Mild forms of this case are relatively common in incidence, but not common in this severity. The story of Patient AJ is based on literature. References below.
Sarah portrayed by Jen Drake and Patient JP portrayed by her son.
This patient presented to a hospital in the Illinois Medical District, 2008.
This case is from central New Jersey, fall 2015. Different from Erickson et. al. in references below.
Peer Review: Dr Vijay Gupta, Dr Matt Novak
This patient case is from Taipei, Taiwan, 2013. For more on Massive PE management, see References below.
Peer Review: Dr. B Barnes
Patient DC portrayed by Frank Minamino
This case is based on publication in literature by Harrison R, Warburton V, Lux A, Atan D. Ann Intern Med. 2019 Sep 3. Link below. Non-clinical elements (e.g. initials, story details, etc) are adapted. Peer Review: Dr. Nikhil Parelkar.
I originally had another case for video of a vitamin b12 deficiency I saw as a student about a girl on an overly strict diet. I didn't release it because the details were more difficult than I would like for a video. The clinical principles and science of that case and this one are the same.
Related case was published as Cureus 2017 Sep; 9(9): e1666. See references below.
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Patient JC portrayed by Raquel Jennings
Review: Dr M Gordon
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If you have pets, and you develop flu like symptoms that are more intense than a simple viral infection, get it checked out immediately