Pulmonary embolism (PE) is classically a life-threatening diagnosis, often considered in the work-up of patients with chest pain or dyspnea. Initial mortality rates of missed, untreated PE has been quoted as high as 26%, based on a 1960 study. This disease is common, with 400,000 patients affected...
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A 25 year-old female is suddenly rolled back in a wheelchair into your resuscitation area. As you walk into the room, you see a pale, ashen lady with a diffuse red rash holding an emesis basin between her legs filled with a mixture of sputum and blood. You glance up to the monitor as your nurse plac...
Check out our latest in our D-List Superbugs series of rare cases caused by rare bugs. EM docs need to have these in their differential as it can cause national morbidity/mortality!
