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Photoclinic
Mucormycosis
Photoclinic
Small Bowel Perforation Caused By Disseminated Mucormycosis
01/29/2023
A 33-year-old postpartum woman presented to our emergency department with dyspnea, orthopnea, and generalized abdominal pain and distention for 2 days. She had been having trouble breathing at rest and had...
01/29/2023
Photoclinic
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Photoclinic
Non-Selective β-Blocker Use in the Treatment of Stewart-Treves Syndrome
01/27/2023

Kent Axcell, BS1• Yesul Kim, MD2• Edward J. Fox, MD3• Joseph J. Drabick, MD4• Bryan E. Anderson, MD2

Kent Axcell, BS1• Yesul Kim, MD2• Edward J. Fox, MD3• Joseph J. Drabick, MD4• Bryan E. ...
A 60-year-old man presented to the emergency room with a left upper extremity angiosarcoma secondary to chronic lymphedema of the left upper extremity.
01/27/2023
Radiology Quiz
What Is Causing This Young Man’s Sore Throat?
Radiology Quiz
What Is Causing This Young Man’s Sore Throat?
01/20/2023
A 22-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a sore throat. His pain began 12 hours earlier on the left side and subsequently progressed to the right side.
01/20/2023

Interactive Features

Sudden Cardiac Arrest
A judge using a gavel.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Legal Pearl: Can a Hospital be Responsible for Patient Care by an Outsourced Physician?
12/22/2022
12/22/2022
Radiology
Brain scan
Radiology
Legal Pearl: Physician, Radiologist Liable for "Locked-In Syndrome" Diagnosis
12/13/2022
12/13/2022
Cancer
CT scanner
Cancer
Legal Pearl: 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
artificial intelligence
technology
Poll: AI in Intensive Care
08/08/2022
08/08/2022

Clinical Insights

Emergency Medicine
Diane Calello, MD
Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Poisonings: Substances, Symptoms, and Causes
06/12/2022
06/12/2022
Emergency Medicine
Diane Calello, MD
Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Poisonings: Key Takeaways for Clinicians
09/27/2021
09/27/2021
opioids
opioids
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
Emergency Medicine
Lewis Nelson, MD
Emergency Medicine
Opioid Overdose: Naloxone Is Only Half the Battle
06/11/2021
06/11/2021
Emergency Medicine
Edmond Hooker, MD
Emergency Medicine
Edmond A. Hooker, MD, DrPH on Trends in US Emergency Department Visits and Costs
09/18/2020
09/18/2020