Feedback is a pretty hot topic in our residency right now. It has a lot to do with the relatively recent change in evaluation, aka the beloved milestones. I have had many conversations with residents about the desire for more Read more…
Crocodile Dundee walks through your ED door saying: “A ant eose ai aouh”. You look at him, bewildered, thinking: That isn’t an australian accent. You gather from Dundee that while attempting the mating stance of a Burmese Python, Read more…
Presented by: Dr. Luke Donnelly Summarized by: Drs. Wendy Chan and Yonatan Yohannes Reviewed by: Dr. Ian deSouza The Case: 27 year-old male no PMH BIBEMS for syncopal episode in bathroom. + significant family Hx of PE. Initial vitals: HR Read more…
An epic stuntman known as Evel Knievel presents to the ER with intense finger pain. He noticed the pain start yesterday, a day after he nicked his index finger doing a flying motorcycle stunt. Although he’s broken 433 bones in his Read more…
We had two heavyweight stabs at the case this month, and right off the bat I will tell you that it is not possible to be 100% certain of any diagnosis in this patient based on the info given. However, Read more…
You assign yourself to a 55 year old female patient with a chief complaint of weakness. On your way to her room you follow the sounds of a woman who is seemingly speaking to Zoroaster, the ancient Read more…
Hello Bloggers! Here is this month’s Rhythm nation…enjoy! 76yo M w/ h/o HTN, presenting with a 2 day history of fever and myalgias, with associated chest pain, back pain, neck pain and leg pain. Pt denies SOB, no URI Read more…
Congratulations to Itamar for the best answer and discussion with kudos to Dr. Ben Kaufman as well for the first answer! This is atrial fibrillation with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW). Itamar gave a very good discussion of wide-complex tachycardias. In Read more…
Come one, come all, and get your sleuthing caps on to figure out this months COtM. You are doggedly working in the Janus Medical ED when a 72 y/o M with PMH HTN, CAD and prostate CA s/p radiation 5 years Read more…
Here’s Dr. Chan with today’s Morning Report! Unprovoked First Seizure in Adults Was this really a seizure? -Fair Marker: Incontinence (38% sensitive, 57% specific) -Strong Markers: Postictal confusion, tongue biting, cyanosis, confirmed unresponsiveness, aura, eye deviation, rhythmic limb Read more…