Case Presentation: A 47 year old man with asthma and a 30 pack-year smoking history presented with shortness of breath, chest tightness, and intermittent fevers for the past week. For the month prior to presentation he was vaping tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) daily. He had no sick contacts and no other drug use or occupational exposures. Initial […]

Case Presentation: A 33-year-old woman presented to the hospital following seven days of persistent fever and non-productive cough despite a course of azithromycin prescribed by her primary care physician. She denied shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations or lower extremity swelling. She reported no sick contacts or travel in the last six months. She endorsed […]

Case Presentation: A 19-year-old man with no medical history presented to gastroenterology clinic with four days of nausea, vomiting, malaise, fevers, and epigastric pain. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) was scheduled for the following day. The next morning, the EGD was cancelled when he was found to be to be hypoxemic on pre-procedure vital signs and was […]

Case Presentation: A 26-year-old woman presented following accidental ingestion and aspiration of lighter fluid during a fire-breathing performance. She noted difficulty breathing, significant oral pain, and a burning sensation in her throat and chest.Initial vitals were notable for tachycardia to 110s, tachypnea to mid-20s, and oxygen saturation of 100% on non-rebreather mask. She appeared anxious […]

Case Presentation: A 24 year-old man with past medical history significant for tobacco, marijuana, and e-cigarette use presented to the emergency department for hemoptysis, dyspnea, cough with pleuritic chest pain, and subjective fevers. Twenty-four hours prior to presentation, the patient endorsed first-time use of a street-purchased e-cigarette cartridge containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The patient had acute […]

Case Presentation: A 19-year-old woman with a history of polysubstance abuse and recent e-cigarette/vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) presented to the Emergency Room (ER) at a rural medical center with Acute Respiratory Failure and Altered Mental Status (AMS). Pt was 3 months post-partum. Past medical history included chronic migraine headaches and Grave’s disease. […]

Case Presentation: 22-year-old Caucasian male who presented to our Texas hospital with dyspnea. His symptoms started two days prior with fever to 103°F, vomiting, and a cough with white sputum. The patient worked as a bartender and endorsed daily tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) vaper use. Upon admission, he exhibited tachycardia (137 bpm), tachypnea (30 bpm), hypoxemia (O2 […]

Case Presentation: Case I:A 45-year-old male with a past medical history of vaping marijuana and nicotine presented with a four-day history of progressive dyspnea associated with cough, fevers, fatigue, weight loss, and diarrhea. He was found to be hypoxic to 72% oxygen saturation with a new 15-liter (L) oxygen requirement and febrile to 38.5 Celsius. […]