Submissions from 2026
High Dose Vasopressor Exposure at Time of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Eight-Year Outcomes From a Michigan Tertiary Care Cohort, M Akhtar, R Al-Handola, Akanksha Mohananey, A Zacharia, and Z J. Yaqoob
Racial Differences in Outcomes Among Patients With Septic Shock Experiencing Cardiac Arrest During Vasopressor Therapy, M Akhtar, Akanksha Mohananey, R Al-Handola, A Zacharia, and Z J. Yaqoob
Temporal Trends in Pulmonary Hypertension-Related Mortality Associated With Influenza and Pneumonia: A CDC Wonder Analysis (1999-2023), F Ali, M Abdullah, A Sohail, B Malik, D Kumar, N Gohar, R Ahmed, A Aleem, F Ahmed, Z Afzaal, Q Shahzad, M Bakr, M Hossain, F Haider, K Aman, S Patel, W El Minaoui, and Bhavinkumar Dalal
Pulmonary Embolism as a Cause of Death in Lung Cancer: Insights From Two Decades of U.S. Mortality Data, F Ali, A Aleem, M Abdullah, M Hunain, N Gohar, F Ahmed, Z Afzaal, Q Shahzad, M Bakr, A Sohail, S Patel, M Hossain, R Ahmed, H Raja, W El Minaoui, and Bhavinkumar Dalal
Does Head-Elevation Improve Intubation Outcomes? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, F Ali, F Faraz, B Llah, M F. Nazir, I Mani, L Tariq, B Tahir, S Jairamani, L Farooq, M Abbas, A Butt, M Nasir, M Adil, H Habib, M Bajwa, I Rasool, H Raja, and Bhavinkumar Dalal
Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases and In-Hospital Outcomes: A Nationwide Analysis, F Ali, N Gohar, M Altaf, F Ahmed, H Ahmad, R Khan, M Abdullah, Q Shahzad, M Bakr, Z Afzaal, F Haider, S Patel, M Hossain, A Sohail, A Aleem, R Ahmed, W El Minaoui, and Bhavinkumar Dalal
Modeling Heterogeneity and Critical Care Support for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Alexander Dao, Maximilliano Tamae Kakazu, Kylie Maxton, Surender Rajasekaran, and Jeremy Prokop
Cirrhosis and Outcomes in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Prognostic Meta-Analysis, Leticia De Mattei, Marcelino Morato, Vashishta Patel, and Bhavinkumar Dalal
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Meets Methemoglobinemia: Hypoxemic Challenges in Pneumocystis, Leticia De Mattei, Marcelino Morato, Vashistha Patel, and Paul Bozyk
Uptake of Rapid Diagnostic Aids for Sepsis Across Michigan Hospitals, B Deshpande, J K. Horowitz, E McLaughlin, Paul Bozyk, Maximiliano A. Tamae Kakazu, P Posa, A West, S A. Flanders, and H C. Prescott
A Case of Beta Blocker and Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose Requiring High Dose Insulin Therapy, Kholood Elhaj, Kathryn Heal, Amira Al-Nabolsi, Vraj S. Tripathi, Emily Ross, and Dominick Kizy
A Case of Idiopathic Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura With Suspected Myositis, Kholood Elhaj, Kathryn Heal, Amira Al-Nabolsi, Vraj S. Tripathi, Emily Ross, and Jamie Satow
A Severe Case of Myxedema Coma Precipitated By Infection and Noncompliance, Kholood Elhaj, Kathryn Heal, Amira Al-Nabolsi, Vriaj S. Tripathi, Emily Ross, Taylor Gutwald, Rosalyn Bloch, and Christine Buchanan
An Overall Infrequent Demonstration of Drug-Induced Lung Injury by a Typical Perpetrator, Madina M. Fawaz, Amira Al-Nabolsi, and Mouhamed Shatila
Severe Bleomycin Lung Injury Requiring Transplantation: A Case of Irreversible Toxicity, Emma Glover, Leticia De Mattei, Marina Lopes Machado, Faizan Faizee, and Daniel Keena
Determination of Creatinine Clearance by Vancomycin Levels as Compared to Cockcroft-Gault Equation, Sarah Grazia, Oksana Ganymovych, Enrique Calvo-Ayala, and Jim Winegardner
The Challenges of Managing Multi-Organism Pneumonia in a Post-Stem Cell Transplant Patient, Marcelino Q. Morato, Leticia De Mattei, Vashistha Patel, and Bhavinkumar Dalal
