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What’s Your Diagnosis? Diagnosis and Management of Acute Joint Pain in the ED

Welcome to this month’s What’s Your Diagnosis Challenge! But before we begin, check to see if…

Alcohol Withdrawal & CIWA-AR

Treatment Mild (CIWA-Ar <8) Moderate (CIWA-Ar 9-19) Severe (CIWA-Ar >20) The Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of…

Risk Management Pitfall of Urgent Care Approach to the Syncopal Patient (Postscript 3 of 4)

“I didn’t order a pregnancy test because her abdominal pain was mild after the vasovagal event.…

Flank Pain. CT with or without contrast?

Hx: A middle aged man presents with flank pain. He has no past medical history and…

Test Your Knowledge of Urgent Care Approach to the Syncopal Patient (Postscript 2 of 4)

A previously healthy 25-year-old man presents to urgent care with a forehead laceration. He reports that…

Covid-19 Omicron

There are over 20 known variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Many of these…

Test Your Knowledge: Pediatric Electrical Injuries in the Emergency Department

Electrical injuries in pediatric patients are uncommon but can be life-threatening and require efficient and effective…

Test Your Knowledge: Thoracic Aortic Syndromes in the Emergency Department

Acute aortic syndromes include aortic dissection, penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer, and intramural hematomas, but aortic dissection is…

Test Your Knowledge of Urgent Care Approach to the Syncopal Patient (Postscript 1 of 4)

You’re reviewing this ECG of a 19-year-old patient who presented to urgent care following transient loss…