Chronic Appendicitis: Possible Differential Diagnosis in Patients with Chronic Abdominal Pain by Iva Ljubas, Ivana Jurca, Dora Grgić

“…In the emergency department, patients frequently present with abdominal pain, with a variety of different causes ranging from intra-abdominal to extra-abdominal and retroperitoneal pathologies which can affect all age groups. …”
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Spontaneous Dissection of the Renal Artery in Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome by Filipa Pereira, Teresa Cardoso, Paula Sá

“…We report a case of a 38-year-old woman with a recent diagnosis of vEDS admitted in the Emergency Department with a suspicion of a pyelonephritis that evolved to a cardiopulmonary arrest. …”
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Massive Levemir (Long-Acting) Insulin Overdose: Case Report by Mamatha Oduru, Mahmood Ahmad

“…A 52-year-old insulin-dependant diabetic man presented to the Emergency Department 2 hours after a deliberate massive overdose of 2100 units of long-acting Levemir insulin and a large quantity of whisky. …”
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Development of the Crisis and Emergency Intervention Skills Scale (CEISS) and an analysis of its psychometric properties by F. A. Muñoz, R. Alarcón, J. Trillo, J. Miranda, C. Polo

“…Abstract Emergency psychology is a branch of psychology that, although it began several years ago due to dramatic events around the world, is increasingly being established in the day-to-day work of the emergency department. Due to the very specific nature of this type of intervention, it is essential that, in addition to proper training and experience, emergency psychologists have a series of competencies. …”
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Inflammatory Fibroid Polyp Causing Colocolic Intussusception in an Infant by Mark Walton, Juan Bass, Blair Carpenter

“…A three-month-old infant presented to the emergency department with a 24 h history of irritability and lesion prolapsing intermittently per anus. …”
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Diagnostic Challenges of Pneumocystis Pneumonia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of a Young Patient with Ground Glass Opacities and Pulmonary Embolism on Chest CT by William Lim, Maham Suhail, Keith Diaz

“…Herein, we report a case of a young man presenting to the emergency department with common clinical, radiological, and laboratory features of COVID-19 pneumonia such as shortness of breath, hypoxia, pulmonary embolism, elevated D-dimer, and bilateral ground glass opacities on computed tomography of the chest but was later diagnosed with Pneumocystis pneumonia that was treated with appropriate antibiotics and corticosteroids. …”
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Primary Meningococcal Type C Arthritis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Maximiliano Barahona, Jaime Catalan, Yoshiro Sato, Jaime Hinzpeter

“…Acute septic arthritis is a common clinical problem in emergency departments. Primary meningococcal arthritis (PMA) is very rare and few cases are reported in literature. …”
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“Bailout” Endovascular Treatment of Acute Aortic Occlusion by Konstantinos Tigkiropoulos, Kyriakos Stavridis, Ioannis Lazaridis, Nikolaos Saratzis

“…A 37-year-old man who had a recent history of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) 3 months ago presented to the emergency department with acute ischemia of lower limbs. …”
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Tuberculosis Infection Mimicking Brain Metastatic Malignancy Lesions in an Elderly Male by Dimitrios Anyfantakis, Ageliki Damianaki, Maria Kokosi, Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis, Serafim Kastanakis

“…An 83-year-old Caucasian Greek man was referred by his general practitioner to the emergency department of the general hospital in Crete because of seizures and agitation. …”
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Reverse Takutsubo Cardiomyopathy in a Patient with Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens by Gift Echefu, Daniel Hammett, Amir Ausef, Lance LaMotte

“…A man in his late 50s presented to the emergency department with left lower extremity pain, swelling, and cyanosis. …”
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A Case Report of a Subdural Hematoma following Spinal Epidural prior to a Total Knee Arthroplasty by Brian J. Carlson, David G. Deckey, Henry D. Clarke, Joshua S. Bingham

“…A 66-year-old male presented to the emergency department five days after elective robotic-assisted left total knee arthroplasty performed with spinal epidural with the symptoms of a persistent nonpostural headache. …”
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Jejunal Diverticular Perforation Causing Small Bowel Obstruction in a Type 4 Hiatal Hernia: A Rare Case Report of a Nonagenarian Patient and Review of Relevant Literature by Saptarshi Biswas, Shekhar Gogna, Prem Patel

“…We describe a case of a 90-year-old male patient who presented at our emergency department complaining of epigastric pain that he had experienced over the past few hours and getting progressively worse. …”
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Maternal Cardiac Arrest: A Practical and Comprehensive Review by Farida M. Jeejeebhoy, Laurie J. Morrison

“…Although maternal cardiac arrest is rare, the emergency department is a high-risk area for receiving pregnant women in either prearrest or full cardiac arrest. …”
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Traumatic Tension Pneumothorax as a Cause of ICD Failure: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Ehtesham Ul Haq, Bassam Omar

“…A 65-year-old African-American female was brought in to our emergency department complaining of dyspnea after being forced down by cops. …”
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A Rare Cause of Hypovolemic Shock in Prepubertal Girl: Vaginal Leech Infestation by W. Lahmini, M. Bourrous, K. Harou

“…We describe here a 9-year-old girl who was admitted at our emergency department for vaginal bleeding and severe anemia. …”
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Hemorrhagic Colloid Cyst Presenting with Acute Hydrocephaly by Reza Akhavan, Behrouz Zandi, Masoud Pezeshki-Rad, Donya Farrokh, Bita Abbasi

“…Here we report a 47-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with acute severe headache and nausea/vomiting. …”
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Deadly Aspiration Pneumonia Secondary to Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome by Rhea Akel, Iskandar Daou, Dany Jamal, Elham Hobeika, Rany Aoun, Georges Nawfal

“…We present the case of a 33-year-old man who was not previously known to have a SMAS, who presented to the emergency department with signs of septic shock, complaining of fever and respiratory symptoms for several days. …”
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Successful Treatment of Secondary Aortoenteric Fistula with a Special Graft by Ömer Faruk Çiçek, Mustafa Cüneyt Çiçek, Ersin Kadiroğulları, Alper Uzun, Mahmut Ulaş

“…We report a case of a 70-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with an episode of melena and infection in the left inguinal region. …”
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Mexiletine and False Positive Urine Drug Screen for Amphetamine: A Case Review by Sumit Sohal, Mina Sous, Gauri Pethe, Shanmugha V. Padmanabhan, Rajesh Akbari, Shahriar Dadkhah

“…Our patient is 64 years old who arrived at the emergency department after experiencing a shock by his intracardiac defibrillator. …”
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Superficial Dorsal Vein Thrombosis of the Penis and Pulmonary Embolism in a 15-year-old Boy: A Case Report by Tomas Leng, Jason H. Homme, Jana Anderson

“…Introduction: Penile pain in children and adolescents is an uncommon presenting symptom in the emergency department (ED). The differential diagnosis includes trauma, priapism, urethral stone, infection, Mondor disease, Peyronie disease, and thrombosis. …”
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