Today for conference we discussed a case of a young African-American patient with 2 week history of monocular painful vision loss, neuro exam was consistent with central scotoma but otherwise […]
At recruitment we heard a case of a 53 year old female with progressive shortness of breath, worsening LE edema and history of other vague symptoms including upper extremity swelling, […]
At morning report we heard a case of a 70 year old female with chief complaint of generalized weakness and “dizziness.” Difficult to truly determine whether it was vertigo or orthostatic […]
Important teaching points: (updated 12/20/18) 1) In patients with significantly elevated LFTs where there is even a concern for Tylenol induced injury, start NAC immediately. It can always be stopped […]
At recruitment we presented a case of a 62 year old male with >4 weeks of >1L per day stool. He was ultimately diagnosed with a VIPoma. Remember that this […]
At recruitment we presented a case of a 70 year old female with progressive behavioral changes at first concerning for delirium found to have hyponatremia due to HCTZ, decreased food intake and […]
We discussed a 23 year old with T1DM who presented with progressive DOE over 1 month. He had chest pain 2-3 months prior and etiology was never determined. He reported […]
We discussed a 20 year old female with a history of pediatric ALL (in remission for 15 years s/p chemo, no radiation) who presented to the ED with nausea and […]
We presented a 65 year old male with history of CABG, HTN, HLD and gout who presents for evaluation of fevers and progressive weakness for 4 months. . On exam […]
We presented a 26 year old female with chills and fever to 40.5C. She says symptoms began 1 week ago after she completed a marathon and had 3 days of […]