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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy precipitated by delirium tremens [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2015
A 57-year-old woman presented with alcohol withdrawal symptoms, which later progressed to delirium tremens. During hospitalization, she developed respiratory distress with acute pulmonary edema.
Chidozie Charles Agu, Ahmed Bakhit, Md Basunia, Bikash Bhattarai, Vikram Oke, Divya Salhan, Frances Schmidt   +6 more
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Lung consolidation as a rare presentation of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma with extramedullary Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2018
Objectives: Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL) is a mature B cell lymphoma that usually involves the bone marrow, spleen and lymph nodes. Extramedullary involvement, including the lung, is rarely reported.
Omar Abdulfattah, Ebad Ur Rahman, Bikash Bhattarai, Sumit Dahal, Zainab Alnafoosi, David Trauber, Danilo Enriquez, Frances Schmidt   +7 more
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Characteristics of 30-day readmission in spontaneous pneumothorax in the United States: a nationwide retrospective study

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2019
Objective: Our study aimed to determine the national estimates of the 30-day all-cause readmission rate among patients with spontaneous pneumothorax and to investigate the burden of these readmissions in terms of mortality, length of stay and ...
Osama Mukhtar, Binav Shrestha, Mazin Khalid, Oday Alhafdh, Praveen Datar, Bikash Bhattarai, Manal Bakhiet, Vijay Gayam, Mowyad Khalid, Joseph Quist, Danilo Enriquez, Frances Schmidt   +11 more
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Rare case of Mycobacterium nebraskense presenting as asymptomatic cavitary lung lesion

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2018
Introduction: Mycobacterium Nebraskense is a rare nontuberculous mycobacterial infection. The first isolate of the species was from human sputum at University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Omar Abdulfattah, Antony Lixon, Saroj Kandel, Ebad Ur Rahman, Sasmit Roy, Sumit Dahal, Zainab Alnafoosi, Frances Schmidt   +7 more
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Fatal pulmonary cavitary disease secondary to Mycobacterium xenopi in a patient with sarcoidosis

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2017
Introduction: Mycobacterium xenopi (M. xenopi) has low pathogenicity and usually requires either host immune impairment or structural lung disease to cause clinical disease.
Omar Abdulfattah, Divya Salhan, Saroj Kandel, Ebad Ur Rahman, Sumit Dahal, Zainab Alnafoosi, Frances Schmidt   +6 more
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Polysomnographic variables in Alternate overlap syndrome: data from sleep heart health study

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2019
Objective: To evaluate influence of asthma on polysomnographic variables of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).Methods: A longitudinal retrospective study using data collected from the Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS).Results: All 2822 patients ...
Binav Shrestha, Osama Mukhtar, Saroj Kandel, Bikash Bhattrai, Parveen Dattar, Birendra Amgai, Amrendra Mandal, Oday Alhafidh, Shivani Thapa, Mazin Khalid, Vijay Gayam, Brandon Ting, Danilo A. Enriquez, Joseph Quist, Marie Frances Schmidt   +14 more
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Right Gaze Palsy and Hoarseness: A Rare Presentation of Mediastinal Tuberculosis with an Isolated Prepontine Cistern Tuberculoma

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2015
We describe a previously healthy young man who presented with headaches, diplopia with right lateral gaze palsy, dysphagia, and hoarseness over a 2-month period.
Chidozie Charles Agu, Olufemi Aina, Md Basunia, Bikash Bhattarai, Vikram Oke, Marie Frances Schmidt, Joseph Quist, Danilo Enriquez, Vijay Gayam   +8 more
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A symptomatic gastric sarcoidosis and asymptomatic pulmonary sarcoidosis: a rare manifestation

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2019
Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease of unknown etiology which may present with systemic manifestations. The diagnosis of gastric sarcoidosis needs much effort to accomplish as it is exceedingly rare, and the treatment is usually recommended ...
Bikash Bhattarai, Amrendra Mandal, Jenny Lamichhane, Praveen Datar, Osama Mukhtar, Oday Alhafidh, Anton Lixon, Vijay Gayam, Danilo Enriquez, Joseph Quist, Frances Schmidt   +10 more
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Sudden cardiac arrest as a rare presentation of myxedema coma: case report

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2017
Myxedema coma is a decompensated hypothyroidism which occurs due to long-standing, undiagnosed, or untreated hypothyroidism. Untreated hypothyroidism is known to affect almost all organs including the heart.
Divya Salhan, Deepak Sapkota, Prakash Verma, Saroj Kandel, Omar Abdulfattah, Antony Lixon, Deribe Zwenge, Frances Schmidt   +7 more
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A case of chylothorax in a patient with sarcoidosis: a rare and potentially fatal complication [PDF]

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2015
Obstruction of the thoracic duct may lead to accumulation of a lymphatic fluid rich in triglycerides named chyle. When chyle accumulates in the pleural cavity, it becomes a chylothorax.
Bikash Bhattarai, Frances Schmidt, Ashok Devkota, Geraldine Policard, Saveena Manhas, Vikram Oke, Chidozie Charles Agu, Md Rawshan Basunia, Danilo Enriquez, Joseph Quist, Prakash Kharel   +10 more
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