Suzanne M. Burns, RN, MSN, RRT, ACNP, CCRN, FAAN, FCCM is a Professor of Nursing, Acute and Specialty Care at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

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• ContributorsAcknowledgementsPreface: How to Use the BookCase Listing by DiagnosisCase Listing by SymptomDiagnostic Reasoning: An OverviewCases 1-71IndexCase 1:  Acute Liver Failure: Acetaminophen toxicityCase 2:  Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Case 3:  Acute Severe AsthmaCase 4:  Adrenal Insufficiency Case 5:  Anemia: Of chronic disease Case 6:  Anemia: Of unknown etiologyCase 7:  Aortic Dissection (type A): Marfan syndrome Case 8:  Aortic Dissection (type A): Post heart transplant Case 9:  Aortic Stenosis Case 10: AspergillosisCase 11: Bowel Obstruction - Small Bowel (Part 1); Acute Kidney Injury (Part 2)Case 12: Brain Tumor: Glioblastoma Case 13: Cancer: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorderCase 14: Carbon Monoxide PoisoningCase 15: Cardiac Amyloidosis Case 16: Cardiac Tamponade: Post cardiac surgery Case 17: Cardiogenic Shock Case 18: Cardiomyopathy: Hypertrophic obstructive Case 19: Cardiomyopathy: Ischemic Case 20: Chest Trauma: Flail chest Case 21: Choledocholithiasis: Post laparoscopic surgery  Case 22: Colorectal Surgery: Post-operative complicationCase 23: Costochondritis Case 24: Diabetes Insipidus: Post-operative  Case 25: Diabetic Ketoacidosis Case 26: Drug Induced Long-QT SyndromeCase 27: Encephalitis: Anti-N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) Case 28: Endocarditis: Tricuspid valve Case 29: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Case 30: Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Portal hypertensionCase 31: Heart Failure: Post-operative acute on chronic Case 32: Heart Failure: Preserved ejection fraction Case 33: Hepatorenal SyndromeCase 34: Hernia: Inguinal Case 35: Hypertensive crisis: Renal artery stenosis Case 36: Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura Case 37: Ileostomy: Large volume outputCase 38: Leukemia: Acute myeloid Case 39: Lupus: Systemic lupus erythematosus Case 40: Meningitis Case 41: Meningitis: Bacterial Case 42: Migraine Case 43: Multiple Myeloma Case 44: Myocardial Infarction: Non ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) Case 45: Myocardial Infarction: ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and Plavix resistanceCase 46: Myxedema Coma Case 47: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Case 48: Nicotine PoisoningCase 49: Osteomylitis Case 50: Pancreatic Cancer Case 51: Pancreatitis Associated with ECMO Case 52: Pericarditis: Constrictive cardiomyopathyCase 53: Pericarditis: Post-operative CABG Case 54: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Case 55: Peripheral Venous Disease (PVD) Case 56: Pneumonia: Aspiration due to end-stage dementiaCase 57: Pneumonia: COPD exacerbation Case 58: Pneumonia: Eosinophilia Case 59: Pneumothorax Case 60: Pulmonary Edema: Flash Case 61: Pulmonary Embolus Case 62: Sepsis: Bile leak post-operative liver transplantation Case 63: S

Suzanne M. Burns, RN, MSN, RRT, ACNP, CCRN, FAAN, FCCM is a Professor of Nursing, Acute and Specialty Care at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

