Arsenic Toxicity From the Ingestion of Terracotta Pottery.

Background: Symptomatic arsenic toxicity has not been associated with terracotta pottery despite thousands of years of use in food storage and preparation. We describe a case of chronic arsenic toxicity from undiagnosed pica involving the ingestion of terracotta pots.

Case Report: A 49-year-old woman with a history of anemia and abnormal uterine bleeding presented to the Emergency Department complaining of lower extremity pain.

Derivation and validation of a chief complaint shortlist for unscheduled acute and emergency care in Uganda.

Objectives: Derive and validate a shortlist of chief complaints to describe unscheduled acute and emergency care in Uganda.

Setting: A single, private, not-for profit hospital in rural, southwestern Uganda.

Participants: From 2009 to 2015, 26 996 patient visits produced 42 566 total chief complaints for the derivation dataset, and from 2015 to 2017, 10 068 visits produced 20 165 total chief complaints for the validation dataset.

Pediatric Poisonings in a Rural Ugandan Emergency Department.

Objective: This study aims to describe pediatric poisonings presenting to a rural Ugandan emergency department (ED), identifying demographic factors and causative agents.

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in the ED of a rural hospital in the Rukungiri District of Uganda. A prospectively collected quality assurance database of ED visits was queried for poisonings in patients under the age of 5 who were admitted to the hospital.

Survey of point of care ultrasound usage in emergency medicine by Vietnamese physicians.

Objectives: Emergency medicine (EM) is rapidly developing as a specialty in Vietnam. Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is currently taught as part of formal EM curriculums though limited literature exists to describe current POCUS usage in EDs in Vietnam. A survey was developed to understand current POCUS utilisation and guide future training efforts.

Fever in the returning traveler.

Fever in ill travelers returning home from developing nations is common. Most travelers present with undifferentiated febrile syndromes. Regional proportionate morbidity rates and patients' travel histories are essential in narrowing the differential diagnosis.