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: 66 year old man with a history of eosinophilic granulomastosis with polyangiitis presented with ascending numbness and unsteadiness that worsened over two days and finally manifested as paraesthesia and weakness in all extremities, gait imbalance, and diplopia. Three weeks prior to presentation, the patient had received the flu vaccine. Neurology was consulted upon […]

Case Presentation: A 60 year old female with past medical history of chronic migraines presents with chief complaint of nausea and vomiting, with associated headache and malaise. She reports recent emergency room visit two weeks prior at an outside hospital for a “cold” with stomach pain. She was told she had a urinary tract infection […]

Case Presentation: 72 yo male with history of cerebral artery aneurysm, COPD, and Stage 3 CKD presented to the hospital for elective angiography of a cerebral aneurysm. He developed PEA arrest in the preprocedural setting and ROSC was achieved after 5 minutes of CPR. Patients condition improved initially but prior to planned discharge he developed […]

Case Presentation: A 67-year-old woman with a history of osteoporosis, GERD, diverticulitis, and osteoarthritis presented to the emergency department with altered mental status and a witnessed tonic-clonic seizure one day after receiving zoledronic acid (ZA) for treatment of osteoporosis. The seizure was refractory to medical management and she required intubation for airway protection. Labs were […]

Case Presentation: A 19-year-old male with no significant medical or psychiatric history presented for evaluation of altered mental status and agitation in the setting of cannabis ingestion. The patient reported consuming a cannabis edible followed by 24 bottles of water due to excessive thirst. He presented to the emergency department by ambulance and required chemical […]

Case Presentation: A 37-year old male with PMH of HIV on HAART presented with episodes of seizure, syncope and altered mental status. Vital signs and physical examination were unremarkable. Laboratory results revealed sodium level 113, serum osmolarity 243, urine osmolarity 429 and urine sodium 113. Lab findings along with patient appearing euvolemic on exam suggested […]