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

A 37-year-old woman presents to urgent care with complaints of dizziness and palpitations. She was in…

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…

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…

Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score (ADD-RS)

The December 2021 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice focused on Thoracic Aortic Syndromes. Acute aortic dissection,…

Test Your Knowledge: Emergency Department Management of Syncope

Syncope is the transient loss of consciousness and postural tone, with spontaneous recovery. It accounts for…

Risk Management Pitfalls for Supraventricular Tachycardia in the Emergency Department

Our recent issue Supraventricular Tachydysrhythmias in the Emergency Department provides an overview of supraventricular tachycardias, their…