Background: Death certificates are legal documents that permit families to finalize a multitude of end‐of‐life tasks. Physicians play a key role in generating these documents, in partnership with hospital staff, funeral directors, and state health departments. Although delays and errors in the completion of death certificates increase waiting times for families and, anecdotally, have been […]

Background: Antipsychotics are frequently used in the hospital setting for managing both acute and chronic neuropsychiatric disorders. However, antipsychotics have been associated with higher rates of adverse events, including mortality, due to their association with QT prolongation, which can lead to fatal cardiac arrhythmias such as torsade de pointes, earning a black box warning for use in dementia related psychosis. Yet, […]

Case Presentation: A 37 year old Indian male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency room complaining of fevers, urinary retention and bilateral lower extremity weakness with pain for 4 days. Travel history was significant for a trip to Kenya 4 weeks prior, where he developed non-bloody diarrhea, fevers and night sweats […]

Case Presentation: A 26-year-old male with a history of schizophrenia presented with generalized abdominal pain and altered mental status. He has a history of multiple psychiatric admissions, specifically seven times in the past two years, and long-term antipsychotic usage. Most recently, he was discharged on clozapine, divaloproex, and trazodone. Initial physical exam was notable for […]