Dr. Faiza Jibril

This case involves a ten-year-old male patient, who originally presented to his primary care physician with generalized malaise and symptoms that would generally point towards an infectious etiology. The primary care physician took a limited history on the initial visit…

This case involves a patient at a hospital who underwent gastric bypass surgery in an attempt to reduce her weight. The anesthesiologist placed a central venous pressure (CVP) catheter into the patient’s right internal jugular vein that was threaded down…

This case involves a fifteen-year-old male with past medical history of spinal surgery. He underwent further surgery to remove an infected spinal implant. The procedure was performed without complications and the patient was prescribed the antibiotic Gentamicin by the treating…

This case involves a fifty-year-old female patient with an unremarkable past medical history. The patient awoke one morning with difficulty speaking, left-sided face drop and left-sided weakness. She was rushed to the hospital by her husband. On admission, a CT…

This case involves a thirty-eight-year-old male veteran who completed two tours in East Africa. Prior to this he had been in very good health and had no known physical or mental health issues. Whilst on active duty the patient sustained…

This case involves a seventy-seven-year-old female patient with severe aortic stenosis. The patient presented to her primary care physician with a 6 month history of worsening shortness of breath and was referred to a cardiologist. The cardiologist performed a transthoracic…

A fourteen-year-old male visited an emergency room with his mother, complaining of stomach pains, nausea, headache, and no extreme medical history. He was seen by an emergency medicine physician an hour later. During the one-hour duration, the patient said his…

This case involves a thirty-four-year-old patient with very good vision, although nearsighted, who underwent LASIK surgery on both eyes as soon as he was cleared by the ophthalmologist. However, in the following weeks, the quality of the patient’s vision began…

This case involves a fifty-two-year-old male who sustained a work-related musculoskeletal injury. The patient presented to an orthopedic surgeon with bilateral shoulder pain. The surgeon conducted a physical examination and reviewed the patient’s imaging studies.  After this initial consultation with…

This case involves a forty-year-old patient with a past medical history of inactive hepatitis B and hypothyroidism by Synthroid. The patient presented to the treating physician with complaints of pain on her left hip, which she experienced after she had…