Hey everyone! Hope you enjoy this month’s Ultrasound of the Month and my first official blog post! Here’s the clip: A 45 year old man presented to UHB fast track with a chief complaint of right knee pain. His pain began 4 days ago after a Read more…
Hi Readers, We have yet another new post this year for me to introduce. Dr. Sadia Hussain (of the Trauma Drama series) has teamed up with the wonderful Dr. Ashika Jain to create a Critical Care Mini-Fellowship. We thought it would be useful to your education to write-up a concise Read more…
And the answer to Case of the Month for July is… Thanks to all who participated! This prize goes to Dr. Zeccola (only right answer, and an impressive calm excellence leading sim conference on Wednesday) To recap, we have a 65 yo F who presents with: new onset Atrial fibrillation, Read more…
This is a fictitious patient seen at a fictitious hospital called Janus General. Don’t believe me? I’m on staff there – see 65 yo F pmhx HTN/DM presents with worsening abdominal pain for 2 days. Pain is generalized, 10/10, no radiation, previously intermittent, but is now constant for hours. Read more…
I know Board Review is usually Tuesday…but this one couldn’t wait. Chief Carl’s asked an interesting question during conference. Let’s make his implied knowledge a little more obvious. A Case 70 yo Male with no related past medical history presents with acute on chronic low back pain. Recently he Read more…
A young ambitious scientist doing research in gamma radiation to get into his desired radiation oncology residency accidentally pressed the “go” button while in his lab. He presents to the emergency department immediately following the exposure to high-dose total-body radiation. While in the ED he begins having nausea and vomiting, Read more…
Hello and welcome to the first installment of the Health Policy Mini-Fellowship blog. In May Hannah, Brenda and Dr. Foley helped lead the journal club discussion at the ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Conference (LAC) in Washington, DC. We presented an article by Weinick et al titled “Many Emergency Department Visits Read more…
EM-CCM Conference on 6/18/14 Presented by Dr. Bonnie Brown Special Thanks to Dr. Gillette for his insightful comments and attendance. The Case 41 yo F pmhx Sickle Cell Disease presents 15 hours after onset of right face numbness, right arm numbness and weakness, and difficulty speaking. Stroke work-up performed including Read more…
Today we had a wonderful conference. Thanks to our resident and attending lecturers as well as extra-special thanks our guest lecturers, Dr. Gillette and Dr. Duroseau! Dr. Reisman’s Journal Club lecture, Summary by Dr. Reisman Retrospective study of patients admitted for neutropenic fever at a cancer center in South Korea. Read more…
A Case: 50 yo M past medical history cancer on chemotherapy presents with fever and altered mental status. His labs are concerning for a Cr 7, Hgb 5 (from 12), platelet’s 30 By Dr. Andrew Grock and Dr. Sally Bogoch Rivers, 6th edition.