (Article)
Risk factors associated with venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing spine surgery., Keaton Piper MD, Hanna Algattas, Ian A DeAndrea-Lazarus, Kristopher T Kimmell, Yan Michael Li, Kevin A Walter, Howard J Silberstein, and G Edward Vates (Article)
Risk factors for wound complications following spine surgery., Keaton Piper MD, Samuel B Tomlinson, Gabrielle Santangelo, Joseph Van Galen, Ian DeAndrea-Lazarus, James Towner, Kristopher T Kimmell, Howard Silberstein, and George Edward Vates (Article)
Concurrent Sturge-Weber syndrome, facial infantile hemangioma, and cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita., Nina Poliak and Anthony Rainey MD (Article)
Reactive Arthritis with Intra-articular Inclusion Body Neutrophilia., Thomas Quinn DO, Samer Bolis DO, Rajesh Essrani MD, Aylin Colpan MD, and Susan Kim MD (Poster)
Recognizing Kikuchi Disease: An Unusually Severe Case., Thomas Quinn DO, Samer Bolis DO, and Marie S. O’Brien DO (Poster)
A Seemingly Innocuous Headache Heralding Onset of Rare Autoimmune Disorder., Thomas Quinn DO and Noor Salam MD (Poster)
Active Ectopic Breast Tissue on the Vulva of a Postpartum Woman., Emma Qureshy MS1, Guillermo De La Vega MD, Martin A. Martino MD, and Haider Asad MD (Article)
An unusual cause of cervical kyphosis., Mamtha Raj MD and Joseph H Schwab (Article)
Contemplating stem cell therapy for epilepsy-induced neuropsychiatric symptoms., Gautam Rao, Sherwin Mashkouri MD, David Aum, Paul Marcet, and Cesar V Borlongan (Article)
Human Papillomavirus: History, Recommendations and Current Trends, Kimberly M. Rarick DO PGY-3 (Presentation)
Accelerating HPV Vaccine Compliance with the Usage of MyLVHN Patient Portal., Kimberly M. Rarick DO PGY-3 and Matthew Saltz MD (Poster)
Treatment of a Pregnant Patient in a Persistent Vegetative State., Matthew P. Romagano DO; William E. Scorza MD; Stephen E. Lammers PhD; Carole Dorr BS, RRT; and John C. Smulian MD, MPH (Article)
Role of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Randomized Clinical Trials., Jorge Romero; Rahul Chaudhary MD; Jalaj Garg MD; Florentino Lupercio; Neeraj Shah MD; Rahul Gupta; Talha Nazir; Babak Bozorgnia MD; Andrea Natale MD, FACC, FHRS, FESC; and Luigi Di Biase (Article)
Photosensitive atopic dermatitis exacerbated by UVB exposure., Veronica Rutt DO, Kelly L. Reed DO, Xuehui Liu, Elisabeth G. Richard, and Stephen M. Purcell (Article)
First Reported Case Series In the United States of Hemopericardium in Patients on Apixaban, Naveen Sablani MD, FACC; Jalaj Garg MD, FESC; Badar Hasan MD; Romak Patel MD, FACC; and Matthew W. Martinez MD, FACC (Article)
Gerbode defect: A comprehensive review of its history, anatomy, embryology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment., Erfanul Saker; Ghazal N Bahri; Michael J Montalbano; Jaspreet Johal MD, MBA; Rachel A Graham; Gabrielle G Tardieu; Marios Loukas; and R Shane Tubbs (Article)
The Futility Dilemma: Successful VV ECMO in a Young Male With No Recruitable Lung, Noor Salam MD, Andy Iriza DO, and Andres Zirlinger MD (Article)
Relative versus absolute risk of comorbidities in patients with psoriasis., Mohammed D Saleem, Chelsea Kesty MD, and Steven R Feldman (Article)
Colorectal Cancer in Nonagenarians: Treatment Decisions and Outcomes., Daniel Sarmiento Garzon, Daniel Meikle MD, Martin Alvarez MD, Mark Wiseman MD, and John S. Park MD (Poster)
Bilateral Abducens Palsy Secondary to Metastatic Breast Cancer., Paul Secheresiu DO and Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Poster)
