End-of-Life Care
End-of-Life Care Zahir Kanjee, MD, MPH Cindy Lien, MD You admit an 88-year-old man with advanced dementia after his fourth bout of aspiration pneumonia this year. He is stabilized and…
Communication in Academic Hospital Medicine
Communication in Academic Hospital Medicine Leah Marcotte, MD Joshua M. Liao, MD, MSc It is your first day on an inpatient teaching service with a third-year internal medicine resident, two…
Frailty in Hospitalized Patients
Frailty in Hospitalized Patients Leah Marcotte, MD Joshua M. Liao, MD, MSc You are consulted by vascular surgery on the care of an 88-year-old woman admitted to their service for…
Hip Fracture
Hip Fracture Neal Biddick, MD Staci Saunders, MD Zahir Kanjee, MD, MPH A 79-year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes, and chronic heart failure presents after a mechanical fall. She is admitted…
Opiates and Opiate Use Disorder
Opiates and Opiate Use Disorder Rachel Hensel, MD Zahir Kanjee, MD, MPH You are admitting a 57-year-old opiate-naive woman with a history of obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for…
Acute Kidney Injury
Acute Kidney Injury Patrick Marcus, MD Eric M. LaMotte, MD You are called by the ED to admit a 63-year-old man with a history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes…
Perioperative Medicine
Perioperative Medicine Divya Gollapudi, MD A 70 year-old man with history of coronary artery disease with prior stent placement, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus is admitted with…
Ventricular Tachycardia
Ventricular Tachycardia Christopher P. Kovach, MD, MSc Mala M. Sanchez, MD You admit a 68-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia who presented with 15- to 30-second episodes of…
Clostridioides Difficile Infection
Clostridioides Difficile Infection Courtney Tuegel, MD Christopher Kim, MD, MBA You admit a 50-year-old man with no prior medical history, previously diagnosed left lower extremity cellulitis that has progressed despite…
End-Stage Liver Disease
End-Stage Liver Disease Elijah J. Mun, MD Tyler J. Albert, MD You are called by the ED to admit a 55-year-old man with history of cirrhosis secondary to chronic alcoholism…
