SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Painful Swollen Digit
August 21, 2023
A 50-year-old male with a history of polysubstance use disorder and poorly-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus [+] The post SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Painful...
Anna Fang, MD
SAEM Clinical Images Series: The Color Purple
August 14, 2023
A 64-year-old female with a history of quadriplegia and bladder rupture secondary to a motor vehicle accident two years ago, complicated by chronic indwelling suprapubic...
Melissa Janse, MD
ALiEM AIR Series | Infectious Disease 2023 Module
July 20, 2023
Welcome to the AIR Infectious Disease Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the...
Chris Belcher, MD
The Febrile Infant: Incorporating the 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines
March 29, 2023
Can you trust a febrile infant? “No” has been, and continues to be, the resounding answer over the last 40 years as researchers and clinicians...
Corey Ziemba, MD
SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Rare Cause of Post-traumatic Neck Pain
February 27, 2023
A 15-year-old male presents to the pediatric Emergency Department (ED) for evaluation of neck pain for three weeks. The patient is vague as to the...
Jonathan Lopez, MD
SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Rash You Don’t Want to Miss
November 28, 2022
A 54-year-old female with a past medical history of diabetes presented to the Emergency Department (ED) for evaluation of unresponsiveness. The patient was found unresponsive...
Ryan Schum, MD
SAEM Clinical Image Series: Eye Pain
January 31, 2022
A 59-year-old gentleman experiencing homelessness with a history of hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatitis C, alcohol use disorder, and tobacco dependence presented to the emergency department (ED)...
Manasa Bhatta
Oral Antivirals for Treatment of Mild-Moderate COVID-19 Infection
January 15, 2022
Background Two new oral agents were given Emergency Use Authorization to be used in patients with mild-moderate COVID-19 at high risk of progression to severe...
Mike O'Brien, PharmD
Dose Order Matter? Which Antibiotic to Give First for a Bloodstream Infection
December 4, 2021
Background Early antibiotics are recommended for treatment of many infections, including patients with sepsis or septic shock [1]. Critically-ill patients and those with a suspected...
Bryan D. Hayes, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT, FASHP
SAEM Clinical Image Series: Pediatric Rash
November 8, 2021
A previously healthy 8-year-old female presents to the pediatric emergency department due to a rash. Her symptoms started three days prior to presentation with a...
Kate Alemann, MD
SAEM Clinical Image Series: A Rapidly Spreading Rash
October 18, 2021
A 40-year-old male with a past medical history of HIV presented for evaluation of a non-pruritic rash. Six days ago, he suddenly felt a stinging...
Ellsworth Wright, MD
The Pneumonia Short Treatment Trial: Antibiotic Treatment for 3 days vs 8 days
May 3, 2021
Background: In 2019 the World Health Organization listed “Antimicrobial Resistance” as a top 10 threat to global health. This was echoed in a 2021 document....
Marco Torres