Welcome to Quick Thinking. A case is presented in short sections to a faculty expert who will comment on their approach to the patient as the case unfolds. These posts will focus on determining the initial differential diagnoses and diagnostic workups of complicated patient presentations.

Part 1 can be found here.  Part 2 can be found here.

Part 3 Presented by Elizabeth Ross, PGY-3:

Labs:
WBC–5.0  N63, L26, M10
Hgb-11, HCT-30, Plts 193

Na 128, K 3.6, Cl 95, CO2 23, BUN/creat 15/1.1

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Welcome to Quick Thinking a new feature of Clinical Correlations. A case will be presented in short sections to a faculty expert who will comment on their approach to the patient as the case unfolds. These posts will focus on the thought process involved in determining the initial differential diagnoses and diagnostic workups of complicated patient presentations.

Part 1 can be found here.

Part 2 of Case Presentation By:Elizabeth Ross PGY-3

He was originally seen at Elmhurst Hospital and transferred to Bellevue Hospital.  On presentation…

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Welcome to Quick Thinking a new feature of Clinical Correlations. A case will be presented piece by piece to a faculty expert who will comment on their approach to the case as it unfolds. Differential diagnoses and diagnostic workups will form the basis of these posts of difficult clinical cases. So for the next 4 Fridays we present our first case to our discussant Mitchell Charap:

The Case Presented by Elizabeth Ross, PGY-3: The patient is a 35 year old African American male…

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