Publications by authors named "Prachi B Patel"

Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly infectious disease that takes the primary or latent route. In primary TB, the patient often presents with constitutional symptoms such as cough, fever, weight loss, and hemoptysis. This 83-year-old patient was sent to the emergency department (ED) by her primary care physician after abnormal imaging for acute back and neck pain.

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When Virchow's triad is disrupted, a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can often occur and progress into a pulmonary embolism, and in rare cases, a saddle pulmonary embolism. This 28-year-old male patient showed up at the emergency department (ED) with shortness of breath, chest palpitations, and right calf pain. Additional imaging showed a massive saddle pulmonary embolism, and he was taken to immediate right femoral catheterization for thrombectomy.

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Acetone is one of the three main types of ketone bodies that can be found in ketoacidosis, along with acetoacetate, and beta-hydroxybutyrate. Any of these three ketone bodies can be found in the blood after the natural breakdown of fatty acids in diabetes, starvation, or alcoholic ketoacidosis. However, a patient can also develop acetone poisoning from ingestion of common household products such as nail polish removers, paint removers, isopropyl alcohol, or other detergents and cleaners.

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