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Articles by Jason Cohn

Patient Develops a Pulmonary Embolism After Plastic Surgery

This case involves a female who underwent bilateral breast augmentation and abdominoplasty. While recovering from surgery in the hospital, the patient began to experience calf tenderness, fever, and chest pain. The patient underwent testing which confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary…

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Physician Fails to Diagnose GERD Resulting in Esophageal Carcinoma

This case involves a sixty-five-year-old Caucasian male and a delayed diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflex disease (GERD). At age 50, this patient began to have symptoms including chest pain, nocturnal cough, and shortness of breath. The patient had a 30-year history…

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Failure to Diagnose by ER Doctor Leads to Septic Shock

This case involves a forty-two-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency room with extreme knee pain. The patient described that he was an avid runner who ran about three miles per day. He explained that the pain started after…

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Delayed Stroke Diagnosis Results in Patient’s Death

This case involves an eighty-three-year-old female patient with a past medical history of hypertension, diabetes, and elevated cholesterol. The patient was rushed to a major medical center after awakening in the morning with left-sided facial numbness, facial drooping, and total…

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Procedure Performed by Cardiologist Results in Death

This case involves a fifty-nine-year-old female with a  medical history significant for hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and obesity. The patient presented to the emergency room with an episode of severe chest pain. She was worked up for an acute coronary syndrome,…

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Patient Dies From Untreated Aspiration Pneumonia

The patient had a history of COPD and mild dementia but his family stated that he was generally alert, communicative, and social with friends at the nursing home. The patient was taken to a local hospital for an exacerbation of…

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