Test Your Knowledge: Current Practice and Pitfalls of Select Biomarkers in the Emergency Care of Children 

Specific biomarker levels can help differentiate children who require emergent medical interventions, such as procedures, surgeries,…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Current Practice and Pitfalls of Select Biomarkers in the Emergency Care of Children 

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

A Rare Cause Of Splenic Rupture

Hx: A male in his 30s presents with abdominal pain and vomiting. He relates that he was…

Test Your Knowledge: Acute Appendicitis in Pediatric Patients

Appendicitis is the most common condition in children requiring emergency abdominal surgery. Delayed or missed diagnosis…

What’s Your Diagnosis? 11-year-old boy with acute abdominal pain

But before we begin, check out if you got last month’s case right, about the 8-year-old…

Test Your Knowledge Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

As bariatric procedures have become more common, more of these patients present to the emergency department…

Test Your Knowledge on Assessing Abdominal Pain

Patients with abdominal pain are common in the ED, but you need a strategy for quickly…

From the author of the very first issue of Emergency Medicine Practice

Stephen Colucciello, MD, FACEP Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine-Charlotte Campus,…

68-year-old woman presents with severe abdominal pain

Case Recap: As you begin your shift, a 68-year-old woman presents with severe abdominal pain. She…