A Moving Threat: Fatal Course of a Clot in Transit, Marcelino Q. Morato, Leticia De Mattei, Vashistha M. Patel, and Bhavinkumar Dalal
Evaluation of ABCDEF Bundle Implementation and Monitoring Across Michigan ICUs, Elizabeth Munroe, Patricia Posa, Harsh Bhanderi, Tawny Czilok, Lokesh Dayal, Rania Esteitie, Rachel Hechtman, Jennifer Horowitz, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Maximiliano Tamae Kakazu, Caitlin Tatarcil, Emily Walzl, Elizabeth Viglianti, Hallie Prescott, Scott Flanders, and Paul Bozyk
When Daptomycin Turns on the Lungs: A Wolf in Antibiotic Clothing, Emily Ross, Vashistha M. Patel, and Kathryn Heal
Influence of Pulmonary Hypertension on Lung Transplant Survival and Graft Laterality in Interstitial Lung Disease, Tomasz Stacel, Cameron Lawson, Magda Piekarska, Isabelle Pokora, Tomasz Timek, Elizabeth Murphy, and Reda Girgis
When Complement Turns Culprit: A Case of Post-Transplant Thrombotic Microangiopathy, Patrick L. Votel, Vashistha M. Patel, and Vishal K. Patel
Submissions from 2025
An Uncommon Hematological Cause of Interstitial Lung Disease, Anusha Alam, L Masood, Said Hafez-Khayyata, Martin Tapia, and Enrique Calvo-Ayala
When Dust Meets the Lungs: A Case of Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in a Young Patient With Exposure to Silica, Saria Alazmeh, Tarek Alsibai, Sara Akbar, and Gayathri Sathiyamoorthy
Shifting Paradigms: Phenobarbital Monotherapy in Management of Alcohol Withdrawal, Faiq Aldarab'Ah, Mohmed Imran Gora, Rama Kwaylih, Ammar Vohra, Mutaz Shaheen, Juan F. Martinez Ortega, Ibtihal Safih, Saifudheen Faroog, Amuche Alexander, and Maria Athanathios
A Rare Manifestation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Masquerading as Refractory Cardiogenic Shock, Amira Al-Nabolsi, Faizan Faizee, Zachary Smith, Aatry Dixit, Phillip V. Kaplan, Kathryn Heal, and Mouhamed Shatila
A Case of Purulent Pericarditis Due to Actinomyces From an Odontogenic Focus, Amira Al-Nabolsi, Cameron Hubbard, Tiffany C. Marchewka, and Mouhamed Shatila
A Rare Case of Esophageal Perforation: Esophageal Perforation Following Cervical Spine Hardware Removal, Amira Al-Nabolsi, Jessica Kopchia, Cameron Hubbard, Hussein Hamade, and Mouhamed Shatila
Coccidioidomycosis Mimicking Lung Malignancy, Amira Al-Nabolsi, Jessica Kopchia, Tiffany Marchewka, and Philip V. Kaplan
Playing the Blame Game, When aHUS Masquerades as TTP and HELLP, Zaid Alnabulsi, Faizan Faizee, Tatjana Blazin, Zachary Smith, and Girish B. Nair
Caught Adrift Navigating the Incidental Discovery of a Floating Aortic Thrombus, Zaid Alnabulsi, Faizan Faizee, and Christopher Dado
A Stroke Without a Source? Unmasking Vasospasm and Arterial Embolization in ICAD, Zaid Alnabulsi, Faizan Faizee, and Daniel T. Keena
More Than Meets the Scan in Diagnosing Disseminated Tuberculosis (TB), Zaid Alnabulsi, Faizan Faizee, and Nader Mina
Atypical Infection, Critical Consequences, Mycoplasma Pneumoniae-Associated ARDS in a Patient With Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy, Zaid Alnabulsi, Faizan Faizee, Zachary Smith, Ayed Shahatit, and Giovi Grasso-Knight
Cracking the Code: Insights From a Myxedema Coma Case, Zaid Alnabulsi and Vishal K. Patel
Congenital Aortic Stenosis Unleashing as Flash Pulmonary Edema in a 22-Year-Old Female, Tanya Amal, Sanjay Dogra, Khateeb Raza, Mohamed Ghandour, Leon Quach, and Adam Wernette
Recurrent Bronchiectasis Exacerbation With Aspergillus Sensitivity in a Patient Common Variable Immunodeficiency and Obstructive Lung Disease - A Delicate Balance Between Anti - Infective and Immunotherapy, Tanya Amal, Ayesha Sharif, Usman Bin Hameed, Girish B. Nair, and Vishal Patel
Lung Malignancy in the South Bronx: Racial, Socioeconomic, and Clinical Insights From a Safety-Net Hospital, Krishna Kishore Anne, Juan F. Martinez Ortega, Marcello Olsen Verme, Mohmed Imran Gora, Ammar Vohra, Vidya P. Menon, and Kennedy O. Omonuwa
