A 52-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) after experiencing vomiting, sweating, and generalized weakness for the past 12 hours. He notes that he suddenly started having generalized ...

Vomiting — forcefully expelling what’s in your stomach through your mouth — is your body’s way of getting rid of something harmful in the stomach. It may also be a response to irritation in the gut.

To accurately assess and diagnose this patient’s condition, the clinician needs to consider the clinical picture, which is fairly non-specific but yet concerning, as well as the normal panel of ...