Early Presentation of Boerhaave Syndrome in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

We present the case of a 46-year-old patient who arrived at the emergency department with chest pain following an episode of vomiting. The diagnosis was Boerhaave syndrome and acute mediastinitis. Due to the prompt presentation and the location of the rupture in the lower esophagus, emergency surgical intervention was performed, including esophageal suturing, mediastinal drainage, and jejunostomy for feeding.

CHARACTERIZATION OF PATIENTS IN THE POST-ACUTE PHASE OF COVID-19 WHO PRESENTED THEMSELVES TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

Background: Patients that recovered from COVID-19 may remain with symptoms which can persist for an uncertain period of time.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the reasons why patients who passed the acute phase of COVID-19 presented themselves to the Emergency Department.

Patients And Methods: We selected 87 patients admitted to the Emergency Department of the Bucharest University Emergency Hospital between 01.

Assessment of severity of acute pancreatitis over time.

In recent years there has been an increase in the incidence of acute pancreatitis worldwide. In spite of efforts to improve the treatment and care of patients with acute pancreatitis, to develop imaging investigations and interventional diagnostic and treatment techniques and to facilitate patients' access to them, acute pancreatitis continues to be associated with significant mortality and morbidity, and the treatment of patients suffering from this disease entails significant costs for healthcare systems. Researchers are in a permanent quest to get to a global consensus for stratifying the severity of acute pancreatitis.