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Influenza affects up to 20% of the U.S. population every year. How do you evaluate and manage the patient with suspected influenza? What should you consider in the critical, toxic patient?

Constipation can seem like a straightforward chief complaint, but what potentially dangerous diseases can underlie this condition?

Doesn’t that patient with flank pain and hematuria just have a kidney stone? What else should you consider in the patient with suspected urolithiasis?

“I’m really anxious. Well, I think it’s just my anxiety…” What conditions can you miss with the diagnosis of anxiety?

If you’re like us, chances are that you’ve encountered the difficulty in evaluating a patient in the emergency department after seizure-like activity. Read on, contained within we offer a number of pearls for assessing this unique patient population.