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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- PART I: HEENT (HEAD, EYES, EARS, NOSE AND THROAT) -- 1 Sore throat in a 29-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAM -- ANSWER -- Epiglottitis in adults -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 2 Left eye pain and discharge in a 44-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Periorbital cellulitis, orbital cellulitis and endophthalmitis -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 3 Sudden, monocular vision loss in a 62-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Retinal detachment -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 4 Syncope and monocular vision loss in a 76-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Temporal arteritis -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Eye pain and blurred vision in an 89-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Endophthalmitis -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- PART II: CARDIOVASCULAR -- 6 Palpitations and chest heaviness in a 26-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Idiopathic fascicular ventricular tachycardia -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 7 Chest pain in a 26-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Cocaine-associated chest pain -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 8 Palpitations in a 36-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Atrial fibrillation -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 9 Chest pressure for two days in a 37-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Cardiac tamponade -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES |
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10 Low back pain and leg weakness in a 40-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Aortic dissection -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 11 Acute chest pain in a 42-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Acute pericarditis -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 12 Rapid heart rate in a 47-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Supraventricular tachycardia -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 13 Chest pain and syncope in a 48-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Inferior wall myocardial infarction and complete heart block -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 14 Syncope and hypotension in a 54-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Cardiac tamponade -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 15 Palpitations and shortness of breath in a 69-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Wide complex tachycardia -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 16 Chest pain following emotional stress in a 70-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Takotsubo cardiomyopathy -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 17 General body weakness and slow heart rate in a 72-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Atrioventricular (AV) blocks -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 18 Headache, neck pain and chest pain in a 73-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Aortic dissection -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 19 Near syncope, tachycardia and chest pain in a 74-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER |
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Trifascicular block, complete heart block and lidocaine -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 20 Chest pain for 12 hours in a 75-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Anterior myocardial infarction -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 21 Shortness of breath and cough in an 80-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Aortic dissection -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 22 Weakness, fatigue and shortness of breath in an 88-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Third-degree atrioventricular block -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 23 Sudden onset of back pain in a 91-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Aortic intramural hematomas -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- PART III: PULMONOLOGY -- 24 Pleuritic chest pain in a 27-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Re-expansion pulmonary edema -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 25 Acute onset of shortness of breath in a 30-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Pulmonary embolism -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 26 Recurrent pneumonias in a 37-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Infections associated with ventriculoatrial shunts -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 27 Hemoptysis in a 47-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Coccidioidomycosis -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 28 Cough, fever and shortness of breath in a 62-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Community-acquired pneumonia -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- PART IV: GASTROENTEROLOGY |
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29 Abdominal pain and dysuria in a 16-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Appendicitis -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 30 Left upper quadrant abdominal pain in an 18-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Infectious mononucleosis and splenic injury -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 31 Abdominal pain and vomiting in a 29-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Malrotation of the midgut -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 32 Right lower quadrant abdominal pain and fever in a 36-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Meckel's diverticulum -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 33 Abdominal pain and diarrhea in a 64-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Cecal volvulus -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 34 Rectal and abdominal pain in a 70-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Rectal foreign bodies -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 35 Abdominal pain in a 75-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Abdominal pain in the elderly -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 36 Abdominal pain and anorexia in a 77-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Acutemesenteric ischemia -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 37 Sudden onset of back pain in an 84-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Abdominal aortic aneurysms -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 38 Intermittent abdominal pain for one day in an 86-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Intussusception in adults -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES |
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PART V: GENITOURINARY AND GYNECOLOGY -- 39 Right flank pain in a 20-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Ovarian torsion resulting from a dermoid cyst -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 40 Right lower quadrant abdominal pain in a 28-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Ureteral colic and infected ureteral stones -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 41 Abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding in a 33-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Ectopic pregnancy -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 42 Genital trauma in a 34-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Penile incarceration from constricting devices -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 43 Recurrent vaginal bleeding after miscarriage in a 39-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Uterine arteriovenous malformations -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 44 Scrotal pain and swelling in a 75-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Epididymo-orchitis, testicular abscess and Fournier's gangrene -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- PART VI: NEUROLOGY/NEUROSURGERY -- 45 Left-sided weakness in a 13-year-old male -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Stroke in children -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 46 Worst headache of life in a 23-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES -- 47 Lower extremity weakness in a 26-year-old female -- HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION -- ANSWER -- Spinal epidural abscess -- KEY TEACHING POINTS -- REFERENCES |
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48 Headache, neck pain and dizziness in a 35-year-old male |
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This case-based approach to emergency medicine is a unique and underutilized teaching strategy, written for emergency room residents and nurses |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Levis, Joel T. Clinical Emergency Medicine Casebook
New York : Cambridge University Press,c2009 9780521719643
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Emergencies -- Case studies.;Emergencies -- Problems, exercises, etc.;Emergency medicine -- Case studies.;Emergency medicine -- Problems, exercises, etc
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Garmel, Gus M
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