Effects of staged versus ad hoc percutaneous coronary interventions on renal function-Is there a benefit to staging?, Mahek Shah MD, Deepakraj Gajanana, David S Wheeler, Chitra Punjabi, Obiora Maludum, Kene Mezue, Edgar V Lerma, Amer Ardati, Abel Romero-Corral, Christian Witzke, and Janani Rangaswami (Article)
The day of the week and acute heart failure admissions: Relationship with acute myocardial infarction, 30-day readmission rate and in-hospital mortality., Mahek Shah MD, Soumya Patnaik MD, Brijesh Patel MD, Shilpkumar Arora, Nilay Patel, Sopan Lahewala, Vincent M. Figueredo MD, Matthew W. Martinez MD, and Larry E. Jacobs MD (Article)
Trends in mechanical circulatory support use and hospital mortality among patients with acute myocardial infarction and non-infarction related cardiogenic shock in the United States., Mahek Shah MD, Soumya Patnaik MD, Brijesh Patel MD, Pradhum Ram, Lohit Garg MD, Manyoo Agarwal MD, Sahil Agrawal MD, Shilpkumar Arora, Nilay Patel, Joyce Wald, and Ulrich P. Jorde MD (Article)
Revascularization of Chronic Total Occlusion of the Infrarenal Aorta in a Patient with Triple Vessel Disease: Report of a Case Treated by Endovascular Approach., Mahek Shah MD, Soumya Patnaik, Rahul Sinha, Issac Opoku-Asare, Khalid Chaudhry, and Sean Janzer (Article)
Red cell Distribution Width and Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality: Insights from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)-III., Neeraj Shah MD, Mohit Pahuja, Sadip Pant, Aman Handa, Vratika Agarwal MD, Nileshkumar Patel MD, and Raman Dusaj MD (Article)
Economic Impact of Pharmacist Participiation in the Neurocritical Care Unit., Keithan Sivakumar MD; Shweta Varade MD; Jason Laskosky PharmD, BCPS; Adam Edwards MD; and Preet Varade MD (Poster)
Presentation and Treatments for Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II (MPS II; Hunter Syndrome)., Molly Stapleton, Francyne Kubaski, Robert W Mason, Hiromasa Yabe, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Kenji E Orii, Tadao Orii, and Shunji Tomatsu (Article)
Development of Bone Targeting Drugs., Molly Stapleton, Kazuki Sawamoto, Carlos J Alméciga-Díaz, William G Mackenzie, Robert W Mason, Tadao Orii, and Shunji Tomatsu (Article)
Agreement between endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration and endobiliary brush cytology in suspected pancreaticobiliary malignancies., Matthew Sullivan DO; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; Shashin Shah MD; and Hiral N. Shah MD (Article)
Pacemaker Placement in Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava., Murtaza Sundhu, Mubbasher Syed, Sajjad Gul, Bilal Saqi, and Robert Mosteller (Article)
Coronary Artery Aneurysm Presenting as Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction., Murtaza Sundhu, Mehmet Yildiz, Bilal Saqi, Bilal Alam, Sidra Khalid, and Emad Nukta (Article)
Palpitations and a Left Ventricular Mass: An Odd Presentation of Left Dominant Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy., Sandor Toledo MD, Elizabeth Grigoryan, Jacobo Kirsch, and Edward B Savage (Article)
Preoperative Frailty Score for 30-Day Morbidity and Mortality After Cranial Neurosurgery., Samuel B Tomlinson, Keaton Piper MD, Kristopher T Kimmell, and G Edward Vates (Article)
Sick Sinus Syndrome and Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy., Sagar Vadhar DO and Benjamin Sanchez MD (Poster)
Improving Clinical Outcomes in a Neurocritical Intensive Care Unit Through Collaboration and Innovation., Shweta Varade MD; Keithan Sivakumar MD, MBA; Maureen T. Smith MSN, RN, CNRN; Adam Edwards MD; and Preet Varade MD (Poster)
