Emergency Medicine
Radiology Review
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
A 90-year-old woman, admitted for altered mental status, just had a nasogastric tube placed to facilitate nutrition and medication delivery.
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology: One Last Kick—Transverse Myelitis After an Overdose of Heroin via Insufflation
A 17-year-old adolescent girl with a history of depression and opioid dependency is found unresponsive by her father.
Radiology Review
Oh, Deer! Accident Leaves Man in Pain
A 50-year-old man is brought to your facility by EMS personnel for evaluation after a motor vehicle crash. He was an unrestrained driver who...
Radiology Review
Elective Craniotomy Results in Respiratory Distress
A 60-year-old woman undergoes an elective craniotomy for clipping of a nonruptured aneurysm. The perioperative course is uneventful, and the...
Radiology Review
Fall From Trail Leaves Woman in Pain
A 56-year old woman presents for evaluation of left hip pain. Several hours ago, she says, she was walking on a trail when she fell from an...
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology: Managing Missed Methadone
After experiencing a fall, a 53-year-old woman with a history of intravenous drug use was referred by her methadone clinic for evaluation.
Radiology Review
Driver Partially Ejected From Vehicle
A 28-year-old man is brought to your facility by EMS for evaluation status post a motor vehicle accident. The patient was an unrestrained driver...
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology: When Doing More for the Sake of Better Health Goes Wrong
A 62-year-old man with a history of hypercholesterolemia and HIV infection presented for evaluation of diffuse myalgia and tea-colored urine.
Radiology Review
Woman Complains of Knee Pain Following Fight
A 35-year-old woman presents for evaluation of left knee pain secondary to an assault. She says she was involved in a fight and was struck...