2017
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)
SEASONAL AND REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN HEART FAILURE ADMISSIONS AND MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES, Soumya Patnaik, Mahek Shah MD, and Vincent Figueredo (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)
Psoriasis, Kelly Quinn DO (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)
Monoclonal Antibodies Against the Staphylococcus aureus Bicomponent Leukotoxin AB Isolated Following Invasive Human Infection Reveal Diverse Binding and Modes of Action., Isaac P Thomsen, Gopal Sapparapu, David B A James, James E Cassat, Meera Nagarsheth, Nurgun Kose, Nicole Putnam, Kristina M Boguslawski, Lauren S Jones DO, James B Wood, Clarence B Creech, Victor J Torres, and James E Crowe (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)
Commercial Intravenous Immunoglobulin Preparations Contain Functional Neutralizing Antibodies against the Staphylococcus aureus Leukocidin LukAB (LukGH)., James B Wood, Lauren S Jones DO, Nicole R Soper, Meera Nagarsheth, C Buddy Creech, and Isaac P Thomsen (Article)
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)
A Novel Case of Splenic Injury After Shockwave Lithotripsy., David Zodda, Meta Haley, and Rocky Sayegh (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)
Optimizing Injections of Poly-L-lactic Acid: The 6-Step Technique., Shino Bay Aguilera, Sean Branch, and Luis Soro (Article)
Appearances Can Be Deceiving - Colon Cancer Mimicking Ileocolitis, Abdul Aleem MD, Muhammad Qasim MD, Patrick Hickey DO, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Poster)
Morbidity and Mortality of Congestive Heart Failure in Trauma Patients., Hassan Alkhawam, Raef Madanieh, Mohammed El-Hunjul, Abed Madanieh, Umer Syed, Sumair Ahmad, Joseph J Lieber, and Timothy J Vittorio (Article)
Impact of Obesity on Clinical Outcomes in Urban Children Hospitalized for Status Asthmaticus., Elena Aragona, Eussra El-Magbri, Justin Wang, Tessa Scheckelhoff, Trevor Scheckelhoff, Assata Hyacinthe, Suja Nair, Amina Khan, Gustavo Nino, and Dinesh K Pillai (Article)
Constipation and Outcomes of Cecostomy., Shruti Arya, Nancy Gupta, Rahul Gupta MD, and Arun Aggarwal (Article)
STAT1-associated intratumoural T, Katrina Au MD, Cécile Le Page, Runhan Ren, Liliane Meunier, Isabelle Clément, Kathrin Tyrishkin, Nichole Peterson, Jennifer Kendall-Dupont, Timothy Childs, Julie-Ann Francis, Charles H Graham, Andrew W Craig, Jeremy A Squire, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, and Madhuri Koti (Article)
Stress Cardiomyopathy Caused by Diving: Case Report and Review of the Literature., Aurangzeb Baber MD, Sanjeev U. Nair MD, Sumit Duggal MD, Salman Bhatti MD, and Deborah W Sundlof DO (Article)
Depletion of the Human Ion Channel TRPM2 in Neuroblastoma Demonstrates Its Key Role in Cell Survival through Modulation of Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species and Bioenergetics., Lei Bao, Shu-Jen Chen, Kathleen Conrad, Kerry Keefer, Thomas Abraham, John P Lee, JuFang Wang, Xue-Qian Zhang, Iwona Hirschler-Laszkiewicz, Hong-Gang Wang, Sinisa Dovat, Brian Gans, Muniswamy Madesh, Joseph Y Cheung, and Barbara A Miller (Article)
Myxopapillary ependymoma: a SEER analysis of epidemiology and outcomes., James E Bates, Gyujae Choi, and Michael T Milano (Article)
Toxicological Emergencies in the Resuscitation Area of a Pediatric Emergency Department: A 12-Month Review., Gillian A. Beauchamp MD, Benjamin T. Kerrey MD, Matthew R. Mittiga MD, Andrea S. Rinderknecht MD, and Shan Yin MD (Article)
Concussion: Concepts and Consequences, Christine Bender DO (Presentation)
Limp and Leg Pain Taking a 10 Year-old Out of the Game, Christine Bender DO (Poster)
Amyloidosis Masquerading as Suspected Angioedema: Delay in Diagnosis, Grace Berlin DO and Marie S. O’Brien DO (Poster)
