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368.A 24-year-old woman presents to the ED complaining of dizziness and numbness and tingling in her fingertips with decreased r ...

Weakness and Dizziness Answers 345.The answer is d.(Rosen, p 1435.)The patient had a TIA,which involvesneurologic deficits that ...

386 Emergency Medicine the vertebrobasilar system can present with vertigo but is an unlikelydiagnosis in this case of recurrent ...

Weakness and Dizziness Answers 387 Patients can usually remember a preceding viral illness, usually gastroen- teritis.Deep tendo ...

388 Emergency Medicine 351.The answer is d.(Rosen, pp 1434-1435.)The CT image shows a large hypodensity in the right parietal-oc ...

Weakness and Dizziness Answers 389 Myasthenia gravis (a)commonly presents with muscle weakness that is exacerbated by activity, ...

390 Emergency Medicine The head CT may initially appear normal and starts to show the extent of injury within 6 to 12 hours afte ...

Weakness and Dizziness Answers 391 the day. (c)The third cranial nerve innervates many of the extraocular muscles and the levato ...

392 Emergency Medicine patients with the same symptoms in the setting of exposure to combustible products. It is not appropriate ...

Weakness and Dizziness Answers 393 hemianopsia, hemiparesis, hemisensory loss, memory loss, and ipsilateral cranial nerve III pa ...

394 Emergency Medicine patient has no risk factors and has a better alternative diagnosis based on history and physical examinat ...

Weakness and Dizziness Answers 395 spared. Kehr sign (d)refers to left shoulder pain associated with splenic rupture. Nikolsky s ...

396 Emergency Medicine Superior vena cava syndrome (a)is caused by an obstruction of the superior vena cava typically caused by ...

Weakness and Dizziness Answers 397 from disseminated erythematous macules into hemorrhagic pustular lesions. Serious complicatio ...

398 Emergency Medicine paresthesias, carpal spasm, and tetany. This occurs as a result of an alkalemic environment that decrease ...

Pediatrics Questions 369.A 6-month-old girl is brought to the ED because of persistent crying for the past 6 hours. Her teenage ...

370.4-year-old boy is brought to the ED by a concerned mother after she noticed lesions under his nose and around his mouth as s ...

Pediatrics 401 371.A 3-year-old African American boy with a history of sickle-cell dis- ease presents to the ED after he develop ...

374.A 2-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his parents stating that he is limping. The mother states that he was fine yesterda ...

Pediatrics 403 375.A 21-month-old girl, previously well, presents with 7 days of fever and rash. She has been seen previously du ...