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: 47-year-old male with past medical history of fibromyalgia, hypertension, and mild asthma presented with shortness of breath during a double red cell donation (DRCD). DRCD is a procedure where two packs of whole blood are taken from a donor, and plasma is separated from them, this plasma is then transfused back to the […]

Case Presentation: A 34 year old male presented with severe, progressive lower back pain over two years. He described the pain as sharp, 8/10 pain, radiating to the right buttock and thigh, unrelieved by over‐the‐counter pain medication. The patient complained of intermittent numbness, tingling, and weakness of the right lower extremity. A thorough neurologic exam […]

Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male presented to the hospital with several days of fatigue and shortness of breath. His vitals were initially stable, and labs showed a hemoglobin of 4.2 (normal 13.5—17.5), white blood cell count WBC 20.1 (4.5—11.0), and platelet count 43 (160—420), BNP 617 (0—900 pg/ml). He received one unit of packed red […]

Case Presentation: A 65 year old Caucasian male with a history of B cell lymphoma on dual anti-checkpoint inhibitor therapy with Pembrolizumab (anti-PD1 antibodies) and IDO(indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase) presented with complaints of left side facial droop, slurred speech and hearing loss. Initial MRI obtained prior to admission was unremarkable but given the progression of the symptoms […]