Spontaneous bilateral vertebral artery dissection complicated by hemodynamic posterior circulation stroke: A case report by Adam Sqalli Houssaini, MD, Sarah Lembarki, MD, Fatima Chait, MD, Mohamed Jiddane, PhD, Firdaous Touarsa, PhD

“…We report the case of a 57-year-old woman with no history of cardiovascular disease who presented to the emergency department with hemibody weakness and slurred speech. …”
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Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Procedural Anesthesia for Pigtail Tube Thoracostomy: A Case Series by Edward Lopez, Raghav Sahni, Maxwell Cooper, Michael Shalaby

“…Thus far, regional anesthesia prior to pigtail tube thoracostomy in the emergency department (ED) has not been well described; it offers promise in alleviating pain associated with this procedure. …”
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“Knotted electrical wire with a glass tube at the top as a foreign body in a male urethra: a case report” by Arian Karimi Rouzbahani, Bahar Amiri, Ahad Fazeli, Behzad Yousefi Yeganeh

“…Case presentation We report a 27-year-old unmarried male who presented the emergency department after inserting a knotted electrical wire with a glass tube at the top of his bladder. …”
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Spontaneous Evisceration, or “Burst Abdomen,” in Patient with Prior Flood Syndrome Surgical Repair by Matthias Barden, Dustin Marinelli, Kirsten Cable

“…A 61-year-old female with prior history of alcoholic cirrhosis and ascites presented to our emergency department with frank evisceration of multiple loops of small bowel from an open anterior abdominal wall dehiscence. …”
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Large Pelvic Hematoma after UroLift® Procedure for Treatment of BPH with Median Lobe by Max J. Roehmholdt, Dennis F. Bentley

“…The patient presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain 16 hours after the procedure, and a 16.5 cm pelvic hematoma was found on computerized tomography (CT) scan. …”
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Characterization of facial burns from maxillofacial surgery. Cienfuegos 2005 - 2007 by Eduardo Duarte Marrero, Patricia Cristina Jiménez Beato

“…<strong><br />Method</strong>: the source of information used were the records of patient care in the emergency department Burned Service and these data were selected that identified the patients as well as other related directly with facial burns. …”
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Severe Maternal Morbidity Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flare in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy by Matthew J. Blitz, Adiel Fleischer

“…She presented to the emergency department complaining of cough with hemoptysis and shortness of breath. …”
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Torticollis as Presentation for Atypical Kawasaki Disease Complicated by Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysms by Tracey Dyer, Paul Dancey, John Martin, Suryakant Shah

“…We discuss a case of a 6-year-old male who presented to the Emergency Department with torticollis. A series of investigations for elevated inflammatory markers revealed dilated coronary artery aneurysms on echocardiogram, and thus he was diagnosed with atypical KD. …”
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Esophageal Plasmacytoma Diagnosed in a Patient Presenting with Cardiac Symptoms: A Novel Case by Cheryl Rimmer, Anup Hazra, Vito M. Gulli, Richard Siderits, Mark Castaldi, Zafar Zamir

“…We present a novel case of a 62-year-old man who presented to our emergency department with chest pain. A cardiovascular workup was negative, and an endoscopy was subsequently performed. …”
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Massive Hemothorax Caused by a Single Intercostal Artery Bleed Ten Days after Solitary Minimally Displaced Rib Fracture by Karleigh R. Curfman, R. Jonathan Robitsek, Gregory G. Salzler, Katherine D. Gray, Charles S. Lapunzina, Ravi K. Kothuru, Sebastian D. Schubl

“…The patient awoke from sleep suddenly with acute onset dyspnea and chest pain and reported to the emergency department (ED). The patient lost over six and a half liters of blood during the first 9 hours of his admission, the largest volume yet reported in the literature for DHX, which was eventually found to be due to a single intercostal artery bleed. …”
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Lunar Tractive Forces and Renal Stone Incidence by Spyridon Arampatzis, George N. Thalmann, Heinz Zimmermann, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos

