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…
Cardiac Tamponade
CARDIAC TAMPONADE LEE HALLAGAN & ALOK GUPTA CASE SCENARIO A 22-year-old man is brought to the emergency department (ED) after an altercation in which he was stabbed in the left…
Ultrasound: Basics
ULTRASOUND: BASICS ABTAHI SEYED MAHDI, SANDEEP HEDGIRE, RACHEL BORCZUK, AZADEH ELMI, & MUKESH HARISINGHANI ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS Ultrasound imaging uses the pulse-echo principle in which a short burst of sound waves…
