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PDSA Cycles Increase Screening for Smoking Cessation
(2020-10)Introduction: Smoking represents the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the United States, disproportionately affecting lower-income populations1. Smoking cessation has been shown to reduce the ... -
Penile Injury in Infant Male: Accident or Abuse?
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Traumatic injury to the penis may occur from a wide variety of mechanisms in the context of accidental injury, or child physical or sexual abuse. Accidental penile injuries may include injuries occurring ... -
Perceived Organizational and Social Support as Probable Mitigators of Burnout Among Medical Trainees and Providers
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: National trends show that employees and trainees in the medical field are susceptible to burnout. To our knowledge, no studies have been published on burnout moderators, such as perceived support and lifestyle ... -
Predictive Factors of Follow-Up in Early Lifestyle Intervention for Childhood Obesity
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: The Early Lifestyle Intervention (ELI) Clinic is an OU Physicians Pediatrics specialty clinic dedicated to helping children achieve healthier weights via behavioral modification through a multidisciplinary team ... -
Preservice Teachers' Use of a Translation App with Dual Language Learners
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Many practicing teachers face challenges with effective technology integration (Keengwe & Onchwari, 2009). Teachers who do integrate technology into their educational practices understand that it is not an ... -
Pseudohyponatremia Due to Severe Hypertriglyceridemia
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Hyponatremia is defined as low sodium within the blood that can lead to headache, balance and gait issues, confusion, seizures, or even death in severe cases. However, in some instances a low sodium value on ... -
Queer Affirmative Practice for Medical and Social Work Students: An Introductory Module
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Research suggests members of the sexual and gender minority (SGM) community fail to seek out medical care despite a higher prevalence of negative health outcomes, ranging from implicit bias to structural violence. ... -
Relationship Between the Second Victim Phenomenon and Occupational Burnout in Healthcare
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: Unexpected events or outcomes in healthcare that create considerable harm or lasting damage to a patient are called adverse patient events (Mira et al., 2015). Providers affected by such events are called “second ... -
Renal Artery Stenosis and Obstructive Uropathy: To Resect or to Stent?
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis causes hypertension that is resistant to medical management and may eventually lead to loss of kidney function. The treatment options for uncontrolled hypertension include ... -
Revisiting Unlicensed Channel Access Scheme of 5G New Radio
(2020-04)BACKGROUND: As the second phase of 5G standardization efforts encapsulated in Release 16 comes to its freeze and completion date in June 2020, aspects of some promised features and services started to crystallize. Among ... -
Right Supraclavicular Lymphadaenitis Caused by Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a rare and self-limiting condition with unknown etiology that is most commonly seen in young Asian women. It usually presents with low grade fever that varies from one week to one ... -
Selfish Lung Syndrome
(2020-10)Introduction: Congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) is a rare congenital developmental anomaly that is characterized by hyperinflation of one or more pulmonary lobes. Although the exact etiology of the disease is unknown, the ... -
Severe Coarctation of the Aorta: A Delayed Diagnosis
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a congenital heart disease characterized by narrowing of the aorta near the aortic isthmus. The incidence of CoA is 4 out of every 10,000 births, accounting for 6–8% of all ... -
Shocking Results: A Case of Malignant Catatonia
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Malignant catatonia is a life threatening disease and can be difficult to distinguish from other disorders including delirium, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, or exacerbation of mood and psychotic disorders. ... -
A Ten-Year-Old with Rash and Fever: Atypical Presentation of Kawasaki Disease
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Kawasaki Disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in young children in the US. The exact cause of Kawasaki Disease remains unknown; however, a combination of clinical symptoms, including fever, ... -
Thoracic Endovascular Repair of Descending Thoracic Aortic Thrombus
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers (PAU) develop in the internal elastic lamina and indicate severe aortic atherosclerosis. PAU can have an associated intraluminal aortic thrombus, with associated risk of ... -
Trust But Verify, Don't Disregard the Simplex Answer: An Uncommon Presentation of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis
(2020-10)Introduction: Herpes simplex virus type 1 encephalitis is the most common cause of sporadic fatal encephalitis worldwide. Typical presentation includes fever, altered mental status, focal cranial nerve deficits, and ... -
Utilizing 'Project Echo' to Access Hepatitis C Treatment for the Uninsured Patient
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: In 2016 the World Health Organization proclaimed a hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination goal of a 90% decrease in new infections by 2030. Some providers are facing this prevalent disease through an organization ... -
When Lightning Strikes Twice in the Case of Anemia
(2020-10)Vitamin b12 deficiency anemia in the general population is 1.4% with an even higher incidence in the elderly and hospitalized reported up to 10-15%. Other causes of anemia such as warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia have an ...