Case Presentation: An 86-year-old woman with a history of hypertension on oral medications and chronic systolic heart failure presented to the hospital with chest pain and dyspnea. She was noted to be acutely hypertensive, tachypneic and hypoxemic. Physical exam revealed diffuse crackles, jugular venous distention and lower extremity pitting edema. EKG was consistent with an […]

Case Presentation: 74 y/o F w/ a PMH of Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia on nilotinib who presented with progressive weakness and anuria for the week prior to admission. On presentation, patient was hypotensive with SBP in the 80s. Physical exam was notable for 3/5 strength on all four extremities, however no focal deficits. Lab data was […]

Case Presentation: A 64 year-old male with past medical history of prostate adenocarcinoma, hypertension, gout, GERD, and alcohol abuse presented to the hospital with jaundice for seven days. Past surgical history was notable for cholecystectomy. Patient was currently on radiation therapy and set to initiate chemotherapy later. A course of Bicalutamide and Augmentin were recently […]