Case Presentation: A 61-year-old African American man with no significant medical history came to medical attention in December 2016 with severe post prandial bloating and vomiting for 2 months. On admission, vital signs and physical examination were unremarkable. The following laboratory tests were normal or negative: blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate [...]

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of relatively rare genetic disorders of connective tissue with EDS hypermobility type 3 being by far the most common. This disease has many complications, some of which may be easily overlooked. I report a case of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea with gastroparesis in a patient with EDS that was [...]

Case Presentation: A 82 year old Caucasian male with history of long standing well controlled diabetes mellitus type 2 since 2010, gastroparesis, and GERD presented to the ED with 2 episodes of “dark, tarry” stools for 1 day onset with resolution. On review of systems, the patient endorsed 32 pound weight loss over 6 months, [...]

Case Presentation: Patient is a 47-year-old female with a past medical history of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and stage 3 chronic kidney disease. She was admitted to the hospital on 10/14/22 with intractable nausea/vomiting (N/V) and diarrhea. She had been in and out of the hospital for the past few months with these symptoms. [...]

Background: Gastric Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS), has been validated for perioperative pulmonary aspiration risk reduction, but data on medical inpatients is lacking (1). Inpatients often have multiple risk factors for delayed gastric emptying, but may need urgent surgery or procedures. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), a fasting period of 2, 6, and 8 [...]