Emergency Medicine Cases & Quizzes

• A Patient Who Collapsed in Agony After Echocardiography A middle-aged man has intense, sudden-onset pain in his flank and lumbar region. He had just completed an echocardiogram and collapsed in the hallway. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, May 19, 2022
• A 33-Year-Old Woman Trying to Conceive Has Dyspnea, Pain A 33-year-old woman presents with shortness of breath 1 week after in vitro fertilization. She has abdominal pain, distention, nausea, and nonbloody, nonbilious vomiting. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, May 19, 2022
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Muscle Relaxants Do you know key clinical information regarding muscle relaxants, including indications, adverse events, and contraindications? Take this this brief quiz.
  Medscape, May 18, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension How familiar are you with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, May 17, 2022
• Rapid Review Quiz: Carcinogens Avoiding carcinogens is a key step in cancer prevention. Review the latest research into physical, chemical, and biological carcinogens, including newly recognized substances, with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 16, 2022
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Diabetes Drugs Given how critical medication is for patients with diabetes, do you know key clinical information about the most commonly used drugs? Test yourself with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 13, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Drowning and Water-Related Health Concerns With temperatures heating up and swimming on the rise, do you know key clinical information about water-related health concerns like drowning and infection? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 13, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Treatment Early diagnosis of IPF and the initiation of treatment are essential to improve patient outcomes. Test your knowledge of the methods for treatment with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 12, 2022
• Recurrent Atypical Chest Pain in a 62-Year-Old Woman A 62-year-old woman presents with atypical chest pain and mild shortness of breath manifesting with recurring, fleeting, dull, nonradiating pain, seemingly caused by high-stress environments. What's going on?
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , May 09, 2022
• Skill Checkup: Woman With Dyspnea and Droopy Right Eye A 57-year-old woman presents with dyspnea, droopy right eye, and mild crackles at both lower lung fields. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, May 06, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Alzheimer's Disease Given its rapidly increasing incidence, do you know what to watch out for and best practices for Alzheimer's disease management? Make sure you're prepared with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 06, 2022
• Facial Spasms in a Man Recently Released From the Hospital After a recent hospitalization for a hemicranial headache, a man presents with right hemifacial spasms and diplopia with binocular vision. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, May 05, 2022
• A Woman Who Abstains from Alcohol Has Worsening Abdominal Pain A 61-year-old woman with a history of diabetes mellitus presents with worsening intermittent epigastric pain for the past month. Imaging of the abdomen is performed. What do the findings suggest?
  Medscape, May 05, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Advanced and Metastatic Prostate Cancer How much do you know about advanced and metastatic prostate cancer? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, May 02, 2022
• Skill Checkup: Man With Dyspnea, Rales, and Ankle Swelling A 71-year-old man with a history of chronic heart failure presents with dyspnea, rales, and ankle swelling that developed over the past week. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, May 02, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Drug-Induced Mental Illness Can you identify drug-induced mental illness and do you know best practices for patient care? Refresh and test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, April 29, 2022
• A Coffee Drinker With Sudden-Onset Dyspnea, Tachycardia A 40-year-old man has palpitations and shortness of breath. He denies having any chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diaphoresis, light-headedness, or recent illness. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, April 28, 2022
• Patient Simulation: A 60-Year-Old Man With Worsening COPD A 60-year-old former smoker is distressed about his worsening COPD. What steps should you take to manage this patient?
  Medscape, April 27, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Annoying Medical Conditions Can you identify common "annoying" conditions and help bring relief to those whose lives are disrupted by them? Test your knowledge of these significant "insignificant" issues with this short quiz.
  Medscape, April 25, 2022
• Fast Five Quiz: Tardive Dyskinesia Clinicians need a clear understanding of causative agents associated with tardive dyskinesia and optimal treatment strategies. How much do you know about TD? Check your knowledge with our short quiz.
  Medscape, April 22, 2022