A 53-year-old male presents with nausea/vomiting and complaints of turning “yellow”. He denies abdominal pain, fever, alcohol use, or acetaminophen intake. His vital signs are normal, and exam reveals icteric sclerae, jaundice of his face and chest, and hepatomegaly. He has no tenderness to abdominal palpation. What’s going on, and what’s your next step in evaluation and treatment?

Learn the basics about this can't miss diagnosis in this CORE EM post!

This month’s case from Chuck Pilcher looks at a challenging diagnosis in a patient with neurologic symptoms but no known risk factors for a potentially dangerous disease.

Welcome back to OBCast from Ben Shepherd! In this post Ben looks at ectopic pregnancy, with a video and downloadable resource.

Last week marked the release of the updated American Society of Hematology (ASH) ASH Draft Recommendations Sickle Cell Disease-Related Pain.  This EMDocs article addresses each of the draft recommendations listed on behalf of ASH as related to the ED-setting. 

This week Clay brings you some great literature on RSI sedative/paralytics, pediatric hypotension, and the bystander effect in the ED.

Let’s take a minute to review Trampoline Injuries.

Patients with VADs can be challenging. This EM educator post provides key considerations and resources for their evaluation and management.