Case Report: Rare Pulmonary Embolism After Routine PIVC Insertion
Learn how a simple PIVC insertion for gastroenteritis resulted in a massive PE. This case highlights under-recognized risks of this routine procedure.
Case Reports
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Case Report: Rare Pulmonary Embolism After Routine PIVC Insertion
Learn how a simple PIVC insertion for gastroenteritis resulted in a massive PE. This case highlights under-recognized risks of this routine procedure. -
Annals ECG of the Month: Acute Coronary Occlusion
A 60-year-old woman with multivessel coronary artery disease status-post percutaneous coronary intervention with a drug-eluting stent to... -
Two Cases of Female Patients with Peritonitis
A 35-year-old female (G0P0) presented to the emergency department with two days of worsening, severe abdominal pain....
Annals ECG of the Month: Acute Coronary Occlusion
A 60-year-old woman with multivessel coronary artery disease status-post percutaneous coronary intervention with a drug-eluting stent to…
Two Cases of Female Patients with Peritonitis
A 35-year-old female (G0P0) presented to the emergency department with two days of worsening, severe abdominal pain….
Case Report: Murine Typhus Presents as Severe Pneumonia and Sepsis
A 29-year-old Hispanic American man with no significant medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) with…
Case Report: Acute Kratom Withdrawal
A 33-year-old male with a history of drug use presented to the emergency department (ED) for extreme…
Peripartum Cardiovascular Disease Is Rare, But Serious
A 27-year-old female patient presents to the emergency department (ED) with a chief complaint of fatigue and…
Case Report: Biatrial Myxoma in a 46-Year-Old Female
A 46-year-old female with a prior medical history of asthma presented to the emergency department with shortness…
Case Report: Coronary Vasospasm-Induced Cardiac Arrest
A 45-year-old male with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, amphetamine and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)…
Case Report: A Male Patient with Iatrogenic Obstruction
Our patient is a 33-year-old male with spastic quadriparesis due to cerebral palsy with chronic indwelling suprapubic…
Case Report: Cardiac Arrest in a Child’s Structurally Normal Heart
A 10-year-old male with a past medical history significant for autism spectrum disorder and 15q3 deletion, experienced…