At the last WM meeting, we discussed black widow spider bites. Carl was kind enough to pull a great paper looking at the symptoms observed by a group that saw at 136 such envenomations. The paper can be found here: Black Widow PDF Carl was also kind enough to put Read more…
Here’s Dr. Basile with today’s Morning Report! Case: 60 yo female with pmh of htn, ESRD on HD presents as notification for syncope and hypotension. BP of 75/40, HR of 45. Afebrile Rectally. Bedside sono, no large pericardial effusion. Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity Epidemiology: – In 1986: Read more…
ED Critical Care Conference: Sept 2013 The Curious Case of AMS with an (initially) Normal CT Head presented by Dr. Andy Grock Case: 24 yo M, no pmhx presents AMS s/p assault. MRI shows Diffuse Axonal Injury. TBI Discussion Severity by GCS Mild >13 Moderate >9 and <12 Severe <8 Read more…
No, it’s not. But some trauma consultants may feel that way. This month’s journal club will feature the NEXUS Chest criteria for blunt thoracic trauma. Is CXR and/or CT Chest always indicated in the blunt trauma patient? Is there a set of criteria that predicts an extremely low-risk of clinically Read more…
Thanks to Dr. Martinez for today’s Morning Report! CASE: 26 y/o M recently immigrated from Haiti p/w AMS after episode of whole body shaking. Per mom, he is not responsive. He was well until this morning with no complaints except for a cough x months. He was given an Read more…