ED Approach to Anemia

A 57-year-old female presents to the emergency department with fatigue and weakness that have been worsening over a period of several months. She has a past medical history of chronic daily alcohol use, coagulation disorder with increased INR, and anxiety. She does not like to see physicians and has not been to her primary care doctor in several years, but decided to come in today because her fatigue and weakness have become too severe…

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A Case Of A Young Man With Extremity Paresthesias

A 29-year-old male with no significant past medical history presents to the emergency department for evaluation of progressive numbness and burning sensation to his bilateral hands and feet. He reports the symptoms have become so severe that he has started to have difficulty using his hands. He also states that he has had difficulty ambulating at times. He endorses neck pain and intermittently experiences a sensation that feels like “shocks down my spine” with movement of his neck…

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