Dr. Faiza Jibril

This case involves a ten-year-old child who presented to an emergency room with complaints of a three-day history of vomiting and severe headaches. The patient was almost immediately discharged following minimal examination with a presumed case of gastroenteritis diagnosis. The…

This cardiovascular perfusion case involves a sixty-two-year-old female patient who presented to her primary care physician with a long term history of worsening fatigue, shortness of breath and palpitations. An echocardiogram revealed mitral valve stenosis. The patient was initially managed conservatively…

 This case involves a seventy-one-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with diarrhea, orthostatic hypotension, dehydration, and weakness. She had nausea and vomiting for 23 days straight prior to her admission. The patient noted that prior to presenting at…

 This case takes place in Hawaii and involves a seventy-two-year-old elderly female patient who was involved in a car accident when the vehicle she was driving was struck by another car. The patient was seated in the front passenger side…

This case involves a forty-year-old male patient who presented to an orthopedic specialist complaining of chronic back pain. He described the pain as upper back pain radiating to his neck which was progressively worsening. The patient underwent several investigations, including…

This case involves a fifty-year-old male who was involved in a motor vehicle accident and sustained severe whiplash associated with a lucid interval of consciousness. Three days after the accident, the patient presented to the ER complaining of headaches and…

This case involves a thirty-two-year-old female who became pregnant and wished to terminate the pregnancy and induce an abortion immediately after hearing the results of a serum pregnancy test. The patient took the prescribed medical abortion pills and presented for…

This case involves a forty-six-year-old female patient that was evaluated at a hospital where doctors found a nodular density on a chest x-ray that projected along the right upper lung lobe. The radiology report recommended that a CT with IV…

This case involves a male patient who had an anaphylactic reaction to cashew nuts. Initial management included Benadryl and steroids.  The patient’s condition deteriorated and the decision to administer epinephrine was made.  The nurse started an IV and the physician gave orders…

This case involves a thirty-year-old male patient with a past medical history of diabetes. He presented to his dentist for a molar extraction for braces. Following the procedure, the patient had a severe infection of the extraction site. The infection/abscess…