Annals of EMCase Presentation by Dr. Shereaf Walid CHIEF COMPLAINT(S): Chest pain. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: A 33-year-old obese African American female presents with right-sided pleuritic chest pain that started yesterday afternoon suddenly while she was walking at work. She works a clerical job where she sits down at a desk for the majority of the day; however, [...]
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Case Presentation by Dr. Jamie Kenney HPI: 5 year old male presents to the ED complaining of a rash. According to his parents he recently returned home from visiting his grandparents in Tennessee and has been complaining of “not feeling well” for the 4 days. He has had a decreased appetite with nausea and vomited [...]
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Case Presentation by Dr. Aimee Nefcy CHIEF COMPLAINT: “I feel so weak.” HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: This 20-year-old male comes into the emergency department brought in by his mother. She states that he was at St. John’s Hospital 1 week ago and he went there because he was having a hard time breathing associated with [...]
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Case Presentation by Dr. Bao Dang CC: “I think I’m having a miscarriage” HPI: A 23-year-old G3P1011 patient states that she took a home pregnancy test two weeks ago that was positive. Her last menstrual period was about 8 weeks ago. She has been having vaginal bleeding for 7 days. The bleeding started getting heavier [...]
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