Drs Robert Glatter and Ken Milne discuss what the recent RSI trial reveals — and does not reveal — about choosing etomidate ...

Doctors and nurses, what happened to a patient that will haunt you for life?

Background A 71-year-old woman presented with severe chest pain after an episode of acute emotional distress. Her serum levels of cardiac enzymes were slightly elevated and electrocardiography ...

A 68-year-old woman with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (hemoglobin A1c, 13.8%) presented with acute left arm weakness on waking. Her last known well was the prior ...

Background— The role of pro-brain natriuretic peptide (proBNP) for the prediction of clinical outcome has not been examined in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Conclusions— Low proBNP ...

Margaret Garnes (born 1970) Senior consultant, specialist in internal medicine and haematology. She has contributed the concept and written and revised the manuscript. The author has completed the ...

A woman in her 40s was transferred to the medical intensive care unit due to severe COVID-19 infection causing respiratory failure. Her respiratory failure worsened rapidly, requiring intubation and ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) has an elusive presentation. How has a modern clinical examination improved diagnosis and risk stratification in patients? Does the risk stratification look poised to evolve as ...