Our toxicology mini-fellowship meeting last week was all about bupe (buprenorphine)! Here is a brief review of the key points of discussion. Why does this matter? As emergency physicians, we are on the frontline in caring for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). These patients come to the ED Read more…
Episode recap: When last we left our hero, known throughout the globe as Clotting Wonder, it was after a grueling battle with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage. Having been put to the test by post-partum hemorrhage in the WOMAN trial, our hero vanquished the evil villain of traumatic hemorrhage (in the exhilarating Read more…
Introduction As far as dangerous causes of chest pain go, acute aortic syndromes (aortic dissection, intramural thrombus, and penetrating aortic ulcer) can present a real diagnostic dilemma. They’re rare (with a prevalence of around 2-4 per 100,000 individuals), seem to present in a myriad of ways, and are invariably life-threatening. Read more…