Case Presentation: A 75-year old female with controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease was admitted to our hospital for anginal symptoms secondary to hypertensive emergency and subsequently diagnosed with NSTEMI. Blood pressure was 206/90 on admission and labs significant for troponin of 0.043 ng/mL that downtrended afterwards. Her symptoms resolved [...]

Case Presentation: Two months after chronic use of an abdominal binder made for weight loss and waist shaping, a 38 year-old woman presented with anuria and amenorrhea. The patient also reported nausea, bilious vomiting, extreme sensitivity to smell, and a chronic penny-like taste in the mouth. She was found to have end-stage renal disease. Workup [...]

Case Presentation: An 89 year old female with a recent admission for left knee atraumatic hemarthrosis a week ago, presented with arm pain to the emergency department. She had bilateral forearm and hand pain, swelling, and paresthesias that had started after getting blood draws at her last hospital stay and had slowly worsened.On physical exam, [...]

Case Presentation: A 33 year-old female with a history of alcohol abuse presented to our emergency department with a four day history of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.  This was preceded by intake of 1/5 of vodka for what she reported as an extended period of time.  Vital signs were remarkable for tachycardia and tachypnea.  [...]

Case Presentation: 67 year old caucasian male with history of right sided hemicolectomy, schizoaffective disorder on clozapine presented with severe epigastric abdominal pain and nausea for 4 hours. He was hemodynamically stable on presentation and physical exam revealed distended abdomen with diffuse tenderness. Initial blood work including CBC, CMP, TSH, lactate was within normal limits. [...]

Case Presentation: Acute Compartment Syndrome (ACS) develops when the tissue pressure within a closed compartment exceeds its perfusion pressure, leading to myoneural ischemia. If sustained, this ischemia can result in irreversible muscle necrosis and nerve damage.We present a case of hypothyroid myxedema leading to recurrent nontraumatic ACS of the lower extremity. A 42-year-old male with [...]

Case Presentation: A 32-year-old female with a history of recent uncomplicated vaginal delivery (3 weeks prior, G7P6A1) was brought in following cardiac arrest. She had been running errands with family when she developed seizure-like activity prior to arresting. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was not initiated until emergency medical services arrived 15 minutes after the event. Patient arrived [...]