Cluster of Unusual Amnestic Syndrome Cases Intrigues Boston Physicians
The Cases In November 2015, a neurologist in the Boston area reported four cases of an uncommon…
Case Presentation
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Cluster of Unusual Amnestic Syndrome Cases Intrigues Boston Physicians
The Cases In November 2015, a neurologist in the Boston area reported four cases of an uncommon... -
Zoanthid Corals in Home Aquariums Present Risk of Lower Extremity Weakness
Zoanthid corals are commonly kept in home aquariums. They produce a potent palytoxin that has various neurologic... -
How to Use End-tidal Capnography to Monitor Asthmatic Patients
The clinical exam is inherently subjective from one provider to another, but it has even been shown...
Zoanthid Corals in Home Aquariums Present Risk of Lower Extremity Weakness
Zoanthid corals are commonly kept in home aquariums. They produce a potent palytoxin that has various neurologic…
How to Use End-tidal Capnography to Monitor Asthmatic Patients
The clinical exam is inherently subjective from one provider to another, but it has even been shown…
Mass Casualty Incident Provides Pearls for Toxin-Related Illness
On a busy Monday evening in April at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, a 50ish-year-old male…
How to Implement Palliative Care Principles in the Emergency Department
Patients who live with complex serious illness are a large proportion of the patients we see in…
Should Families Watch CPR in the Emergency Department?
The Case A 72-year-old man is brought in by emergency medical services in full cardiac arrest. He…
Testosterone to Slow Aging in Men Could Pose Cardiovascular Risk
The Case “I told him he never should have started that medication,” said the patient’s worried wife….
When Do You Stop Trying to Resuscitate a Patient?
The Case A frantic call comes in on the box: “CPR in progress—three minutes out!” Emergency medical…
Tips for Relieving Increased Intraocular Pressure
The Case A 24-year-old male presents to the ED late Saturday night after leaving the local watering…
Rat-Bite Fever’s Non-Specific Symptoms Make Patient History Important for Diagnosis
The Case Chief complaint: fever and rash. I stare at the triage notes of the eight-year-old female…