As some of you may have heard, COVID-19 is a thing. We’ve covered it in-depth, here. Fortunately, there’s a cure. President Trump touted it himself and therefore it must be true. So good – so, so good that this will Read more…
To My Family, These past several weeks have been a whirlwind, to say the least. Developing and changing information coming every 10 minutes from all angles. The feeling as if the world you’re taking care of does not appreciate you, Read more…
Last Updated: 4/29/2020 By: Noah Berland MD, Andrea Greene MD, Suvam Neupane MD, and Julian Watson MD Reviewed By: Robert Allen MD and Monisha Dilip MD Introduction This post is meant to be an easily digestible and up-to-date article. The Read more…
We had an amazing Grand Rounds a few weeks ago as a part of our wellness series. Many thanks to Dr. Surriya Ahmad for getting this amazing and renowned speaker in the area of wellness and Emergency Medicine. DR. ARLENE Read more…
We had some really amazing conferences for the past three weeks, including two grand rounds with amazing speakers (those will be posted separately).
In our last two pieces on pulmonary embolism (PE), 1 and 2, we discussed five studies that attempted to describe the prevalence of pulmonary embolism in patients presenting to the ED with syncope. In this post, we will review some Read more…
Benign Early Repolarization Benign Early Repolarization is the most common, “normal” ECG variant Occurs in about 1% of the population Degree of J point elevation is usually highest in the mid-left precordial leads (V2-V5) and never seen in aVR Isolated Read more…
Case: You are the senior resident working an afternoon trauma/critical care shift when a rapid response is called in the hospital. Shortly thereafter, an elderly woman with a history of metastatic colon cancer is brought to you by the nursing Read more…
We had a great conference last week. Last week’s theme was pulmonology. We covered some great and important topics. We also had two of our fourth years, Dr. Murchison (one of our senior editors and frequent contributors) and Dr. Xu Read more…
Rhythm Nation – February 2020 Ah, February. The month of hearts of all types – the ones that move too fast, the ones that don’t move fast enough, and the ones that just can’t seem to make up their minds. Read more…
