Case Presentation: 63-year-old female with medical history significant for idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP), requiring splenectomy in 2013, pulmonary embolism requiring IVC filter placement due to ITP and asthma, presented with acute onset of shortness of breath. Patient had diffuse petechial rash on extremities. She was tachypneic, hypoxic and had rales on examination. Initial evaluation with [...]

Case Presentation: A 39-year-old obese man with type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension presented to the ED with intermittent abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and emesis 2 weeks after an illness with sore throat. He denied fever, chills, shortness of breath, epistaxis, gum bleeding, or easy bruising. Medications included losartan-hydrochlorothiazide, metformin, and tirzepatide. Vital signs showed [...]