A 3-year-old female is brought into the Emergency Department for left arm pain. She was at the park earlier today when she suddenly ran towards the street - her father pulled her back by the arm and felt a slight “click”…
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An 18-year-old male presents from a boxing match with right external ear pain and swelling after being struck in the head…
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The patient in this case is a 64-year-old male with a history of hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rheumatic heart disease, and a previous C3-C6 laminectomy and fusion who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with a chief complaint of new-onset, bilateral upper extremity weakness and paresthesia following an unwitnessed fall…
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As emergency medicine physicians, we are often in the position of screening for and diagnosing abuse and neglect in childhood…
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A TAE occurs when a lesion extends into the joint capsule of the elbow, contaminating the articular space of a joint and increasing risk of infection. Patients typically present to the ED as a trauma (such as an motor vehicle collision or gunshot wound). Early identification of TAEs allows for timely washout and debridement. Inadequately identified and managed TAEs increase patients’ risks of septic arthritis, decreased mobility, chronic pain, and mortality [1]…
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