Posted on March 20th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report describes a patient in their 70s who presented to the emergency department with sudden-onset tachycardia that had been going on for more than 1 day after experiencing recurrent palpitations for the past 20 years.
Posted on March 20th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report describes a patient in their early 60s with chest pain during exertion.
Posted on March 19th, 2024 by Academic Programs
A patient in their 50s presented to the emergency department (ER) within 30 minutes of ingestion of prawns at a restaurant with complaints of an itchy skin rash, and generalized weakness; his pulse rate was 79 bpm, his blood pressure…
Posted on March 19th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report describes a patient in their 70s with acute onset waxing and waning chest pressure, which radiated to both arms and was accompanied by shortness of breath.
Posted on March 19th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This Teachable Moment describes a 33-year-old woman with decreasing transaminase levels on repeated testing and ultrasonography showing fatty infiltration.
Posted on March 19th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report presents the electrocardiogram findings of a patient in their 50s with intermittent compression-like pain in the chest and a history of hypertension and diabetes.
Posted on March 19th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report presents the electrocardiogram findings of a patient in their 50s with sudden onset, severe palpitations lasting for 2 hours.
Posted on March 18th, 2024 by Academic Programs
A woman in her late 50s presents to the emergency department after several episodes of syncope in the past several weeks. What would you do next?
Posted on March 18th, 2024 by Academic Programs
This case report discusses a finding of blood in the pericardiocentesis catheter of a patient with a recent history of aortic valve replacement and recurrent postsurgical pericardial and pleural effusions.
Posted on March 18th, 2024 by Academic Programs
A woman in her early 40s who was 11 weeks post partum presented with acute pleuritic chest pain, shortness of breath, and nausea that started several hours after arriving on a flight.