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Storm’s a Comin’: A Review of Thyrotoxicosis and Thyroid Storm

…On arrival she is anxious, agitated, and demonstrates mood lability (alternating between laughing, crying, and screaming). Her physical exam is notable for tachycardia with a heart rate of approximately 100 bpm…

Fat Embolism Syndrome, a Case for the Emergency Clinician

…Approximately 24 hours after the initial fracture, while in the operating room for right hip hemi-arthroplasty complicated by an iatrogenic fracture, he became hypotensive and hypoxemic…

Trauma, Orthopedics, Critical CareBarret ZimmermanMarch 26, 2021Fat Emboli, FES, OrthopedicsComment

An Uncommon Cause of Shortness of Breath in the Emergency department: Acute Mitral Regurgitation

By: Russell Prichard MD and Melanie Lippman MD

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The patient is a 52 year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypothyroidism, and a 2 pack a day smoking history who presented to the emergency department in respiratory distress.

When EMS arrived to the patient’s home, she was hypoxemic with a pulse oximetry reading of 70s on room air and hypotensive with systolic blood pressures in the 80s. She was placed on nasal cannula with improvement in her saturations and she was given aspirin, fentanyl, and nitroglycerin without relief.

Upon arrival her vitals were significant for respiratory rate of 34, pulse oximetry of 98% on 6L NC. She was noted to be in acute distress.

The patient was placed on positive pressure ventilation via BiPAP and broad blood work, chest X-ray and electrocardiogram (ECG) were obtained.

Critical Care, Community EM, Respiratory, Resuscitation, Ultrasound, CardiologyRussell PrichardDecember 18, 2020cardiology, Critical Care, RespiratoryComment

Kawa-shocky

The patient is a 5-year-old female with a past medical history significant only for torticollis who presented to the emergency department with fever, emesis, diarrhea, fatigue, and rash. The patient began having fevers to 102 degrees Fahrenheit five days prior to arrival. The patient’s mother reported that four days ago, the patient began having diarrhea and non-bloody, non-bilious emesis. Two days ago, she began having decreased PO intake, continued fevers and emesis, anuria, and bilateral neck pain. The morning of arrival, the patient’s mother noted a rash on the patient’s back and bilateral conjunctival injection. She brought the patient to her pediatrician’s office, who sent her to the ED for further evaluation and management…

Pediatrics, Cardiology, Critical Care, ResuscitationLindsay MillerSeptember 28, 2020Kawasaki, Rash, Shock, PediatricsComment

Not Just Honey: A Case of Infantile Botulism

A 4 month-old ex-full term infant presents to the ED unresponsive. He is immediately brought to the trauma room and history is gathered from his mother…

Critical Care, Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, ToxicologyBrett MurrayDecember 6, 2019Pediatrics, Toxicology, Infectious Disease, BotulismComment

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