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…
To summarize the case, we have a 34-year-old male with no past medical history presenting with 3 days of intermittent epistaxis. The bleeding has mostly been light, but the current bleed has lasted approximately 20 minutes and is brisk. He has tried holding pressure with minimal improvement. He does not Read more…
A 34 year-old male with no past medical history presents with 3 days of intermittent epistaxis. The bleeds have been light for the past few days consisting of mostly a few blood streaks on the tissue. This current bleed however, has lasted nearly 20 minutes and has been a steady Read more…
Click to view the case. [1] Baharoglu, M. Irem, Charlotte Cordonnier, Rustam Al-Shahi Salman, Koen De Gans, Maria M. Koopman, Anneke Brand, Charles B. Majoie, Ludo F. Beenen, Henk A. Marquering, Marinus Vermeulen, Paul J. Nederkoorn, Rob J De Haan, and Yvo B. Roos. “Platelet transfusion versus standard care Read more…
A 46 year-old female with past medical history of DM and HTN presents with 2 days of dizziness and weakness. She was discharged 3 days ago after being diagnosed with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. She was being treated with extended home IV antibiotic infusions through a PICC. Currently, she denies Read more…