Heart Failure Mimics: When should you suspect something else?
Many conditions can mimic heart failure exacerbation. What can you use to help in the ED setting?
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Syncope and Syncope Mimics
What should you consider with syncope? What about “syncope plus” and mimics?
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Abdominal Pain Mimics: Pearls and Pitfalls
What are some potentially dangerous conditions that can result in abdominal pain, but often are not at the top of our differential? This post looks at the “Cannot Miss”, “Dime a Dozen”, and “Zebra” conditions.
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The EM Educator Series: Trauma Chameleons and Missed Injuries
Welcome to another post in the EM Educator Series. Today’s edition covers trauma chameleons, difficult populations, and missed traumatic injuries. As an added bonus, we have an educational download available as well!
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NSTEMI Mimics: A Review of Critical Pitfalls in Diagnosis
The EKG is an indispensable tool in the ED, especially for cardiac ischemia. What conditions may appear to be a NSTEMI, but are in fact something else?
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COPD Mimics: What are we missing?
What conditions can present with wheezing, shortness of breath, tachypnea, and cough in the patient with COPD? Is it just another COPD exacerbation? This post evaluates mimics of COPD.
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Psychosis Mimics: ED Differential Diagnosis and Keys to Management
Psychosis isn’t always a straightforward diagnosis…When should you consider a more dangerous condition, and what can mimic psychosis?
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Alcohol Intoxication Mimics: ED DDx + Approach to Management
We see alcohol intoxication daily in the ED. What other conditions present in a similar manner?
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DVT Mimics: What should the emergency physician consider?
This post in the mimics series evaluates conditions presenting like DVT. What should you consider in the patient with lower extremity swelling and redness?
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“All that wheezes is not asthma” – an evaluation of asthma mimics
Don’t anchor on the classic “wheeze”, as it isn’t always asthma. Continuing with the mimics series, this post evaluates mimics of asthma.
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