Cara Buchanan,Scott Kobner
Cara Buchanan
Tachypnea is a sentinel sign of physiologic distress and a critical, early marker of illness in emergency department (ED) patients. Despite its clinical significance, it is often overlooked or inaccurately measured. Tachypnea frequently pre...
Bennett A Myers,Gabriella Miller
Bennett A Myers
Temperature is a critical vital sign that can influence workup and clinical diagnosis in the emergency department. Although temperature derangement is often environmentally mediated, it is important to consider other causes. Fever can be at...
Sara Crager
Sara Crager
In patients with shock, early recognition and timely initiation of appropriate management critically impacts patient outcomes. Currently prevalent approaches to shock in the emergency department have two major limitations: reliance hypotens...
Semhar Z Tewelde,Stephanie Adjei
Semhar Z Tewelde
Tachycardia is among the most common abnormalities encountered in emergency department (ED) patients and simultaneously one of the most frequently underappreciated. Although often attributed to benign or physiologic causes, tachycardia may ...
Rohit Menon
Rohit Menon
Bradycardia has a broad differential, which can be narrowed by history, physical examination, and electrocardiogram. Symptomatic cases often stem from sick sinus syndrome or atrioventricular block. High-risk, cannot-miss causes include hype...
Taylor Miller,Brandon Parker
Taylor Miller
Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) are surgical infections known for being difficult to diagnose and having a high mortality. Familiarity with this disease is particularly critical for emergency physicians, as delay in diagnosis or ...
Mary Cheffers,Nikolas Ujueta
Mary Cheffers
Acute limb ischemia (ALI) and compartment syndrome (CS) are pathologies that can be difficult to identify but have devastating outcomes if not diagnosed in a timely manner. ALI can be missed if the provider fails to perform a pulse examinat...
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia [0.03%]
急性肠系膜缺血
Neeraja Murali,Sarah Lee,Joseph P Martinez
Neeraja Murali
Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) presents variably based on etiology-arterial embolism (often from atrial fibrillation), arterial thrombosis (due to atherosclerosis), mesenteric venous thrombosis (linked to hypercoagulability), or nonocclusi...
Neurologic Emergencies [0.03%]
神经急症学
Evie G Marcolini,Megan L Fix
Evie G Marcolini
Neurologic Emergencies [0.03%]
神经急症
Amal Mattu
Amal Mattu