Dentoalveolar Trauma is a condition that requires immediate emergency management. The revision of its prevalence the basis for allocation resources focused on management, which differs between health centers.

Tracheal agenesis is a rare congenital condition. It usually presents as an unexpected emergency during resuscitation of a newborn in the delivery room. The condition is almost always fatal in the resuscitation phase, but also when the neonate survives the long term prognosis remains poor. We present a case of tracheal agenesis, discuss its presenting symptoms and possibilities for antenatal di...

Chronic pilonidal disease is a common surgical condition. The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS 4) indicated that in England there are over 4,500 operations performed per year as inpatients, with many more being operated on in emergency departments or general practice. The condition is primarily seen in young males who are afflicted twice as often as women. It is rare prior to pub...

Rectosigmoid endometriosis is a relatively rare condition and may commonly mimic carcinoma. We report a case presenting with frozen pelvis that was unresectable during an emergency laparotomy. Clinically and radiologically it was suspected to be carcinoma and the patient was subjected to radioand chemotherapy. The lesion was resected during a second laparotomy and was found to be endometriotic ...

Caecal volvulus is an infrequent clinical condition caused by an axial twist of ascending colon, caecum and terminal ileum around the mesenteric pedicle. This article presents the case of a 16-year old African male from Kenya who presented to the emergency department with acute onset right sided lower abdominal pain diagnosed intra-operatively as caecal volvulus. The rare nature of the conditio...

Non-convulsive status epilepticus is an insidious condition and a challenging diagnosis for neurologists on call. The condition must, however, be recognized, since it constitutes a neurological emergency. Non-convulsive status epilepticus may also be associated as an additional complication with an acute neurologic disease, in which case an EEG recording is usually required. In addition, non-co...

Serotonin syndrome (SS) is a potentially life-threatening condition associated with increased serotonergic activity in central nervous system and may occur during the use of serotonergic drugs. Although increasing frequency of serotonergic drug use in children, pediatricians, emergency medicine and pediatric intensive care specialists have not enough knowledge and experience about SS that is a ...

Priapism is a relatively uncommon condition, with an incidence rate of 1.5 per 100,000 person-years amongst the general population.1 Hence, most healthcare professionals are unfamiliar with this condition. Key to the evaluation of priapism is to define whether it is ischemic or non-ischemic in nature. Non-ischemic priapism is commonly due to trauma, such as genitourinary injury, leading to unco...

Superior dislocation of the patella with intact patellar tendon is a rare condition. Most cases in literatures were diagnosed by clinical examination and plain radiography; however there are many cases that were misdiagnosed as patellar tendon rupture. In this case, we demonstrate the use of ultrasound for diagnosis of superior dislocation of the patella in the emergency department. We also inc...

Many patients present to emergency departments with lower back pain, for which there are several differential diagnoses. One of these is meralgia paresthetica, an obscure and benign condition first described in the late 19th century. Nurse practitioners should familiarise themselves with the symptoms of meralgia paresthetica so that they can make differential diagnoses and offer the relevant ma...