Case Presentation: A 77-year-old woman with a significant health history including metabolic syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischemic cardiomyopathy, stage III chronic kidney disease and a recently diagnosed SARS-CoV-2 infection. She presented with sepsis and cardiorenal syndrome. On arrival, she was in acute respiratory distress with severe metabolic and respiratory acidosis, and in oliguric state, [...]

Case Presentation: A 65 year-old man was admitted to the inpatient medical service with worsening cough and dyspnea. He also reported progressive muscle weakness and myalgias over the past several weeks. His past medical history was significant for tobacco use, hypertension, hypothyroidism, and obesity. On admission, he was hemodynamically stable and afebrile with mild tachypnea [...]

Case Presentation: KW is a 64 year old female with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hypertension who presented with progressive dyspnea in the setting of cardiac tamponade, but with persistent hypoxic respiratory failure despite pericardiocentesis. One week after initial presentation, a test returned positive for p-ANCA with anti-myeloperoxidase (anti-MPO) by immunofluorescence and ELISA. Lupus anticoagulant [...]

Case Presentation: 37 y/o M with a past medical history of SARS-CoV-2 infection one month prior presented after a syncopal episode and complained of inability to move his lower extremities. On exam he was hypotensive and had 0/5 motor strength in his bilateral lower extremities, decreased rectal tone, and absent patellar reflexes. Sensation to light [...]

Case Presentation: 65 year old female with history of rheumatoid arthritis on methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine, prior gastric ulcers on EGD, who was admitted to the hospital with bloody diarrhea, epigastric pain, acute blood loss anemia found to have duodenal ulcer. Patient received 2 units of blood products on hospitals day one and four. Course had [...]

Case Presentation: A 73 year-old African-American female with history Rai Stage 3 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), not on any treatment was admitted with sepsis secondary to cellulitis of right leg. On the seventh day of hospitalization she became acutely dyspneic. On evaluation, blood pressure was 100/70 mmHg, heart rate 110 beats/min, respiratory rate 21 per [...]

Case Presentation: 75-year-old female with past medical history of obesity (BMI 31.7 kg/m2), paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hypothyroidism, was admitted to the hospital for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Patient tolerated the procedure without complications, however, post operatively, she was difficult to extubate due to hypercapnia of pCO2 of 100 mmHg in arterial blood gas. She was [...]

Case Presentation: 23 year old male with history of 8 years of vaping presents with 3 days history of fever, tachypnea, diarrhea, nausea. On initial presentation he had signs of sepsis with hypoxia.Vitals: TMax – 102.7, PR – 119, BP 124/82, RR 28.Labs-WBC-14,800, N- 92%, L 1%, Hb 13.2, Platelets 276, Na 132, K – [...]

Case Presentation: We present the case of a 62-year-old female with a past medical history of breast cancer diagnosed one-year prior status post lumpectomy, adjuvant radiation, and letrozole, who presented to the hospital with a 1.5 month history of cough, night sweats, fevers, and weight loss. She reported the cough was initially productive of yellow [...]

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old male with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder with multiple psychiatric admissions was admitted to the hospital for sepsis secondary to aspiration pneumonia with associated chronic dysphagia and unintentional weight loss. He also reported suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and intrusive thoughts of hurting others. Per family he had [...]