Background: Semaglutide, a Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist, has become one of the most prescribed medications as a result of its beneficial cardiovascular profile and beneficial side effect of weight loss. There is a paucity in literature about its adverse effects. We aimed to conduct a meta-analysis of the severe adverse effects (SAE) of Semaglutide using [...]

Case Presentation: A 71-year-old male with a history of diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and stage II small cell bladder cancer on cycle 2 of cisplatin, etoposide, and atezolizumab that he received 1 week ago presented with neck stiffness, pain, fevers, and diffuse muscle aches to his PCP. Concerned about meningitis he was sent to the hospital. A [...]

Case Presentation: A 78 year old man with recurrent metastatic adenosquamous lung carcinoma (recently initiated pembrolizumab), CAD s/p CABG, HTN, DM2, and HLD, presented with 2 weeks of fatigue, myalgias, anorexia, and weakness acutely worsening in the prior 2 days. He had no fever, chills, chest pain, dyspnea, orthopnea, palpitations, or lower extremity edema. ED [...]

Case Presentation: A 63 year old female with a past medical history significant for rheumatoid arthritis, COPD, hypertension, hypothyroidism who was admitted with the chief complaint of a rash. It was present for two months and was predominantly distributed on the extremities and gluteal region. It was painful and at times even pruritic. There were [...]

Case Presentation: An 87-year-old woman with a history of pancreatic cancer status post distal pancreatectomy/splenectomy/partial colectomy, chronic kidney disease, hepatocellular carcinoma, and diabetes was admitted following sudden onset of new, uncontrollable bilateral upper extremity shaking and facial twitching. Symptoms started the night before and became progressively worse with dyspnea, nausea, and bilateral lower extremity tremors [...]

Case Presentation: A 63 year old female with metastatic melanoma to brain and breast presented to the emergency department with altered mental status. She was disoriented to time and place and unable to follow commands. She had received two doses of immunotherapy with ipilimumab and nivolumab. Her last dose was administered two weeks prior. She [...]

Case Presentation: A 55 year old male with metastatic lung cancer presented to the emergency department with right arm pain, weakness and right hand numbness. Patient had brain metastasis previously treated surgically and with radiotherapy. His last treatment with radiation was to the left cerebellum, 3 months prior. Patient was started on pembrolizumab and vorinostat [...]

Case Presentation: We present a 59-year-old male patient with a medical history significant for heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction who underwent aortic root replacement and transaortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis and an ascending aortic aneurysm. His postoperative course was complicated by cardiogenic shock requiring impella and inotropic support. He was transferred [...]

Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a twelve-hour history of sudden, painless and progressive left sided loss of vision following the consumption of tadalafil 20mg tablet for erectile dysfunction. He denied loss of consciousness, seizures, dizziness, headache, slurred speech, palpitations, tinnitus, urinary or stool incontinence, recent trauma, recent changes in [...]