…early complications include pericardial effusion or tamponade and can occur due to trauma to the thin-walled left atrial or appendage tissue during transseptal access and device manipulation…
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A 17-year-old male with a past medical history of major depressive disorder, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder presented to a pediatric emergency department with two days of a frontal headache and nonradiating, aching left sided chest pain. He was accompanied by his mother. The patient had received a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine three days prior…
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A seven-day old male presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with twelve hours of increased work of breathing. His mother reported a healthy pregnancy and spontaneous vaginal delivery. She noted they had been home for 5 days from the newborn nursery. However, overnight she found the patient had increased work of breathing and difficulty with feeds. She noted he was no longer able to finish a full feed…
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BRASH Syndrome is a somewhat newly described condition, with the acronym referring to Bradycardia, Renal Failure, AV Node Blockade, Shock and Hyperkalemia…
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A 69-year-old female with a history of hypertension presents to the ED with near syncope. She had been walking around Newport on a hot day with her family when she began to feel lightheaded. Her family noted that she appeared pale and diaphoretic. She did not lose consciousness but she continued to feel weak and was brought to the emergency department…
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