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Was the Correct Imaging Performed After a Motor Vehicle Accident?
This month’s column examines the malpractice case and the criteria for imaging decisions based on NEXUS and the Canadian C-Spine Rule.
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Overcompensation for Low Sodium Leads to Severe Injury
Two cases are discussed by Neal Flomenbaum, MD: a woman with chronic hyponatremia is misdiagnosed, and an error is made in the administration...
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Untreated Woman With Abdominal Pain
This month’s cases include an untreated young woman with abdominal pain and a man with an AAA.
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A Suicidal Patient
This month’s cases include an intoxicated suicidal patient and a man with a ruptured appendix.
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Did misdiagnosis cause a man to die from cardiac tamponade?
How would you have handled this case? Should an urgent care staff member have called an ambulance to transport a gravely ill patient to an...
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Aortic Rupture
This month’s column describes two cases of aortic rupture.
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Was a suicidal patient properly monitored?
A suicidal patient claims she was not monitored properly in the ED.
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A Lowered Bedrail Results in Grave Consequences
This month’s cases include the death of a woman who fell because her bedrail was not raised.