An 82-year-old white man with a medical history of calcium pyrophosphate crystal arthritis (pseudogout) and nephrolithiasis presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of acute, sharp neck pain,…
A 16-year-old female adolescent presented to the emergency department (ED) for a 3-week history of progressively worsening headaches associated with nausea and vomiting. She denied vision changes, photophobia, trauma, congestion,…
A 69-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease was admitted to the emergency department for acute chest pain. A few minutes after admission, cardiac arrest occurred. Return of…
The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) gathers extensive background information on emergency medicine residency programs and the residents training in those programs. We present the 2017 annual report on…
SEE RELATED ARTICLE, P. 660 . Annals Case A 42 year old woman presents with 2 days of positional, gradual-onset, diffuse headache associated with vomiting. Her headache improves with lying…
The New York Times headline would read “Three Enemas Later, and Still No Drugs.” The backstory, in a nutshell, was that the police had come to my emergency department with…
I recently went to a funeral. The deceased was a young man, only 29 years old. I had only met him once (more on this later). But I knew his…
I never realized how physiologically and literally a rupturing abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) resembled a bomb inside someone’s abdomen. That was my initial thought as I began my busy evening…
The pediatric emergency department (ED) was in the midst of its early morning ritual. There were no patients waiting to be seen. I wanted to help wake up the residents…
Study objective Lumbar puncture is a commonly performed procedure, although previous studies have documented low rates of successful completion in infants. Ultrasonography can visualize the anatomic landmarks for lumbar puncture…
