Background: Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are commonly-used antihypertensives which, despite renoprotective properties, can contribute to acute kidney injury (AKI)(1). Iodinated contrast media may also precipitate AKI, namely contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), which has been associated with adverse patient outcomes(1–3). ACE inhibitors and ARBs are often held in the setting of iodinated [...]

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive disease resulting in a broad range of functional and structural renal and cardiac alterations. Chronic kidney disease is with associated proteinuria, microalbuminuria and hemoglobinuria. Cardiac complications include diastolic heart disease, dysrhythmia and sudden death. In patients with advancing age, cardio-renal dysfunction can have substantial effects on [...]

Case Presentation: A 64-year-old obese male with history of atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure (CHF) and alcohol use presented with subacute worsening of lower extremity edema, fatigue, and exercise tolerance. Five months prior to presentation, he was admitted to an outside hospital with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation and CHF. At that time an echocardiogram showed [...]

Case Presentation: A 15 year-old female with developmental delay presents with intermittent abdominal pain, decreased appetite, and vaginal discharge. Parents disclose a 30 lbs weight loss over 2 years, along with vaginal discharge that was evaluated by self-swab testing and deemed a “normal variant” from menses. When she presented to her PCP’s office, she was [...]

Case Presentation: A 66-year old woman, with a history of renal transplant for diabetes related end-stage renal disease, was admitted to the hospital by her transplant team, for significantly abnormal serum creatinine level of 8.6 mg/dL from her baseline creatinine value of 1.6 mg/dL. Of note, she underwent cystoscopy by urology 2 weeks prior for [...]

Case Presentation: 59 years old Hispanic male with history of alcoholic cirrhosis, esophageal varices that presented with 1 day history of abdominal pain and worsening renal function. Patient gets therapeutic paracentesis every 2 weeks, and the last one was one day prior his presentation. He was seen by his PCP who instructed him to present [...]

Case Presentation: A 54-year-old female with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and morbid obesity with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in 2009 presented to the hospital with abdominal pain and was found to have choledocolithiasis and acute cholecystitis. She was admitted to the surgery service and underwent ERCP and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Her post-op course was complicated by [...]

Case Presentation: A 65-year-old black woman with history of longstanding controlled HIV on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and chronic Hepatitis C co-infection, presented with a 2-day history of worsening lower back pain. She was compliant with her HAART regimen (darunavir, lamivudine, raltegravir and ritonavir) since her diagnosis in 1994, with persistently undetectable viral loads [...]

Case Presentation: An 86-year-old female with history of hypertension and endometrial cancer was admitted for acute kidney injury. On presentation, patient’s creatinine was 3.06 mg/dL, associated with a dipstick urinalysis showing proteins 100 mg/dL. She was unresponsive to intravenous fluids, demonstrated by a persistent rise in her creatinine to 3.89 mg/dL. Urine output and oral [...]

Case Presentation: A 52-year-old male presented with one week of abdominal pain, myalgia, and diarrhea. The patient was referred to our Emergency Department after outpatient testing revealed an increase in serum creatinine to 11 mg/dL from 0.7 mg/dL six months prior.The patient had medical history of hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and former alcohol use disorder. [...]