Case Presentation: A 75 year old male was transferred into the ICU, already intubated, requiring antibiotics and pressors. He was hypotensive, tachypnic with respiratory distress, had severe oliguric AKI with serum creatinine of 6.0, and anemia with hemoglobin below 7.0. His initial CXR and CT showed scattered bilateral pulmonary opacities. After he did not improve […]

Case Presentation: 51yoM with no significant medical history presents to ED for evaluation of progressive bilaterally injected, painful conjunctiva of 1 months duration, nonproductive cough and pleuritic chest pain of 1 week’s duration. He was recently treated with moxifloxacin for conjunctivitis without improvement in symptoms. After treatment, he developed nonproductive cough associated with pleurisy and […]

Case Presentation: A 3-year-old female presented with 1-day of fatigue, pallor, dyspnea and dry cough. Vital signs showed HR 152, RR 28, temp 98.8 F, BP 101/67, and oxygen saturation of 75% on room air. On exam, she was well appearing, with clear lungs and no respiratory distress despite the desaturations. Initial testing showed a […]

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse and Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus presented with complaints of retrosternal chest pain and multiple bouts of coffee-ground emesis for three days. He reported a three-day binge of drinking vodka prior to the presentation. On examination, he was tachycardic, tachypneic, but normotensive. Hand and tongue tremors […]

Case Presentation: A 69 year old male presented with one week history of worsening delusional behavior and encephalopathy. His medical history included hepatitis C (in remission), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and polysubstance abuse (cocaine, alcohol). Initial CT head revealed a hypodensity involving right temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes suggestive of acute infarction. Subsequent MRI brain revealed T2 […]