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…

Trauma Awareness Month Is Almost Here – Test Your Knowledge with Genitourinary Trauma Question

A patient suffering blunt abdominal trauma complains of suprapubic pain and has gross hematuria. Initial CT…