Clinical Images in Emergency Medicine: Cushing’s Disease
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a two-month history of worsening fatigue, unintentional weight gain, and progressive facial swelling. Physical...
View ArticleDutch speakers take referent predictability into account, irrespective of...
Language comprehension involves continuously making predictions about what will be mentioned next. If speakers take these predictions into account, one would expect that they try to be extra clear...
View ArticleGender Competition in the Production of Nonbinary ‘They’
Two experiments test how college students use nonbinary they to refer to a single and specific person whose pronouns are they/them, e.g., “Alex played basketball on the neighborhood court. At one point...
View ArticleEvidence for a constituent order boost in structural priming
The study investigates the role of constituent order in structural priming. We report the results from a PO/DO priming experiment in German, in which we experimentally manipulated verb position in...
View ArticleOne in a Million: A Woman Presenting with Unilateral Painful Ophthalmoplegia
Case Presentation: A 52-year-old female presented to the emergency department with four days of right periorbital pain, ipsilateral temporal headache, diplopia, and photophobia. Physical examination of...
View ArticleWhen Educational Images Don’t Reflect the Population: Phlegmasia Cerulea...
Introduction: Phlegmasia cerulea dolens (PCD) is an uncommon, potentially life-threatening complication of acute deep venous thromboses that requires a timely diagnosis. The name of the condition, the...
View ArticleA Critical Combination of Esophageal Rupture and Upside-down Stomach: A Case...
Introduction: Spontaneous esophageal rupture, or Boerhaave syndrome, and upside-down stomach are rare pathologies associated with grave sequelae. Boerhaave syndrome can have a mortality rate as high as...
View ArticleCardiac Arrest During a Ferric Derisomaltose Infusion Followed by Complete...
Introduction: Ferric derisomaltose is the newest available parenteral iron formulation. Studies have demonstrated a good safety profile with improved tolerability compared to alternative parenteral iron...
View ArticleChild with Closed Head Injury and Persistent Vomiting
Case Presentation: We present the case of a six-year-old child with autism who presented with persistent vomiting in the setting of a closed head injury (CHI). Computed tomography of the head was...
View ArticleFace-off Droop: A Case Report of Pediatric Stroke
Introduction: Cerebrovascular accidents rarely occur in children; the incidence of ischemic stroke in patients <16 years of age is between 0.6–7.9/100,000. However, they are the fourth most common...
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