“We are evaluating missed diagnoses of epidural abscesses that lead to quadriplegia, paraplegia, and cauda equina syndrome from emergency rooms across the country. This population requires a low ...

A brain abscess, an infected heart valve, liver cancer, an amputated arm and a 30-year-old mother receiving CPR in the emergency room at Falmouth Hospital. What connects these various storylines?

The idea for this post was initiated when I read a snippet in The Fortean Times about a 34-year old man from New York who injected cocaine into his penis and ended up with gangrene and further medical ...