Visual Dx Answer: a) Olecranon Bursitis
Answer: The correct answer is a) Olecranon bursitis. The most pathognomonic symptom is swelling in the posterior…
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Visual Dx Answer: a) Olecranon Bursitis
Answer: The correct answer is a) Olecranon bursitis. The most pathognomonic symptom is swelling in the posterior... -
Visual Dx Question: What Is Causing This Elbow Pain?
Question: A 68-year-old man presents with a one-month history of left elbow pain. What is the diagnosis?... -
Tips for Button-Battery Ingestion to Avoid Life-Threatening Tissue Damage
Why do emergency physicians need to know about the recognition and management of button battery ingestion? Button...
Visual Dx Question: What Is Causing This Elbow Pain?
Question: A 68-year-old man presents with a one-month history of left elbow pain. What is the diagnosis?…
Tips for Button-Battery Ingestion to Avoid Life-Threatening Tissue Damage
Why do emergency physicians need to know about the recognition and management of button battery ingestion? Button…
Case Report: Imaging Follows Dangerous ATV Accident
A 40-year-old woman with a history of untreated hypertension presented by ambulance after she was thrown from…
The Current Status of Continuous-Seizure Management
35-year-old man presents by EMS with seizures. According to family at the scene, he has a history…
Readers Respond: How Not to Miss Posterior Circulation Stroke
We disagree with the recommendation to use the HINTS Exam as the gold standard for detecting posterior…
Updated Urology Guidelines for Priapism
Ischemic priapism is not uncommonly encountered in the emergency department (ED) and essentially results in a compartment…
Updates in the Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction secondary to a dysregulated host response to an infection; an estimated…
Diagnosing Lower Urinary Tract Infections
Few shifts go by without ordering at least one urinalysis. While they are ubiquitously used, urine testing…
Extracting External Auditory Canal Foreign Bodies
The best questions often stem from the inquisitive learner. As educators, we love—and are always humbled—by those…