Case Presentation: A 61-year-old male with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease (CAD) with multiple previous PCIs and status post CABG 6 days prior, presented to the ED with a 1 day history of nausea, vomiting, upper abdominal discomfort and chest pain. He was maintained on […]

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old male with traumatic brain injury, paraplegia and HCV cirrhosis presented with hematemesis secondary to esophageal varices. His course was complicated by aspiration pneumonia and Vancomycin, Aztreonam and Metronidazole were started. On the 6th day of antibiotics, the platelet count dropped from 130K/UL to 3K/UL without signs of clinically significant bleeding. All […]