As Americans look hopefully toward the end of the pandemic, many aspects of life are returning to normal, including routine health care. Still abnormal, though—and likely to remain so, are wait times for emergency care, which grew perilously long during the pandemic because of staff shortages and patient overload.
A 35-year-old man presented with left side abdominal cramps and bloody stools that persisted for 1 week. Physical examination revealed a body temperature of 38.5…
A 72-year-old man presented to the emergency department with urinary retention and increasing abdominal pain hours after undergoing transurethral resection of a bladder tumor. His…
A 6-week-old female infant presented to the emergency department with labial swelling. Her past medical history was unremarkable. Examination revealed a palpable 2-cm, nonreducible mass…
An 81-year-old man presented to the emergency department with 4 hours of continuous chest pain. The ECG showed atrial fibrillation and acute extensive anterior myocardial…
A 90-year-old woman with hypertension and a previous gastric ulcer presented to the emergency department with sudden-onset, sharp, diffuse abdominal pain. She was drowsy and…
A 46-year-old woman presented to our emergency department (ED) with 3 weeks of abdominal bloating and discomfort, anorexia, neck swelling, scleral icterus, generalized muscle aches,…
An otherwise healthy 20-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a large painful right shoulder mass. The mass had been present since birth but…
An 82-year-old man was brought to the hospital after syncope. He complained of malaise, dizziness, diarrhea, and a painful left upper quadrant mass that had…
A 32-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with 1 hour of right upper extremity pain, swelling, and discoloration. The swelling and discoloration started…
Jonny Kim, MD, Former Navy SEAL and recipient of both the Silver Star and Bronze Star, was a first-year resident physician at the Harvard-associated emergency…
