The presentation of an interesting case and then its conclusion and management.
Both of this month’s responses hit the diagnosis square on the head: Dr. Schnitzer’s succinct reply with the differential, work-up, and disposition, and Dr. Hernandez’s expanded (and entertaining) discussion. Click here to review the case. A quick recap: A 15 year-old boy presents with chest pain, decreased oral intake, cough, Read more…
Keeping with the pediatrics theme, here is the freshest installment of Case of the Month. A 15 year-old boy with no significant past medical history presents to the Janus ED with chest pain and decreased oral intake over a two day period. He complains of nausea with two episodes of Read more…
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…
Well, Winter is finally here! And with it is the answer to December’s Case of the Month! Click here to see the initial vignette. To recap the case, the patient is a a 37 year-old obese man with a past history of MI, CHF, OSA, CKD, and HTN who presents with progressive exertional dyspnea, Read more…
As they say in the North, Winter is Coming. But what better way to stay warm than by putting on your thinking cap and trying your hand at this month’s COTM? The patient is a 35 year-old man with a previous history of MI, OSA, CHF, HTN, and CKD, Read more…