Background: Compared to ten other high-income countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the US spent nearly twice as much on healthcare. Yet, compared to these countries, the US has the lowest life expectancy. This disparity will worsen as the US’s national healthcare expenditures rise from $4.1 trillion in 2020 to a [...]

Case Presentation: We present the case of a 59 year-old male with a history of Castleman’s Disease, anemia, hypothyroidism, hypertension, CKD3 and neurogenic bladder who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) from the Hematology clinic for abnormal labs, thrombocytopenia and acute kidney injury. In the ED patient was febrile and hypotensive. He received empiric antimicrobials [...]

Case Presentation: 65-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension and colonic diverticulosis presented to emergency department with progressively worsening dyspnea for two months. This was associated with orthopnoea and wet cough. Before presentation, she completed a course of Levofloxacin and steroids in an outpatient clinic. On examination, she was hypoxic with basilar crackles [...]