Annals of EMPublic health and emergency medicine—are these really two separate entities?
Some might say that the emergency department acts as the safety net for the United States healthcare system. After all, there is no question that many patients use the emergency room as their source of primary care medicine. However, does this place emergency medicine as a [...]
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Prepared by Dr Julie Nguyen
Case presentation:
An 18-year-old African-American woman with no significant past medical history, presented to the ED complaining of cough, fever, generalized weakness, and worsening dyspnea for a week. The patient was tachycardic, tachypneic and hypothermic. Her labs showed leukocytosis, thrombocytosis, and coagulopathy. She had an anion gap of 21 and lactic acid [...]
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HPI
A 15 y.o. girl was transported by EMS to the ED. She had just experienced her second syncopal episode in 8 days. This morning while in the bathroom at her family’s home getting ready for school, she felt nauseous and then passed out. When she awoke, EMS was on the scene. She had had a [...]
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HPI
A 15 y.o. girl was transported by EMS to the ED. She had just experienced her second syncopal episode in 8 days. This morning while in the bathroom at her family’s home getting ready for school, she felt nauseous and then passed out. When she awoke, EMS was on the scene. She had had a [...]
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Winners
Marjan Siadat Kyle Perry Katie Ohlendorf
Katie Dobratz Brian Junnila Matt Steimle
Sam Lee Devon Moore Donnell Newman
Shereaf Walid Dan Seitz Eric Tosh
Case 2.2
A 7-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his mother after she noticed the rash below on his body. The mom states that the rash first appeared [...]
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Case 3.1
A 7-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his mother after she noticed the rash below on his body. The mom states that the rash first appeared on her son’s face and then rapidly spread to his neck, back, chest, and legs. Mom states that her son complained of a sore throat for [...]
Filed under: VizD | Tagged: systemic infections | 12 Comments »
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