Background: Unnecessary hospitalizations and testing for syncope remain common (1), and physician attitudes continue to favor overuse for syncope (2). Structured protocols, specialized units, and decision support algorithms may reduce health service use, but lack of data precludes the ability to advocate for use of a specific decision support algorithm (3). Purpose: Our primary aim […]

Case Presentation: A 48‐year‐old woman with systemic sclerosis and secondary interstitial lung disease on 4–6 L/minute oxygen per nasal cannula at baseline presented to the emergency department with 2 days of new onset nonproductive cough, pleuritic chest pain, worsening shortness of breath and subjective fever. Patient's home medications included prednisone 10 mg daily and dapsone […]