Innovative E-Learning for Mechanical Ventilation: A Solution for Standardized Training Across Resource-Limited and Diverse Backgrounds, Milica Antic, Nick Blackstone, Amina Pervaiz, Dhivya Venkat, and Abdulghani Sankari
Falls-Related Mortality in Adults (>65 Years), a Decadal Dive Into U.S. Trends (1999-2020): A CDC WONDER Database Analysis, Mohamed Bakr, Faizan Ahmed, Sherif Eltawansy, Tehmasp Mirza, Talha Qadeer, Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Tahir, Farman Ali, and Amin Pasha
Understanding the Trends of Post-Medical Procedure Mortality in Patients Aged (>15) in the United States (1999-2020): A CDC WONDER-Based Analysis, Mohamed Bakr, Sherif Eltawansy, Faizan Ahmed, Tehmasp Mirza, Talha Qadeer, Shiraz Aslam, Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Hunain, Farman Ali, and Amin Pasha
Iron Pill Aspiration Presenting as Bronchial Stenosis: A Case Report, Rafael Bernal, Julieta Osella, and Marc R. McClelland
Dynamic Evolution of Pleural Effusion: Hepatic Chylothorax Transforming Into Hydrothorax With Trapped Lung in Advanced Cirrhosis, Usman Bin Hameed, Tanya Amal, Waheeda Nazneen, and Mujtaba Moazzam
Customized Tracheobronchial Stenting: An Innovative Approach to Vascular Coil Migration With Life-Threatening Hemoptysis, Peter Boshara, Jeri Chard, Daniel V. Kapadia, Bikash Khanal, and Angel R. Peralta
GLP1s: Hidden Menace! Novel Chronic Medication Regimen Leads to Pancreatopleural Fistula and Tube Feed Effusion, Phillip M. Brier, Naomi Cret, John Parent, and Shaiva Meka
CTEPH: When the Clots Are Gone, the RV Strain Remains, David Connolly, Tanya Amal, Faizan Faizee, and Bhavinkumar D. Dalal
Biot's Breathing, Aditi Desai and Vishal K. Patel
Revisiting Hypopnea Scoring: The Significance of Respiratory Arousals, Aditi Desai and Vishal K. Patel
True or Tracheal Bronchus?, Aditi Desai and Vishal K. Patel
Trends and Influence of Substance Use On Hospital Outcomes of Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension: A National Inpatient Sample-Based Study, Khushi Desai, Bhavinkumar D. Dalal, Anukul Karn, Mujtaba Abdellatif, Chin-I Cheng, Fatima Abuzaid, and Preeti Misra
Metabolomic Insights Into Fibrotic Lung Disease Differentiation From Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Faizan Faizee, Zaid Alnabulsi, Zachary Smith, Olga Romina Gomez Rojas, Ali Yilmaz, Glenn Pottmeyer, Migle Gabrielaite, Stewart F. Graham, and Girish B. Nair
The Unpredictable Nature of a Vascular Anomaly With Divergent Clinical Presentations, Faizan Faizee, Zachary Smith, Mitchell Smielewski, Zaid Alnabulsi, and Vishal K. Patel
Development of Parapneumonic Effusion in a Patient Using Kratom, Emma Glover, Morgan Kiryakoza, and Nader Mina
Rare Pulmonary Neoplasm: A Case Report on Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma, Pawan Gyawali, Bikash Khanal, and Samuel A. Allen
When Wheezing Is Not Asthma: Recognizing Alternative Causes, Including Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma, Pawan Gyawali, Bikash Khanal, and Samuel A. Allen
Stents and Surprises: A Case of Intriguing Multi-site Infections, Lara Hakim, Julieta Osella, and John P. Egan
Steroid-dependent Non-specific Interstitial Pneumonia in an Asphalt Pothole Repair Worker, Lara Hakim, Julieta Osella, and Richard Koubek
Auto-Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure Therapy For Aerophagia During Obstructive Sleep Apnea Management, Khizar Hamid and Vishal K. Patel
Post-intubation Tracheal Stenosis After a Single Day of Intubation, Javeria Hayat, Rehan Siddiqui, Wahaaj A. Khan, and Maximilliano Tamae Kakazu
