Clinical Cases
Case # 13: What Lies Beneath
A 30 year old male presents to the emergency department after blunt trauma to the face from an altercation. He notes he was punched several times in the face but did not pass out. His exam is notable ...
Case # 12: Bilateral Vision Loss
A 45 year old male with poorly controlled DM presents with bilateral vision loss. His right eye vision acutely worsened 3 days ago with the sensation of a curtain moving back and forth across his visu...
Case # 11: Look and You Will Find
A 32 year old healthy female with no past medical history presents to the emergency department with left sided flank pain x 2 days.
Vitals: T 98.6 HR 72 BP 126/82 RR 12 O2 98% on RA
A bedside ultraso...
Case # 10: A Mechanical Issue
A 32 year old male was carrying a heavy pipe overhead with his right arm and slipped falling forward, onto the right side. He notes pain in the right shoulder, worse with any movement. His right arm i...
Case # 9: A Transplant Dilemma
A 52 year old male with a h/o kidney transplant presents to the emergency department with pain over his transplanted kidney site (right pelvic region). He also notes increased weakness, nausea and a s...
Case # 8: A Case of Comparision
A 40 year old male presents to the emergency department with pain to the entire right thumb and wrist for 1 day. He notes that he suffered a small puncture wound to his right thumb 1 day ago while wo...
Case # 7: A Case of Asymmetry
A 22 year old male presents to the emergency department with a sore throat for 1 week. The pain is predominately on the left side and is associated with difficulty opening his mouth and fever. He was ...
Case # 6: Not Your Average Syncope
A 25 year old female presents to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain and a syncopal episode. She notes a positive home urine pregnancy test 1 week ago. She appears mildly uncomfortable ...
Case # 5: It’s Not Always Blood
A middle aged male s/p TURBT (transurethral resection of bladder tumor) 1 day ago presented with lower abdominal pain and no urine output from his foley catheter. A bladder scan was performed which wa...
Case # 4: To Bolus or Not to Bolus?
A 67 year old male with a PMHx of DM presents with a chief complaint of cough and generalized weakness.
Vitals: T 102.4 HR 127 BP 77/58 RR 24 O2 88% on RA
You place the patient on O2 vi...
