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.
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Volume 14, Issue 2 (2024)
Editorial
New Leadership at JCHIMP
Robert Ferguson and Gillian Junker
Case Reports
Uremic pericarditis and cardiac tamponade resolving with intensive hemodialysis
Mayuri Patel, Shiavax J. Rao, Abhinandan R. Chittal, Khalid Al-Talib, and Sriram Padmanabhan
A rare case of right atrial thrombus in a patient with recurrent Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Ayrton , Bangolo; Shraboni Dey; Amulya Upendram; Indris A Yesuf; Candice Small; Chrishanti A. Joseph; Amadu Bangura; Anushka Dekhne; Adarshpreet Singh; Nkechinyere Mary Harry; Hiba Alkeal; Aditya Gajera; Soobee Kim; Deepti Kansal; and Simcha Weissman
Multiple Anomalous Coronary Arteries with Right Sinus of Valsalva Origin: A Case Report
Abraheim AL-Nasseri, Nathaniel Leavitt, Usman Kazi, Aakash Patel, and Hari Kannam
A Tale of Two Diagnoses; Gout Vs Chronic Osteomyelitis. A Case Report
Mashal Imtiaz Khan; Wajiha , Ali; Ali Javed; Saadia Haleema; and Yasir . Ahmed
Pituitary apoplexy: Pitfalls in diagnosis
Victor Rivera-Hernandez, Emiliya Zareva, and Santh Silparshetty
When Diagnosis Curls a Little: Partial Bowel Obstruction Due to Ascaris. L in a Young Man
Hanieh Radkhah, Mehrnia Omidali, Sadaf Parvin, and Bahareh Shateri Amiri
Streptococcus canis native aortic valve endocarditis linked to cat exposure: A Case Report and Review
Michael S. Wang, Maria Huaringa, Lauren Feld, Ken Ochiai, Tiffany Whelan, and Nicholas M. Frazier
Survival and vision restoration following severe metformin-associated metabolic acidosis with transient blindness: A Case Report and review of the literature
Elizabeth Mikhail, Matthew Jankowski, Dheeraj Alexander, Dhwani Pandya, and Arvind Kunadi
Metachronous and Synchronous Triple Primary Lung Cancers in a Chronic Smoker
Xin Ya See, Ahmed Omer, Zhiting Tang, Fahad Eid, and Margaret Zambon
Endoscopic Management of Boerhaave syndrome: Are outcomes better than surgery? A Case Report and Review of Literature
Ammar Qureshi, Uvesh Mansuri, Mona Roknsharifi, Youssef Ghobrial, Artin Asgeri, and Mehrdad Asgeri
A Challenging Diagnostic Dilemma: Asymptomatic AV Block in COVID-19 and MRSA Co-Occurrence
Marlon Rivera Boadla, Azka Naeem, Sapna Kumari, Syed Mohammad Mazhar Uddin, Arafat Farooqui, Sanjay Maheshwari, Armando Seitllari, Zara Haq, Muhammad Hashim Khan, David J. Epstein, Sehajpreet Singh, Gerald Hollander, and Kelash Kumar
A Rare Case of Acquired Factor VIII Inhibition in an Elderly Female
Bilal Niazi, Paul Millhouse, Amer Jarri, Ahmad Al-Awwa, Bhavna Gupta, and Benjamin Perrella
Lower Extremity Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Post-operative Pain Control in a Multi-trauma Patient with Brugada Syndrome: A Literature Review and Case Report
Emily Anne Smith Bergbower, Andrea Sunga Lorico, Kiranjot Kaur, Jason Brookman, Guy Weinberg, and Samuel Onyewu
Review Articles
Efficacy and Safety of Bempedoic Acid in Patients with Hyperlipidemia and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Sibtain Nisar, Sidra Sohail, Saman Fatima, Muhammad Talha Akhtar, Muhammad Ahmad, Muhammad Waqar Hanif, Masood Khan, Amin Mehmoodi, and Jahanzeb Malik
Gastric Cancer: Clinical Features, Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
Rajarajeshwari Ramachandran, Tyler Grantham, Swetha Parvataneni, Deepa Budh, Sindhu Gollapalli, Madhavi Reddy, and Vinaya Gaduputi
Global Perspective on COVID-19 Therapies, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Implications for Long COVID: A State-of-the-Art Review
Azza Sarfraz, Zouina Sarfraz, Shehar Bano, Muzna Sarfraz, Ali Jaan, Amna Minhas, Aminah Abdul Razzack, Gaurav Patel, Manish KC, Sarabjot Singh Makkar, Radhika Garimella, Krunal Pandav, Jose Almonte, Trissa Paul, Tahlianna Almonte, Lissandra Jimenez, Juan C Pantoga, Nada El Mazboudi, George Yatzkan, George Michel, and Jack Michel
Clinical Imaging
An Ancient Disease Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis
Anthony Asta, John Dahl, David Bryant, and Hussam Ammar
Research Articles
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospital Admission Rate, Length of Stay, and Mortality Rate for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation: A Retrospective Study.
Omar Abdulfattah, Akshay Kohli, Peter White, Cynthia Michael, and Zainab Alnafoosi
Effect on Diabetes Control in a Resident Clinic following the Integration of a Clinic Pharmacist
Febronia Dawoud, Madeline Fitzpatrick, Kajal Jain, Jonathan Hughes, Tracey Doering, and Melissa Scalise
The Latest Evidence on Bempedoic Acid: Meta-Analysis of Safety and Efficacy in High Cardiovascular Risk Patients with Hypercholesterolemia
Muhammad Adil Afzal, Noman Khalid, Muhammad Abdullah, Ata Ul Haiy, Mubariz Ahmed Hassan, Hania Sana, Sherif Elkattawy, Ahmad Azam Malik, Patrick Michael, Rahul Vasudev, and Fayez Shamoon
Outcome comparison in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with and without AKI
Sanjivani Shrestha, Yani Zhang, Wajehe Najafi, Abraham Halik, JiLing Chou, Man Kit Michael Siu, Monika Dhillon, and David S. Weisman
Outcomes of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in the United States: A Propensity-Score Matched Analysis of A Large National Database
Moon Ryu; Mohammed Quazi; Niloy Ghosh; Karthik Gangu; Amir H Sohail; Asif Farooq; Babu Sriram , Maringanti; Aman Goyal; Anupa Patel; Muhammad Salman Khan; and Abu Baker Sheikh
Letters to the Editor
Act Now: The Global Threat of Candida Auris and the Urgent Need for Effective Countermeasures
Usman Ali, Hafsa Khan Tareen, Zouina Sarfraz, Azza Safraz, and Shehar Bano
Identifying the trigger of Takotsubo syndrome is challenging when several of them are present
Josef Finsterer and Claudia Stollberger
