Background: Renal dysfunction is a complication in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Due to the potential morbidity and mortality of these disorders in cirrhotic patients, it is important to ensure accurate clinical measurements of renal function. Standard creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations have proven to be inaccurate in cirrhotic patients, as these patients have […]

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice, is managed by a variety of specialists. Current guidelines differ in their recommendations and may not adequately address management in the acute setting, leading to uncertainty regarding important clinical decisions. We sought to document practice pattern variation among cardiologists, emergency medicine physicians (EMs), […]

Case Presentation: A 73 year‐old Caucasian male with controlled non‐insulin dependent type II diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, presented with 3 months of fatigue, night sweats, RLQ pain, and ∼20lb weight loss. Physical examination elicited RLQ tenderness. A CBC, BMP, PTT, and PT/INR revealed only a normocytic anemia (Hb=11.7, MCV=87). An Abdominal/Pelvis CT scan discovered a […]

Case Presentation: A 94-year-old female with a past medical history of cerebrovascular accident (no residual effects) presented with an intertrochanteric fracture of the right proximal femur after a mechanical fall. On arrival, the patient was afebrile, vital signs hemodynamically stable. On exam, the patient was alert and oriented x3 with no focal deficits, extremities warm […]