Characterization of Cytokines in Lung Transplant Recipients with Elevated Donor-derived Cell-free DNA, Tara Jager, Xiaopeng Li, Katie Uhl, Reda Girgis, and Cameron K. Lawson
Association Between Neighborhood Socioeconomics and Mortality in Community-Acquired Sepsis, Joel Karsten, Riya Chhabra, Paul Bozyk, and Ramin Homayouni
Rare Case of New-Onset Autoimmune Diabetes Associated With Nivolumab Use, Catalina Kenney, Tiffany Marchewka, and Kathryn Heal
The Successful Management of a Flecainide-Induced Ventricular Storm, Catalin Vic Kenney, TIffany Marchewka, and Kathryn Heal
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Bronchus: A Salivary Gland Tumor in the Airway, Bikash Khanal, Pawan Gyawali, and Giovi Grasso-Knight
Supine or Not? - Hidden Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Depending on Position During Home Sleep Apnea Test, Bikash Khanal and Vishal K. Patel
Can't Catch a Breath: A Case of Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome, Wahaaj A. Khan, Sarah Khan, Gayathri Sathiyamoorthy, and Kevin M. Swiatek
Long-term Survival of Lung Transplant Recipients with Early Post-operative Atrial Fibrillation Treated with Amiodarone, Cameron K. Lawson, Isabelle Pokora, Edward T. Murphy, Gayathri Sathiyamoorthy, Sheila Krishnan, Ryan J. Hadley, and Reda Girgis
Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus in Immediate Post Lung Transplant Patient, Chee Y. Lim, Tyler Kemnic, and Ryan J. Hadley
Rapid Recurrence of Hepatic Hydrothorax After Transjugular Intrahepatic Portsystemic Shunt (TIPS) Placement, Mujtaba Moazzam, Usman Bin Hameed, and Waheeda Nazneen
Barriers to the Use of Phenobarbital For Acute Alcohol Withdrawal: A QI Project, Tudor Moldovan, Uzair Raja, Kamah Ellena, Kyle Schmidt, Sabreen Dari, and Adam Anderson
An Unexpected Culprit of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis With Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome, Tudor Moldovan, John B. Westfall, Warda Shoaib, Ali Nasir, and Eric Geiser
Um, I Don't Think That Should be There: Tracheal Bronchus Found Incidentally in a 23-Year-Old Female with Moderate Persistent Asthma., Robert Ocomen, Wahaaj A. Khan, and Maximilliano Tamae Kakazu
Survival Outcomes and Effects of Cannulation Strategy in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, John Parent, Tyler Holsworth, Brian Trethowan, Renzo Loyaga-Rendon, I Makki, Stephen Orey, Nabin Manandhar Shrestha, and Maximilliano Tamae Kakazu
Fatal Interplay of Over-the-Counter Medications Leading to Acute Liver Failure, Yamini I. Patel, Faizan Faizee, Parth Shah, Zaid Alnabulsi, Mitchell Smielewski, and Zachary Smith
Quantification of TLT-1+ Microparticles to Predict Clinical Outcomes in ARDS - A Prognostic Marker, Yamini Patel, Madison Luxmore, Lili Zhao, Ayesha Sharif, Tanya Amal, Valance Washington, and Girish B. Nair
Is the Stress Hyperglycemia Ratio a Predictor of Sepsis-Related Mortality? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Rohan Raj, Harsh Sura, Boney Lapsiwala, Dipsa D. Shastri, Fnu Nikeeta, Akshay Sharma, Urmi Jindal, Akhil Jain, and Rupak Desai
Frailty in Lung Transplant Candidates Predicts Post-Transplant Outcomes: A Multicenter Study, J Schaenman, J Lum, S Arif, A Hardesty, H Hassouna, C Kennedy, C Lawson, J Nelson, K M. Pennington, and J Saullo
Feasibility of Implementation of a Phenobarbital Protocol in Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome at a Safety-Net Hospital, Mutaz Shaheen, Rama Kwaylih, Mohmed Imran Gora, Ammar Vohra, Han Oo, Ibtihal Safih, Juan F. Martinez Ortega, Hamza Awadallah, Saifudheen Faroog, Amuche Alexander, Faiq Aldarab'Ah, Ruth Pius, Maria Athanathios, Shandra Bellinger, Sameel Ahmed, Daniel Andrade, Vidya P. Menon, Manmeet Kaur Gujral, and Nail Cemalovic
