This case involves a 3-year-old girl who presented to the emergency room with intermittent screaming episodes which seemed to be relieved by vomiting. She was administered a laxative and an enema for possible constipation. The physician suspected that the child’s…
This case involves a middle-aged patient who presented to an emergency room in California with complaints of gut pain, nausea, and vomiting. Despite her extreme pain, she was not taken for imaging studies for several hours, at which point X-rays…
This case involves a female patient who presented to her primary care physician with complaints of abdominal pain, nausea, heartburn, and vomiting. During the visit, the patient noted that the symptoms had been present for over a month, but that…
This case takes place in Hawaii and involves a thirty-nine year-old female patient who was married with four children. The patient and her husband had decided that their family was complete and the patient decided to undergo an elective tubal…
This case involves an eight-year-old female patient who presented to the ER with a two-day history of severe abdominal pain. She had a past medical history significant for developmental delay and difficulties feeding. The patient underwent surgery to place a…
This case involves a seven-year-old female who presented to the ER with abdominal pain. She had a medical history significant for developmental delay and, several months prior, required the placement of an intravenous total parenteral nutrition feeding tube (TPN). The…
This case involves a 5-year-old female who presented to the ER with abdominal pain. She had a past medical history significant for developmental delay and required an intravenous total parenteral nutrition feeding tube placement (TPN) several months prior. The patient…
This case involves a 59-year-old female patient that underwent a complicated spinal fusion surgery to repair severe spinal cord deformity, osteoporotic changes, and multilevel neuro foraminal stenosis. As a result of the surgery, the patient  developed evidence of mesenteric ischemia.…
This case involves a severely obese male weighing over 400 pounds with a past medical history of HTN, CAD, and Diabetes who was admitted to hospital for elective sleeve gastrectomy. After being discharged to his home the patient immediately complained…
