Parham Salehi Saee1, MS4; Dhimitri A Nikolla, DO2 Affiliations: 1Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA. 2Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital, Allegheny Health Network, Erie, PA. Introduction Usually, blood or vomit in the oropharynx, a soiled airway can obscur [...]
Parham Salehi Saee, MS3; Nathan C Ellis, MD; Dhimitri A Nikolla, DO; Melody Milliron, DO Affiliations: 1Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA. 2Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital, Allegheny Health Network, Erie, PA. Corresponding Author: Dhimitri A. Nikol [...]
Jesse Dalton, DOAshley Lauria, DO Kent Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency Abstract Introduction Renal infarction is a rare, but clinically important diagnosis due to its significant morbidity and mortality. Atrial fibrillation is a major risk factor for thromboembolic disease that can lead to re [...]
Akstinas, J. OMS-IV, Miguel, E. DO Mesa View Regional Hospital, NV Rocky Vista University Abstract Case Presentation: A 38-year-old woman with a past medical history of depression, vertigo, and a seizure disorder presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with complaints of dizziness for four days. [...]
Harshit Singh1*, Jaime Weber, MS1*, Angela Pierce, PhD2 1OMS-III, Kansas City University, College of Osteopathic Medicine 2Phase II Director, Kansas City University, College of Osteopathic Medicine *These authors contributed equally to this work. The global spread of a novel coronavirus in 2019 and [...]
Andrew Griffin, OMS-III Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences A couple of weeks into my surgery rotation, I came home from an extended shift when I checked my phone to read dozens of condolences on one of my friend’s Facebook walls alluding to that something severe had happened. Not wan [...]
Varsha Aravindabose, OMS-IV at Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine Acute orthopedic complaints comprise a significant number of Emergency Department (ED) visits every year. Yet, studies show that many Emergency Medicine physicians are not confident in their diagnosis and managemen [...]
Taylor A. Klein, MS, OMS-IV Nicholas S. Bowman, OMS-IV If conversations in your household are anything like ours, we are rapidly approaching our regularly scheduled influenza debate. The arguments are numerous: “That vaccine never works anyway.” “Any time I get that vaccine, I get the flu from it.” [...]
Jeff Thekkekara, OMS-IV, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences The discovery of the electrocardiogram (ECG) by the Dutch physiologist, Dr. Wilhelm Einthoven, would eventually win him the Nobel Prize in 1924, but he could not have done so without the knowledge that came before him. For e [...]
Alyka Glor Fernandez, OMS-IV Mitchell Dean Maulfair, DO A previously healthy 16-year-old male presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. He woke up with abdominal pain that steadily worsened and was unrelieved by a dose of over the counter simethicone. This pro [...]