Acute Kidney Injury
Case Print Section Listen A 72-year-old-man, recently treated for resistant Escherichia coli urosepsis, is sent to the emergency department from his nursing home because of new left-sided hemiparesis. He has…
Case Print Section Listen A 72-year-old-man, recently treated for resistant Escherichia coli urosepsis, is sent to the emergency department from his nursing home because of new left-sided hemiparesis. He has…
Case Print Section Listen A 71-year-old Caucasian man was brought to the emergency department (ED) for left-sided weakness and confusion. According to his wife, he was found on the floor…
Case Print Section Listen A 72-year-old man with a history of stroke, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and metastatic lung cancer with known metastases to the brain and bone presents with status epilepticus….
Case Print Section Listen A 53-year-old man suffered a severe traumatic brain injury after being struck in an automobile-pedestrian accident. He was intubated in the field and stabilized in the…
Case Print Section Listen A 45-year-old man is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for head trauma related to a fall on the stairs after acute alcohol intoxication. He…
Case Print Section Listen A 40-year-old woman presents with a sudden, severe, thunderclap headache. A CT scan and a CT angiogram are obtained which reveal diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage due to…
Case Print Section Listen A 26-year-old woman was admitted following a horse-riding accident. She had fractured her femur and suffered an intracranial hemorrhage. Postoperatively she required mechanical ventilation and then…
Case Print Section Listen A 29-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) after a motorcycle accident. Upon arrival to the ED he was found to have suffered a crush…
Case Print Section Listen A 57-year-old man with a 5-year history of hypertension (HTN) presents to the emergency department with the assistance of family. They report progressive confusion and lethargy…
Case Print Section Listen A 45-year-old man with no significant past medical history presents to the intensive care unit (ICU) after a motor vehicle collision. Upon presentation to the Emergency…