Mesenteric Ischemia
MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA LARS STANGENBERG & MARK C. WYERS CASE SCENARIO A 59-year-old woman with a past medical history of smoking, hypertension, and claudication was transferred from an outside hospital for…
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Anorectal Abscess
ANORECTAL ABSCESS ALEXANDER T. HAWKINS & LILIANA BORDEIANOU CASE SCENARIO A 45-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension presents to the emergency room with a 2-day history of…
Acute Appendicitis
ACUTE APPENDICITIS KATHRYN L. BUTLER CASE SCENARIO A 27-year-old woman with no past medical history presents to the emergency room with 24 hours of abdominal pain. The day prior to…
Biliary Obstruction
BILIARY OBSTRUCTION LAURA M. MAZER & TARA S. KENT CASE SCENARIO A 62-year-old man presents to the emergency room with a complaint of dull epigastric pain. The pain has been…
Gastric Outlet Obstruction
GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION DEEPIKA NEHRA, LAURA AVERY, & D. DANTE YEH CASE SCENARIO A 60-year-old woman presents with a several-week history of worsening non-bilious emesis and epigastric abdominal pain. She…
Pancreatic Injury
PANCREATIC INJURY GRETA L. PIPER & ADRIAN A. MAUNG CASE SCENARIO A 45-year-old man with no significant past medical history was a restrained driver in a motor vehicle collision. Paramedics…
Blunt Intestinal Injury
BLUNT INTESTINAL INJURY BRAD OLBERDING & ARA J. FEINSTEIN CASE SCENARIO A 47-year-old woman is the restrained driver in a high-speed motor vehicle crash. She has a prolonged extrication time…
Esophageal Perforation
ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION ASHOK MUNIAPPAN CASE SCENARIO A 61-year-old woman with a history of Roux-en-y gastric bypass for morbid obesity presents with dysphagia and vomiting. She undergoes esophagogastroscopy at an outside…
Pancreatitis
PANCREATITIS PETER J. FAGENHOLZ CASE SCENARIO A 54-year-old man with no past medical history presents to the emergency department with 24 hours of abdominal pain. The pain started the day…
