Kounis and Takotsubo, Two Syndromes Bound by Adrenaline: The “ATAK” Complex by Ravi Vazirani Ballesteros, Juan Carlos Gómez Polo, Carmen Olmos, Isidre Vilacosta

“…A 50-year-old male was brought to the emergency department in anaphylactic shock. He had progressive exertional dyspnea and angina for the past 2 days. …”
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Aortic Valve Fibroelastoma Masquerading as Transient Ischaemic Attack by Penelope-Anne Gowland, Ragheb Hasan

“…The following paper is on a 49-year-old man who presented to accident and emergency department having experienced five hours of left-sided chest pain, tightness in the chest, and shortness of breath. …”
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A Case of Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation in a Patient with Leadless Pacemaker by Srikala R. Gumireddy, Minako Katayama, Hari P. Chaliki

“…Despite this treatment, he had recurrent episodes of paroxysmal symptomatic atrial fibrillation with a rapid rate requiring multiple emergency department visits and hospital admissions. Given difficulty to control the rate, he underwent atrioventricular (AV) nodal ablation and leadless pacemaker insertion. …”
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The Beneficial Role of Nrf2 in the Endothelial Dysfunction of Atherosclerosis by Zixia Huang, Mingyue Wu, Lijin Zeng, Deming Wang

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Appendiceal Endometriosis and Carcinoid Presented as Acute Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Rare Case Report and Review of the Literature by Panagiotis A. Dimitriadis, Ragai R. Makar, Gearoid Kingston, Ridzuan Farouk

“…A 22-year-old pregnant woman presented at the twenty-seventh week of gestation in the Emergency Department with acute abdominal pain and right iliac fossa tenderness. …”
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Occipital Neuralgia. A Case Report by Urbano Solis Cartas, Olga Gloria Barbón Pérez, Eduardo Lino Bascó Fuentes

“…This case is of interest given the frequent emergency department visits by patients with neck pain and the scarcity of studies on this condition…”
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Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Presents as an Ectopic Tubal Pregnancy, a Rare Entity by Haneen Al-Maghrabi, Daniyah Saleh, Abdelrazak Meliti

“…In this paper, we report a case of ectopic complete molar pregnancy in a 39-year-old lady who presented to the emergency department with lower abdominal pain, abdominal distention, and low-grade fever. …”
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An unusual case of chest pain by Gabriella Nucera, Giulia Cantoni, Pietro Marino

“…We report the case of a 40-year-old woman presenting during the night to the emergency department for thoracic pain and pain in the upper arm. …”
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Methamphetamine-Induced Bowel Ischemia in a 50-Year-Old Male by Brian Kurtz, Abdalhai Alshoubi, Katrina Nguyen, Eric Gehres

“…We describe a case of a 50-year-old male with a history of polysubstance abuse who presented to the Emergency Department with severe abdominal pain and coffee-ground emesis. …”
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A Rare Cutaneous Manifestation: Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis after Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination by Yaritza Serrano Gomez, Brittney Grella, Hongbei Wang

“…We present a case of an 81-year-old male evaluated in the emergency department for a bilateral purpuric non-blanching rash that appeared ten days after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech booster vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Superior Patellar Dislocation Misdiagnosed as Patellar Tendon Rupture: The Value of Ultrasonography by Artit Boonrod, Sermsak Sumanont, Manusak Boonard, Arunnit Boonrod

“…In this case, we demonstrate the use of ultrasound for diagnosis of superior dislocation of the patella in the emergency department. We also include a literature review of similar cases and discuss the advantages of different types of imaging for diagnosis in this condition.…”
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Colonic Interposition between the Liver and Diaphragm: “The Chilaiditi Sign” by Nita Nair, Zeina Takieddine, Hassan Tariq

“…A 90-year-old wheelchair bound male was brought to the emergency department with complaints of worsening abdominal pain over the last 2-3 days. …”
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Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for a Ruptured Mycotic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Secondary to Esophageal Carcinoma by Sean-Tee J. M. Lim, Stephen Murphy, Said Atyani, Michael Anthony Moloney

“…A 47-year-old female presented to the emergency department with new episodes of hematemesis. She had a background of unresectable T4b + N1 + M0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. …”
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Ocular Infection Preceding Major Epidural Abscess by Liam Dunbar, Ryan Johnstone

“…She represented three weeks later to the emergency department with back pain, raised inflammatory markers, and positive blood cultures. …”
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Intra-Articular Dislocation of the Patella by Gavin McHugh, Ed Ryan, May Cleary, Paddy Kenny, Shea O'Flanagan, Peter Keogh

“…Radiographs in the emergency department (ED) confirmed the intra-articular dislocation with the superior pole lodged in the intercondylar notch. …”
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Spectrum of unusual ectopic pregnancies on imaging: Case series by Madhuri Pundlikrao Udgire, Varun Vasant Nimje, Shubham Baburao Bodhankar, Tushar Suresh Yadav, Rushabh Chordiya

“…Background: Ectopic pregnancy is a life-threatening condition commonly encountered in the emergency department and possesses high morbidity and mortality association in women of childbearing age. …”
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Rare Appendicitis-Like Syndrome: The Case of the Obstructing Broccoli by Stephen Jones, Patrick Narh-Martey, Mitun Patel, Amanpreet Dhaliwal, Jessica Persson, Denis Orr

“…The advancement and ease of imaging have made CT scanning readily available in the emergency department. Management can be challenging when the patient has a high likelihood of appendicitis based on clinical suspicion and negative CT scan. …”
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Gastric volvulus: a case report by Emilio Guerra Pérez, Marcial Llamas Fonte, Lidia Torres Aja

“…A case of a female patient aged 73 and 56 kg in weight, with a history of ischemic heart disease and gastric ulcer, who visited the emergency department because of vomiting, diffuse abdominal pain and bloating is presented. …”
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Development and clinical assessment of a novel probiotic candy in the prevention of respiratory infections in asthmatic children by Rana Tafrishi, Hamid Ahanchian, Seyed ali Jafari, Abolfazl Pahlevanloo, Hamidreza Kianifar, Mohammadali Kiani, Nasrin Moazzen, Tahereh sadeghi, Peter D. Sly

“…Secondary outcomes included salbutamol metered-dose inhaler (MDI) use, oral corticosteroids, school absenteeism, emergency department visits and hospitalizations, and Pediatric Asthma Control Questionnaire (c-ACT). …”
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Construction and evaluation of a triage assessment model for patients with acute non-traumatic chest pain: mixed retrospective and prospective observational study by Xuan Zhou, Gangren Jian, Yuefang He, Yating Huang, Jie Zhang, Shengfang Wang, Yunxian Wang, Ruofei Zheng

“…Abstract Background Acute non-traumatic chest pain is one of the common complaints in the emergency department and is closely associated with fatal disease. …”
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