A case of possible Kounis syndrome as a complication of scombroid syndrome by Stefano Rusconi, Antonio Villa

“…We present a case of a woman without previous history of cardiac diseases or cardiovascular risk factors, who presented to emergency department after the onset of flushing, asthenia, palpitations, burning sensation in the mouth having just eaten tuna. …”
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An Unusual Case of Stercoral Perforation in a Patient with 86 cm of Small Bowel by Alfin Okullo, Ghiyath Alsnih, Titus Kwok

“…A 77-year-old male who previously had extensive enterectomy due to ischaemic gut with loss of all but 86 cm of jejunum in addition to a right hemicolectomy presented to the emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain and constipation of 12-day duration. …”
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Woman with a Painful Rash by Leyan Shalabi, Wesley Eilbert

“…Case presentation: A 21-year-old woman with a history of eczema presented to the emergency department with a painful rash over the previous three days spreading from her left axilla to her left arm, left chest and left abdominal wall. …”
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Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy. A Case Report by Tahiluma Santana Pedraza, Jorge Luis Estepa Pérez, Bárbara Rafael Truy

“…We report the case of a patient with a history of bronchial asthma, who attended the Emergency Department of the health center of Montalbán, in the municipality Libertador, in the capital district of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela because of abdominal pain with nausea and gastric fullness. …”
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Catatonia as a Result of a Traumatic Brain Injury by Jessica Berthelot, Jacob Cambre, Madeline Erwin, Jennifer Phan

“…A young male patient who was incarcerated and assaulted was sent to the emergency department multiple times for unresponsive and unpredictable behavior, including not agreeing to be released home. …”
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Endobronchial Cartilage Rupture: A Rare Cause of Lobar Collapse by Osama Dasa, Nauman Siddiqui, Mohammed Ruzieh, Toseef Javaid

“…We present a case of a 62-year-old male who presented to our emergency department with sudden onset shortness of breath. …”
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Faktor-faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Waktu Tanggap pada Pelayanan Kasus Kecelakaan Lalu Lintas di Instalasi Gawat Darurat Rumah Sakit Umum Pusat Dr. M. Djamil Padang Tahun 2013 by Nailatul Fadhilah, Wirsma Arif Harahap, Yuniar Lestari

“…Most of the patients brought to the triage from the emergency department entrance by stretchers (86.67%). There was no significant relationship between the level of patient severity, payment method, the availability of stretchers when patients come and response time (p> 0,05). …”
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Transfer from long-term care to acute care and risk of new permanent cognitive or physical disability among long-term care residents in Canada: protocol for a retrospective cohort... by Sharon Kaasalainen, Daniel I McIsaac, Steven Hawken, Daniel Kobewka, Peter Tanuseputro, Amy Hsu, Robert Talarico, Colleen Webber, Ramtin Hakimjavadi, Celeste Fung, Mary M Scott, Doug Manuel, Christina Y Yin, Jackie Kierulf, Frank Molnar, Sandy Shamon, Aliza Moledina

“…The exposure is any transfer from LTC to an emergency department or acute care hospital. The outcomes are (1) subsequent new permanent physical disability, (2) subsequent new permanent cognitive disability and (3) all-cause mortality. …”
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A Novel Artificial Intelligence–Enhanced Digital Network for Prehospital Emergency Support: Community Intervention Study by Ji Hoon Kim, Min Joung Kim, Hyeon Chang Kim, Ha Yan Kim, Ji Min Sung, Hyuk-Jae Chang

“…As a result of emergency department treatment, 1.5% of patients in the control group and 1.1% in the intervention group died (P=.14). …”
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Neurological Crisis Following Intravenous Ozone Therapy; a Case Report by Chloe Y Y Wong, Komal Saxena, John Meneer, Koshy George, Gerben Keijzers

“…A 36-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with chest pain, syncope, and generalized seizure shortly after receiving intravenous ozone therapy. …”
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Chronic Synthetic Marijuana Use: A Case of First-Onset Seizures as a Withdrawal Symptom by Amber N. Edinoff, Prithvi Doppalapudi, Juliana M. Fort

“…A 44-year-old male with no known past medical history but a known history of daily synthetic marijuana use presented to the emergency department after two witnessed seizures. The patient was admitted to the neurology service, where he was worked up with an MRI with epilepsy protocol and an EEG. …”
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Tako-tsubo syndrome in an adolescent. A case report by Ariel Efrén Uriarte Méndez, Nancy González Vale, Lisandra Muñoz López

“…The case of a 16-years-old adolescent, with a history of having given birth 44 days before at the time of admission, who was received at the Emergency Department in serious condition, with dyspnea, precordial pain, and manifestations of shock, for what she was immediately referred to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit it is presented. …”
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Utilizing Entropy to Systematically Quantify the Resting-Condition Baroreflex Regulation Function by Bo-Yuan Li, Xiao-Yang Li, Xia Lu, Rui Kang, Zhao-Xing Tian, Feng Ling

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Management of Necrotizing Fasciitis and Fecal Peritonitis following Ostomy Necrosis and Detachment by Using NPT and Flexi-Seal by Fahri Yetışır, Akgün Ebru Şarer, H. Zafer Acar

“…We would like to report management of frozen Open Abdomen (OA) with colonic fistula following ostomy necrosis and detachment in an elderly patient with comorbid disease and malignancy. 78-year-old woman with high stage rectum carcinoma was admitted to emergency department and underwent operation for severe peritonitis and sigmoid colonic perforation. …”
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Acute Gastric Volvulus on Hiatal Hernia by Abdessamad EL KAOUKABI, Mohamed MENFAA, Samir HASBI, Fouad SAKIT, Abdelkrim CHOHO

“…We will describe the observation of a 62 year old patient who presented to the emergency department for acute epigastric pain with dyspnea. …”
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Postpartum Ovarian Vein Thrombosis: Two Cases and Review of Literature by Amos A. Akinbiyi, Rita Nguyen, Michael Katz

“…They were both treated initially for urinary tract infection, while a large ovarian vein thrombosis was not diagnosed in the second patient until her emergency department admission. Conclusion. Ovarian vein thrombosis is rare, but could present late, and difficult to diagnose, hence, should be considered as a differential diagnosis in a postpartum woman with fever and tender pelvic mass.…”
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Advantages of Fluoroscopy for Accidental Ingestion of Multiple Magnets by Toshihiko Kakiuchi, Tetsuya Nosho

“…A three-year-old girl presented to the emergency department 2 h after ingesting three small disk-type neodymium magnets. …”
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Pulmonary embolism. A case report by Pedro J. Barrios Fuentes, Felix Silvino Molina Díaz, Indira Martínez Chavarría

“…The case of a male, white skin, 38 years old patient who came to the emergency department because of a severe respiratory distress is reported. …”
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CT Diagnosis of a Thoracic Aort Aneurysm with Type B Aortic Dissection Clinically Misdiagnosed as Acute Pulmonary Embolism by Ahmet Mesrur Halefoglu

“…A 54-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department, presenting with an acute onset of chest pain and severe respiratory distress symptoms. …”
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Perforation of a Retrocecal Appendix Resulting in Retroperitoneal Air: A Case Report by Behrang Litkouhi, Alicia S. Huang, David J. Lundy, Maria Solis

“…In the case presented, an 18-year-old male presented to the emergency department with clinical symptoms of acute appendicitis. …”
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