Browsing: Clinical

Visual Diagnosis

Diagnose this Condition

10/5/2017 Lawrence Lau, MD , Hannah Mirzakhani , Nicholas Governatori, MD

Diagnose this Condition The Patient 30-year-old male with no significant past medical history presents with 2 days of gradually worsening rash over the left nare, left upper lip, and inferior medial

Toxicology , Toxins

Chemical Warfare Agents

10/3/2017 Navneet Cheema, MD , Natalie Neumann, MD

Chemical Warfare Agents Today, chemical warfare agents (CWAs) may pose a greater hazard to civilians than soldiers. The threat of chemical warfare is hardly novel. Traditionally used by armies to bre

Neurology

Subdural Hematoma Secondary to Epidural Anesthesia

10/3/2017 Priyanka Lauber, DO , Krystle Shafer, MD

Subdural Hematoma Secondary to Epidural Anesthesia A 31-year-old multiparous woman who is 7 days postpartum after a c-section presents to the emergency department for the second time complaining of a

Critical Care

The Crashing Patient with Critical Aortic Stenosis

10/3/2017 Ram Parekh, MD , Mark Andreae, MD

The Crashing Patient with Critical Aortic Stenosis A 90-year-old male with a past medical history of severe aortic stenosis, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, and chronic kidney disease p

Prehospital Care

Tornado Touchdown: Mississippi Medical Students Overcome Disaster

8/29/2017 Olivia Kennedy, MS-II

Tornado Touchdown: Mississippi Medical Students Overcome Disaster In the early morning hours of Jan. 21, 2017, medical students in Mississippi were”¦ studying. Like every other first-year student, I

Recreational Drugs , Toxicology

Tripping off Trumpets: Diagnosis and Management of Jimson Weed Toxicity

8/14/2017 Henrik Galust, MD

Tripping off Trumpets: Diagnosis and Management of Jimson Weed Toxicity A 16-year-old male is brought to the emergency department for confusion and hallucinations for the past hour. Two hours prior t

Practice Environments , International EM

Central Line Training in a Resource-Limited Environment

8/14/2017 Torben K. Becker, MD, PhD , Moneer Abdo, MD

Central Line Training in a Resource-Limited Environment Medical residents in the United States have the opportunity to learn and practice procedures on simulators before ever attempting them on a rea

Clinical , Palliative Care

Sides of the Same Coin: Dispelling Myths About Palliative Care in the ED

8/14/2017 Allison Chan, DO

Sides of the Same Coin: Dispelling Myths About Palliative Care in the ED Emergency Medicine (EM) and Hospice/Palliative Medicine (HPM) are often viewed as two medical specialties on opposite sides of

Telemedicine , Informatics , Editorial

Telemedicine

8/9/2017 Chichen Qiu, MD , Aditi Joshi, MD, FACEP

Telemedicine A 34-year-old female woke up today with a sore throat. She hoped she would improve as the day went on, but the pain persisted despite over-the-counter medications. She tried calling her

Cardiology , Clinical , ECG Challenge

ECG Challenge - Aug 2017

8/9/2017

ECG Challenge - Aug 2017 Case. A 97-year-old female with a past medical history of congestive heart failure with an ejection fraction of 20%, hypertension, and chronic left bundle branch block presen