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Unique Case of Gastroenteritis Presenting as Pneumatosis Intestinalis With Emphysematous ...

Cureus (2020)

Asif Mehmood, Rajesh Essrani, Swetha Parvataneni and Umair Iqbal

Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) consists of multiple, thin, gas-filled cysts in the wall of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. It is an ...

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Change in Patient MELD-Na and Albumin Level From the Time ...

Cureus (2020)

Rajesh Essrani and Andrea Berger

Background & aims Celiac disease (CD) is a multisystem disorder triggered by dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals that may ...

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Isolated Thrombosis of the Superior Mesenteric Vein.

Cureus (2020)

Rajesh Essrani, Shehriyar Mehershahi, Rajesh Essrani, Anuraj M Sudhakaran, et al.

Most cases of pancreatitis are mild and self-limited. On the other hand, a few patients with pancreatitis may develop vascular ...

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Cannabinoid Use and Total Hospital Cost in Patients With Cirrhosis ...

Department of Medicine (2022)

Rajesh Essrani, Muhammad Usman Zafar, Zahid I. Tarar, Umer Farooq, et al.

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Brucella melitensis-Induced Transaminitis.

Cureus (2021)

Rajesh Essrani and Anastasia Shnitser

Brucellosis is infrequently reported in the United States and is mostly an occupational hazard among workers engaged in livestock raising ...

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The Impact of Appendectomy in Clostridium difficile Infection and Length ...

Cureus (2020)

Rajesh Essrani, Dany Saturno, Shehriyar Mehershahi, Rajesh Kumar Essrani, et al.

Introduction We aim to investigate Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) recurrence, severity, complications, and length of hospital stay in patients with ...

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Unique Case of Gastroenteritis Presenting as Pneumatosis Intestinalis With Emphysematous ...

Cureus (2020)

Asif Mehmood, Rajesh Essrani, Swetha Parvataneni and Umair Iqbal

Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) consists of multiple, thin, gas-filled cysts in the wall of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. It is an ...

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Change in Patient MELD-Na and Albumin Level From the Time ...

Cureus (2020)

Rajesh Essrani and Andrea Berger

Background & aims Celiac disease (CD) is a multisystem disorder triggered by dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals that may ...

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Article

Isolated Thrombosis of the Superior Mesenteric Vein.

Cureus (2020)

Rajesh Essrani, Shehriyar Mehershahi, Rajesh Essrani, Anuraj M Sudhakaran, et al.

Most cases of pancreatitis are mild and self-limited. On the other hand, a few patients with pancreatitis may develop vascular ...

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Improving Hepatitis C Screening Rates in an Ambulatory Clinic: an ...

Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine (2020)

Rajesh Essrani, Eric Nellis and Hiral N Shah

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Amiodarone-Induced Acute Liver Injury.

Case Rep Gastroenterol (2020)

Rajesh Essrani, Shehriyar Mehershahi, Rajesh Kumar Essrani, Shri Jai Kirshan Ravi, et al.

Amiodarone is a lipophilic structure with a half-life of 25-100 days. Long-term oral amiodarone is associated with photosensitivity, thyroid dysfunction, ...

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Famotidine induced hypomagnesemia leading to hypocalcemia.

Oxf Med Case Reports (2020)

Rajesh Essrani, Shehriyar Mehershahi, Shri Jai Kirshan Ravi, Rajesh Kumar Essrani, et al.

Fifty-five-year-old female with a past medical history of gastroesophageal reflux disease was admitted to hospital due to increased confusion, and ...

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Over-the-Counter Drug Causing Acute Pancreatitis.

J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep (2020)

Swetha Parvataneni, Rajesh Essrani, Shehriyar Mehershahi, Rajesh Essrani, et al.

Acute pancreatitis is caused by alcohol, gall stone disease, drugs, trauma, infections, and metabolic causes such as hypercalcemia and hyperlipidemia. ...

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A Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia with Pancreatic Involvement

Case Reports in Hematology (2019)

Rajesh Essrani, Matthew J Sullivan and Hiral N Shah

A 78-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia was hospitalized ...

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Can We Predict Low Quality Colonoscopy? Establishing Open Access Colonoscopy ...

Department of Medicine (2019)

Matthew Sullivan, Abdul Aleem, Rajesh Essrani, Patrick Hickey, et al.

Introduction: Open access colonoscopy (OAC) is the process by which a patient is referred directly for colonoscopy without a pre-procedure ...

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Vancomycin Spacer-induced Hemolysis.

Cureus (2019)

Anuraj Sudhakaran, Aparna Baburaj, Kinjal Banerjee and Rajesh Essrani

Intravenous vancomycin-induced hemolysis has been documented in the literature. This has been presumed to be due to the development of ...

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Chronic Urticaria Associated with Helicobacter pylori.

Cureus (2019)

Rajesh Essrani, Matthew Sullivan and Hiral N Shah

A 31-year-old male presented with a complaint of chronic pruritus with diffuse urticarial wheals for the past seven months. He ...

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Unusual Case of Obstructive Jaundice.

Cureus (2019)

Rajesh Essrani, Eric Nellis, Patrick Hickey and Hiral N Shah

Most malignant obstructive jaundice arises from primary periampullary tumors and rarely from metastatic cancer of the head and neck. A ...

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Denture Misadventure: The Tooth About Your Colon.

Cureus (2019)

Rajesh Essrani, Patrick Hickey and Hiral N Shah

Foreign body ingestion occurs mainly in a mentally impaired person, but rarely in healthy adults. A 48-year-old male was admitted ...

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Tiptoeing on Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Lung.

Case Rep Oncol Med (2019)

Arupreet Kochar, Harrison D Winters, Li Zhang, Bin Zhang, et al.

Lung cancer remains the top cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Metastases to the distal phalanges are rare. ...

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Oculomotor Nerve Palsy After Influenza Vaccine in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Cureus (2018)

Rajesh Essrani, Rajesh K Essrani, Shehriyar Mehershahi, Arjun K Lohana, et al.

Influenza and pneumococcal vaccines are recommended in inflammatory bowel disease patients. Several neurologic complications have been reported after influenza vaccines, ...

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Brucella Melitensis-Induced Transaminitis

Department of Medicine (2020)

Rajesh Essrani

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Idiopathic Isolated Thrombosis of the Superior Mesenteric Vein

Department of Medicine (2020)

Rajesh Essrani

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Vomiting-Induced Gastric Pneumatosis and Portal Venous Gas

Department of Medicine (2020)

Rajesh Essrani

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Can We Predict Low Quality Colonoscopy? Establishing Open Access Colonoscopy ...

Department of Medicine (2019)

Matthew Sullivan, Abdul Aleem, Rajesh Essrani, Patrick Hickey, et al.

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