Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care
December 2022
A 37-year-old female with a medical history of recently diagnosed active pulmonary tuberculosis and a new intracranial lesion presented with altered mental status, nausea, and vomiting for two days. An initial physical examination revealed that the patient was euvolemic. Laboratory findings revealed a serum sodium concentration of 105 mEq/L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Increasing access to safe, timely, and affordable acute care in low- and middle-income countries is a worldwide priority. Longitudinal curricula on systems of acute care have not been previously described.
Objectives: The authors aimed to develop a novel four-year longitudinal curriculum for medical students addressing systems development across multiple acute care specialties.
A 64-year-old African American male presented to the emergency department with subacute low back pain for two weeks and decreased urine output. He was found to have a potassium level of 9.2 mmol/L and was uremic with a creatinine level of 28.
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