Case Presentation: A 15 year old female with a history of severe persistent asthma, allergic rhinitis, and eczema presented with a two day history of cough, shortness of breath, and chest pain. She was diagnosed with asthma at age 13 and had eight presumed exacerbations and five diagnoses of pneumonia since that time. She was [...]

Case Presentation: Clinical presentation: A 69-year-old female presented to the emergency for shortness of breath and bilateral low extremity edema. She had a history of chronic dyspnea and hypoxia on baseline 2 liters of oxygen and reported worsening dyspnea on minimal exertion for the week prior to admission. Review of symptoms was significant for wheezing [...]