CARDIAC TAMPONADE
CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 22-year-old man is brought to the emergency department (ED) after an altercation in which he was stabbed in the left chest. On arrival he…
LIVER PATHOLOGY
PARENCHYMAL LESIONS OF THE LIVER Print Section Listen Case Scenario A 36-year-old woman presents to the emergency room with hypotension, severe right upper quadrant (RUQ) abdominal pain, and one episode…
ACUTE AORTIC PATHOLOGY
CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 65-year-old male with a past medical history notable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and a 40 pack-year smoking history complicated by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)…
SPLENIC LESIONS
CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen Scenario 1 A 56-year-old man with a past medical history significant for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation presents to the emergency department complaining of 2 days of…
ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS
CASE SCENARIOS Print Section Listen Case 1 A 45-year-old obese woman presents to the emergency department with a 1-day history of constant right-sided abdominal pain. She has had similar episodes…
BILIARY OBSTRUCTION
CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 62-year-old man presents to the emergency room with a complaint of dull epigastric pain. The pain has been present for the past 2 months,…
GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION
CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 60-year-old woman presents with a several-week history of worsening non-bilious emesis and epigastric abdominal pain. She also reports several months of early satiety and…
MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA
CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 59-year-old woman with a past medical history of smoking, hypertension, and claudication was transferred from an outside hospital for further management of acute, diffuse…
PANCREATITIS
CASE SCENARIO Print Section Listen A 54-year-old man with no past medical history presents to the emergency department with 24 hours of abdominal pain. The pain started the day prior…