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• ContributorsAcknowledgementsPreface: How to Use the BookCase Listing by DiagnosisCase Listing by SymptomDiagnostic Reasoning: An OverviewCases 1-71IndexCase 1:  Acute Liver Failure: Acetaminophen toxicityCase 2:  Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Case 3:  Acute Severe AsthmaCase 4:  Adrenal Insufficiency Case 5:  Anemia: Of chronic disease Case 6:  Anemia: Of unknown etiologyCase 7:  Aortic Dissection (type A): Marfan syndrome Case 8:  Aortic Dissection (type A): Post heart transplant Case 9:  Aortic Stenosis Case 10: AspergillosisCase 11: Bowel Obstruction - Small Bowel (Part 1); Acute Kidney Injury (Part 2)Case 12: Brain Tumor: Glioblastoma Case 13: Cancer: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorderCase 14: Carbon Monoxide PoisoningCase 15: Cardiac Amyloidosis Case 16: Cardiac Tamponade: Post cardiac surgery Case 17: Cardiogenic Shock Case 18: Cardiomyopathy: Hypertrophic obstructive Case 19: Cardiomyopathy: Ischemic Case 20: Chest Trauma: Flail chest Case 21: Choledocholithiasis: Post laparoscopic surgery  Case 22: Colorectal Surgery: Post-operative complicationCase 23: Costochondritis Case 24: Diabetes Insipidus: Post-operative  Case 25: Diabetic Ketoacidosis Case 26: Drug Induced Long-QT SyndromeCase 27: Encephalitis: Anti-N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) Case 28: Endocarditis: Tricuspid valve Case 29: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Case 30: Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Portal hypertensionCase 31: Heart Failure: Post-operative acute on chronic Case 32: Heart Failure: Preserved ejection fraction Case 33: Hepatorenal SyndromeCase 34: Hernia: Inguinal Case 35: Hypertensive crisis: Renal artery stenosis Case 36: Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura Case 37: Ileostomy: Large volume outputCase 38: Leukemia: Acute myeloid Case 39: Lupus: Systemic lupus erythematosus Case 40: Meningitis Case 41: Meningitis: Bacterial Case 42: Migraine Case 43: Multiple Myeloma Case 44: Myocardial Infarction: Non ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) Case 45: Myocardial Infarction: ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and Plavix resistanceCase 46: Myxedema Coma Case 47: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Case 48: Nicotine PoisoningCase 49: Osteomylitis Case 50: Pancreatic Cancer Case 51: Pancreatitis Associated with ECMO Case 52: Pericarditis: Constrictive cardiomyopathyCase 53: Pericarditis: Post-operative CABG Case 54: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Case 55: Peripheral Venous Disease (PVD) Case 56: Pneumonia: Aspiration due to end-stage dementiaCase 57: Pneumonia: COPD exacerbation Case 58: Pneumonia: Eosinophilia Case 59: Pneumothorax Case 60: Pulmonary Edema: Flash Case 61: Pulmonary Embolus Case 62: Sepsis: Bile leak post-operative liver transplantation Case 63: S

Suzanne M. Burns, RN, MSN, RRT, ACNP, CCRN, FAAN, FCCM is a Professor of Nursing, Acute and Specialty Care at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

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• ContributorsAcknowledgementsPreface: How to Use the BookCase Listing by DiagnosisCase Listing by SymptomDiagnostic Reasoning: An OverviewCases 1-71IndexCase 1:  Acute Liver Failure: Acetaminophen toxicityCase 2:  Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Case 3:  Acute Severe AsthmaCase 4:  Adrenal Insufficiency Case 5:  Anemia: Of chronic disease Case 6:  Anemia: Of unknown etiologyCase 7:  Aortic Dissection (type A): Marfan syndrome Case 8:  Aortic Dissection (type A): Post heart transplant Case 9:  Aortic Stenosis Case 10: AspergillosisCase 11: Bowel Obstruction - Small Bowel (Part 1); Acute Kidney Injury (Part 2)Case 12: Brain Tumor: Glioblastoma Case 13: Cancer: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorderCase 14: Carbon Monoxide PoisoningCase 15: Cardiac Amyloidosis Case 16: Cardiac Tamponade: Post cardiac surgery Case 17: Cardiogenic Shock Case 18: Cardiomyopathy: Hypertrophic obstructive Case 19: Cardiomyopathy: Ischemic Case 20: Chest Trauma: Flail chest Case 21: Choledocholithiasis: Post laparoscopic surgery  Case 22: Colorectal Surgery: Post-operative complicationCase 23: Costochondritis Case 24: Diabetes Insipidus: Post-operative  Case 25: Diabetic Ketoacidosis Case 26: Drug Induced Long-QT SyndromeCase 27: Encephalitis: Anti-N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) Case 28: Endocarditis: Tricuspid valve Case 29: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Case 30: Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Portal hypertensionCase 31: Heart Failure: Post-operative acute on chronic Case 32: Heart Failure: Preserved ejection fraction Case 33: Hepatorenal SyndromeCase 34: Hernia: Inguinal Case 35: Hypertensive crisis: Renal artery stenosis Case 36: Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura Case 37: Ileostomy: Large volume outputCase 38: Leukemia: Acute myeloid Case 39: Lupus: Systemic lupus erythematosus Case 40: Meningitis Case 41: Meningitis: Bacterial Case 42: Migraine Case 43: Multiple Myeloma Case 44: Myocardial Infarction: Non ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) Case 45: Myocardial Infarction: ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and Plavix resistanceCase 46: Myxedema Coma Case 47: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Case 48: Nicotine PoisoningCase 49: Osteomylitis Case 50: Pancreatic Cancer Case 51: Pancreatitis Associated with ECMO Case 52: Pericarditis: Constrictive cardiomyopathyCase 53: Pericarditis: Post-operative CABG Case 54: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Case 55: Peripheral Venous Disease (PVD) Case 56: Pneumonia: Aspiration due to end-stage dementiaCase 57: Pneumonia: COPD exacerbation Case 58: Pneumonia: Eosinophilia Case 59: Pneumothorax Case 60: Pulmonary Edema: Flash Case 61: Pulmonary Embolus Case 62: Sepsis: Bile leak post-operative liver transplantation Case 63: S