Courtesy of Dr. Johnson Case 1: A 4-year-old presents to the pediatric ED with 4 days of fevers, sore throat, and decreased PO intake. The patient’s older sister recently had a sore throat with fever and was diagnosed with strep throat based on culture. On examination, the patient is febrile Read more…
Author: Taylor Conrad Edited by: Eden Kim, Taylor Douglas, Robby Allen What is EBM? Evidenced-Based Medicine (EBM) is an important part of all medical disciplines and has been integral throughout the development of Emergency Medicine. According to the Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality (AHRQ) at the Department of Health Read more…
This post is based on Teaching Shifts From Dr Christophe, Dr Taitt, and Dr Berland Case 1: A 24-year-old female with no medical problems presents with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Her LMP was last week. She denies alcohol use but admits to daily marijuana use. When you peruse her Read more…
Authors: Noah Berland MD, Adrian Aurrecoechea MD Editor: Smruti Desai, DO On October 5th, 2020, our Social EM Mini-Fellowship hosted a virtual journal club to discuss food insecurity in Brooklyn, and ways to address this at Kings County Hospital (KCHC). Pre-COVID Emergency Food Use in NYC Prior to the outbreak Read more…
Reviewed By Dr James Willis Edited By Noah Berland This Post is based on Teaching Shifts from the following residents: Drs. Noah Berland, Priscilla Chao, and Hope Taitt Case 1: A 38-year-old female with PMH of HTN, DM presents after assault with blunt maxillofacial trauma. No LOC. The primary survey Read more…
Author: Taylor Douglas, Raymond Beyda Edited by: Robby Allen You’re on a tough CCT shift, and you’ve just walked your junior resident through a complicated intubation, and she was successful. You’re congratulating yourselves behind the desk while ordering the confirmatory chest x-ray when the nurse comes to you and Read more…
Author: Jonathan McMahon, DO, MA Edited by: Robert Allen, MD Case A 46-year-old female with a past medical history of hyperlipidemia presents to the ED with a chief complaint of syncope that happened about an hour ago. She states that she was walking to the kitchen when she suddenly lost Read more…
Author: Priyanka Datta (PGY 2) Contributor and Editor: Smruti Desai (PGY4) This blog post is dedicated to Sha-Asia Washington, Amber Rose Issac, Cordielle Street and countless other women who have died from childbirth related complications. I am the first person in my family to go to college and Read more…
Written by Rosy Hao, MD Edited by Wesley Chan MD This post was inspired by a post originally in ALiEM [1]. This post aims to demystify amoxicillin treatment for common pediatric infections and look at the evidence behind antibiotic use in some pediatric infections. What is the evidence behind antibiotic Read more…
Author: Robby Allen, MD Edited by: Eden Kim MD, Roshanak Benabbas MD Acknowledgments: Michael Lucchesi MD, Aleksandr Gleyzer MD Our “EM controversies” lecture series continued with a faculty showdown: Dr. Lucchesi versus Dr. Gleyzer. Watch the debate here. Their Challenge? Antibiotics for nasal packing. What does the evidence say? Read more…