Consider Further Differential Diagnoses

Unexplained deaths in Connecticut, 2002-2003: failure to consider category a bioterrorism agents in differential diagnoses.

BACKGROUND Recognition of bioterrorism-related infections by hospital and emergency department clinicians may be the first line of defense in a bioterrorist attack. METHODS We identified unexplained infectious deaths consistent with the clinical presentation of anthrax, tularemia, smallpox, and botulism using Connecticut death certificates and hospital chart information. Minimum work-up crite...

Incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia--differential diagnoses.

The incarceration of diaphragmatic hernia is very rare. We present a case of a four-year-old girl who developed the incarceration of left-sided diaphragmatic hernia, who, until then, was completely asymptomatic. This incarceration of the hernia represented a surgical emergency presenting as obstructive ileus and a severe respiratory distress which developed from what appeared to be full health....

Diarrhea — Differential Diagnoses and Treatment

Diarrhea — Differential Diagnoses and Treatment

Diarrhea — Differential Diagnoses and Treatment