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Test Your Knowledge: February 2023

Test Your Knowledge: February 2023

FEBRUARY 202371- year-old male with history of TAVR, cardiomyopathy, pacemaker, cirrhosis, DM, HTN and chronic vertigo presented with syncope accompanied by vertigo. The patient reported a fall several days earlier, striking head.Day of presentation: 1838: CT head...

Test Your Knowledge: January 2023

Test Your Knowledge: January 2023

76-year-old male with a past medical history significant for hypertension, hyperlipidemia , diabetes, chronic atrial fibrillation, and CKD stage 3 presented to the ED with chest pain.Day of presentation: 2332: EKG demonstrates atrial fibrillation with a heart rate 111...

Test Your Knowledge: December 2022

Test Your Knowledge: December 2022

73-year-old male with a past medical history of ventral hernia with 3 prior surgeries presented to ED complaining of worsening abdominal pain with nausea.Day of presentation: 2053: CT demonstrated SBO with thick-walled small bowel loop in ventral hernia. 2218:...