Case Reports

Case Reports

Left Ventricular Compression and Hypotension Due to Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction

Author:

Megha Garg, MD, MPH

Randy C. Miles, MD, MPH

Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH

Geoffrey Stetson, MD

Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction is a postsurgical dilatation of the colon that presents with abdominal distension, pain, nausea, vomiting,...

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Renal Replacement Therapy in a Patient Diagnosed With Pancreatitis Secondary to Severe Leptospirosis

Author:

Jose C. Maria-Rios, MD

Gerald L. Marin-Garcia, MD

William Rodríguez-Cintrón, MD, MACP

In areas where the zoonotic disease leptospirosis is endemic, reduced morbidity and mortality is strongly linked to quick initiation of renal...

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Burnt Out ? The Phenomenon of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in End-Stage Renal Disease

Author:

Chandler D. Schexnayder, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES, BCACP

Sylvester Agbahiwe, PharmD, BCACP

Oluchi Emelogu, PharmD, BCACP

In patients with T2DM and ESRD, insulin is the antidiabetic medication of choice with a hemoglobin A1c target of 6 to 8%, using fructosamine...

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An Atypical Long-Term Thiamine Treatment Regimen for Wernicke Encephalopathy

Author:

Samra Shoaib, MD

Mehnaz Hyder, MD

Margaret May, MD

A patient with rapidly changing mental status responded to treatment with intramuscular or IV thiamine but not oral dosages, suggesting that...

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Smallpox Vaccination-Associated Myopericarditis

Author:

Jerry Fan, MD

Hameed Ali, DO

Myopericarditis related to a smallpox vaccination often goes unrecognized and untreated because physicians are not routinely screening for...

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Valproate-Induced Lower Extremity Swelling

Author:

Kelley Chuang, MD

Satya Patel, MD

With its broad diagnostic differential, new-onset peripheral edema is a concern that often warrants an extensive evaluation for underlying causes...

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Chronic Microaspiration and Frailty: A Geriatric Smoking Gun?

Author:

Jonathan T. Stewart, MD

Vandan D. Kamath, MS, CCC-SLP

Alejandro V. Jaen-Vinuales, MD

Inna Sheyner, MD, CMD

Chronic microaspiration and diffuse aspiration bronchiolitis may account for some otherwise unexplained frailty in nursing home patients.

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Pan-Pseudothrombocytopenia in COVID-19: A Harbinger for Lethal Arterial Thrombosis?

Author:

Patrick Kuhlman, MD

Julio Nasim, MD

Michael Goodman, MD

Pseudothrombocytopenia in the setting of COVID-19- associated coagulopathy prompts the question whether it is representative of increased platelet...

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Hypercalcemia Is of Uncertain Significance in Patients With Advanced Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate

Author:

Ghaith Alhatemi, MD

Rafal Alhatemi, MD

Haider Aldiwani, MD

Marwah Hussein, MD

Edi Levi, MD

Pallavi Jasti, MD

Hypercalcemia in the setting of prostate cancer is rare with an uncertain pathophysiology and more research is needed into the role of parathyroid...

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Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Tumor Presenting as a Left Pleural Effusion

Author:

Miguel A. Ortiz, MD

Gabriela Montes, MD

Onix Cantres, MD

William Rodríguez, MD, MACP

The presence of a symptomatic and recurrent unilateral pleural effusion should alert physicians to consider thoracentesis with mindful use of...

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