An 11 year-old-male presents with dizziness. His resting heart rate is 48 bpm. Should symptomatic bradycardia be on your differential diagnosis?

Severe hyponatremia is a significant electrolyte abnormality. Check out this CORE EM post by Anand Swaminathan on its evaluation and management.

DKA classically presents with hyperglycemia, presence of ketones, acidosis, anion gap, and low serum bicarbonate. What about DKA with normal or slightly elevated blood glucose? This post evaluates the new SGLT2 inhibitors and euglycemic DKA.

The patient with RLQ pain doesn't always have appendicitis. This post evaluates mimics of appendicitis.

Emergency physicians are masters of resuscitation. How do you prepare yourself, your team, and the room for the critical patient?

It is no surprise that a substantial number of trauma patients presenting to emergency departments nationwide are victims of motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) . This patient cohort presents unique challenges to the emergency physician. Many of these challenges, however, can be mitigated by a well-practiced, systematic approach to the management of all trauma patients, such as that outlined in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS).

Treating the severe asthmatic: let's take a minute to review a few pearls.

A young female presents with a severe headache and left upper extremity weakness: let's review why cerebral venous sinus thrombosis should be on your list of differential diagnoses.