Steven R. Bruhl, MD, MS

April 11, 2011

An 88-year-old woman was brought to the emergency department after she choked on a piece of meat. She had dysphagia of many years’ duration and progressive weight loss over the past 5 years.

October 06, 2009

Chest pain and dyspnea of acute onset prompted a 49-year-old man to seek urgent medical attention. Two months earlier, he had sustained fractures to the right arm and both ankles after a 25-ft fall. Ten days before presentation, the patient’s rehabilitation physician had discontinued daily enoxaparin because of improved mobility and a presumed decreased risk of thromboembolism.

September 15, 2007

An 88-year-old woman was brought to the emergency department after she choked on a piece of meat. She had dysphagia of many years' duration and progressive weight loss over the past 5 years.