by JILOO SHAH, MD It was Friday April 20, 2012 and our last day of clinic in the village of Thomazeau, Haiti. The time was roughly 5:30 in the afternoon and I had seen my last patient – a little 3 year old boy with red-orange...
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You may access a downloadable version of this report here (pdf) A PICTURE OF VERNON COUNTY Vernon County is a rustic expanse of land situated in Wisconsin’s “driftless” region. The landscape is legendary for its verdant...
Primary Hyperoxaluria (PH) is an exceedingly rare autosomal recessive disease with highly variable penetrance. The clinical phenotype ranges from subclinical hyperoxaluria to systemic oxalosis in the setting of chronic renal...
Last year I had the opportunity to be involved in the care of many infants with new onset wheezing and respiratory distress. Understandably, worried mothers routinely raise the question of long-term prognosis. They want an...
The differences between the clinical phenotype of typhoidal and non-typhoidal Salmonella infections are due to the interplay of host and pathogen factors. The non-typhoidal (NT) serovars are mainly S. enteriditis and S...
This is a synopsis of a topic I recently reviewed for my senior medical student classmates. Massive transfusion is defined as ≥ 10 units of packed erythrocytes given over 24 hours, or alternatively, over the entire...
Unsuspected pulmonary emboli (UPE) are asymptomatic thrombi, usually located in the subsegmental pulmonary vasculature, discovered incidentally on computed tomography of the thorax. The epidemiology of this finding on helical...
The breathless discomfort of advanced heart failure is substantial. With a cyclone of white hair, eyes clouded by cataracts, my patient (Ms. M) came to the hospital in poor shape. She was a ninety year old lady with acute...