Interesting case of Epistaxis
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Elderly male presents to your ED with epistaxis for hours ...
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Critical Cases - Epidural Abscess Emergency!
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A 61 yo male presents to the ED for the second time with complaints of back pain. While the overwhelming majority of cases of back pain are benign, there are a few "can't miss" causes which will result in paralysis if not diagnosed early. You ponder these diagnoses as you make your way to the patient's room...
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Critical Cases - Blunt Myocardial Injury
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Blunt chest injury can rarely result in a direct contusion to the myocardium. This "bruise of the heart" can precipiate lethal cardiac arrhythmia, often in a delayed fashion. As you evaluate a trauma patient with complaints of chest pain after blunt injury, you wonder what the correct workup and management of this potentially fatal condition should consist of....
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Interesting case of paralysis
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16 y/o female p/w L sided facial droop and L eyelid weakness
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Interesting case of chest pain
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54 y.o. Male hx MI s/p PCI (years ago) presenting w/ chest pain
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Interesting case of pleural effusion
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45 y/o F, no PMHx, sent in from UC for R sided pleural effusion
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Interesting case of smoke inhalation
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30 yo F with PMH generalized anxiety disorder, presents to the ED after being in house fire. Unknown amount of time spent in burning house.
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Critical Cases - Post LP Subdural Hematoma!
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A 24 year old female presents to the ED complaining of a worsening headache after a lumbar puncture performed in the ED 2 days prior which diagnosed idiopathic intracranial hypertension. "No problem!" you think. Either this is just a post LP headache or possibly the patient needs more CSF drained to improve her headache. LP is a very safe procedure with minimal risk after all! Right?
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Critical Cases - Serious Headaches and Where to Find Them
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Most patients presenting to the ED with a headache have a simple primary headache: tension, migraine, or cluster. Detecting the "other" etiolgies for headache, which can result in neurologic devastation or death, is often a diagnostic challenge. He we give some quick hits for one of the "can't miss" headaches, how it presents, and how to diagnose it.
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Critical Cases - Back pain bounceback!
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A 55 year old male presents to the ED with complaints of anterior chest pain radiating through to the thoracic area X 2 days...you mentally run through a check list of the potential "red flag" signs/symptoms for serious back pain before you enter the room. Will this be another benign musculoskeletal pain or something more sinister?
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