Sonographic Visualization of a Tortuous Optic Nerve: Case Report of a Novel Finding on Point-of-Care Ultrasound [PDF]
Introduction: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a disorder typically affecting females with common complaints of headaches and visual disturbances.
Lucas Delicio, Adam Pearl, Vu Huy Tran
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Heed The Warning: A Case Report on Capsular Warning Syndrome [PDF]
Introduction: Evaluating patients with acute neurologic deficits is a regular occurrence in the emergency department (ED), but some presentations warrant increased concern.
Targol Tarahomi +2 more
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A Case of Atraumatic and Non-obstetric Vulvar Hematoma from Contralateral Internal Iliac Artery Rupture [PDF]
Case Presentation: An 18-year-old female, gravida 0, para 0, with no significant past medical history presented with spontaneous left vulvar hematoma that started two hours prior to arrival.
Roger Raveiro +5 more
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Wrong Tube: Tracheal Obstruction from Megaesophagus [PDF]
Case Presentation: Our patient presented in respiratory distress with stridor with the chief complaint of “inhaled a piece of pizza.” Foreign body airway obstruction algorithmic evaluation was followed but revealed megaesophagus compressing the trachea ...
Adam Pearl, Abishek Roka
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No-Risk, At-Risk, and High-Risk Middle School and High School Students: Contributions of the Quadripartite Model for Psychological Distress Prevention Programs [PDF]
Background/Objectives: Students’ psychological health problems have been widely studied for a long time. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic and due to the additional challenges related to the need for individual and contextual adjustment, a more ...
Marina Carvalho +5 more
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Nuevos derroteros de la aventura quijotesca: la aventura «fabricada»
In the Second Part of Don Quixote, a new type of burlas y veras takes pride of place in the episodes set in the Catalan capital, a type that concerns the «invented» adventure, that seems to seek to voluntarily confuse well prepared events with others of an unexpected nature at the very moment at which Cervantes’ novel confronts the delicate issue ...
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Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Atraumatic Splenic Rupture in TEE-negative Endocarditis: A Case Report [PDF]
Introduction: Spontaneous splenic rupture is an extremely rare complication of infective endocarditis. Case Report: We present a case of a 56-year-old immunocompetent female with porcine bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement, automated implanted ...
Daniel P. High +5 more
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Delirious Hyperactivity and Agitation in a Young Male Unveiling an Intriguing Underlying Diagnosis: Case Report [PDF]
Introduction: Altered mental status presentations are commonplace in the emergency department (ED), but not all are due to psychiatric etiologies, even if the patient has had a previous psychiatric diagnosis. It is critical to evaluate for organic causes
Mitch Garey +6 more
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Implementation of a Virtual Escape Room Into a Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows National Course: A Pilot Study [PDF]
Background Escape Rooms in medical education have been shown to improve learner satisfaction and reinforce knowledge in pulmonary and critical care medicine, yet virtual escape rooms (VER) as instructional strategies have remained understudied. Objective
Yerandy Gil +5 more
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Peri-infarction Pericarditis: A Fading Complication of Myocardial Infarction
A 52-year-old man presenting with an anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) had stent placement in the mid-left anterior descending coronary artery. A diagnosis of peri-infarction pericarditis (PIP) was made.
Jose L. Lopez +3 more
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