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A Case Of Cyanide Poisoning From Vitamin B17
Since their advent in the 1930s, ‘vitamin pills’ have shown a steady rise in both variety and consumption patterns in patients. Guided by the promise
Adventures on the Annapurna Circuit
For this blog entry, I want to share two issues I encountered while traveling in Nepal, just shy of my graduation from medical school: acute
Clinical Video: abnormal hand twitching
Case Presentation A 43-year-old female presented with altered mental status (GCS of 10/15) and abnormal twitching of hand. Reported to have a long-standing history of
A Week Before!
Clinical Image: rhabdomyosarcoma?
A 35-year-old male with a seven-month history of right supraclavicular mass. No compressive symptoms. Clinical and Xray interpretation was soft tissue rhabdomyosarcoma. Rhabdomyosarcoma is one
Venous blood gas analysis: Less arterial punctures!
Introduction Blood gas analysis is probably one of the most used tests for diagnosis and therapeutic guidance in the emergency departments (EDs) and intensive care
Self-Directed Learning
Diagnose your learning needs What I don’t know? What is important for me to know? i.e., “I’m not confident enough to quickly read and interpret
What Was Hot In January?
List of Sections and Chapters
International Emergency Medicine Education Project’s book is “iEM for Medical Students/Interns” and consist of 130 chapters written by 127 international contributors. Emergency physicians, residents, interns and
Abdominal Pain
by Shaza Karrar Case Presentation A 39-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of right-lower-quadrant (RLQ) pain; pain duration was for 1-day, associated
Respiratory Distress
by Ebru Unal Akoglu Case Presentation A 40-year-old female with a history of diabetes mellitus presents with a complaint of 6 days cough and muscle
Chest Pain
by Asaad S Shujaa Introduction Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms presented in the emergency department (ED), and it is worrisome because
Shock
by Maryam AlBadwawi Introduction Shock, in simple terms, is a reduced circulatory blood flow state within the body. The inadequate circulation deprives the tissues of its
Emergency Medicine: A Unique Specialty
by Will Sanderson, Danny Cuevas, Rob Rogers Imagine walking into the hospital to start your day – ambulances are blaring, the waiting room is clamoring, babies
Choosing the Emergency Medicine As A Career
by C. James Holliman The specialty of Emergency Medicine (EM) is a great career choice for medical students and interns. In August 2013, I celebrated
PoCUS – RUSH Protocol
by Rasha Buhumaid Why use POCUS in undifferentiated hypotension? Hypotension is a high-risk sign which is associated with increased morbidity and mortality rate. The differential
How to read head CT
by Reza Akhavan and Bita Abbasi For a standard approach to read head/brain computed tomography (CT) scan, one should adhere to systematic algorithms. The predefined
