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 39-year-old Zimbabwean male with a past medical history of hepatic schistosomiasis complicated by cirrhosis and pancytopenia presented to the ED with 7 days of abdominal pain and generalized weakness. The patient exhibited similar symptoms 8 months prior and had taken furosemide and spironolactone ever since, with no other home medications. Physical exam [...]

Case Presentation: A 56 year old female patient with past medical history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus type 2 presents to the emergency department with a 1 day history of fever and confusion. Vitals showed a temperature of 101.4 F, heart rate at 112 beats per minute, blood pressure at 136/73. Initial lab work was [...]

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 [...]