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Gastroenterology

Hooked on Colonics: Colon Cleansing Gone Wrong

4/22/2020 Darren Cuthbert, MD, MPH , David Christopher Cuthbert, MD , Joshua Bucher, MD

Retained foreign bodies are not uncommon in emergency medicine, but this case presented unusual circumstances as the patient had consulted a Reiki master for a regimen of colon cleansing.

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Toxicology , Pediatric EM , Gastroenterology

Gastric Perforation after Liquid Nitrogen Ingestion: A Scream after Ice Cream

2/11/2020 Natasha Brown, MD , Carlos Dos Santos , Fiona Azbuike, MD

Sweet! Cool! Oh ... The popular food or drink enhancement tactic of adding liquid nitrogen can have alarming effects - possibly fatal.

Gastroenterology , Urology

Case Report: Synchronous Obstructive Ureterolithiasis and Acute Diverticulitis

8/19/2018 Brunilda Prifti, MD , Chadd E Nesbit, MD, PhD

Abdominal pain is not an uncommon presentation - but in this case it revealed an unusual diagnosis.

Geriatrics , Gastroenterology

Approach to Abdominal Pain in the Geriatric Patient

2/2/2017 Katren Tyler, MD , Justine M. Nagurney, MD , Christopher Carpenter, MD, MSc

Approach to Abdominal Pain in the Geriatric Patient You are working in the emergency department on a pleasant Sunday afternoon when the paramedics wheel in an 85-year-old gentleman who has been havin

Clinical , Gastroenterology

Helicobacter pylori: Underappreciated and Underdiagnosed

8/3/2015 W. Tyler Winders, MD

Helicobacter pylori: Underappreciated and Underdiagnosed In 1984, Dr. Barry Marshall, an Australian physician, ingested a petri dish known to contain Helicobacter pylori in an attempt to help prove h

Clinical , Infectious Disease , Gastroenterology

Shaking Down Shigella

10/15/2014 EM Resident

Shaking Down Shigella Brian C. Phillips, MD, Resident Physician, Emergency Medicine/Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN As few as 10-200 organisms may be sufficient to develop an infecti

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