An Unexpected Culprit: Sympathetic Pleural Effusion as a Rare Manifestation of Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis, Ayesha Sharif, Tanya Amal, and Enrique Calvo-Ayala
The Pandora's Box of AIDS: A Severe Case of Multipathogen Infections, Ayesha Sharif, Usman Bin Hameed, Tanya Amal, Aleena Sharif, and Christopher D. Dado
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Triggered by Bronchoscopy: A Rare Complication, Ayesha Sharif, Dominic Tomasi, and Girish B. Nair
Breathless and Bewildered With Respiratory Failure and Lambl's Excrescence, Mitchell Smielewski and Faizan Faizee
Diagnostic Challenges in a Cavitary Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Carcinoma With Vascular Invasion, Mitchell Smielewski and Faizan Faizee
Unanticipated Metabolic Emergency as a Consequence of Akt Pathway Inhibition, Zachary Smith, Zaid Alnabulsi, Aatrey V. Dixit, Ayed Shahatit, Tanya Amal, and Faizan Faizee
When Airway Tells a Tale through the Bronchoscopic Lens Revealing Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica, Zachary Smith, Faizan Faizee, Zaid Alnabulsi, Kathryn Heal, and Phillip V. Kaplan
Metabolomic Analysis of Disease Progression In Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Interstitial Lung Diseases, Zachary Smith, Faizan Faizee, Zaid Alnabulsi, Ali Yilmaz, Romana Ashrafi Mimi, Vilija Lomeikaite, Edward Castillo, Stewart F. Graham, and Girish B. Nair
Lithium's Disguise as a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Mimicking Undifferentiated Shock, Zachary Smith, Faizan Faizee, Nora Mcheik, David Connolly, and Sanjay Dogra
Unmasking an Elusive Cause of Dyspnea Post-Thoracic Surgery, Zachary Smith, Faizan Faizee, Mitchell Smielewski, and Vishal K. Patel
Challenges in Central Venous Catheter Placement in a Patient With Recurrent Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Kussmaul Breathing, Ashley Sundin, Daniel Daugherty, Dipsa D. Shastri, and Venkata SKK Pulivarthi
Comparison of Lung Transplant (LTx) Waitlist Outcomes Between Primary Pulmonary Hypertension and other Group B Diagnoses, Imran H. Tarrar and Reda Girgis
Submissions from 2024
Role of Intravenous Immunoglobin in an Immunocompromised Patient With Prolonged COVID Pneumonia, Anusha Alam and Giovi Grasso-Knight
Bilateral Vertebral Artery (VA) Dissection Causing Acute Ischemic Stroke Following High Velocity Cervical Manipulation, Mustafa A. Aljaloudy and Bhavinkumar Dalal
Not Your Typical Recurrent Pericarditis Patient!, Tarek Alsibai, Naomi Cret, and Shaiva G. Meka
Feeling Something Deeper: A Case of Hyalinizing Clear Cell Carcinoma of Lung Primary With Suspected Lynch Syndrome, Hussein Bazzy, Cameron Hubbard, Ahmad Tahawi, Narayana Gandham, Richard Zekman, Phillip V. Kaplan, Erich J. Schwartz, and Kevin Jamil
Methemoglobinemia Revisited: A Case of Chronic Tylenol Ingestion Leading to Methemoglobinemia, Sandeep Buddharaju, Samridhi Gulati, Naomi Cret, Sara Akbar, Kevin E. Fitzgerald, and Faeq R. Kukhon
Multidisciplinary Approach to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Therapy Transitions, Bhavinkumar D. Dalal, Jacqueline Brewer, and Tania Saeed
The Mysterious Visitor: A Chilling Encounter With Elizabethkingia Miricola, Faizan Faizee, Mitchell Smielewski, Zachary Smith, and Nader M. Mina
Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient With Intracranial Hemorrhage, Alina Hasan, Anusha Alam, and Giovi Grasso-Knight
A Rare Cause of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in Young Patients, Bikash Khanal, Nathanial Bartosek, and Enrique Calvo-Ayala
Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: An Ultra Rare Etiology for Recurrent Pleural Effusion, Ali Khreisat and Paul Bozyk