Here’s Dr. Aldokhi with today’s Morning Report! Pancreatitis Epidemiology – Annual incidence of acute pancreatitis range from 4.9 to 35 per 100,000 – Mortality1.5 percent in mild pancreatitis & 17 percent in severe pancreatitis – Alcoholic pancreatitis is more common in men than in women Classification – Acute and Read more…
EM-CCM CONFERENCE SUMMARY PRESENTED BY DR. PIA DANIEL SUMMARY BY DR. FRANCIS YOUN CASE: Elderly, bedbound, nonverbal female with past history of dementia, hypothyroidism, sigmoid volvulus s/p sigmoidectomy and colostomy sent from NH for altered mental status, fever, and concern for bowel obstruction. VS: T 103, BP 99/60, Read more…
Thanks to Dr. Coquillon for today’s Morning Report! Ascaris-induced intestinal obstruction Ascaris lumbricoides: Most common helminth (roundworm) infection in the world; usually in tropical countries with warm, wet climates Length: 1mm to 1m Occur in all age groups yet most common in children of preschool age (2-10) Transmitted through Read more…
EM-CCM Conference: February 2014 (Sorry posting this a little late!) Presented by Dr. Freedman Summary by Dr. Youn CASE: 84M with CAD (recent NSTEMI) on ASA and Clopidogrel, CHF, HTN, DM p/w 4 episodes of BRBPR with dizziness and SOB. Pt was hypotensive, tachycardic with pale conjunctiva and gross red Read more…
It’s a busy shift in good old A pod. A nurse comes up to you with a bag of blood tubes for a vomiting patient and asks if you want to shotgun labs and give some anti-emetics. You happily oblige, ordering a liter of normal saline, Zofran, and some labs. Read more…