Hypercalcemia in Emergency Medicine
Practice Essentials Hypercalcemia is a disorder that most commonly results from malignancy or primary hyperparathyroidism. [1, 2, 3, 4,...
Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity
Practice Essentials Ingestion of excessive calcium channel blocker (CCB) agents is one of the most potentially lethal prescription drug...
Viral Hepatitis
Background Hepatitis, a general term referring to inflammation of the liver, may result from various causes, both infectious (ie, viral,...
Anaphylaxis
Practice Essentials Anaphylaxis is an acute, potentially fatal, multiorgan system reaction caused by the release of chemical mediators...
Malaria
Practice Essentials Malaria is a potentially life-threatening parasitic disease caused by infection with Plasmodium protozoa transmitted...
Adenovirus Infection
Background Adenovirus, a DNA virus, was first isolated in the 1950s in adenoid tissue–derived cell cultures, hence the name. These...
ENCUESTA ALERTA HEPATITIS 13 de abril 2022 (Ministerio de Sanidad)
Introducción El 5 de abril de 2022, el Punto Focal Nacional del Reglamento Sanitario Internacional (RSI) para el Reino Unido notificó a...
Aortic Dissection
Summary Aortic dissection (see the image below) is defined as separation of the layers within the aortic wall. Tears in the intimal layer...
Myocarditis
Summary Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium with a wide range of clinical presentations, from subtle to devastating....
Acute Pericarditis
Summary Acute pericarditis is an inflammation of the pericardium characterized by pericarditic chest pain, pericardial friction rub, and...
