After missing for seven days, a 34-year-old female was found with a rectal temperature of 19.8oC. Instead of attempting aggressive rewarming in the emergency department she was directly transferred to the operating room for extracorporeal rewarming.
A 23 year old female G1P0, with a history of hypothyroidism and polycystic kidney disease presented to the ED with 1 week of pelvic pain and 1 day of vaginal bleeding.
The authors herein present the case of a 53-year-old female who was being treated as an outpatient for seizure disorder but was also receiving high-dose methadone therapy.
An 18-year-old woman presented to the ED with one-day history of RLQ abdominal pain. She described the pain as constant with an acute worsening approximately three hours prior to arrival.
A 36-year-old Ecuadorian male was transferred from a rural health center to a district-level hospital with worsening right lower leg pain, edema, and skin discoloration following a snakebite in a remote area of the Amazon seven days prior.
A three-month-old full term male was brought to the pediatric ED by his grandmother for evaluation of “jerking” activity worsening in frequency and severity for approximately three weeks.
A 19-year-old male presented to our institution complaining of abdominal pain for two weeks. He reported that he initially felt constipated and started taking over-the-counter medications to self-treat his condition.
A five-year-old male presented to the emergency department at 2 a.m. after having bitten through a television power cable and suffering a burn injury to his mouth 20 minutes prior to arrival.
A 93-year-old male presented to a Level I trauma center in hemorrhagic shock after a head-on motor vehicle collision in which he was a restrained driver.
This paper describes ultrasound findings typical of Zika-related congenital malformations that may be incidental findings or detected when examining exposed or concerned patients during routine POCUS testing.
A 32-year-old man sought care at the emergency department for evaluation of a rash on his foot, three weeks after returning from a beach vacation in the Caribbean.
A 38-year-old woman with a history of seasonal allergies presented to the emergency department with sudden onset of left periorbital swelling following nose blowing.
A 62 year old male presented to the emergency department with a complaint of two weeks of isolated left hip pain after slipping down two stairs three weeks prior to presentation. Initially well, the patient began experiencing progressive pain with ambulation. The patient’s history was significant for recurrence of rectal adenocarcinoma treated by surgical resection 10 years prior.