Publications by authors named "Prashant P Patel"

Article Synopsis
  • Senior medical students take on leadership roles as Clerkship Chiefs, mentoring junior students during core clerkships.
  • Chiefs provide real-time feedback, create study materials, and help with time management.
  • This elective experience may shape senior students' perspectives on future educational leadership in medicine.
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Atrial myxomas are the most common primary tumor of the heart and can occasionally present as an ischemic stroke with neurologic symptoms secondary to embolic phenomena. We present a case of a 42-year-old male with multiple cardiovascular risk factors and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection two months prior who presented to the emergency department with unilateral left-sided weakness and paresthesia. After being diagnosed with multifocal ischemic strokes, further evaluation utilizing a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) revealed a 5 × 2 cm left atrial myxoma prolapsing the mitral valve, which was the presumed cause of the patient's strokes.

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Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (HGA) is an acute febrile tick-borne illness caused by the organism Patients often present with fever and a flu-like symptoms following a tick bite. In this case, the patient presented with subacute abdominal pain and severe hyponatremia consistent with SIADH. The patient was started on appropriate empiric antibiotics given the patient's tick exposure.

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