Students Enrolled:
17 students enrolled
Course Review:
DR. MEKHAEL
Dr. Mina Mekhael is an adult inpatient hospitalist. He has been practicing as an attending for 7 years since he finished residency. He grew up in the United States and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology. He then went on to Medical school and from there to Residency in Family Medicine. After Graduating residency, he knew his passion was in hospital medicine and therefore pursued his career as an adult inpatient hospitalist. Dr. Mekhael has taught Internal medicine residents, Family Medicine Residents, Medical students, PA students, and NP students. He is board certified in Family Medicine and is still practicing as a fulltime adult hospitalist until this day. He is passionate about teaching and improving healthcare both in the United States and across the Globe. Dr. Mekhael believes that Hospital Medicine B&B can help reach each student and resident eager to learn how to practice Hospital Medicine appropriately and have that confidence needed to hit the ground running from day 1. Undergraduate College: University of North Carolina at Charlotte- Bachelors of Science in Psychology. Medical School: St. Matthews University School of Medicine. Residency: Atrium Cabarrus Family Medicine Residency.
Course Overview
Welcome to the Atypical Cases course. In this course we will discuss some of the atypical cases that Dr. Mekhael has faced in his practice. You will be given the case first and will have a chance to think about the diagnosis and how you would treat prior to the discussion. This course contains a lot of interesting cases that do not fit the mold and did not present in the regular typical way.
Duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes
CME: 2.5
Cases discussed in this course:
NSTEMI
Stable angina
Pulmonary Emboli
Correlate Clinically
ESRD
Pulmonary edema
Loculated pleural effusion
Multiple positive bacteremia
Altered mental status
Lung cancer
Paraneoplastic syndrome
Metabolic acidosis
Metabolic acidosis with elevated anion gap
Antifreeze ingestions
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
SGLT2 inhibitors
Emphysematous Cystitis
Suprapubic catheter leak
Recurrent stroke
Stroke in cocaine
Emphysematous cystitis
Tumor lysis syndrome
Life threatening Hemoptysis
Splenic infarcts
Nephrolithiasis not xray
Alcohol bizarre behavior
Bone infarcts
Wernicke’s Encephalopathy
Postictal
Anemia and MM
Atypical Constipation
Bladder perforation
Aspirin/Plavix failure
Meds induced pancreatitis
Anoxic brain injury
SLE and AMS
Methemoglobinemia
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Course Features
- Duration 10 week weeks
- Language English
- Students 17 students enrolled
- Assessments Self
- Categories Medicine
