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…
The first save of the month (and decade) goes to consecutive CCT Teams! Team #1: Dr S Johnson and Dr S Gopaul for stabilizing a sick patient and avoiding potentially catastrophic interventions in an undifferentiated patient who could have crashed Read more…
(Featured image from © 2020 American Academy of Ophthalmology at http://www.aao.org) Patient presentation: A 65-year-old woman presents to your ED complaining of pain in her left eye. She says that she was walking past a construction site and suddenly felt left eye Read more…
A 65-year-old woman presents to your ED complaining of pain in her left eye. She says that she was walking past a construction site and suddenly felt left eye pain. She says that she cannot see out of her left Read more…
What is the prevalence of PE in patients who present to the ED with syncope? (This is part 2 of a two-part series.) In our last post, we discussed four studies that attempted to describe the prevalence of pulmonary embolism Read more…
What is the prevalence of PE in patients who present to the ED with syncope? References 1. Prandoni P, Lensing AWA, Prins MH, et al. Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism among Patients Hospitalized for Syncope. N Engl J Med [Internet]2016;375(16):1524–31. Available Read more…
(By David Warshaw, PGY2 and Naomi Rebollo, PGY3) 7:05am – This is our first patient of the day on your first CCT shift as a senior… 56-year-old female with shortness of breath x a few hours You quickly scan Read more…
In a previous post, I presented a case of Takotsubo non-ischemic cardiomyopathy that met “STEMI” criteria and was diagnosed by angiography. Let’s take a moment to discuss some other non-ischemic cause of ST elevation, otherwise known as “STEMI mimics.” Read more…
The theme for October Food and Journal Club was Geriatric Emergency Medicine, hosted by our guru of Geriatric EM (and my mentor for residency and geriatric mini-fellowship) Dr. Joel Gernsheimer. Also in attendance from the faculty side was one of Read more…
Thought Experiment: Applying an EBM Disease Model to Defensive Medicine But, if a lawyer were to review your chart, how would you defend that decision? We have all had attendings say this to us when we present a plan for Read more…
