The Journal of emergency medicine

J Emerg Med · ISSN (print) 0736-4679 · 8 papers in corpus
other 2021
doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.07.030 ·PMID:34511298
case-report 2021
doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.04.023 ·PMID:34148774

Background Bilateral ectopic pregnancies (EPs) occur in 1 of 200,000 pregnancies. Evidence suggests that endometriosis is an independent risk factor for unilateral EPs. However, the link between endometriosis and bilateral EPs has not been …

case-report 2017
doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.10.014 ·PMID:29198382
review 2016
doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2016.01.024 ·PMID:26994838

BACKGROUND: Pyometra is defined as an accumulation of purulent material in the uterine cavity. Spontaneous perforation is a very rare complication of pyometra. The clinical findings of perforated pyometra are similar to perforation of the g…

case-report 2014
doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.09.064 ·PMID:25499400

BACKGROUND: Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich (HWW) syndrome is an uncommon variant of Müllerian duct anomalies, consisting of uterine didelphys, obstructed hemivagina, and ipsilateral renal agenesis. It usually presents in a post-pubertal adolescen…

case-report 2010
doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.03.031 ·PMID:18495409

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of ectopic foci of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Many patients are asymptomatic, but others present protean symptoms, including headache, cyclic hemoptysis, pleural effusion, and asc…

case-report 2009
doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.05.023 ·PMID:19682826

BACKGROUND: Considerable controversy exists with regards to the physiopathogenesis of catamenial pneumothorax. The rarity of catamenial pneumothorax makes understanding of its pathophysiology and verification of etiological mechanisms diffi…

case-report 2001
doi:10.1016/s0736-4679(01)00420-6 ·PMID:11728774