Emergency Medicine Cases & Quizzes

• Fast Five Quiz: PNH Presentation and Diagnosis How much do you know about the presentation and diagnosis of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 05, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Pediatric Food Allergy Signs and Symptoms How familiar are you with the signs and symptoms of pediatric food allergies? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, January 04, 2024
• Nightmares and Anxiety in a 9-Year-Old With Allergies The mother of a 9-year-old boy reports that he has been receiving poor grades and having nightmares. He has a 5-year history of asthma triggered by colds and cat dander allergy. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, January 03, 2024
• Years of Severe Exhaustion, Fatigue, and Family Stress A woman presents with fatigue and new-onset atrial fibrillation. She attributes her symptoms to the death of her husband and drug addiction problems with her grandchildren. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, January 03, 2024
• Skill Checkup: A Woman With Uncontrolled Urticaria An otherwise healthy, 31-year-old White woman presents with uncontrolled urticaria and disease progression, despite treatment with nonsedating H1 antihistamines. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, January 02, 2024
• Skill Checkup: Man With Acute Shortness of Breath An 80-year-old Black man with a history of HFrEF, well-controlled paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes with acute shortness of breath. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, January 02, 2024
• Fast Five Quiz: Tick-Borne Illnesses Are you prepared to diagnose, manage, and treat patients with tick-borne diseases? Test yourself with this short quiz.
  Medscape, December 29, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Staging Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia How familiar are you with staging in chronic lymphocytic leukemia? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 26, 2023
• Rapid Review: Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Are you up-to-date on the unmet clinical needs and latest treatment advances in the management of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and how these might affect your patients? Test yourself now!
  Medscape, December 22, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Metastatic Breast Cancer and Mental Health Are you up to date on the best practices for managing metastatic breast cancer and mental health? Test yourself with this short quiz.
  Medscape, December 22, 2023
• Epigastric Pain in a Person Who Smokes During the past month, he has had recurrent attacks of epigastric pain. He has taken analgesics for the attacks, which resolve without medical attention.
  Medscape, December 22, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Treatment-Resistant Shigella Are you aware of how to recognize, manage, and treat illnesses caused by Shigella organisms, including those that are resistant? Find out with this short quiz.
  Medscape, December 22, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Concussions: Practice Essentials Are you aware of the practice essentials for concussions, including symptoms, workup, and options for treatment? Test your knowledge with this quiz.
  Medscape, December 21, 2023
• Skill Checkup: Man With Worsening Fatigue and Shortness of Breath A 62-year-old male with a history of COPD complains of worsening fatigue after engaging in minimal activities and shortness of breath. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, December 20, 2023
• Patient Simulation: A 68-Year-Old Man With Exertional Dyspnea, Fatigue, and Peripheral Edema A 68-year-old man with hypertension presents with worsening exertional dyspnea, fatigue, and lower extremity swelling. What next steps should you take in managing this patient?
  Medscape, December 18, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Alzheimer's Disease -- Clinical Guidelines Are you aware of the updated guidelines for patients with Alzheimer's disease? Test yourself with a quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 14, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Severe Asthma Guidelines Are you up-to-date on the latest guidance for severe asthma management? Test yourself with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 13, 2023
• Fast Five Quiz: Ovarian Cancer Presentation and Diagnosis How much do you know about the presentation and diagnosis of ovarian cancer? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
  Medscape, December 13, 2023
• Skill Checkup: A Woman With COPD Exacerbation Episodes A 67-year-old woman with a 1-year history of COPD is experiencing exacerbation episodes, despite treatment. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, December 13, 2023
• Abdominal Pain and Hematemesis An urgent endoscopy revealed hypertrophic mucosa and severe gastritis. Biopsies showed only moderate inflammation, with no Helicobacter pylori infection.
  Medscape, December 11, 2023