April 21, 2014
March 27, 2014
Progressive numbness in 3 fingers on both hands led this computer programmer to diagnose himself as having carpal tunnel syndrome. But, there's more to this story.
March 27, 2014
March 19, 2014
A 35-year-old woman, in the ED for the second time in the same day, is described by ambulance medics as "bizarre." ECG and labs are normal except for elevated urinary and peripheral WBC counts. More, here.
March 19, 2014
Bacterial meningitis presents with the triad of headache, fever, altered mental status. Stiff neck, vomiting, and photophobia may also be present.
February 20, 2014
Test your radiographic skills with this emergency medicine case. Can you spot the injury? Is there more here than initially meets the eye?
February 12, 2014
January 23, 2014
Headaches have been awakening a man in his mid-40s at about 3 in the morning for a period of 2 weeks. On this, his second visit to the ED for the symptom, he claims numbness in one arm and reports vomiting earlier that evening. More details of the case, here.
January 22, 2014
January 03, 2014
Recent travel to the Caribbean is the key clue that led to the diagnosis of dengue fever, which caused maculopapular rash, fever, headaches, and body aches.