Case Presentation: A 29‐year‐old man with type 1 diabetes of 10 years presented with abdominal pain for 2 days. The pain was located in the midepigastrium, was nonradiating, associated with nausea and bilious, nonbloody vomiting. No chest pain or shortness of breath was reported. He also complained of polyuria, polydipsia, and generalized weakness. The patient […]

Background: Acquired hyponatremia and hypernatremia are common in hospitalized patients and correcting dysnatremia may improve outcomes. Nephrology assistance with dysnatremia may help optimize management, but specialist resources are limited. Targeted Automatic e-Consultation (TACo), a model of selective e-consultation based on automated identification of patients from the electronic health record, has been applied for glycemic management […]

Case Presentation: A previously healthy 49 year old man with no past medical history presents with three week history of worsening left flank pain and CVA tenderness. The pain was constant and has now progressed to his LLQ. He also reports two week history of 10 pound weight loss, one week history of nausea and […]

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old female with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma treated with R-ICE (rituximab, ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide) and recent autologous stem cell transplantation, who presented with poor oral intake due to mucositis and diarrhea. Initial labs revealed sodium (Na) 146 mmol/L, potassium (K) 2.4 mmol/L, phosphorus (Pi) 2.3, and creatinine (Cr) 1.40 mg/dL comparing to baseline 1.2 […]