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A Case of Klebsiella variicola Infection

11/30/2022

A 57-year-old woman with a history of hypothyroidism and breast cancer, for which she had undergone a mastectomy 10 years prior, presented to the emergency department with a 1-day history of right...

11/30/2022

preventive medicine

preventive medicine

PrEP Is Underutilized in Emergency Department Settings

11/29/2022

Case In Point

Case In Point

Chronic Osteomyelitis Caused by Finegoldia magna

11/27/2022

A 26-year-old incarcerated man presented to the emergency department with a complication of osteomyelitis of the left ischium, which had been diagnosed previously.

11/27/2022

Interactive Features

Cancer

Legal Pearls: Court Holds that Doctor’s Negligence Does Not Rise to Fraudulent Concealment of Cancer

08/25/2022

The patient was hospitalized in 2004 when a computerized tomography (CT) scan showed a mass on her right kidney, but neither the patient nor her family was notified of the mass. In 2006, she was again...

08/25/2022

mental health

A row of parked ambulances outside of a hospital.

mental health

Poll: Mental Health in the Emergency Department

08/20/2022

Mental health is one of the top 10 reasons people visit the emergency department, but follow-up care is not always adequate. Are there ways hospitals can help these patients? Tell us via our poll!

08/20/2022

technology

technology

Poll: AI in Intensive Care

08/08/2022

Medical Malpractice

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Medical Malpractice

Legal Pearls: Florida Physician and Urgent Care Found Liable for Misdiagnosis Resulting in Patient Losing Leg

08/04/2022

A Florida physician and the facility at which he worked have been ordered to pay approximately $7.6 million after a bacterial infection was misdiagnosed as a sprained ankle, resulting in the patient...

08/04/2022

radiology

Legal Pearls: Hospital Unprepared to Handle Emergency Reaction

06/09/2022

A 41-year-old man went to his local hospital for an MRI with gadolinium to improve contrast. A radiology technologist was tending to the patient in the radiology room when she realized that he was having an...

06/09/2022

Clinical Insights

Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Poisonings: Substances, Symptoms, and Causes

06/12/2022

Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Poisonings: Key Takeaways for Clinicians

09/27/2021

opioids

Opioid Overdose Reversal in the Community Setting

09/24/2021

David G Schwartz, PhD, and Stephen Lankenau, PhD, answer our questions on the results of a study examining the effectiveness of equipping members of the community with naloxone and a smartphone application...

09/24/2021

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