EM rashes is designed to give the user an alogorithm for quick diagnosis of rashes as they present in ED.
Palpable Excitement
August 22, 2011 by 3 Comments
A 76 year-old man presents with a florid spreading violaceous rash over most of his body…what is your differential diagnosis?
A Pox on your Eye
August 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
An elderly woman from a nursing home presents to the emergency department with a 3 to 4 day history of a painful rash on her face, in the region of her right eye. What’s the diagnosis? How is this condition managed?
Quiz Clinical 015
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This 24 year old female presented to the emergency department complaining of painful lumps and redness confined to her lower legs which had developed over the last two weeks.
Quiz Clinical 011
November 4, 2009 by
A 70 year old man with past history of COAD presents with two days of rash and fever. His only medications are metered aerosol inhalers of salmeterol and fluticasone. His observations are all within normal limits.
Quiz Clinical Image 002
September 28, 2009 by
A 47 year old man presents to your emergency department with a two day history of a painful rash on the back of his neck.
Off to see the Wizard…?
April 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Unless you’re planning to audition for your local production of “The Wizard of Oz” don’t use Coldargan (0·85 mg silver protein, 0·68 mg ephedrine levulinate, 0·24 mg sodium levulinate, and 0·075 mg calcium levulinate per drop) topical vascoconstrictor for your runny nose! This unfortunate chap developed generalized argyrosis due to the formation of silver deposits [...]
