Nadira Ramkhelawan MD, INOVA Fairfax Children’s Hospital The Case: 17 year old male with no significant past medical history who presents with worsening back pain for 6 weeks without any preceding trauma, but in the setting of river tubing. Review of systems were significant for weight loss, intermittent fevers, as well as intermittent lower extremity paresthesias. […]
Author: Haroon Shaukat MD
I was born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, but with very little knowledge of all things DC. “Crabs and football, that’s what Maryland does”, unfortunately I could only partake in one of those. I grew up with a crab allergy so blue crabs are a make believe creature to me, much like the lochness monster. I decided to take the leap of faith and attend medical school abroad but family and home could not keep me away for too long. Residency took me to New Jersey where I began to cultivate my love for medical education and low tolerance for poor pain control. Did I mention I also learned that I outgrew my crab allergy in NJ! Alas, to the DMV I return! Hopefully to contribute to medical education and quality improvement while feasting on a Maryland blue crab or two.
Hot seat case #100 Denouement: 6 wk old F with ear drainage
Sam Zhao, MD Children’s National Medical Center The Case: 6 wk old ex-33 weeker presented with unilateral purulent ear drainage x 2 weeks with increasing fussiness, but afebrile. Maternal history was relevant for SLE, HIV (undetectable viral load during pregnancy) and HSV (on acyclovir during pregnancy without active lesions during delivery). This resultantly complicated the […]
Hot Seat Case #99 Denouement: 14 yo F with abdominal pain
Scott Herskowtiz, INOVA Children’s Hospital The Case: 14 year-old female presenting with acute on chronic abdominal pain, weight loss, and new onset NB/NB emesis. The acute exacerbation was going on for the past three days and she was previously diagnosed with GERD, but her symptoms did not seem to improve on Pepcid. She was recently […]
Hot Seat Case #97 Denouement: 18 yo F with Abdominal Pain
Haroon Shaukat, Children’s National Medical Center The Case: 18 yo female with no significant PMH who was treated for a perforated appendicitis with outpatient antibiotics. A few days later she began a long car drive from Tennesee to Washington DC that precipitated fever, abdominal pain, chest pain, and dyspnea. Here’s How You Answered Our Questions: […]
Hot Seat Case #97: 18 yo F with Abdominal Pain
Haroon Shaukat, MD Children’s National Medical Center with Pavan Zaveri, MD Children’s National Medical Center 18 yo female was in her usual state of health until 12 days prior to arrival. She was visiting Tennessee when she acutely began complaining of nausea and abdominal pain that persisted for 48 hours. Once she spiked a fever […]