Internal medicine memorable moments
- Ascites, 18L out
- Enormous pulmonary artery aneurysm
- D-transposition of the great arteries (post Glenn and MBTS)
- Guy from WWI times
- Wellen's syndrome on EKG
- Nicest old man ever - I just want him to be my grandfather!
- Patient almost presented as CPC case - 2yr dyspnea with multiple skin abscesses
- Answer: ANCA negative Wegener's w/o renal involvement (per me)
- Small cell lung cancer, SIADH, metastasized to brain
- Gastric adenocarcinoma with duodenal inflammation
- Doing Epley maneuver ironically induced nystagmus
- Young man with ejection fraction of 20%, ESRD, DKA glucose of 1200 (HbA1c 12.5)
- Hearing crisp, metallic S1 of bicuspid metal valves
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patient: according to nurse, "He's nice, but kind of a dick. He's a nice dick. Is that possible?" Hearing the systolic murmur increase with valsalva was a bonus.
- Severe mitral stenosis with 7cm left atrium (size of ventricles combined!)
- Hearing S3, S4, and even some diastolic rumble (above)
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