Written by Tareq Azad, MD Editors: Smruti Desai, DO and Noah Berland, MD Faculty Reviewer: Eden Kim, DO As emergency physicians, we not only consider likely diagnoses, but also create contingency plans for catastrophic “cannot miss” pathologies. In a Read more…
Author: Jonathan McMahon, DO, MA Edited by: Robert Allen, MD; Noah Berland, MD Tranexamic Acid (TXA) has been in the literature a lot recently. Between the HALT-IT trial for its use in GI bleed, CRASH-2 and MATTERs for its use Read more…
A woman in her 40s with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) with one hour of sudden-onset, left-sided abdominal pain. The pain was described as severe, constant, and radiated to the epigastric area. There was Read more…
Author: Shane Solger, MD Edited by: Andrea Greene, MD, MPH Just Another Minor Head Trauma? When a healthy, middle-aged Joe with minor head trauma buys himself a CT scan in the ED, he can often be discharged from the ED Read more…
Remember where we left off: you just spoke to a fifty-year-old woman describing severe, intermittent chest pain radiating to the back and left arm. You order aspirin and nitroglycerin, along with a troponin and you are now looking at her Read more…
Author: Robby Allen Edited by: Taylor Douglas and Eden Kim Case A 56-year-old male with PMH of hypertension, CHF, HIV, and obesity presents to the ED with a chief complaint of chest pain. He states the chest pain awoke him Read more…
Author: Alec Feuerbach MD Edited by Robby Allen MD (Thanks to Dr. Robby Allen for contributing this ECG) The Case: A 50-year-old woman with no history of cardiac disease presents with severe, intermittent chest pain radiating to the back Read more…
Written by Monisha Dilip Edited by Wesley Chan On 10/6/20, the Admin Mini-Fellowship convened to discuss Against Medical Advice (AMA) discharges. Discharges against medical advice (AMA) are often contentious and have unclear legal implications for the provider in the instance Read more…
Collar Button Abscess Answer post to “Picture Blog: Hand Pain“ Diagnosis This patient has a collar button abscess with necrotizing fasciitis. A collar button abscess is an abscess of the interdigital web space. There is typically a recent history Read more…
A middle-aged man with a past medical history of poorly-controlled diabetes presents to the ED with three days of hand swelling, redness, and excruciating pain. 1. What is the diagnosis? 2. What are you especially concerned about in this patient? Read more…
