Author: Jonathan McMahon, DO, MA Edited by: Robert Allen, MD Case A 46-year-old female with a past medical history of hyperlipidemia presents to the ED with a chief complaint of syncope that happened about an hour ago. She states that Read more…
Author: Priyanka Datta (PGY 2) Contributor and Editor: Smruti Desai (PGY4) This blog post is dedicated to Sha-Asia Washington, Amber Rose Issac, Cordielle Street and countless other women who have died from childbirth related complications. I am the Read more…
Written by Rosy Hao, MD Edited by Wesley Chan MD This post was inspired by a post originally in ALiEM [1]. This post aims to demystify amoxicillin treatment for common pediatric infections and look at the evidence behind antibiotic use Read more…
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 Read more…
EM-CCM Presentation Review 09/16/2020 Authors: Keesandra Agenor MD, John Riggins Jr MD Edited by: Raymond Beyda MD, Eden Kim DO Case A 74-year-old male with PMH of hypertension and dyslipidemia presents to the ED with acute tongue swelling, neck swelling, Read more…
Written by Adrian Aurrecoechea, MD Edited by Andrea Greene, MD A Case HPI: A 22-year-old female with no PMH presents to Fast Track, referred from urgent care for lip laceration. Her chief complaint is pain to the face, and the Read more…
Authors: John Riggins Jr MD, Adam Shore MD Edited by: Wesley Chan MD and Robby Allen, MD You are sitting in the pediatric emergency department on a beautiful but steamy day in July. You are feeling good about the summer. Read more…
The Ultrasound Mini-Fellowship (Team Sono) met last month to discuss TransEsophageal Echocardiography (TEE) in cardiac arrest. We specifically discussed two major papers in the TEE literature discussing TEE during cardiac arrest. First, thank you to all of our amazing faculty Read more…
In the last few hours of your busy Pod A shift, you sign up for a patient with the chief complaint “penile pain.” His chart indicates a history of sickle cell and multiple prior urology appointments and ED presentations for Read more…
The Administration Mini-Fellowship met with our chairman, Dr. Michael Lucchesi, to discuss the concept of Managing Up. Here is an overview of what we discussed: What is Managing Up? Also known as the “politics of medicine”, it is the Read more…
