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- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: August 1, 2015
After experiencing a fall, a 53-year-old woman with a history of intravenous drug use was referred by her methadone clinic for evaluation.
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: July 1, 2015
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: July 1, 2015
A 62-year-old man with a history of hypercholesterolemia and HIV infection presented for evaluation of diffuse myalgia and tea-colored urine.<...
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: June 1, 2015
A 4-month-old is presented for evaluation after her father claims to have inadvertently reconstituted the infant’s formula with rum.
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: May 1, 2015
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: March 1, 2015
A 10-month-old infant is presented for evaluation of extreme somnolence after her father inadvertently spills his prescription of opioid tablets on...
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: January 1, 2015
Through a detailed history, physical examination, emergent consultation, and imaging studies, the authors confirm metastatic spinal cord comp...
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: December 1, 2014
A 23-year-old Hispanic woman with an unremarkable medical history develops seizures after taking an herbal remedy recommended by a naturopath.
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: November 1, 2014
A 19-year-old man was found unresponsive by his girlfriend after ingesting a combination of soda, codeine/promethazine hydrochloride cough syr...
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: October 1, 2014
A 35-year-old woman becomes diaphoretic and tachycardic in the postanesthesia care unit after undergoing elective hysteroscopic myomectomy to remov...
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: August 1, 2014
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: April 1, 2014
A 76-year-old man with a history of Parkinson disease and hypertension presents with severe extremity weakness, muscle aches, tremulousness, blurre...
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: January 31, 2014
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: December 26, 2013
A 32-year-old man presents to the ED with mild throat pain, chest discomfort, and “abdominal fullness” after inadvertently ingesting concentrated h...
Article
- Author:
- Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Publish date: August 1, 2013
A 2-year-old boy is discovered playing with a rodenticidal trap, from which he samples several pellets orally. The emergency physician finds him t...
