Background: Of the many complications associated with COVID-19 infection, hypercoagulable states with subsequent thrombosis are some of the most feared implications. When trying to uncover a potential relationship between COVID-19 infection and risk for cerebrovascular ischemic events, knowing whether there is an increased risk for these events in those with other respiratory viral pathogens at […]

Background: COVID-19 is an emerging illness that the medical community learns more about with each passing day. As medical students go out on their rotations, they receive differing levels of education about the disease and its treatment modalities. Our study aim was to gather baseline information about the knowledge 4th-year medical students were receiving in […]

Case Presentation: A 54-year-old female with essential hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypothyroidism and MGUS presented to Wheeling Hospital complaining of weakness, dyspnea on exertion and right lower extremity pain for two weeks. Patient was treated for a right gastrocnemius DVT, acute SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia and pulmonary emboli in right middle and lower lobe pulmonary artery branches with smaller […]

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male with COPD and prior lung cancer treated with chemotherapy and radiation presented with three days of progressive dyspnea, malaise, and altered mental status. On admission, he was in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring BiPAP. The patient was unvaccinated against SARS-COV-2 and tested positive for the virus. He received dexamethasone and […]

Case Presentation: A 23-year-old male with past medical history significant for recovered COVID 19 pneumonia one year prior presented to the Emergency Department with a chief complaint of shortness of breath with exertion that was gradually worsening. He endorsed increased weakness, fatigue, and pallor over a similar time span. The onset was two weeks prior. […]