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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Case Print Section Listen A 52-year-old man with a history of hypertension and a 30 pack-year smoking history presents to the emergency department following the sudden onset of a severe,…
Case Print Section Listen A 56-year-old man presents to the emergency department after he develops a severe headache associated with photophobia, nausea, and vomiting. Noncontrast head computed tomography (CT) demonstrates…
Case Print Section Listen A 60-year-old man with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presents to the emergency department 24 hours after the onset of right-sided face, arm, and leg…