Impact of Consultation on Hospital Outcomes and Resource Utilization for Patients with Acute Congestive Heart Failure., Zoltan Varga, Syed Ali Rafay Sabzwari, and Khalid Abusaada (Article)
Cardiovascular Risk of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: An Under-Recognized Public Health Issue., Zoltan Varga, Syed Rafay Ali Sabzwari, and Veronika Vargova (Article)
Rare Case of Congenital Absence of Left Atrial Appendage and AFIB., Fnu Vikram, Ghulam Akbar MD, Ghazi Mirrani MD, Aurangzeb Baber MD, and Amy M. Ahnert MD (Poster)
Evaluation of Mothers and Infants with Presumed Exposure to Zika Virus: A Look into the Lehigh Valley Experience, Tibisay Villalobos MD, Michelle Maron RN, and Jeanette Taveras DO (Poster)
Diverticulitis Resulting In Brain Abscess: A Case Report, Sean Wallace MD, David Deisher DO, and Thomas Daniel Harrison DO (Article)
Extra-Pleural Dermal Solitary Fibrous Tumor on the Posterior Shoulder: A Case Report., Sean J. Wallace MD, Robert Teixeira MD, Nathan F. Miller, Hina A. Sheikh, Genevieve Guzman, and Rohit Sharma MD (Poster)
Safety and improvement of movement function after stroke with atomoxetine: A pilot randomized trial., Andrea Ward DO, Cheryl Carrico, Elizabeth Powell, Philip M Westgate, Laurie Nichols, Anne Fleischer, and Lumy Sawaki (Article)
Chemical Hand Warmer Packet Ingestion: A Case of Elemental Iron Exposure., Jessica L. Weiland MD, Leighanne K. Sherrow MS-IV, Deepak A. Jayant DO, and Kenneth D. Katz MD (Article)
“To Reduce or Not Reduce: Is That A Question?”, Derek A. Woessner MD, FAAFP and Christina Goral MS, ATC (Poster)
Crystal structure of 2,3-diphenyl-2,3-di-hydro-4, Hemant P Yennawar, Ryan Fox, Quentin J Moyer MD, Ziwei Yang, and Lee J Silverberg (Article)
A 'false' pin-hole occurring after late-presenting myocardial infarction., Adnan Yousaf MD, Mohammed Y Khanji, Ahmed Hailan, and Adrian Ionescu (Article)
Sex Differences in the Clinical Impact of High Platelet Reactivity After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stents: Results From the ADAPT-DES Study (Assessment of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy With Drug-Eluting Stents)., Jennifer Yu, Roxana Mehran, Usman Baber, Sze-Yuan Ooi, Bernhard Witzenbichler, Giora Weisz, Michael J Rinaldi, Franz-Josef Neumann, D Christopher Metzger, Timothy D Henry, David A Cox, Peter L Duffy, Ernest L Mazzaferri, Bruce R Brodie, Thomas D Stuckey, Akiko Maehara, Ke Xu, Ori Ben-Yehuda, Ajay J Kirtane, and Gregg W Stone (Article)
A Review of Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Lymphoma., Umar Zahid, Faisal Akbar, Akshay Amaraneni, Muhammad Husnain, Onyee Chan, Irbaz Bin Riaz, Ali McBride, Ahmad Iftikhar, and Faiz Anwer (Article)
2016
Application of Pre-Participation Cardiovascular Screening Guidelines to Novice Older Runners and Endurance Athletes., Justin R. Abbatemarco, Courtney Bennett DO, Adrian C. Bell DO, Laura Dunne MD, and Martin E. Matsumura MD (Article)
The role of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in patients with continuous flow left ventricular assist devices - A meta-analysis., Sahil Agrawal, Lohit Garg, Sudip Nanda, Abhishek Sharma, Nirmanmoh Bhatia, Yugandhar Manda, Amitoj Singh, Mark Fegley, and Jamshid Shirani (Article)
Comparison of Inhospital Mortality and Frequency of Coronary Angiography on Weekend Versus Weekday Admissions in Patients With Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction., Sahil Agrawal, Lohit Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Divyanshu Mohananey, Nirmanmoh Bhatia, Amitoj Singh, Jamshid Shirani, and Simon Dixon (Article)