Pyloric Stenosis
Pyloric Stenosis Aarti Sharma Vinod Malhotra A 3-week-old first-born male infant had projectile vomiting, which contained the ingested formula but no bile. His body weight was 2.5 kg; serum electrolytes:…
Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot James A. DiNardo A 5-month-old infant recently adopted from South America is being evaluated for stable persistent cyanosis with arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) of 70% to 80%…
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Peter M. Savard Fun-Sun F. Yao A full-term male baby was born with respiratory distress and cyanosis. Physical examination showed barrel chest and scaphoid abdomen. The breath…
Tracheoesophageal Fistula
Tracheoesophageal Fistula Jacques H. Scharoun A 12-hour-old full-term infant weighing 2.5 kg presents with choking and cyanosis during his first feed. Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) staff is unable to…
Laser Treatment for Laryngeal Lesions
Laser Treatment for Laryngeal Lesions Marcus Gutzler Franklin B. Chiao A 7-year-old girl with a past history of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is scheduled for direct laryngoscopy and possible reexcision….
Open-Eye Injury
Open-Eye Injury Theresa T. Kudlak A 28-year-old, otherwise, healthy man presented to the emergency room with a fishhook embedded in his eye. He ate a full meal just before the…
Airway Trauma
Airway Trauma Richard P. Dutton LaRita Yvette Fouchè-Weber A 46-year-old man was thrown from his motorcycle at a high rate of speed and impaled in the base of the neck…
Hemophilia and Coagulation Disorders
Hemophilia and Coagulation Disorders Thomas J. Graetz George J. Despotis A 46-year-old man with hemophilia A and HIV-positive was scheduled for elective elbow synovectomy with resection of the radial head…
Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle Cell Disease Chris R. Edmonds Vinod Malhotra A 30-year-old African-American woman with avascular necrosis of her right hip was admitted for a total hip arthroplasty. Her hematocrit was 22%,…
Appendectomy for a Pregnant Patient
Appendectomy for a Pregnant Patient Farida Gadalla A 25-year-old woman at 32 weeks’ gestation presented to the emergency room with vague right-sided abdominal pain. She had lost her appetite and…
