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Features

Cover Article

Meeting the Emergent Challenge of Spinal Cord Injury

Jaclyn Costello, MD; Alicia S. Devine, JD, MD, FACEP

Case Studies in Toxicology

Buprenorphine: Can It Be Deadly in a Dose?

Lewis S. Nelson, MD, FACEP, FACMT (Series Editor); Hong K. Kim, MD, MPH; Susi U. Vassallo, MD, FACEP, FACMT

Editorial

An Unnecessary Diversion

Neal Flomenbaum, MD, Editor-In-Chief

Department

Malpractice Counsel

Did misdiagnosis cause a man to die from cardiac tamponade?

Commentary by Francis L. Counselman, MD, Associate Editor-In-Chief and Neal E. Flomenbaum, MD, Editor-In-Chief

Quizzes

Emergency Imaging

A Man Who Is Dyspneic

Keith D. Hentel, MD

Diagnosis at a Glance

Why Did Eating Ahi Cause Intense Erythema?

Stephen M. Schleicher, MD, and Kendall M. Egan, MD

Challenges in Sports Medicine & Orthopedics

Pain in a Man Who Had Childhood Spine Surgery

Brian L. Patterson, MD, MSc, and James Michael Ray, MD