DAlhousie Emergency Medicine Department
Case of the Month

Emergency medicine cases from Dalhousie University's Emergency Medicine Department

“I don’t want to take up your time, I just need a blue puffer.”

Questions and Answers: 1. What are the important aspects of the emergency department management…

by Sam G. Campbell, Alan Kaplan, Anne K. Ellis
Posted September 21, 2020
Waiting for the other foot to drop

Questions and Answers: 1. What is the differential diagnosis? A systemic approach to suspected…

by Gabrielle Hayduk-Costa, MD
Posted May 04, 2020
Decisions, decisions: Diagnostic imaging for small bowel obstructions

Questions and Answers: 1. How do you recognize small bowel obstruction (SBO) and what are its…

by Sara Lanteigne, MBA, MD Candidate 2020 Christopher Cox, MA, MD, DABEM
Posted March 16, 2020
When some P waves won’t come through

Questions and Answers: 1. What is going on? The most striking vital sign in Mrs. F’s case is her…

by Louis T. P. Martin, MSc, and Simon Field, MBBCH, CCFP(EM), M.Ed
Posted January 09, 2020
Cold feet? Consider an ankle-brachial index

Questions and Answers: 1. What’s the differential diagnosis of atraumatic extremity paresthesia…

by Garrett McDougall, MD and Scott MacDonald, MD (CCFP-EM)
Posted January 09, 2020
Surprising spinal scenario: Not your average back pain

Questions and Answers: What diagnoses should be considered in the emergency department? Potential…

by Jessica N. MacIntyre MD MSc, Raphael Panais MD CCFP(EM)
Posted October 15, 2019
“It can’t be the cannabis…!”

Questions and Answers: 1. What is the diagnosis? Causes of vomiting are myriad (see Table 1). In…

by Christine Campbell MB, BCh BAO, CCFP
Posted September 04, 2019
When it rains it pours: Complications of Epstein-Barr virus and infectious mononucleosis

Questions and Answers: 1. What is the diagnosis? This patient presents with several uncommon…

by David Hung PCP, Lucy Patrick MD and Nicholas Sowers MD FRCPC
Posted July 24, 2019
The “sweet” spots: Papules, plaques and nodules

Questions and Answers: 1. What is the diagnosis? Sweet’s Syndrome, an acute febrile…

by Nicole Roda and Lorri Beatty MD
Posted June 17, 2019
Multiple Concentric Lesions: What, Who, Why?

Questions and Answers: 1. What’s the differential diagnosis of asymptomatic concentric lesions at…

by Rania Fashir, MD Candidate 2020, Dalhousie University and Scott MacDonald, MD (CCFP-EM)
Posted February 25, 2019

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DAlhousie Emergency Medicine Department Case of the Month

DAlhousie Emergency Medicine Department
Case of the Month