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…
Our excellent Critical Care Medicine Mini-Fellowship met last week for our monthly meeting. We reviewed three articles on cardiac arrest in the pregnant patient which I have summarized for you below: 1. Management of Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review 2. Management of Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy 3. Resuscitation of Read more…
Thanks to Dr. Wang for today’s Morning Report! Case: 45 year old female with no PMH presents with dizziness. Pt woke up, stood up from bed, and started to feel room-spinning dizziness. Resolved within a few mins. No other symptoms. BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo) Most common Read more…
Dr. Muhlfelder presents today’s Morning Report! SCOMBROID The “seafood allergy”/ Histamine Toxicity Significantly underreported-misdiagnosed as seafood allergy Contaminated dark meat fish i.e. tuna, mackerel, skip-jack and bonito (name derived from Scromdroidea class of fish initially associated with illness) Less likely, but reported: mahi mahi, swordfish, sardines, salmon AND contaminated Read more…
Here’s Dr. Nordstrom with today’s Morning Report! The Case: 69 M with history of HTN and DM presents with 1 day of nausea and vomiting. Pt says he woke up in the morning and after breakfast started feeling dizzy and lightheaded. Vomited 10+ times until he came into ER. Denied Read more…
By Dr. Jacqueline Shibata A 35 y/o with Lupus presents to the ED with 1 day of chest pain…. The worst because, as we all know, systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is an autoimmune rheumatologic disease that can be deadly in young women. Ask yourself: Is this just a bad Read more…
Today’s Morning Report is courtesy of Dr. Rolston-Cregler! EBOLA!!!! Primary exposure: work in an endemic area Secondary Exposure: human to human, primate to human Presentation: – Early findings include high fevers, pharyngitis, severe constitutional signs and symptoms, bilateral conjuntival injection. Myalgias, anorexia and fevers occur first, usually Read more…
Presented by Dr. Nataisia Terry Summary by Dr. Kaycie Corburn The Case: 72 yo M PMH HTN and GERD presents to the ED with 1d h/o difficulty urinating and back pain. Basic labs showed thrombocytopenia. Non contrast CT showed bony sclerosis through out the vertebral bodies and splenomegaly. EKG showed Read more…
Today’s Morning Report is presented by Dr. Youn! OPEN FRACTURES Definition: any fx that communicates with an overlying disruption of skin and soft tissues Initial assessment: still the ABCs (including pulses, hemorrhage control) Key history: mechanism, time course of event Physical exam: neurovascular status of injury, degree of 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…