This case involves a 66-year-old female patient with a past medical history of an abdominal aortic aneurysm following a stent graft placement and a recent diagnosis of gout who presented to the emergency department with acute back pain. The emergency medicine physician…
This case involves a 59-year-old female patient who presented to the hospital with blood in her urine. She underwent an abdominal ultrasound during which a mass suggestive of a hemangioma (birthmark) was noted. A CT scan was performed which showed…
This case involves a female patient who suffered a range of complications following the delayed diagnosis of a brain infection. The patient presented his primary care physician with symptoms of chest and arm pain. Over the course of the next…
By the time she presented to the emergency room, her speech was coherent and as a result, she was given a stroke assessment score of 0. A stat CT was ordered for the patient which came back unremarkable. The patient…
The patient underwent a difficult primary low segment C-section, during which the surgeon noted the uterus was scarred and sclerosed. On the first day after her surgery, the patient’s white blood cell count was noted to be 3.2 with…
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 70-year-old female that presented to the emergency room with a history of deep vein thrombosis. She complained of developing back, chest, and arm pain and numbness. Her physician discussed the high risk of the patient developing…
This case involves an 18-month-old child who was presented to her regular pediatrician with fever and vomiting. The pediatrician advised it was a viral infection and that the parents should let the infection run its course. After several days, the…
This case involves a 65-year-old female with a complicated past history who was diagnosed with a colon adenocarcinoma. The patient had the adenocarcinoma removed laparoscopically and her post-surgical margins were clean. While in the hospital, the patient experienced an elevated white…
