DAlhousie Emergency Medicine Department
Case of the Month

Emergency medicine cases from Dalhousie University's Emergency Medicine Department

Bitten by the Travel Bug: Fever in a Returning Traveler

Questions and Answers: 1. What are the issues with returning travelers? The febrile returning…

by Catherine Cox MD MPH, Heather Flemming MD FRCPC, Nicholas Sowers MD FRCPC
Posted December 11, 2018
From Headache to Heartache

Questions and Answers: 1. What is Prinzmetal variant angina? Prinzmetal variant angina occurs…

by Kiara Clory BKin, MSc, CSEP-CEP; and Michael Clory MDCM, MBA, FCFP(EM)
Posted November 15, 2018
Priapism and Stair Climbing: Worth a Try?

Questions and Answers: 1. What is going on? This is a case of priapism. Priapism is characterized…

by Jonathan Gravel MD, MSc; Constance LeBlanc MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP, MAEd, CCPE; Catherine Varner MD, MSc, CCFP(EM),
Posted October 24, 2018
He Won’t Stop Seizing!

Questions and Answers: 1. What is going on here? Most seizures last less than two minutes and…

by Allison Keeping, MD; Samuel Campbell, MB BCh, FCFP (EM), FRCP(Edin.); Charles MacLean, BSc Pharm, RPh
Posted September 07, 2018
He Looks Like an Easy Tube, Let’s Just Do It...

Questions and Answers: 1. What is the best time to intubate this patient? Not now! Although in…

by Sam G. Campbell, MBBCh, FCFP(EM); and George Kovacs, MD, MHPE, FRCPC
Posted June 13, 2018
Is the Baby Okay?

Questions and Answers: 1. What investigations should be done in patients presenting with bleeding…

by Dana Archibald, B.Sc., Med IV; and Ismail Cajee, MD, MB ChB, CCFP(EM) DA
Posted May 11, 2018
Aren’t You Even Going To Do an X-ray?

1. What are the indications for imaging in low back pain? Acute low back pain, in many…

by Sam G. Campbell, MD; and Kirk D. Magee, MD
Posted March 29, 2018
“Eye See You’re in a Lot of Pain”

1. What is herpes zoster ophthalmicus? Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), is the result…

by Lindsay Grant-Nunn, B.Sc., fourth-year medical student; and Scott MacDonald, MD, (CCFP-EM)
Posted March 05, 2018
A Sticky Situation

1. What is the effect of ocular instillation of “crazy glue”? Crazy glue (also known as…

by Nicholas Sajko, B.Sc., medical student, class of 2019; and Amy Nason, MD, (CCFP-EM)
Posted February 19, 2018
Lap Belts and Pneumonia: An Unexpected Link

Figure 1. Sarah’s Chest x-ray. 1. Why do people fail antibiotic treatment? Wrong…

by Leah Jones, BSc, MD candidate, class of 2018; Warren Fieldus, MD, FRCP
Posted December 18, 2017

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