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Peter Parker, a 60-year-old male who has been smoking since the past 35 years. He came to the hospital with breathlessness, cough and chest pain radiating to left shoulder. He was admitted in the pulmonaryICU as his Oxygen saturations were fluctuating. His Emergency Chest X-ray showedsigns of COPD.
Along with regular blood and cardiac investigations, he underwent a coronary angiogram which reported 2 blocks. The patient is set for further cardiac management once the Oxygen saturations increase.
30-year-old Bruce Wayne came to the hospital with a low back ache with tingling and numbness radiating from the back of his thigh to his little toe. He drivesa truck and distributes large containers of beefin Melbourne.
His MRI showed signs of prolapse of intervertebral disc with compression of L4-L5 nerve roots. He is nowbeing prepared for surgical laminectomy.
15-year-old Diana Prince met with an accident while riding her bicycle yesterday. The paramedic reported blunt trauma to the pelvis. Her Blood pressure was falling and hence she was shifted to the ICU and transfused 3 units of Packed RBS. Her BP is 110/70 mm of Hg now. The CT scan reported an open book fracture of the pelvis. Blood reports from this morning indicated a rise in Serum Creatinine level from 1.1mg/dl to 5.2mg/dl. She was diagnosed with Hypovolemia induced Acute Kidney Injury with fracture pelvis. She is now being monitored by a team of Nephrologists, Orthopaedic and Traumasurgeons.
32-year-old Wade Wilson, a known case of HIV, came to the hospitalwith pedal oedema for 2 weeks. He says he was being treated for HIV when he recently started noticing foamy urine.After a renal biopsy, he was diagnosed with Nephrotic syndrome secondary to HIV. He is now on medical treatmentfor the same.
57-year-old Bruce Banner, came to the hospital with complaints of blurred visionfor 2 months. He has been on oral hypoglycaemic drugs since 10 years now as he despises insulin injections. He was diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy and is being managed by an Ophthalmologist and an Endocrinologist.
45-year-old Steve Rogers came to the hospital with generalised pain all over the body, loss of weight since 3 months and loss of appetite. He underwent a PET CT scan and was diagnosed with a Parathyroid tumour. His blood tests showed increased levels of parathyroid hormone and Calcium. The Orthopaedic surgeon has requested him to get a Bone Densitometry test done as he suspects osteoporosis secondary to hyperparathyroidism being a reason for the generalised pain. He is currently postedfor surgical excisionof the tumour.
Logan, a 7-year-old boy who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at birth was accompanied to the hospital by his step mother with complaints of high fever with chills/rigors, cough and weakness. The stepmother claims that Logan looks malnourished because she forgets packinghim breakfast. Investigations confirmed Lower respiratory tract infection and malnutrition. He is now being managed by the paediatrics department, pulmonologists and gastroenterologists in the respiratory ICU.
Sheila, a 35-year-old female who was on and off chemotherapy for 2 years for Carcinoma Cervix, came to the hospital with paralysis of the left side of the body. An MRI scan of the brain showed metastasis of the tumour to the brain and spinal cord. She is now being managed by the surgical oncologists.
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Peter Parker, a 60-year-old male who has been smoking since the past 35 years. He came to the hospi
