The Acutely Agitated Child in the Emergency Department

A 9-year-old boy with a history of oppositional defiant disorder, as well as prior admissions to a psychiatric hospital for behavioral concerns, presents to the Emergency Department (ED) of an academic children’s hospital with acute agitation. The patient is brought to the ED via ambulance by emergency medical services and police...

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Uncontrolled Bleeding Following Punch Biopsy

A 72 year old female with past medical history significant for B-cell lymphoma, cervical cancer, malignant splenic rupture, prior streptococcal sepsis, fibrocystic breast dysplasia, hypertension, TIA, carotid artery stenosis, osteoporosis, and generalized anxiety disorder presents to the Emergency Department with a chief complaint of uncontrolled bleeding from the site of a right breast biopsy…

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