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Clinical , Pediatric EM , Orthopedics

Cervical Spine Imaging in Pediatric Trauma

12/3/2015 Matthew Swarm, MD

Cervical Spine Imaging in Pediatric Trauma A 4-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department after a high-speed motor vehicle collision. He was the restrained backseat passenger of a vehicle th

Cardiology , Clinical

Wolff-Parkinson Wait!

12/2/2015 Tim Barr, DO , Mike Hausberger, DO , Adam Sadowski, DO

Wolff-Parkinson Wait! A healthy 28-year-old male with no past medical history presents to the emergency department with palpitations and dizziness. Vital signs are within normal limits except for a r

Clinical , Critical Care

Risking Life and Limb: Management of Phlegmasia Alba and Cerulea Dolens

12/2/2015 William Baker, MD, FACEP , Samuel Kim, MD

Risking Life and Limb: Management of Phlegmasia Alba and Cerulea Dolens A 65-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer is brought to the emergency department with one day of left leg swelling,

Pediatric EM , Urology , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls , Clinical

Urinary Tract Infection in Children

12/1/2015 EM Resident

Urinary Tract Infection in Children From the May 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Urinary Tract Infection in Children: Emergency Department Diagnostics and Interventions.” Repri

Visual Diagnosis , Ophthalmology , Clinical

Corneal Hydrops: A Complication of Keratoconus

12/1/2015 Lawrence Stack, MD , Craig Sheedy, MD , Brian Bales, MD

Corneal Hydrops: A Complication of Keratoconus The Patient A 36-year-old female presents to the emergency department with 1 week of decreased vision, pain, and photophobia of her left eye. She denies

Clinical , Ultrasound

Finding the Invisible: Using Ultrasound to Combat Fournier's

10/8/2015 Marsia Vermeulen, DO, FACEP , Di Coneybeare, MD

Finding the Invisible: Using Ultrasound to Combat Fournier's Case A 77-year-old male with coronary artery disease, diabetes, and a recent left femoral neck fracture is sent to the ED for non-resolvin

Clinical , Critical Care , Pediatric EM , Airway

The Pediatric Airway

10/8/2015 Kyle Yoder, MD

The Pediatric Airway Clinical Scenario You are working an overnight shift at a single-coverage emergency department, when EMS calls ahead with a pediatric medical alert. They are three minutes out wi

Clinical , Visual Diagnosis

Photophobia

10/8/2015 R. Jason Thurman, MD, FAAEM , Lawrence Stack, MD , Brittany White, MD

Photophobia The Patient A 31-year-old female presents to the emergency department with 1 week of right eye pain, redness, excessive tearing, and photophobia. She denies any trauma, chemical exposures

Neurology

Management of Post-tPA Intracerebral Hemorrhage

10/8/2015 Terrance McGovern, DO, MPH , Joseph Bove, DO

Management of Post-tPA Intracerebral Hemorrhage On your next shift, you find yourself evaluating a 58-year-old-male with acute onset of left upper and lower extremity weakness and a facial droop that

Clinical , Infectious Disease

Foreign Travelers: Cutaneous Parasitic Infections from Abroad

10/8/2015 Zina Semenovskaya, MD, FAWM , Anne Katz, MD

Foreign Travelers: Cutaneous Parasitic Infections from Abroad Case Presentation You step into the room of a 22-year-old female sent from her primary care physician for incision and drainage of two fa