Welcome to Save of the Month! where each month we recognize a resident who went above and beyond to make a great save in the ED. Nominations are solicited from the faculty each block and we pick one resident for recognition and embarrassment on this blog. This month’s edition goes to . Read more…
Last blog post as 2013 comes to a close and I thought in the spirit of the holidays I would give the gift of my top five educational cases/adventures/inspirations of 2013! Feel free to share any interesting cases/adventures/inspirations below enjoy! 1: “I guess tylenol is a common cause of liver Read more…
Thanks to Dr. Louis for today’s Morning Report! Hypercalcemia Definitions: – The normal reference range of serum calcium levels in adults is 8.7-10.4 mg/dL – Mild hypercalcemia is 10.5 – 11.9 mg/dL – Moderate hypercalcemia is 12.0-13.9 mg/dL – Severe hypercalcemia is > 14.0 mg/dL Epidemiology: -Primary Read more…
Today’s Morning Report is presented by Dr. Freedman! The Case: Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Definition: increased mass of the left ventricle How?: Things that cause increased afterload HTN Aortic Stenosis Coarctation Genetics HCOM Volume Overload? Mitral Regurg Aortic Regurg Why do we care? risk of development of CAD risk Read more…
Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving holiday weekend! Dr. Adal is back today with Morning Report! Priapism Definition A persistent erection of the penis or clitoris that is not associated with sexual stimulation or desire. Epidemiology Incidence of 0.73 per 100,000 men each yr. Has a bimodal Read more…
We’ve all been there – the 89 yo with cancer you want to admit for pneumonia who doesn’t want to spend another precious day in the hospital…the NSTEMI that has to sign out AMA to stop his car from getting towed…the stab victim that insists on leaving CCT at 3 Read more…
Thanks to those who participated. That’s Dr. Dan Zeccola. And, Dr. Dan Zeccola. Dan did a fantastic job of running through the findings that can help distinguish ventricular tachycardia vs a rhythm of supraventricular origin. I also recommend you check out lifeinthefastlane.com, which is chock full of EM and Read more…
Food-borne illness is all too common. Scott did a great job at our last WM meeting discussing the different types of food-borne illness and some of their treatments. The PDF for the article he discussed can be found here: Treating Food-borne Illness Scott even went as far as to bring Read more…
Thanks to Dr. LoCascio for today’s Morning Report! Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs states that CPR may be withheld, even if requested, “when efforts to resuscitate a patient are judged by the treating physician to be futile.” ACEP “physicians are under no ethical Read more…