Case Presentation: A 68-year-old Cambodian male with no known past medical history presented to the emergency department after experiencing three days of nausea and vomiting. The patient reported, prior to becoming ill, he went fishing for a couple of hours. Later in the day he consumed undercooked fish. Patient’s vital signs on admission were temperature [...]

Case Presentation: Iatrogenic pneumothorax is a usually benign complication most commonly caused by transthoracic needle aspiration, central venous catheterization, and thoracentesis, amongst other standard hospital procedures, with an incidence of 1.36% by some estimates. Here we describe a rare case of iatrogenic pneumothorax involving a dry-needling (DN) procedure.Description:A 66-year-old female with a medical history of [...]

Case Presentation: A 49-year-old male with past medical history of anxiety, chronic diarrhea and alcohol dependency presented with blood-tinged emesis. The patient endorsed a three-week history of non-bilious, blood-streaked emesis after ingestion of both solids and liquids. He also endorsed a cough productive of blood-streaked sputum and easy bruising. He was a retired librarian. He [...]

Case Presentation: A previously healthy 8-month-old infant presented with poor weight gain, edema, and hypotonia. Vital signs were notable for heart rate 126, blood pressure 58/32, respiratory rate 32, and temperature 36.1C. Mucous membranes were dry with capillary refill of 3-4 seconds and edema of all extremities. He had decreased muscle tone, minimal spontaneous movement, [...]