Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially life-threatening clinical condition that occurs when there is a disruption to blood flow in the pulmonary artery or its
Abstract Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death worldwide. Over 5 million Americans are dealing with a head injury-related disability. It is imperative
Dear Readers and Authors, Critical Care and Shock started as a peer-reviewed journal in 1998 by Dr. Iqbal Mustafa, together with several colleagues, with
Case presentation An 86-year-old Hispanic lady was brought to the emergency department in acute respiratory distress. She had tested COVID-19 positive a week prior to
A number of beneficial (corticosteroids and remdesivir), and potentially beneficial therapies, exist for the treatment of COVID-19. What is not widely appreciated is that patients
Case presentation A 69-year-old lady presented to our emergency department with a two week history of shortness of breath, fever, and dry cough. Chest computed
A 54-year-old gentleman without significant past medical history presented to our emergency department with complaints of shortness of breath and fever. On arrival he was
Who would think that I would consider myself an expert on an illness, that I knew almost nothing about 4 months ago?
Abstract In December 2019, a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused an outbreak of respiratory disease in Wuhan, China, that quickly spread
Abstract By the end of December 2019, a single stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus, Coronavirus, was said to be responsible for an outbreak of respiratory