months of cash assistance within a 60 month period of time. Because of these variations in guidelines, the largest number of cases closed due to time limits are concentrated in states with shorter time limits such as Connecticut (21 months), Idaho (24...

fatigue and headaches. Nine months prior to his presentation, the patient took a trip to India (Mumbai, Chennai) and Sri Lanka; he was traveling for three weeks and visited markets, beaches and an elephant sanctuary....

had been worsening over the past 2-3 months despite escalating doses of antihypertensive agents. In the office on the day of admission, his blood pressure was 210/110 and he was "not feeling good."...

A 68 year old Caucasian male, with a past history of myasthenia gravis, peptic ulcer disease, vertebral compression fractures and hypertension, presented to University Hospital with a two month history of anorexia and diarrhea....

problems and took no medications. Three months prior to admission, she presented to an outside ER with the acute onset of midline thoracic back pain that started immediately after lifting a gallon of milk....

A 72 year old male presented to the MU Internal Medicine inpatient service with a two month history of fatigue and malaise. He reported URI symptoms and low grade fevers during this period for which he had been seen at several outpatient facilities....

Moyamoya is a disease that was first reported in Japan, in the 1960s. It is a rare and progressive disorder that affects the arteries at the base of the brain, leading to the occlusion of the distal internal carotids and ...

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) testing plays a critical role in the diagnosis and classification of vasculitis. These antibodies are strongly associated with Wegener's granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis ...

An 86 year old AA woman was referred to University Hospital from the dialysis center where she had complained of worsening dyspnea over the past 2 weeks. She denied cough, fever, chills or rigors. Per her dialysis notes, ...

A 20 year old male was transferred to UMH for ongoing treatment of atypical pneumonia. One week before transfer, he had developed fever, chills, sweats, malaise, a minimally productive cough and shortness of breath. The ...

Description and diagnosis of 67 year-old Caucasian male patient admitted to the ER.

A 46 year old female, with a past medical history of hypertension and hypothyroidism, presented to the Emergency Department with abdominal pain. The pain was described as epigastric, sharp, 7/10 and radiating around to the ...

A 25 year old previously healthy female presented with a sore throat of three days duration. Associated symptoms included dysphagia and odynophagia but no drooling was reported. Her pain progressed to the point that she ...

A 46 year old white male was admitted from the emergency department with severe pain in his legs, feet and hands, which began two days prior to admission. He described the bilateral pain as shooting and burning in nature; ...

diagnostic and operative procedures that might be misapplied. An 8-month-old male infant had been regurgitating for two months with increasing inanition. Results of diagnostic tests suggested pylorospasm or gastric pseudo-obstruction syndrome. Medical...