This cardiac radiology case involves a female patient who suffered from acid reflux and had used heartburn medication in the past, was admitted into the ER and diagnosed with a small bowel obstruction in Arizona. She had a nasogastric tube placed…
This case involves a post-operative 68 year old male who was admitted to the ER complaining of severe abdominal pain. He had undergone gastric bypass surgery a few weeks prior and 3 days after his readmission to the hospital he…
This case involves a seventy-year-old male who presented to his family physician with complaints of abdominal pain, indigestion, and loss of appetite. He had smoked one pack of cigarettes a day for forty years. At first, his physician believed he…
This case involves a forty-nine-year-old male patient who presented to a new family physician complaining of severe indigestion after eating. The doctor counseled the patient in his office and prescribed Nexium, a PPI heartburn medication that would prevent excessive acid…