Background: Increasing numbers of young adults are hospitalized in nonpsychiatric facilities for acute mental health crisis, such as suicide ideation (SI) or attempt (SA). We sought to evaluate differences in care quality and outcomes when these patients are admitted to the medical units of adult versus pediatric hospitals. Methods: We retrospectively collected demographic and clinical [...]

Case Presentation: 21-year-old Caucasian male with no known medical history, has brought himself to the ED for evaluation of short-term memory issues. The patient denies any fever or chills, weakness, head trauma or similar complaints in the past. He exercises regularly, denies smoking alcohol or drug use. He has been using was finasteride since an [...]

Case Presentation: We present the case of an 18-year-old female with no medical history presented to the emergency department with a two-day history of jaundice and dark-colored urine. She had no other typical symptoms of IM like sore throat, fever or flu-like symptoms. The only medication that she has been taking regularly is oral contraceptive [...]

Case Presentation: A 23-year-old female with a one-year history of intermittent back pain who presented to an outside hospital with acutely worsened low back pain, and new onset left leg weakness, constipation, and urinary retention. She did not have health insurance and was unable to seek proper medical care. She had been told her pain [...]