ECG Challenge - Feb 2017
Case: A 56-year-old female with a history of chronic kidney disease and hypertension presents with diffuse weakness and fatigue over the past 3 days. What are you seeing in t
Consult Corner Radiology
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Poisoned Pump: Management of Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity
A 46-year-old male with a history of hypertension presents after an intentional overdose of 500 mg of amlodipine 1 hour prior to arrival.
Fight Bites and Other Human Bite Injuries
A 27-year-old male presents to the emergency department complaining of purulent drainage from a wound to his right hand. He says that he was in a fight about
Can't Miss Killer: The Role of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Diagnosing Acute Aortic Dissection
A 69-year-old female with a history of hypertension and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) presents to the e
Passport to Health: Challenges of Caring for Undocumented Children in the Emergency Department
Introduction An undocumented immigrant is an individual who enters the United States without inspection
When Disaster Strikes: Crisis Management from Inside Hurricane Matthew
Emergency department (ED) physicians are trained and expected to think on our feet, to make the best of unusual circumstances an
CNS Toxoplasmosis
A 26-year-old Spanish-speaking female patient presents to the emergency department (ED) with right-sided weakness after a witnessed seizure. The patient is postictal, combative, and
Critical Care Alert: Intensive Blood-Pressure Lowering in Patients with Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage
A 57-year-old male with a history of hypertension and diabetes develops a severe headache and nausea.
ECG Challenge
Case. A 79-year-old male with a medical history of “some heart problems” presents to the emergency department with 3 days of fatigue and shortness of breath. This ECG is obtained in tri