Chest pain in a rural hospital: is this pericarditis or does the patient need thrombolytics?
Written by Mazen El-Baba, with edits from Jesse McLaren A 60-year-old woman presented to a rural emergency department with sudden-onset,…
A 24 year old with chest pain — What happened?
This was written up by one of our superb EM/IM residents, Emily Syverud. A 24-year-old man presented to the ED early in the morning with…
You Diagnose Pericarditis at your Peril (at the Patient’s Peril!)
The source of this case is anonymous. A 40 something woman with a history of hyperlipidemia and additional risk factors including a smoking…