Author: Brandon Ho

This week’s case highlights a case of an adolescent with neck swelling. All learners agreed that the first step was to obtain imaging. The choice of imaging largely depends on the clinician’s suspicion based on the history and physical examination. In this case, there was potential trauma to the neck which may increase the risk […]

Case by Nicholas Dimenstein MD, CNH PEM Fellow An 11-year-old male was brought into the ED by his parents with concerns that another player may have stepped on his neck during football practice. His neck is slightly swollen. He complains of a minor headache that started on the drive to the ED. Denies neck pain, decreased ROM, nausea, vomiting, […]

This week we highlighted a case of headache with an abnormal neurologic exam. We discussed that the patient would not meet the criteria for a Code Stroke given the patient presented >24 hours from symptom onset and therefore was outside the window for TPA therapy. All learners were concerned for an intracranial process, possibly an […]

Case by Chidimma Acholonu MD, CNH PEM Fellow A 13 yo M, previously healthy male presents with 1 week of cough and congestion with 2 days of worsening headache. He initially presented to an urgent care for occipital headache and URI symptoms. He tested negative for COVID and Flu at that time and was discharged. […]

This week we highlighted a case of persistent emesis without diarrhea. The differential for persistent emesis is broad and can be difficult to parse out. The crux of the decision is to determine how much emesis is too much and what portion of the work-up should be completed in the emergency department In this specific […]