Case Presentation: A 44-year-old man with thrombocytopenia and hypertension was admitted with acute left pontine ischemic stroke. One week later, he underwent computed tomography (CT) of abdomen for persistent abdominal pain and fever, revealing multiple emboli involving the pulmonary, mesenteric and splenic artery. Doppler studies revealed right lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and arterial […]

Background: Hospital admission is a critical point in care transition for patients and is prone to errors impacting patient safety and quality of care. We identified a lack of coordination between individuals in various disciplines as one of the problems with our admission process. We re‐engineered the process of admission at Christiana Care Health System […]

Case Presentation: A 51-year-old female with pseudomyxoma peritonei was admitted to the hospital for surgical debulking. She was started on Lovenox post-operatively. A week later she became hypotensive with acute hypoxic respiratory failure. She was intubated and started on vasopressor therapy with an improvement in her hemodynamics. CT angiogram of the chest depicted a pulmonary […]