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The patient presented with malposition of a right subclavian central venous catheter (CVC) in the right brachiocephalic vein. The catheter was removed and replaced with a right internal jugular CVC...
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A patient, who is status post left total knee arthroplasty surgery, and recent wisdom tooth extraction, is diagnosed with hematogenous left knee prosthetic joint infection. He underwent revision of...
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A patient with melena and hematemesis was diagnosed with acute on chronic blood loss anemia due to a bleeding duodenal ulcer. ICD-10-CM classifies acute blood loss anemia to code D62, Acute posthem...
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A patient presents to the emergency department in severe respiratory distress due to possible aspiration. The patient was also noted to be septic on arrival due to pneumonia and Citrobacter urinary...
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A patient with prostate cancer presented for a robotic radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection. After removal of the prostate, it was noted that it appeared a bit raw near the right ...
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The patient, who is status post coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), presents with painful protruding sternal wires. At surgery, the previous incision was opened and sternal wires were removed. How...
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A 66-year-old woman presented with severe congestive heart failure (CHF) and coronary artery disease. Her CHF worsened, leading to cardiogenic shock with cardiac arrest. She was taken to the cardia...
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The patient was placed on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) earlier during the day. Bleeding was noted from the right femoral artery cannula site and the patient was emergentl...
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A 56-year-old patient who had venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) previously placed, presented because of issues with the ECMO support. Upon examination, a clot and fibrin strands...
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A patient with an aortic arch aneurysm and known history of coronary artery disease presents for repair of the aneurysm. During the operative episode, the patient experienced several episodes of hy...
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