Jason Cohn

This case involves a thirty-four-year-old female who experienced joint stiffness, skin nodules, weight loss, and fever. An x-ray of her hands revealed significant joint deformity and bone erosion. Laboratory work revealed that she had elevated levels of rheumatoid factor, anti-cyclic…

This case involves a sixty-year-old woman who was being treated by a cardiologist after she sustained cardiac arrest. It was determined that the patient had experienced an episode of ventricular fibrillation. Her cardiologist decided to prescribe her amiodarone for her…

This case involves a forty-year-old female who began to experience heat intolerance, tremors, heart palpitations, weight loss, sweating, anxiety, and diarrhea. Her physician ordered laboratory testing which revealed elevated thyroid hormone levels. An ultrasound of the neck showed multiple nodules…

This case involves a fifty-four-year-old female who experienced cold intolerance, weight gain, depression, constipation, dry skin, brittle hair, and decreased heart rate. Her thyroid gland was found to be enlarged on physical examination. Laboratory blood work revealed that her thyroid…

This case involves the newborn of a thirty-year-old woman with bipolar disorder. For three years, the woman had been under the care of a psychiatrist for her bipolar disorder. The woman’s psychiatric condition was being treated with lithium, a mood…

This case involves a twenty-eight-year-old female who presented to an urgent care center with complaints of a headache, sweating, and heart palpitations. She also noted that she had experienced anxiety during the previous months. The woman’s blood pressure was recorded to…

This case involves a two-day-old male who developed neonatal respiratory distress syndrome shortly after birth. The boy was born prematurely at thirty-two weeks gestation. The mother was concerned about the early delivery but her physician reassured her that the baby…

This case involves a forty-five-year-old female who was referred to a gastroenterologist with right upper quadrant abdominal pain and fatigue. Her past medical history included hepatitis B, diabetes mellitus, and twenty years of smoking. She could only speak Spanish and…

This case involves a seventy-year-old male who presented to his family physician with complaints of abdominal pain, indigestion, and loss of appetite. He had smoked one pack of cigarettes a day for forty years. At first, his physician believed he…

This case involves a twenty-five-year-old female who was admitted to the hospital with a right femur shaft fracture. The woman was involved in a head-on collision, which caused her leg to be crushed in between her seat and the dashboard.…