The Food and Drug Administration has approved everolimus for treating a variety of cancers. Everolimus inhibits signaling in the PI3K/AKT/MTOR pathway, which is critical for cell growth and angiogenesis. It…
A 50-year-old healthy man presented to the emergency department with painless palatal lesions that developed 3 weeks before, after a dental procedure ( Figure ). The lesions were initially tender,…
We read with interest “Can You Multitask? Evidence and Limitations of Task Switching and Multitasking in Emergency Medicine” and we found it to be an important overview relevant to the…
After reading the article by Driver and Reardon in the January 2017 edition of Annals , I have several questions for the authors, as well as a few comments from…
A 19-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 9-day history of abdominal pain and emesis, with no bowel movements for several days. Her abdomen was distended on examination,…
Discussion Points 1. Neal et al performed a randomized clinical trial comparing ultrasonography-assisted site marking with traditional lumbar puncture in infants aged 6 months or younger who presented to a single,…
A 42-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of severe postural headache. It was gradual onset, diffuse, and consistently relieved when she lay down and provoked…
An 82-year-old white man with a medical history of calcium pyrophosphate crystal arthritis (pseudogout) and nephrolithiasis presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of acute, sharp neck pain,…
