Written by Adrian Aurrecoechea, MD Edited by Andrea Greene, MD A Case HPI: A 22-year-old female with no PMH presents to Fast Track, referred from urgent care for lip laceration. Her chief complaint is pain to the face, and the patient reports she was texting on her phone and accidentally Read more…
Adapted from Morning Report by Chief Resident Rushabh Shah. Public fear regarding COVID-19 has caused the unexpected consequence of decreased ED volume in hospitals around the country. The much-needed breath of fresh air is appreciated, but fewer patients means fewer direct learning opportunities for EM residents. Here are some suggestions Read more…
This article is reposted from The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Introduction The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a total of nearly 300,000 deaths worldwide [1]. Pediatric patients PCR-postive for SARS-CoV-2 present differently than adults with 40% either asymptomatic or with URI symptoms and commonly have pharyngeal erythema Read more…
Note: The cases discussed in this post happened before COVID-19. Given that D-Dimer may be elevated in patients with COVID-19, the pretest probability of PE in your patient population may be elevated at this time. Thus, the assumptions derived from Kohn et al’s paper highlighted in this post may not Read more…