miR-8 modulates cytoskeletal regulators to influence cell survival and epithelial organization in Drosophila wings., Kelsey Bolin, Nicholas Rachmaninoff, Kea Moncada, Katharine Pula DO, Jennifer Kennell, and Laura Buttitta (Article)
Erdheim-Chester Disease and Neuroendocrine Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, Samer Bolis DO, Patrick Hickey DO, Hiral N. Shah MD, and Shashin Shah MD (Poster)
The Impact of Code Sepsis on Inpatient Mortality, Samer Bolis DO, Noor Salam MD, and Matthew McCambridge MD (Poster)
Idiopathic Hyperammonemia and Rituximab Therapy, Samer Bolis DO; Daniel Schwed-Lustgarten; and James Ross MD, FACP (Poster)
Use of Cryotherapy in Reduction of Pain During Subcutaneous Heparin and Administration of Subcutaneous Anti-Coagulation Therapy., Matthew A. Briscese BSN; Christine D. Leech BSN, RN; Kaylyn V. Wapinsky BSN, RN; Morgan L. Fulmer BSN, RN; Rachael Mazzante BSN, RN; and Nicole L. Karasek BSN, RN (Presentation)
Use of a Hybrid Operating Room to Improve Reduction of Syndesmotic Injuries in Ankle Fractures: A Case Report., Jourdan M Cancienne, Matelin P Crosen, and Seth R Yarboro (Article)
Metastatic recurrence to a solitary lymph node four years after hepatic lobectomy for primary hepatocellular carcinoma., Michael L Caparelli, Nathan J Roberts, Timothy S Braverman, Robert M Stevens, Edward R Broun, and Shyam Allamaneni (Article)
Implementation of Technology-based Patient Engagement Strategies within Practice-Based Research Networks (Poster), Beth Careyva M.D.; Kyle Shaak BS; Geoffrey Mills MD, PhD; Melanie B. Johnson MPA; Samantha A. Goodrich; Brian Stello MD; and Lorraine S. Wallace PhD (Poster)
Accessory Soleus: A Case Report of Exertional Compartment and Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Associated With an Accessory Soleus Muscle., Scott C Carrington, Paul Stone, and Dustin Kruse (Article)
Host response to Staphylococcus aureus cytotoxins in children with cystic fibrosis., Ashley D Chadha, Isaac P Thomsen, Natalia Jimenez-Truque, Nicole R Soper, Lauren S Jones DO, Andrew G Sokolow, Victor J Torres, and C Buddy Creech (Article)
Statin therapy and inflammation in patients with diabetes treated with high dose aspirin., Rahul Chaudhary MD, Kevin P. Bliden, Jalaj Garg MD, Nafees Mohammed, Udaya Tantry, Denny Mathew, Peter P. Toth, Christopher Franzese, Martin Gesheff, Shachi Pandya, and Paul A. Gurbel MD (Article)
KEFLEX-ASSOCIATED ADULT BULLOUS HENOCH-SCHOLEIN PURPURA, Jack Chen Do (Poster)
Acute Groin Pain Following Trauma, Victoria Chen MD (Presentation)
Acute Testicular Pain Following Blunt Trauma During a Professional Hockey Game Back to Top, Victoria Chen MD and Neilson Mathews MD (Article)
Prevalence and Clinical Import of Thoracic Injury Identified by Chest Computed Tomography but Not Chest Radiography in Blunt Trauma: Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study., Alan R. Cherney MD; David M. Richardson MD; Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP; Esther K. Choo MD, MPH; Alyson J. McGregor MD, MA; and Basmah Safdar MD (Article)
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: Case Series and Literature Review., Natalie Chlus, Chase Cavayero, Pran Kar, and Sunny Kar (Article)
Identifying expectant parents at risk for psychological distress in response to a confirmed fetal abnormality., Joanna C M Cole, Julie S Moldenhauer, Kelsey Berger, Mark S Cary, Haley Smith, Victoria Martino, Norma Rendon, and Lori J Howell (Article)
ELBW survivors in early adulthood have higher hepatic, pancreatic and subcutaneous fat., Justin D Crane, Samuel Yellin MD, Frank J Ong, Nina P Singh, Norman Konyer, Michael D Noseworthy, Louis A Schmidt, Saroj Saigal, and Katherine M Morrison (Article)
Skittles and Spice and Everything Nice: Adolescent Prescription and OTC Drug Abuse, Tasha Desai DO (Presentation)
Children's EM Learner Curriculum, Tasha Desai DO, Amy Dooley DO, Timothy Roach DO, and Andrew C. Miller DO (Curriculum)