“…Several factors are implicated in renal stone formation and peak incidence of renal colic admissions to emergency departments (ED). Little is known about the influence of potential environmental triggers such as lunar gravitational forces. …”
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Multifocal Pulmonary Granular Cell Tumor Presenting with Postobstructive Pneumonia by Samid M. Farooqui, Muhammad S. Khan, Laura Adhikari, Viral Doshi

“…Our case is of a 59-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with a history of productive cough and dyspnea associated with fever and chest pain. …”
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A Rare Manifestation of Asymptomatic Ebstein’s Anomaly with Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis by Carmel Moazez, Vicken Zeitjian, Christian Breburda, Ranjini Roy

“…Our patient is a 43-year-old male with a history of intravenous heroin abuse who presented to the emergency department with worsening shortness of breath and lower extremity edema. …”
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Macroscopic Hematuria due to Placenta Percreta: Report of Two Cases and Short Review by Ourania Koukoura, George Lialios, Antonios Garas, George Sveronis, Asterios Nidimos, Irondiana Gkorezi, Zoi Alevra, Vassilios Tzortzis, Athanasios Oeconomou, Ioannis Zachos, Alexandros Daponte

“…The second case presented in our emergency department with vaginal bleeding during the 35th weeks of pregnancy. …”
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Bilateral Angle Narrowing and Acute Myopia Induced by Indapamide: A Case Report by Ana Catarina Pedrosa, Joana Rodrigues Araújo, João Paulo Macedo, Sérgio Estrela Silva, António Melo, Fernando Falcão-Reis

“…A 37-year-old Caucasian emmetropic man presented to the Emergency Department with complaints of acute-onset bilateral blurry vision, nine days after starting treatment for arterial hypertension with a combination of indapamide and amlodipine. …”
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Metastatic Lesion of the Tibia from Renal Cell Carcinoma by Piotr Młodożeniec, Krzysztof Balawender, Mateusz Zasadny

“…The patient arrived at the emergency department with a primary complaint of left ankle pain. …”
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Appendicitis-Like Picture Induced by Foreign Body in a 2-Year-Old Boy by Sadi A. Abukhalaf, Rami A. Misk, Hussam I. Alzeerelhouseini, Ismaeel M. Irziqat, Abdulrahman H. Asaferah, Osama Y. Aljabarein, Khalil N. Abuzaina

“…A 2-year-old healthy boy presented to the emergency department with irritability for 3 days duration associated with fever of 39°C, nausea, anorexia, and vomiting. …”
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Clinical implication of NT-proBNP to predict mortality in patients with acute type A aortic dissection: a retrospective cohort study by Rui Zhang, Hao Wang, Chenxi Song, Rui Fu, Kefei Dou, Shuai Liu, Qianqian Liu, Xiaohui Bian, Weida Liu, Chengang Zhu, Jingjing Gao, Sheng Yuan, Xinming Cui, Sijia Qin, Yumeng Li

“…Objectives Acute type A aortic dissection is a life-threatening cardiovascular disease commonly seen in emergency department, resulting in substantial mortality and morbidity. …”
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Use of Open Claims vs Closed Claims in Health Outcomes Research by Onur Baser, Gabriela Samayoa, Nehir Yapar, Erdem Baser, Fatih Mete

“…After applying an algorithm that removes possible duplications from open claims data, we compared healthcare utilizations such as inpatient, emergency department, and outpatient use and length of stay among these 3 data sets. …”
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Tulsa Oklahoma Oktoberfest Tent Collapse Report by Kelly E. Deal, Carolyn K. Synovitz, Jeffrey M. Goodloe, Brandi King, Charles E. Stewart

“…Of the patients transported by EMS, a minority sustained critical injuries, with most sustaining injuries amenable to discharge after emergency department care.…”
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