Case Presentation: 56-year-old man with past medical history of abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery was brought to the Emergency Room for change in mental status and having bloody vomitus and melenic stool. On admission, abdominal exam was unremarkable, blood pressure was 110/77 mmHg, heart rate 103/min, Temperature 99.8 °C, Respiratory rate 20 per minute, hemoglobin 11.1 […]

Case Presentation: A 54 year-old woman with history of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis (with prior placement of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter on apixaban) presents with recurrence of hematemesis and dark stool. This was her third hospitalization with GI bleed requiring transfusion in the last few weeks. Her prior work up included multiple […]