Acute Coronary Syndrome
Case Print Section Listen A 48-year-old man has a prior history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus and 2 weeks previously had a L3-L4 laminectomy and spinal fusion for severe radiculopathy….
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Case Print Section Listen An African American male infant born at 23 6/7 weeks gestation via vaginal delivery with APGAR scores of 7 and 7 at 1 and 5 minutes,…
Critical Care Ultrasound
Fluid Responsiveness Print Section Listen A 64-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with 2 days of worsening abdominal pain and intermittent fevers and underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. On postoperative…
Abdominal Emergencies
Case Print Section Listen A 72-year-old man suffers from a recent left middle cerebral artery stroke. His lungs are mechanically ventilated. He develops progressive hypotension and tachycardia. His hemoglobin level…
Thoracic Trauma and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Management
Case Print Section Listen A 38-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department after exposure to an explosion. The patient is confused but able to answer questions, is short of…
Abdominal Trauma
Case Print Section Listen Emergency medical services (EMS) calls into the community hospital where you are working to alert the staff that they are bringing in by ambulance a 34-year-old…
Multimodality Neuromonitoring
Case Print Section Listen A 34-year-old right-handed woman with a history of smoking presents with a sudden onset of severe occipital headache followed by loss of consciousness that started while…
Traumatic Vascular Injuries
Case Print Section Listen A 48-year-old female restrained car driver is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Her car slid off the road into a tree when it was traveling…
Genitourinary Emergencies
Introduction Print Section Listen Most patients with significant genitourinary injuries require prompt urologic consultation. The majority of these patients will have additional injuries within the chest, abdomen, or pelvis that…
Continuous Electroencephalogram Monitoring in the ICU
Case Print Section Listen A 60-year-old man presents to the emergency department with progressive dysarthria and confusion over the prior 24 hours. His wife states that in the past month…
