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In her late forties with mild asthma and COPD this very active woman was carrying her dog down a flight of steps when she slipped and fell down about 7 steps striking her lower back. She had immediate severe pain, pre-syncope and no neurologic deficits. After resting in the sitting position at the bottom of…
After several months in the acute care hospital and several more months in a long-term acute care facility, Kenny was discharged home. Although oxygen dependent he had returned to his premorbid mental capacity. He enjoyed watching sports with the son-in-law, playing games on the computer, and even taking a few computer courses. For six and…
He is 82 years old and lying in a critical care hospital bed on a life-support intra-aortic balloon pump for cardiogenic shock after a myocardial infarction. The treating cardiologist suggests removing all equipment and allowing Kenny to die peacefully. The family nick-named her “Dr. Death.” Do you know what all of the medical terms used…
As part of a workup for a chronic cough KCK underwent a chest x-ray and was shocked when the GP revealed that there was a suspicious area in the center of the chest behind the sternum (breast bone). A PET scan “lit up” and a subsequent referral to a thoracic surgeon came to the conclusion…
