A 21-year-old Spanish-speaking gentleman presented to the emergency department with the chief complaint of abdominal pain. It quickly became apparent that the abdominal pain was not his chief concern and he was most bothered by three days of waxing and waning headache.
Read MoreA 68-year-old male with a past medical history of HTN, HLD presents reporting severe bilateral upper extremity pain…
Read MoreA 17-year-old female presents via EMS from her boyfriend’s home after a report of two separate episodes of generalized tonic-clonic seizure like activity. She has no previous history of seizures. Per EMS, she was given versed on scene for seizure like activity lasting roughly 5 minutes. She was also febrile to 100.8°F. The emergency department team is unable to obtain a detailed history from the patient and unable to reach the family when the patient first presents to the ED…
Read MoreDespite how frequently emergency physicians encounter children who have had a febrile seizure, there tends to be great variation in the diagnostic evaluation of these patients. The algorithm below was created to provide a more simplified approach to the patient presenting with a febrile seizure. The algorithm draws from the 2011 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Febrile Seizure as well as the clinical pathways published by Seattle Children’s Hospital…
Read MoreA 70 year-old male, with a past medical history of hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease, chronic lymphocytic leukemia on Ibrutinib, and coronary artery disease, presented with right hand weakness since waking that morning. He reported that he felt the strength of his grip was not at baseline, and his wife also noted that, while eating breakfast, the patient dropped his bagel, a dish towel, and his utensils. His last known well was 10:00 PM the night before, although he also endorsed two weeks of persistent right hand numbness and burning paresthesias in his right hand. He denied headache, fever/chills, chest/back/abdominal pain, nausea/vomiting, urinary symptoms, or diarrhea, as well as any visual symptoms, speech changes, or gait problems…
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