Posted by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 42 year old male non-smoker with history of poorly controlled asthma (first diagnosed in 1994, recurrent need for steroid treatments but never intubated), severe seasonal allergies with chronic sinusitis, hepatic steatosis, GERD and gout who presented with …
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Commentary by Andrew McKinstry MD PGY-1
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For anyone who has stepped into an ICU, the septic patient is a familiar sight. Despite …
Commentary by Denise Pate MD, PGY-1
The FDA released a 460 page document regarding the safety of long acting beta agonists (LABA) for the use of asthma, in addition to a two day advisory …
Posted by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is heart failure. The CXR shows bibasilar opacities with hilar fullness on the right. The CT images are remarkable for bilateral effusions, with dependent opacities that increase in density along the anterior-posterior axis. The lung …
Posted by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 61 year old man with a history of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and poorly controlled hypertension on five medications who was in his usual state of health until three days prior to admission when he noted …
Commentary by Bani Chander MD, PGY-3 and Reviewed by Laura Evans MD, NYU Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Case presentation:
The patient is a 26 year-old female with long-standing refractory epilepsy, status post …
Posted by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD,
Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to last week’s mystery quiz is pneumatocele/pseudocyst likely due to ventilator associated lung injury (VALI) in a patient with ARDS. The patient …
Posted by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 76 year old man with history of moderate-to-severe COPD who presented with three days of fever, breathlessness, and productive cough. Past surgical history is significant for vagotomy and partial gastrectomy 16 years earlier and a cholecystectomy …