Asking patients in the emergency room to rate their pain on a visual scale or to rank it from zero to 10 doesn't really convey what the patient is feeling, suggests a study from Sweden. Pain scales ...

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Despite many years of experience taking care of heart patients, this physician went into denial when he first felt it while working out. Kurt Strazdins During medical school, I learned the ...

A 58-year-old woman has a prolonged episode of chest discomfort that resolves by the time she is seen in the emergency department. She is admitted to the hospital. Several hours after admission, her ...

Chest pain can signal something serious, and it’s often an emergency. But discomfort in your chest area can also be a sign of a minor annoyance. That means that when you notice it, you may be ...

Dr. Daniel A. Zlotoff: A 44-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of shortness of breath and chest pain. Eight days before admission — and 3 days after her husband had begun to have ...

This series of cases offers an opportunity for you to work through the diagnostic process, determining what tests to order and which questions to ask. A discussion link is provided below to facilitate ...