Quevedo-Florez Leonardo Alexander,Montenegro-Apraez Alvaro Andrés,Aguiar-Martinez Leonar Giovanni et al.
Quevedo-Florez Leonardo Alexander et al.
Pneumothorax is the entry of air into the virtual space between the visceral and the parietal pleurae, which can occur spontaneously or to a greater extent in a traumatic way. In daily clinical practice it is frequent to find injuries that ...
Drug-Drug Interaction of Ergotamine with a Combination of Darunavir, Abacavir, and Lamivudine Causing a Fatal Vasospastic Ischemia [0.03%]
麦角胺与达芦那韦、阿巴卡韦和拉米夫定合用引起致命血管痉挛性缺血的药物相互作用
Elisabeth Petit,Karen Schoonheydt,Philippe Meert et al.
Elisabeth Petit et al.
Ergotamine toxicity has become a rare condition which can be caused by, among others, drug-drug interaction. In this work we report a case with vasospastic ischemia induced by the wrongful combination of ergotamine with recently started Ant...
Sore Throat, Fever, Septic Emboli, and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Case of Lemierre Syndrome [0.03%]
咽痛、发热、脓毒性栓塞和急性呼吸窘迫综合征——莱尔米特综合征1例报告
Farrukh N Jafri,Jodi Shulman,José C Gómez-Márquez et al.
Farrukh N Jafri et al.
Lemierre's syndrome is an acute oropharyngeal infection with a secondary septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein (IVJ) that was first reported in literature in 1936. It involves the progression of disease from a focal suppurati...
Yuki Otsuka,Tetsuya Yumoto,Hiromi Ihoriya et al.
Yuki Otsuka et al.
Managing acutely agitated or violent patients in the emergency department (ED) represents a significant challenge. Acute agitation as an initial manifestation of neuro-Behcet's disease (NBD) is an extremely rare clinical entity. A 44-year-o...
Sameera Ganti,Pothiawala Sohil
Sameera Ganti
Flank pain with hematuria is a common presentation in the emergency department. The commonest differential diagnosis of these patients is renal/ureteric calculus or pyelonephritis. These patients are usually treated with analgesia, antibiot...
Consequences of Misdiagnosed and Mismanaged Hereditary Angioedema Laryngeal Attacks: An Overview of Cases from the Romanian Registry [0.03%]
误诊和误治遗传性血管性水肿喉部发作的后果：罗马尼亚登记病例概述
Dumitru Moldovan,Noémi Bara,Valentin Nădășan et al.
Dumitru Moldovan et al.
Emergency department (ED) physicians frequently encounter patients presenting with angioedema. Most of these involve histamine-mediated angioedema; however, less common forms of angioedema (bradykinin-mediated) also occur. It is vital physi...
Internal Mammary Artery Injury without Chest Wall Fractures after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Case Report [0.03%]
胸壁骨折阴性的胸外按压导致的内乳动脉损伤一例报告
Sayuri Tokioka,Shinichiro Masuda,Masamitsu Shirokawa et al.
Sayuri Tokioka et al.
High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is crucial for survival from cardiac arrest. However, various chest compression-associated injuries have been reported. Internal mammary artery (IMA) injury is one of the rare complications a...
A Hiccup in Hiccup Management: Cardiac Arrest from Previously Undiagnosed Congenital Long QT Syndrome [0.03%]
先天性长QT综合征患者突发心脏骤停一例
Robert Hughes,Johnathan M Sheele
Robert Hughes
We report the case of a person who went into cardiac arrest after being given chlorpromazine for hiccups and was subsequently diagnosed with congenital Long QT Syndrome. Long QT Syndrome is an uncommon, congenital condition that carries a h...
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Identifies Decompensated Heart Failure in a Young Male with Methamphetamine-Associated Cardiomyopathy Presenting in Severe Sepsis to the Emergency Department [0.03%]
超声心动图在急诊科识别出一名青年人心肌病患者的心力衰竭 Decompensation 症状，该患者的病情表现为严重脓毒症且与甲基苯丙胺有关
David Kinas,Michael Dalley,Kayla Guidry et al.
David Kinas et al.
We describe a case of a young male who presents to the emergency department with severe sepsis and decompensated heart failure with underlying Methamphetamine-Associated Cardiomyopathy that was previously undiagnosed. This presentation is u...
The Role of Acetyl Cysteine in Cocaethylene (Non-Acetaminophen) Acute Liver Failure [0.03%]
N-乙酰半胱氨酸对可卡因-苯丙胺嵌合体所致(非acetaminophen所致)急性肝衰竭的作用
Getaw Worku Hassen,Amaninder Dhaliwal,Catherine Ann Jenninigs et al.
Getaw Worku Hassen et al.
Background: Acute liver failure can result from acetaminophen overdose, viral infection, toxins, and other disease conditions. Liver transplant is available in limited fashion and the criteria are strict as to who should ...