Abstract Abiotrophia defectiva is a pathogen of the oral, gastrointestinal, and urinary tracts that can cause significant systemic disease with uniquely negative blood cultures depending on the growth medium. Prior…
Abstract Knee injuries are quite prevalent in the Emergency Department (ED) and often present with severe pain, necessitating effective pain management strategies. Traditional pain management approaches, including opioid medications, may…
Abstract We describe a case of a young male who presented to the emergency department with unilateral eye pain, blurred vision, conjunctival injection, and ocular pH of 9, one day…
Abstract Introduction Proper pain in acute scapular fractures can be challenging to achieve due to their anatomy and location. While the current mainstay of treatment relies on opioids, the Rhomboid…
Abstract Introduction Due to a COVID-related job loss resulting in financial and food insecurity, a 28-year-old woman initiated a diet consisting solely of one cup of ramen noodles daily for…
Abstract Fluoxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor that is less frequently associated with severe toxicity in acute overdose compared with other psychotropic medications. Although rare, generalized seizure has been…
Medical television (TV) dramas, a subgenre of television that has grown in popularity over the last few decades, fictionally depict a multitude of real-life medical care scenarios. The longest running…
Cournoyer et al. [ ] assessed the association between bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency medical service (EMS) response time, and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients’ outcomes. This pre-pandemic cohort study…
The insightful letter by Babakhanlou et al. [ ] captured our attention as the authors pointed out to the lack of clear guidelines for the evaluation and diagnosis of minor…
High quality goals of care (GOC) conversations are notoriously difficult to have in the emergency department (ED). Minimal training, constrained timelines and critical illness are among the barriers often identified…
