CREX
- Starts:
- 12:00 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
- Location:
- Wilkins/ E112
Resident Report
- Triglycerides and more triglycerides June 1, 2012Today’s case is a 36 yo M with heavy EtOH use who presents with complaints of abdominal pain. Initial lab results showed a lipase of 350, but more interestingly the sample was milky white and was not analyzable. Further testing showed triglycerides over 1000, which is the likely precipitant of pancreatitis. See the following review […]
- Not your usual CMV May 29, 2012We discussed a 45yo man with HIV/AIDS (last CD4 33, VL 21K) who was started on ART 4 weeks prior (2 protease inhibitors, a combination NRTI, azithromycin and atovaquone) and presented with RUQ/epigastric/diffuse abdominal pain for 1-2 weeks now associated with n/v, slight hematemesis and slight BRBPR. Labs showed an isolated transaminitis in the 200′s. […]
