Anchoring bias and a missed myocardial infarction... This month's Medical Malpractice Insights brings you a tough case.

Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis are life-threatening diseases, but what else can mimic these dangerous conditions?

A 42-year-old male presents with headache, fever, chills, nausea, and myalgias. He returned from a month-long trip to Africa several weeks ago. On examination, he is tachycardic and febrile. You do not find a rash or meningismus, but you palpate an enlarged spleen and liver.  What is your next step in evaluation and management?

CCTA has become a popular modality in the ED setting to assess anatomic atherosclerotic disease in patients presenting with chest pain. Advocates of CCTA feel that CCTA has a greater accuracy in identifying obstructive coronary artery disease and identification of high-risk disease compared to standard physiologic testing. However, many published trials on CCTA were not adequately powered to evaluate patient oriented end points.

The EM Educator series is back with cricothyrotomy.

This week on ECG Pointers we start a new series on post myocardial infarction complications.  Today we present a case of stent thrombosis, discuss the diagnosis, and figure out how to treat the patient appropriately.

What is prostatitis, how is it diagnosed, and what is the treatment? This post from Summer Chavez gives you a deep dive into the prostate.

Clay Smith from Journal Feed covers myocarditis, midlines, and Wellen's Syndrome in this week's wrap-up!