Emergency Medicine
- Diagnostic value of the physical examination in patients with dyspnea
How accurate are the signs of pneumonia, pleural effusion, COPD, and congestive heart failure?
- Phlegmasia cerulea dolens from radiation-induced venous stenosis
The patient had received pelvic radiation 10 years earlier for prostate cancer.
- Do patients with submassive pulmonary embolism benefit from thrombolytic therapy?
The risk of hemorrhage is signifi cant, and the benefi t is unclear. A one-treatment-for-all approach cannot be applied.
- Thrombolysis in submassive pulmonary embolism: Finding the balance
In massive pulmonary embolism, thrombolytic therapy is usually indicated; in submassive cases the decision is not so clear.
- Bilateral earlobe creases and coronary artery disease
Bilateral earlobe creases may be useful to look for in cases of suspected coronary artery disease.
- Serotonin syndrome: Preventing, recognizing, and treating it
Serotonin syndrome can be easily overlooked, misdiagnosed, or exacerbated. Early recognition is critical.
- ‘Air-raising’: An air-fluid level in the right subphrenic region
Plain chest radiography showed dramatic elevation of the right hemidiaphragm with a large subphrenic air-fl uid level.