Background: Research surrounding COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is rapidly increasing, including the study of biomarkers for predicting outcomes. There is little data examining the correlation between serum albumin levels and COVID-19 disease severity. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether admission albumin levels reliably predict outcomes in COVID-19 patients. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed [...]

Background: On March 7, New York was declared in “State of Emergency”; all Emergency Room and hospital facilities in NYC were overwhelmed by the rapid and high influx of patients with COVID-19 infection. At least 20% of patients with criteria for hospitalization received mechanical ventilation, and the Mortality reached 80% in a time when the [...]

Background: Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel widespread disease that has a range of manifestation from asymptomatic to fatal. In the United States, there have been approximately 396,000 hospitalizations as of this writing, of which an estimated 25% will require the intensive care unit (ICU)1,2. With the ongoing spread and repeated waves of [...]

Background: COVID-19 has drastically changed medical school curriculum across the country. In March, the AAMC recommended pausing clinical activities for all medical students [1]. In response, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine (UNM SOM) transitioned to a virtual curriculum and implemented a four-week virtual public health course on COVID-19, followed by virtual clerkships [...]

Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male with a history of hypertension and alcohol use disorder was referred to our ED for persistently elevated lipase. Two weeks prior he was admitted to an outside hospital for alcohol induced pancreatitis. On presentation, he reported bilateral ankle pain. Vitals were unremarkable. Physical examination was significant for bilateral erythematous, edematous [...]

Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male with past medical history of ulcerative colitis not on active treatment and DM type II presented to his primary care provider (PCP) with right ear pain and swelling which began a week prior. His PCP added oral clindamycin, Cortisporin otic drops, and later prednisone when his pain and swelling did [...]

Case Presentation: Our patient is a 90-year-old Caucasian female with atrial fibrillation, peripheral vascular disease, and hypertension was admitted to the hospital due to shortness of breath for one day and myalgias for the past three days. Her chest x-ray done on presentation was consistent with multifocal pneumonia, and on further testing, she was subsequently [...]

Case Presentation: A 41- years- old male with no medical problems but daily alcohol and tobacco abuse developed sudden right and then left foot pain with swelling 2 weeks before admission. Diagnosis of gout was diagnosed at another hospital and he was treated with steroids with no symptom relief; the right wrist swelling prompted empiric [...]

Case Presentation: A 23-year-old- female with a past medical history of neuromyelitis optica on rituximab and hydronephrosis was found to have a culture-negative renal abscess. She had first presented 4 months prior at 26 weeks of pregnancy with complaints of a painful mass in her urethra, and right hydronephrosis was seen on CT. Prior to [...]

Case Presentation: A 78-year-old man with medical comorbidities of CAD with PCI to LAD and LCx, persistent A. fib, COPD, HTN, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus was admitted to our hospital for worsening epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting. Prior to the presentation, he was treated for an upper gastrointestinal bleed secondary to duodenal ulcers. Dabigatran [...]