Click here to review the case. This is a 5 year-old boy who came to the ED for an asthma exacerbation in the setting of 3 days of rhinorrhea and sore throat. He has been taking his albuterol with minimal improvement. He has had at least 2 exacerbations in the Read more…
A 5 year-old boy comes to the emergency department for asthma. He has recently had a sore throat and rhinorrhea that started 3 days ago. His mom has been giving him albuterol every 4 hours as prescribed but brought him in today because he continues to wheeze. He’s never been Read more…
To summarize the case, we have a 34-year-old male with no past medical history presenting with 3 days of intermittent epistaxis. The bleeding has mostly been light, but the current bleed has lasted approximately 20 minutes and is brisk. He has tried holding pressure with minimal improvement. He does not Read more…
A 34 year-old male with no past medical history presents with 3 days of intermittent epistaxis. The bleeds have been light for the past few days consisting of mostly a few blood streaks on the tissue. This current bleed however, has lasted nearly 20 minutes and has been a steady Read more…
Click to view the case. [1] Baharoglu, M. Irem, Charlotte Cordonnier, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Koen De Gans, Maria M. Koopman, Anneke Brand, Charles B. Majoie, Ludo F. Beenen, Henk A. Marquering, Marinus Vermeulen, Paul J. Nederkoorn, Rob J De Haan, and Yvo B. Roos. “Platelet transfusion versus standard care Read more…
A 46 year-old female with past medical history of DM and HTN presents with 2 days of dizziness and weakness. She was discharged 3 days ago after being diagnosed with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. She was being treated with extended home IV antibiotic infusions through a PICC. Currently, she denies Read more…
To sum up the case: A 44 year-old female presented to the emergency department with 3 days of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and left lower quadrant pain. She has a history of diabetes and stage 3 CKD and is taking metformin and enalapril. On exam, she is found to be tachycardic Read more…
44 year-old female presents to the emergency department with 3 days of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. She complains of mild epigastric pain but 8/10 pain to the left lower quadrant. Pain is non-radiating and described as a sharp, stabbing, and intermittent. There have been 3 episodes of non-bloody, non-bilious vomiting Read more…
Review of the case: 54 year-old male with Granulomatosis with Polyangitis on prednisone, ESRD, and myelodysplastic syndrome present with fever, chills and one week of hemoptysis. Has had decreased exercise tolerance and recent hospital admission showing EF 50% and small pericardial effusion. Today, he is febrile, hypertensive, tachycardic, and borderline Read more…
54 year-old male with history of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), end-stage renal disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, and hypertension presents to the emergency department with fevers, chills, and myalgias x 1 day. The symptoms have worsened since his dialysis session this morning. The patient admits that he has actually been feeling this Read more…