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Camp Hope: Developing Hope and Resilience in Youth Exposed to Domestic Violence
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Camp HOPE America (www.camphopeamerica.com) is the first local, state, and national camping and mentoring initiative in the United States to focus on children exposed to domestic violence. The vision for Camp ... -
A Case of Congenital Syphilis Complicated by Severe Hepatocellular Dysfunction, Thrombocytopenia, and Atypical Skin Lesions
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Congenital Syphilis (CS) is an infection caused by the spirochete Treponema Pallidum. It’s transmitted predominantly via the placenta, and only severe cases are clinically apparent at birth. Its incidence has ... -
Challenging Endovascular Retrieval of Multiple Well Incorporated Inferior Vena Cava Filters
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters are placed in patients to prevent pulmonary embolism in patients with recurrent deep venous thromboembolism or in high risk patients who cannot tolerate anticoagulation at ... -
Choking on Sand: Diffuse Calcification of the Lungs from Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Widespread pulmonary calcification is a relatively uncommon finding in patients presenting with dyspnea; differential diagnosis is limited, particularly when accompanied by a diffuse “sandstorm” appearance ... -
Cluster Analysis as More Precise Measure of Burnout Among Healthcare Providers
(2020-10)BACKGROUND: The study of burnout among physicians and medical trainees has become a focus of many professional societies, academic institutions, and hospital systems in recent years, given the high prevalence of burnout ... -
Development of Assessment Tool to Measure Soft Skills of Healthcare Providers
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: The objective of the study is to develop and validate an assessment tool to measure soft skills in the performance of healthcare providers during patient encounters in primary care settings. The assessment tool ... -
Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompromised Pediatric Patient
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Histoplasma capsulatum is a thermally dimorphic fungi that is highly endemic in the central and eastern United States. The fungus lives in soil contaminated by bird or bat droppings and is aerosolized and ... -
Duodenal Ulcer After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery: The Value of Laparoscopic Transgastric Endoscopy
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: While peptic ulcers can occur after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgeries, they are most commonly found as marginal ulcers at the gastrojejunal anastomosis and amenable to standard endoscopy. Peptic ulcers ... -
Early Childhood Teachers' Perspectives and Needs for Professional Development
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Many early childhood programs offer various professional development opportunities in different formats for teachers (Guskey, 2003). However, the effectiveness of professional development trainings on teacher ... -
Emergency Department Utilization and Hierarchical Condition Category Risk Scores
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) to improve the quality of primary care services nationwide. CPC+ utilization measures use a risk-adjustment ... -
Enteric Duplication Cyst in a Patient with Suspected Milk-Protein Allergic Proctocolitis
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Gastrointestinal duplication cysts are rare congenital malformations that are typically discovered by routine prenatal ultrasound. These cysts can arise anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract but are most ... -
Enterobacter Bacteremia Secondary to Pyelonephritis
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Pyelonephritis, an infection of the kidney, occurs in 16/10,000 women in the U.S. The rate in pregnancy is 2% versus 1% in the general population. Escherichia coli is the most common cause of pyelonephritis. ... -
Extensive Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Annual Abscess
(2020-10)Case Introduction: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a relatively common, usually subacute infection involving heart valves. IE is often preceded by bacteremia in patients with prosthetic hardware, artificial heart valves, ... -
Factors Associated with Medication Adherence Among a High-Risk Hepatitis C Birth Cohort
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Multiple studies of hepatitis C virus (HCV) reported that 75% of individuals infected with HCV were born between 1945-1965 and were previously never tested. Therefore, in 2012 the CDC published recommendations ... -
Factors Associated with the Maintenance of Colonic Insufflation During Colonoscopy
(2020-10)Colonoscopy is a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure performed for several indications including colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, adenoma surveillance, and investigation of gastrointestinal symptoms. Insufflation of ... -
Factors Influencing Physician Treatment Strategies in Crotaline Snake Envenomation
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Crotaline snake envenomation is a potentially serious medical condition that affects thousands of Americans each year. There continues to be variation in treatment practices by physicians in the United States ... -
Filamentous Actin in the Role of Diagnosing Seronegative Type 1 Autoimmune Hepatitis
(2020-10)Introduction: Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) is an inflammatory liver disease, which without adequate diagnosis and treatment, can progress to cirrhosis. There are no distinguishing clinical features to discriminate this from ... -
First Bite Syndrome After Parapharyngeal Surgery
(2020-10)Introduction: Most schwannomas, other than those associated with neurofibromatosis, occur in the para-pharyngeal space often originating from Cranial nerves (CN) 9-12 or the sympathetic chain. Although cervical sympathetic ... -
Fusobacterium Nucleatum Brain Abscesses in an Immunocompetent Adolescent with Dental Braces
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Fusobacterium nucleatum is an anaerobic, non-spore forming, gram-negative bacilli that is commonly found in soil, respiratory tracts of animals, and can be isolated from oropharyngeal specimens of healthy ... -
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: Consequences of Delayed Diagnosis
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT), a rare autosomal dominant disorder also known as Osler-Weber-Rendu Disease, is often underdiagnosed. The initial symptom tends to be spontaneous and recurrent nose ...