Submissions from 2026
Severe Insomnia Due to a Sledgehammer: A Case Report on Exploding Head Syndrome, Darian Aboubakare, Qaiser Patel, and Nader Mina
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
Trends in Lung Cancer-Related Mortality Among Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease in the United States, 1999-2023, F Ali, M Abdullah, A Aleem, R Khan, K Raza, F Ahmed, Q Shahzad, M Gohar, M Bakr, Z Afzaal, S Patel, M Hossain, A Sohail, R Ahmed, H Raja, and Bhavinkuma Dalal
National Mortality Trends Involving Pulmonary Embolism and Sleep Apnea in the United States, 1999-2023, F Ali, M Abdullah, M Siddique, U Ismail, A Sohail, F Haider, Q Shahzad, N Gohar, F Ahmed, M Bakr, R Ahmed, Z Afzaal, M Hossain, S Patel, A Aleem, and Bhavinkumar Dalal
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
Fungitell Didn't Tell Diagnostic Pitfalls in Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia (PJP) With Negative β-D-Glucan in a Non-Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Host, Zaid Alnabulsi, Salma Obiedallah, Faizan Faizee, Ayed Shahatit, and Tucker Billups
Don't Miss the Hit: Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis in a High-Risk Cancer Patient, Zaid Alnabulsi, Salma Obiedallah, and Giovi Grasso-Knight
A Case of Intratracheal Ectopic Thyroid Presenting as Fixed Airway Obstruction, Rafael Bernal, Mitchell Sarkisov, and Gustavo Cumbo-Nacheli
Impact of Sleep Duration on Asthma Exacerbations in US Adults, Naomi Cret, Susan Pasnick, Nabin Shrestha, Dana Marsy, and Maximiliano A. Tamae Kakazu
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
The Promises and Pitfalls of Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation (HNS) in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Aditi Desai, Caitlin Wilson, Madeline Succar, Nader Mina, and Bhavinkumar Dalal
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
Management and Outcomes of SIRS-Negative Versus SIRS-Positive Sepsis, B Deshpande, J Weinstein, S Seelye, J Horowitz, S J. Berstein, Paul Bozyk, M Cahill, L Dayal, A Gupta, S Kaatz, D G. Paje, E McLaughlin, S Flanders, P Posa, 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
Diagnostic Value of Lung Biopsy via Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy for Metastatic Disease: A Case Series, E El Sawalhy, H Smith, A O. Soubani, and Amina Pervaiz
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
A Rare Case of Recurrent IgG-4 Pulmonary Pseudotumor, Lara Hakim, Connor McCalmon, and Ravi K. Velagapudi
A Case of ANCA-Negative Vasculitis with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage., Lara Hakim, John Parent, Connor McCalmon, and Brian Shaw
A Rare Case of Tuberculous Pleurisy Due to Silica Exposure, Lara Hakim, John Parent, Felicia Wright, and David Folt
Strongyloides Infection Presenting as a Granulomatous Pulmonary Mass: An Unusual Manifestation of a Common Parasite, S Hayek, A Saunders, A Gandhi, L Orozco, and Muhammad Ehtesham
Personal Electronics as a Cause of Artifact During Sleep Study, Bikash Khanal and Vishal Patel
A Rare Presentation of Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma as Recurrent Pleural Effusion, BIkash Khanal, Yamini Patel, Cameron Stepler, Bhavinkumar Dalal, and Christopher Dado
Case Presentation: Giant Cell Interstitial Pneumonia Presenting as Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage., Kathryn Markham, John Schuen, Johanna Zea-Hernandez, Carolyn Dress, C Galambos, Sheryl L. Johnson, and Ajay Kumar Mishra
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
Unleashing Dreams: REM Sleep Without Atonia as a Hidden Biomarker in Pediatric Narcolepsy With Cataplexy, Qaiser Patel, Darian Aboubakare, and Meera Patel
Reading Eye Movements on Polysomnography: A Marker of Wakefulness Affecting Sleep Study Interpretation, Qaiser Patel, Darian Aboubakare, and Vishal Patel
Fatal Acute Right Heart Failure Due to Leukostasis in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with Hyperleukocytosis, Katarzyna Purzycka, Imran H. Tarrar, Mike Eerhart, and Julia B. Becker
Disseminated Cryptococcus Infection in a Steroid-Dependent Michigan Patient, Antonio R. Ray and Katie E. Fitton
When Daptomycin Turns on the Lungs: A Wolf in Antibiotic Clothing, Emily Ross, Vashistha M. Patel, and Kathryn Heal
When Evidence if Evolving: Individualized Use of Plasma Exchange in Life-Threatening Microscopic Polyangiitis, Ayesha Sharif, Shahroz Khan, A Sharif, Usman Bin Hameed, Muhammad Majeed, and Paul D. Bozyk
Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension or Not? Comparison of Current and Previous Diagnostic Criteria, Harjinder P. Singh, Zin Tarakji, Enrique Calvo-Ayala, and Bhavinkumar Dalal
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
Reversible Hypoxemia in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Zin Tarakji, Harjinder Singh, Meghan Glaser, Emma Glover, Enrique Calvo-Ayala, and Bhavinkumar Dalal
Elevated Phenylalanine Levels Due to Inhaled Steroids in Phenylketonuria, Ryan Thomas and P Stephan
When Complement Turns Culprit: A Case of Post-Transplant Thrombotic Microangiopathy, Patrick L. Votel, Vashistha M. Patel, and Vishal K. Patel
From Mucus Plugging to Motor Neuron Disease: A Case of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Matthew Yee, Reyan Atassi, and Katie E. Fitton
Recurrent Breast Abscesses Due to Nocardia Cyriacigeorgica in an Immunocompetent Host, Matthew Yee, Michael Wang, Jordan Sontz, Kristina Aleksoniene, A Vaughan, Kimberly Texley-Quigg, Tiffany Whelan, and Polya Baghelai
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