This case involves a 61-year-old female who was at a sporting event at a local field when she felt chest pain and shortness of breath. Because the event was small, there were no EMTs present on site. The woman’s husband…
This case involves a middle-aged female patient in Rhode Island with a history of coronary artery disease. On the date of the incident in question, the patient presented to the hospital complaining of diarrhea with bright red blood. Upon admission,…
This case involves a male patient in South Dakota with a medical history of high blood pressure, obesity, coronary artery disease and previous stents who presented to the emergency department with complaints of chest pain for which he was evaluated…
This case involves a male patient in his late twenties who was admitted to the defendant hospital with severe abdominal pain, fever, tachycardia and low blood pressure. The hospital immediately performed lab testing which showed a highly elevated white blood…
This case involves a 55-year-old male who presented to the hospital with classic symptoms of chronic and acute gallbladder dysfunction. Ultrasound confirmed the presence of several gallstones and gallbladder thickening. The attending surgeon insisted that a hepatobiliary (HIDA) scan study…
This case involves an elderly woman who suffered a serious adverse event in the PACU following robotically-assisted laparoscopic surgery. The patient had a medical history significant for coronary artery disease, which had been treated with a number of stents, as…
This case involves a 25-year-old patient who suffered an ischemic stroke shortly after an aortic stent repair. The patient had a history of dilated cardiomyopathy, and he had received a heart transplant after reaching end-stage cardiac failure. Following this procedure,…
This case involves a male patient who suffered a devastating ischemic stroke shortly after undergoing an aortic stent repair for an aortic arch aneurysm. A covered stent was placed after aortic stenosis and a pseudoaneurysm were found. Subsequently, the stent…
This case takes place in Georgia and involves a middle-aged female who had a past medical history of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and coronary artery disease. As a result of her weight and the multiple comorbidities present the patient was identified as a…
