Background: ED visits increased to 145.59 million in 2016 (CDC 2019), resulting in an increase in hospital admissions. Chen et al. showed a correlation between the overall ED census and likelihood of admission; while, Velasquez et al. found up to 28% of hospitalists reported having admitted patients when no admission criteria were met. They described […]

Case Presentation: 51 year old female with past medical history notable only for recent knee pain with intermittent NSAID use presented with melenic stools and one episode of coffee ground emesis.On presentation she was tachycardic and hypotensive with initial hemoglobin of 4.9 (units) with improvement in vital signs post blood transfusion. Initial CT abdomen/pelvis without […]