Nutrition

An 8-year-old nonverbal autistic girl presented with her parents to our emergency department with a 6-week history of a progressively worsening limp. At onset, the patient had a mild limp, left-sided...

The gastrointestinal tract is home to microorganisms that exist in close relation with host cells. The microbes in the gut are estimated to comprise 1000 to 1200 bacterial species and at least 100 trillion...

An 11-year-old boy with a medical history significant for autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder presented to the emergency department with a 1-month history of progressive...

A 76-year-old woman was referred to our emergency department by her primary care provider out of concern for a severely low potassium level of 2.0 mEq/L.

A 56-year-old man presented with a 4-month history of an asymptomatic rash on his bilateral thighs. He also reported occasional sores in his mouth. On further questioning, the patient reported recent weight...

The two case reports presented here explore entirely different presentations of the same diagnosis, scurvy, in two children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Case 1 is a 3-year-old boy with leg pain,...

An 18-year-old young man presented to the emergency department (ED) with concern for a 10-day history of vomiting.

The keys represent 5 different but interrelated and interdependent areas of focus.