Hepatic Artery Rupture in a Young Man with Abdominal Pain and a Testicular Mass.

Background: Male patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain accompanied by a testicular mass should be evaluated for the presence of hernia, epididymitis, orchitis, and testicular torsion. When a patient presents with an asymptomatic testicular nodule or mass, the emergency physician should consider testicular carcinoma, a diagnosis that typically warrants no more than prompt urologic outpatient referral.

Case Report: We present a case involving a young male whose presenting complaint was abdominal pain.

Serum troponin testing in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: outcome after ED care.

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT), a common dysrhythmia seen in the emergency department (ED), is usually managed without difficulty and with a favorable prognosis. Serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI) testing provides important risk stratification information in certain patients; its use in PSVT patients, however, has not been explored. A retrospective review of consecutive adult ED PSVT patients seen for 21 months was performed.

Hepatotoxicity associated with herbal products.

A significant number of herbal products have been associated with hepatotoxicity. Attribution of liver injury to a specific herbal pro-duct may be difficult. There are few clinical or laboratory manifestations that specifically suggest that liver injury is the result of aspecific herbal.