Case Presentation: A 46 year-old man with bipolar disorder and hypertension presented to the emergency department (ED) with total body pain. He had been at the local airport when he had sudden onset total body throbbing sharp pain. He collapsed on the floor and a bystander called EMS who transported him to our ED. His [...]

Case Presentation: A 25-year-old man with ADHD and anxiety presented to the emergency department with four days of acute headache. CT scan of the head revealed an acute left frontal intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Neurosurgery resected a left frontal arteriovenous malformation that had ruptured due to hypertension. Over the next year, he presented to the ED and [...]

Case Presentation: A 47-year-old female with a history of hypertension was admitted with worsening dyspnea, leg swelling, and a blood pressure of 219/147. She was nonadherent to home BP meds due to cost. Exam showed signs of fluid overload, including pitting edema and jugular venous distention. Labs revealed elevated serum creatinine (1.38 mg/dL), calcium (11.0 [...]