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Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives (JCHIMP)

Publishing Bi-monthly by the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, the Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives is an open access, peer reviewed medical journal devoted to disseminating information relevant to the community hospitals. JCHIMP aims to provide up-to-date information in the field of Internal Medicine to community hospital medical professionals and a platform for clinical faculty, residents, and medical students to publish research relevant to community hospital programs.

Important notice for Authors: Starting January 1st, 2024, the new standard article publishing charge for accepted articles will be $600 USD. There is still no submission charge.

If you are interested in becoming a peer reviewer for JCHIMP click here to register via Editorial Manager.

JCHIMP is currently accepting submission in all article categories offered. See author instructions for more information.

Volume 15, Issue 5 (2025)

Research Articles

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Alcohol-Related Morbidity and Mortality: A Multicenter Study
Abhinav K. Rao, Erica Paulos, Nancy Crossley, and Don C. Rockey

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Role of Addiction Medicine consultation service in a community hospital: Evaluation of the novel service
Srikrishna Varun Malayala, Wesley Cervantes Perez, Rukshar Thapa, Archie Madan, Kushagar Singla, Pragyat Singh, Pelash Kumar, and Akshay Thaper

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Reassessing D-Dimer Cut-Offs for Pulmonary Embolism: A Path Toward Safer and More Cost-Effective Diagnosis
Amer Abu-Shanab, Montaser Alrjoob, Zain Albdour, Alaa Alkhatib, Apurva Ketkar, Ahmad Al-Alwan, Charmee Vyas, Husam Bader, Sohini Sarkar, and Doantrang Du

Case Reports

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Fecaloma in Chronic Opioid-Induced Constipation: A Fatal Case of Stercoral Colitis
Claudia Georges; Simardeep Singh; and Eskandar Alex YazajiaDepartment of Medicine, MedStar Health Georgetown University (Baltimore) Program, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Concurrent Histoplasmosis & Blastomycosis in a Young Woman
Gizem Reyhanoglu, Mohsan Khan, and Andrea Venturini

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Isolated Gastrointestinal Kaposi’s Sarcoma: A Case Report
Sandesh R. Parajuli, Maya Pillai, Bidisha Baral, Fikru Merechi, and Anish Paudel

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Methotrexate Toxicity Management in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Case Report
Devi Meghana Kotharu, Sai Diksha Vutukuru, Prafullkumar Patel, Athmananda Nanjundappa, and Sumanth kumar Bandaru

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Malabsorption of Thyroid Hormone After Small Bowel Resection
Nathaniel Lin, Marilyn Temkin, Ella Rosenbloom, and Alan Kaell

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Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism with Bi-Atrial Cardiac Thrombi Entrapped in a Patent Foramen Ovale
Denise Mourad, Fahd Eissa Mohamed, Yashi Ballal, Elie Mrad, Natasa Petreska, Sachin Singh, and Paritharsh Ghantasala

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AN INCREDIBLE IMPACT OF ANTIBIOTICS ON LEUKOSTASIS
Ranjana Chimauriya, Chiranjibi Mainali, George John Pyrgos, and Christopher James Haas

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Severe Hyponatremia Presenting with Mild Symptoms and Multifactorial Etiology
Nathaniel Lin, Muhammad Cheema, Usman Fahim, Abdullah Ali, and Andrew Weber

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Vancomycin-induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia – A case report and literature review
Yilin Song, Meher Ali, Rukhsar Shaikh, Ashley Bersma, and Harsh Y Patel

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Ileal diverticulitis Leading to Small Bowel Obstruction: A Rare Case of Ileal diverticular Disease
Immanuel Raju Tullimalli, Vishnu Saivardhan Reddy Palyam, Srinath R. Allala, Nabil Badro, and Sumanth Kumar Bandaru

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UNVEILING AN UNCOMMON COMPLICATION: PLEURAL EFFUSION SECONDARY TO PIOGLITAZONE USE
Ranjana Chimauriya, Abhinandan Chittal, Khalid Malik, Tiffany DuMont, and Christopher James Haas

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Unveiling the Unexpected: Duodenal Ulcer as a Manifestation of Breast Cancer Metastasis
Emmanuel Gbadehan, Mohammad Abubaker, Parth Adrejiya, Khwaja Haq, Teresa Varghese, Joy Chaudhari, Gurkeerat Singh, and Ashok Kanugula

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Elevated Creatine Kinase as a marker for aggressive GI malignancy
Ramya Vasireddy, Joseph Atarere, Jeffrey Iding, and Abhinav Sankineni

Brief Report

Perspective

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Novel Treatments for Adolescent Vaping Cessation: Are We There Yet?
Jasleen Kaur, Amanda Rossi, Sofia Adams, Mariginder Singh Varowal, Lakshit Jain, Mohsin Raza, and Zouina Sarfraz

Medical Education

Letter to the Editor