Case Presentation: A 50-year-old male healthcare worker with a past history of splenectomy secondary to EBV complications, mild persistent asthma, and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to the emergency department with acute hypoxic respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 pneumonia. He quickly progressed to septic shock with worsening hypotension, tachycardia, lactic acidosis, increasing oxygen demands, and [...]

Case Presentation: A 64-year-old male with a history of idiopathic portal vein hypertension requiring splenectomy at age four, COPD, and treated lung cancer presented with dyspnea and anorexia. Clinical examination revealed tachypnea, tachycardia, dry cough, cachexia, and dry skin. CT scans showed bilateral pulmonary opacities and confirmed asplenia. He was admitted to the intensive care [...]