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Serum Ammonia And Folate Levels: Opportunities For High Value Care, R. Benson Jones Jr., Md, Sean Dikdan, Md, Bracken Babula, Md Aug 2020

Serum Ammonia And Folate Levels: Opportunities For High Value Care, R. Benson Jones Jr., Md, Sean Dikdan, Md, Bracken Babula, Md

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High value care encompasses a variety of principles including ordering tests with high diagnostic yield, while reducing low value practice.


Refusing To Be Labeled, Jennifer Perugini Aug 2020

Refusing To Be Labeled, Jennifer Perugini

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Refusing to be Labeled


Case Report Of E-Cigarette Associated Lung Injury In A Health Female, Mario Fonseca-Paricio, Md, Alan Gandler, Md, Boyd Hehn, Md Aug 2020

Case Report Of E-Cigarette Associated Lung Injury In A Health Female, Mario Fonseca-Paricio, Md, Alan Gandler, Md, Boyd Hehn, Md

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This is a case of a woman presenting with four days of diarrhea and dyspenea found to have E-cigarette or vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI)


A Case Report Of Bullous Subconjunctival Hemorrhag In Adenoviral Conjunctivitis, Sean Haynie, Jesse Johnson, Md Aug 2020

A Case Report Of Bullous Subconjunctival Hemorrhag In Adenoviral Conjunctivitis, Sean Haynie, Jesse Johnson, Md

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A 78-year-old female with a past medical history of optic neuropathy and atrial fibrillation on warfarin presented with two weeks of progressive bilateral eye redness, swelling, pain, and blurry vision.


A Case Report Of Tragaxofusp Causing Severe Tumor Lysis Syndrome In A Patient With Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, Shuwen Lin, Md, Alice Wang, Md Aug 2020

A Case Report Of Tragaxofusp Causing Severe Tumor Lysis Syndrome In A Patient With Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, Shuwen Lin, Md, Alice Wang, Md

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The patient was an 83-year-old male without significant past medical hsitory who presented to his primary care physician with several days of generalized malaise


Exploring The Adverse Effects Of Car-T Therapy: A Cases Report Of Potential Minoca In Car-T, Danielle Verghese, Pgy-1, Adam Binder, Md, Colin Thomas, Md Aug 2020

Exploring The Adverse Effects Of Car-T Therapy: A Cases Report Of Potential Minoca In Car-T, Danielle Verghese, Pgy-1, Adam Binder, Md, Colin Thomas, Md

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A 48-year-old man with a history of Stage IV Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma refractory to R-CHOP alternating with high-dose methotrexate and cytarbine, craniospinal irradiation, and haploidentical stem cell transplant, underwent CD 19-directed CAR-T.


A Case Report Of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Secondary To Disseminated Tuberculosis, Shuwen Lin, Md, Christoher Terry Aug 2020

A Case Report Of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Secondary To Disseminated Tuberculosis, Shuwen Lin, Md, Christoher Terry

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A 72-year-old woman with past medical history of hypertention and type 2 diabsetes presented to the emergency department for one day history of fevers, poor oral intake, and fatigue.


From The Desk Of The Residency Program Director, Emily Stewart, Md, Facp Aug 2020

From The Desk Of The Residency Program Director, Emily Stewart, Md, Facp

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It has been a historic year for the Nation, City of Philadelphia and teh Jefferson Internal Medicine Residency Program. We have eperienced many health care crises starting with the closure of the historic Philadelphia hospital, Hahnemann. We welcomed residents form this program as part of the Jefferson Family and integrated many patients into our practices.


From The Editors, Eitan Frankel, Md, Guy Katz, Rachel Redfield, Navdeep Sangha, Michael Weintraub, Randi Zukas Aug 2020

From The Editors, Eitan Frankel, Md, Guy Katz, Rachel Redfield, Navdeep Sangha, Michael Weintraub, Randi Zukas

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We are delighted to present you with the 21st annual edition of The Medicine Forum.Here in the birthplace of our nation, we like to think of The Medicine Forum as being of the housestaff, by the housestaff and for the housestaff. Undeniably, this publication would not be possible without the countless hours dedicated by our residents, students, fellows and faculty.


Table Of Contents: The Medicine Forum Volume 21, 2019-2020 Aug 2020

Table Of Contents: The Medicine Forum Volume 21, 2019-2020

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Table of Contents: The Medicine Forum Volume 21, 2019-2020


An Unusual Treatment For Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia, Eric Warner, Msiii, Neil Palmisiano, Md Aug 2020

An Unusual Treatment For Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia, Eric Warner, Msiii, Neil Palmisiano, Md

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A 76-year-old female with a past medical history of an extraosseous chondrasrcoma status-post-resection thirty years prior, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hypothyroidsimm presented to her primary care physicial with fatigue, two weeks of dyspnea on exertion, lightheadedness, and nausea.


Diagnosing Non-Hfe Hereditary Hemochromatosis, Brian Park, Md, Naman Upadhyay, Md, Dina Halegoua-Demarzio, Md Aug 2020

Diagnosing Non-Hfe Hereditary Hemochromatosis, Brian Park, Md, Naman Upadhyay, Md, Dina Halegoua-Demarzio, Md

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A 63-year-old Caucasian female presented for evaluation of abnormal bile duct appearance on ERCP after being diagnosed with gallstone pancreatitis, duodenal ulcers and gastritis at another hospital.


Pericardial Effusion With Tamponade Physiology In A Patient With Multiple Myeloma, Sairamya Bodempudi, Md, Rukaiya Bashir-Hamidu, Md, Preya Simlote, Md, Shuwen Lin, Md, Philip Margiotta, Md, Tina Boortalary, Md, Gregary D. Marhefka, Md Aug 2020

Pericardial Effusion With Tamponade Physiology In A Patient With Multiple Myeloma, Sairamya Bodempudi, Md, Rukaiya Bashir-Hamidu, Md, Preya Simlote, Md, Shuwen Lin, Md, Philip Margiotta, Md, Tina Boortalary, Md, Gregary D. Marhefka, Md

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A 78-yeaer old African American female with a past medical history of IgA Kappa Multiple Myseloma was transfered to the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) after being diagnosed with a pericardial effusion with tamponade physiology at an outside hospital.


An Approach To Refractory Hypoxemia, Daniel Garrido, Md, Evan Nardone, Md, Mark Mallozzi, Md Aug 2020

An Approach To Refractory Hypoxemia, Daniel Garrido, Md, Evan Nardone, Md, Mark Mallozzi, Md

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A 74-year-old female with no significant pulmonary history presented as a transfer from an outside hospital for persistent refractory hypoxemia.


Bilateral Intercostal Lung Herniations: A Rare Incidental Finding In A Dyspneic Patient, Jillian Cooper, Md, Christine Kurian, Md Aug 2020

Bilateral Intercostal Lung Herniations: A Rare Incidental Finding In A Dyspneic Patient, Jillian Cooper, Md, Christine Kurian, Md

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A 63-year-old man with a past medical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), stage IV sarcoidosis on 3-4 liters of home oxygen and chronic prednisone, moderate aortic stenosis, and a prior aspergilloma for which he had a left upper lobe lung resection presented to the hospital with two weeks of worsening shortness of breath.


The Medicine Forum: Volume 21 Jul 2020

The Medicine Forum: Volume 21

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The Journal of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Department of Internal Medicine, Volume 21, 2019-2020

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Clinical Images

Case Reports

  • Cardiology
  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Hematology and Oncology
  • Infectious Disease
  • Pulmonary Medicine

Literature Review

Editorial