Case Presentation: The patient is an 83-year-old female with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and carcinoid tumor with metastasis to the liver. Two months after her oncologic diagnosis, she presented to the hospital for severe dyspnea and palpitations. Her dyspnea had been progressively worsening for six months; the palpitations were associated with exertion and resolved with rest. Her [...]

Case Presentation: The patient was a 28-year-old male with past medical history significant for polysubstance abuse including alcohol and opiates, as well as chronic DVTs on coumadin, who originally presented to the hospital for recurrent pancreatitis. Two weeks into his admission, he abruptly became hypotensive (MAP < 65mmHg), tachycardic, and hypoxemic (SpO2 < 88% on [...]