Case Presentation: A 7-month-old former term female with congenital hypothyroidism was admitted for the third time with a diagnosis of bronchiolitis. Her first admission at 7 weeks of age involved an ICU stay requiring intubation and chest tube placement after a chest X-ray showed a right tension pneumothorax. She suffered no other major complications and [...]

Case Presentation: The patient is a 29 year old woman with a history of intravenous drug abuse, admitted six weeks postpartum for MSSA bacteremia and tricuspid valve endocarditis (4 x 2.5 cm vegetation) complicated by bilateral pulmonary septic emboli with loculated empyema. She was started on nafcillin, which complicated the course with acute interstitial nephritis [...]

Case Presentation: 75-year-old female with past medical history of obesity (BMI 31.7 kg/m2), paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hypothyroidism, was admitted to the hospital for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Patient tolerated the procedure without complications, however, post operatively, she was difficult to extubate due to hypercapnia of pCO2 of 100 mmHg in arterial blood gas. She was [...]

Case Presentation: An 83-year-old female with a past medical history of COPD, CAD s/p CABG 2022, hypertension, hyperlipidemia presented to the hospital for an elective revision right hip total arthroplasty. She is on no home oxygen for her COPD and is prescribed steroids and Trelegy Ellipta by her PCP. She does not see a pulmonologist. [...]