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A 54-year-old woman with history of gastric band surgery and 10 years of uncontrolled hypertension has had 4 weeks of progressively increasing abdominal girth, exertional dyspnea, and dependent edema. Today, the patient has dyspnea at rest with epigastric pain. Her blood pressure is 180/90 mmHg, heart rate is 96 bpm, Read more…
Emergency Department Management of Spontaneous Human Combustion Written by Adam Blumenberg, MD
Clinical CT for April 2016 by Adam Blumenberg MD Special thanks to Mark Silverberg MD A 78 year-old man presents to the ED for pre-syncope and back pain. Physical exam is remarkable for systolic blood pressure in the 80s and a pulsatile abdominal mass. Computed tomography imaging of the abdomen Read more…
It’s four o’ clock on a gentle Sunday afternoon. You stir the dregs of your Turkish coffee, secretly hoping for an exciting patient to fill the last three hours of you Critical Care & Trauma shift. As you set your mug on top of the “No eating or drinking!” sign, Read more…
Written by Adam Blumenberg MD Special Thanks to Mark Silverberg MD A 54 year-old woman with a history of cigarette smoking and uncontrolled hypertension presents to the ED disoriented and mumbling incomprehensible words. Her family members say she began acting strangely about 20 minutes after complaining of severe headache. Her Read more…
Clinical CT for August 2016 by Adam Blumenberg MD A 75 year-old woman with a history of left femur ORIF and hypertension was “clipped” on the left knee by a turning car as she was crossing the street. She is dressed in religious garb with a head scarf and long Read more…
About halfway through your shift in the critical care area of the ED, you are wrapping up a conversation with the medical ICU team about an elderly patient in septic shock when you hear a shout for help from the triage area. You and your intern dash over where you Read more…
Clinical CT for June 2016 by Adam Blumenberg MD Special thanks to Mark Silverberg MD A 12 year-old boy presents to the emergency department at 7:00AM Sunday morning with 2 hours of left sided abdominal pain, waxing & waning nausea and vomiting. Vital signs are within the normal range and abdomen Read more…
About halfway through your relatively quiet shift in the Critical Care & Trauma area of your ED you hear an overhead notification, “stroke code to triage!” You and Padma the intern set down your tasty cappuccinos and speed walk to the triage area where you see a middle aged Read more…
