Volume 16, Issue 4 (2026)
Research Articles
Systematic review of randomized clinical trials for the treatment of long COVID syndrome
Leonardo Tamariz, Dariel Rodriguez, Elizabeth Bast, Nancy Klimas, Morgan Pyne, Maricarmen Cruz-Jimenez, Diana Gomez Manjarrez, and Ana Palacio
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates during Hospitalization via Resident Education Intervention: A Hospital-based Quality Improvement Project in a Teaching Community Hospital
Shun Nakahara, Takahiko Tsutsumi, and Masaru Kurihara
Correlation Between Aortic Valve Area Measured by Cardiac Computed Tomography and Transthoracic Echocardiography in Patients with Aortic Stenosis
Shehroz Sultan, Neeraj Joshi, Ali Haider Awan, Shabana kauser, Hafsa Malik Aulakh, Bilal Ghafoor, Muhammad Ammar Ajmal, Abida Perveen, and Jahanzeb Malik
Influence of Pre-treatment CA 125 Levels on Survival Outcomes Across Ethnic Groups in Ovarian Cancer Patients
Aryton Bangolo, Behzad Amoozgar, Lili Zhang, Budoor Alqinai, Lejla Hodzic, Prathyusha Nadella, Mudra Patel, Kaushik Roy, Veena Lakshmana, Nirdosh Sharma, Sabrina Sultana, Berhane Yohannes, Hadrian Hoang-Vu Tran, Gabriel Ingersoll, Phyu Min Thet, Roshini W. Senevirathne, Prajwal Chandak, Nicole Maharaj, Chloe Aloimonos, Mehwish Safdar, Chathurika Priyabhashinie, Betsy Samuel, Maheswari Bommepalli, Ye Tun, Steven Swarath, Naresh Kumar, Rishabh Goyal, Sami AI. Salih, Isaac O. Wiredu, Elena Umanets, Lisette L. Kiadidi, Prasansa Dhakal, Timerjot Kaur, Dengyumei Du, Komaldeep Gill, Muhammad Ali Raza Khan, Camila Arteaga, Helena Barbosa, and Simcha Weissman
Evolving Trends and Racial Disparities in Alcohol Associated Liver Disease (ALD), Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH) and Hepatitis C Viral Infection (HCV) as Etiology of Liver Transplantation: Past, Present, and Future Projections
Boniface Mensah, Albert E. Orhin, Natalie A. Y. Akoto, Seunghee Han, Rachel A Boateng, Ramya Varesiddy, Joseph Atarere, Simardeep Singh, Terrylyna Baffoe-Bonnie, Haider Naqvi, and Christopher J. Haas
Prognostic Utility of Delta -Procalcitonin and Modified Shock Index for Risk Stratification of Sepsis in Acute Care Settings
Sanveer Singh, Neeraj Singla, Navneet Sharma, Mandip Bhatia, and Saurabh C Sharda
The Effect of Empiric Initiation of Treatment on Outcomes among Patients Presenting with Extrapulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in a Community Hospital Setting
Talha Awwal, Faisal Raja Kh, Hanya Awaba, Waseem Anwar, Jinma Ren, Muhammad Aamir Safdar, Saqib Walayat, and John J. Farrell
A Comparative Analysis of Opioid Overdose Hospitalizations Pre- and Post-Pandemic: Insights from the National Inpatient Sample Database
Hassan Shakir, Niloy Ghosh, Mohammed A Quazi, Tom Limanovich, Abdul Rafel Awan, Humza Saeed, Adeel Nasrullah, Christopher R Smith, and Abu Baker Sheikh
Review Articles
Echocardiography in Stroke Management: Necessary or Overused?
Nicole Ann Tesoro, Jasvin Kurundrayil Manha, Jerold Fleishman, and Sumanth Bandaru
From villi to alveoli: lung involvement in celiac disease – a narrative review
Mateusz Marzec and Patrycja Cecha
Case Reports
Severe Multisystem Toxicity from Combination Ipilimumab and Nivolumab in Metastatic Melanoma: A Case Report
Bushra Amer and Sheetal Manerkar
A Case of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) Autoimmune Encephalitis in a 34-Year-Old Man Thought to Have Schizophrenia
Riyad Amin, Michael Wilson, Morgan Koontz, and Khawaja Omar
A Tight Squeeze – Cardiac Tamponade in a Scleroderma Patient
Ifrah Nadeem and Charles E Geringer
Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma of the Breast in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection: A Case Report
Ravneet K Dhanoa, Bipasha Goyal, Prateek Jain, Marilyn Baird-Howell, and Mounika Gangireddy
Piperacillin-Induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia Masked by Intestinal Failure-Associated Liver Disease: A Case Report with Three Serial Exposures
Stephanie Ammari, Nawras Ibrahim, and Khalid Mahmood
Steroid-Responsive Encephalopathy Associated with Autoimmune Thyroiditis: A Case Fulfilling Definite Graus Criteria
Stephanie Ammari, Nawras Ibrahim, Sravani Karuchola, and Samir Ouais
Primary Cardiac and Renal Amyloidosis with Nephrotic Syndrome in a Patient with a Remote History of Partial Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma
Gaurav Bector, Prateek Jain, Mahyar Toofantabrizi, and Christopher J Haas
A Case of Anti-SRP Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy Following Suspected Coxsackie B4 Infection: Exploring a Viral Trigger Hypothesis
Marwan Ahmed, Ruba Salameh, Soziema Salia, Brent T. Harris, Christopher J. Haas, and Anees Siddiqi
Rectal Dieulafoy Lesion with Severe Hematochezia in a Warfarin-Treated Patient
Carlos Elizondo Alatorre, Maria Gabriela Rubianes Guerrero, Julio C Valencia Manrique, and Jennifer Harley
Left-Ventricular Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy Presenting with Atrial Flutter with Rapid Ventricular Response
Sahil Ghay, Baneet Kaur, J. Armando Talavera, Koushik Sanku, Viky S. Loescher, and Julien A. Exposito
Corynebacterium Bacteremia in a High-Risk Host: A Diagnostic Dilemma of Contamination Versus True Infective Endocarditis
Arman Manjikian, Christopher Aboujaoude, Nicole Rock, and Don Pepito
A case of Nivolumab-induced bullous pemphigoid- successfully treated with Rituximab
Rawa Amin, Neel Ranpura, and Haris Hatic
Duodenal Perforation from Dislodged Prophylactic Pancreatic Stent Following ERCP for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: A Rare Adverse Event
Mina Alkomos, Jolie Ibrahim, Karan Desai, Beshoy Effat Elkomos, Walid Baddoura, and Youssef Botros
Progressive Facial Swelling and Airway Symptoms Revealing a Deep Neck Abscess With Atypical Microbiology
Drew Knight, Hakam Sulaiman, Arash Bakian, and Ilya Fonarov
Rare Presentation of Sequential Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma, Follicular Lymphoma, and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: A Case-Based Review
Khushi J. Desai, Ansy H. Patel, Patrick T. O’Dowd, Joseph A. Tworek, Preeti G. Misra, and Li Ding
Adult-Onset IgA Vasculitis Initially Attributed to a Cutaneous Drug Reaction and Diverticulitis
Leila C. Tou, Catherine Grace P. Hobayan, Shane Devine, and Sarah Koraym
