Ace The Emergency Medicine Exam

The trachea is a tube-like structure beginning at the base of the cricoid cartilage and extending to the carina. It has cervical and thoracic porti ...

Serum sickness is an immune-complex-mediated hypersensitivity reaction that classically presents with fever, rash, polyarthritis or polyarthralgias ...

A broad spectrum of hand infections is commonly encountered by hand surgeons, primary care physicians, and emergency medicine practitioners.

Ultrasound is an imaging modality that has been in clinical use for approximately 50 years. Sokolov first described the potential for using this te ...

While major burns can cause considerable local damage and tissue injury, they can also result in a widespread inflammatory response that may affect ...

Phalangeal fractures of the hand are a common injury that presents to the emergency department and clinic. Injuries can occur at the proximal, midd ...

Tonometry is a common procedure employed by ophthalmologists to measure intraocular pressure (IOP) using a calibrated instrument. Instruments measu ...

Echocardiography is the use of ultrasound to evaluate the structural components of the heart in a minimally invasive strategy. Although, prior ...

The ankle joint is one of the most commonly injured joint and the most common type of fracture to be treated by orthopedic surgeons.

Epidural anesthesia is a technique for perioperative pain management with multiple applications in anesthesiology. It is useful as a primary anesth ...

Shigellosis is a form of bacterial diarrhea caused by gram-negative bacteria  species. It is common in developing countr ...

Seat belts save lives. Restraints in vehicles have prevented innumerable deaths due to a head injury and many other lethal fates

Brief psychotic disorder (BPD) according to DSM-5 is the sudden onset of psychotic behavior that lasts less than 1 month followed by complete remis ...

Cardiac trauma can be grouped by method of injury as either blunt or penetrating with outcomes ranging from lethal injuries to spontaneously resolv ...

Megaloblastic anemia (MA) encompasses a heterogeneous group of anemias characterized by the presence in the bone marrow of large red blood cell pre ...

Diving in open waters is popular. It is enjoyed by novices and professionals alike. Many people dive for recreation, competitive sport, commercial ...

Oliguria is defined as urinary output less than 400 ml per day or less than 20 ml per hour and is one of the earliest signs of impaired renal funct ...

The most basic definition of cerebral edema is swelling of the brain. It is a relatively common phenomenon with numerous etiologies.  ...