Prepared by Dr Julie Nguyen Case presentation: An 18-year-old African-American woman with no significant past medical history, presented to the ED complaining of cough, fever, generalized weakness, and worsening dyspnea for a week. The patient was tachycardic, tachypneic and hypothermic. Her labs showed leukocytosis, thrombocytosis, and coagulopathy. She had an anion gap of 21 and [...]
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