Emergency Medicine

A 72-year-old man presented to the hospital for an apparent thrombotic stroke. Regarding the present illness, the patient’s history began about 3 months prior, when a friend noticed that the patient’s left...

A 20-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 3- to 4-week history of worsening dyspnea upon exertion, lower extremity edema, weakness, anorexia, and vomiting.

A 22-month-old boy presented to the emergency department following an accidental ingestion of potassium permanganate (KMnO4).

A previously healthy 8-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with sudden-onset neurological deficits and altered mental status following a syncopal episode.

A 72-year-old woman with a history of congestive heart failure, chronic lymphedema, and hypothyroidism presented with worsening bilateral lower-extremity swelling and weakness. She was found to be in atrial...

A 68-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with pleuritic left-sided chest pain associated with shortness of breath and a productive cough with clear sputum but no hemoptysis.

A 3-year-old boy presented with abdominal pain and vomiting for 4 days. During that time, he had five or six episodes of vomiting accompanied by diffuse abdominal pain.

The length of time on invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) increases the potential for numerous severe and even life-threatening complications, such as volutrauma, barotrauma, infection, damage to vocal...

A 26-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with progressive confusion and recurrent falls. The patient reported having vomiting and diarrhea for 1 week and several falls 1 day before her...

A 66-year-old, right-handed man presented to the emergency department (ED) reporting the perception of hearing speech “in fast forward.” The perception was intermittent; episodes lasted for a few minutes...