Michael Talve, CEO

This case involves a 46-year-old male who presented to the emergency room after experiencing a severe episode of respiratory distress at a local store. Upon arriving at the ER, the patient decompensated further into total respiratory arrest at which point…

This case involves a 64-year-old male patient admitted to the hospital for severe abdominal pain. A CT-abdomen done at this admission showed an ill-defined infiltrated mass in the interomedial portion of the right hepatic lobe within the gall bladder that…

This case involves a 52-year-old female patient with a past medical history of untreated hypertension. The patient was rushed to the hospital after experiencing a severe episode of shortness of breath while shopping at a local convenience store. The patient…

This case involves the postoperative care of a woman who underwent a right total knee arthroplasty. The medical note indicates that the patient experienced left lower leg chronic swelling from radiation treatment several years back and also mentioned that she…

This case involves the care of a 10-month-old infant who was admitted to the hospital for lethargy and a distended abdomen. The working diagnosis after interpretation of imaging studies was thought to be acute appendicitis. The child was taken in…

This case involves a two-month-old female who was admitted to the hospital for intractable vomiting after feedings. Blood work was sent but showed a normal WBC count and the patient was discharged when she began to clinically improve. The patient’s…

This virology case involves a woman who was admitted to a drug rehabilitation facility and developed flu-like symptoms that went unnoticed for a prolonged period of time. The patient complained of unrelenting fever and extreme fatigue and pain mimicking symptoms close…

This case involves a 60-year-old male patient who underwent an exploratory laparotomy, partial colectomy with end colostomy and take down of splenic flexure. He was taken in for a followup surgery to reverse the colostomy and experienced several complications as…

This case involves a patient who underwent a colonoscopy and the patient was sent for a follow-up elective surgery to remove several suspicious polyps. The surgery was uneventful but during the 3-5 day post operative period the patient became severely…

This case involves a 5-year-old female who presented to the ER with abdominal pain. She had a past medical history significant for developmental delay and required an intravenous total parenteral nutrition feeding tube placement (TPN) several months prior. The patient…