Try and reorganize your DDx for syncope into a systems based approach. This week Dr. Lou Argentine spoke on the importance of maintaining a broad differential for all syncope patients to ensure you don’t miss a life threatening illness.
Use an organized/system based approach
Is it reasonable to treat acute appendicitis with IV antibiotics as opposed to surgical resection? Read ahead for an overview:
While it is a procedure you will hopefully never need to do, if the time comes, there is no time to prepare. Here is a quick review on what you need to know about the perimortem/emergency cesarean section:
Happy Thanksgiving to all from EM Daily! Hopefully many of you are able to watch some football and spend quality time with your family and friends. The conference pearl for this week is from Dr. Lisa Filippone who explains why you may get a false negative pregancy test. Take a few minutes to read about the Hook Effect...
An unexpected breech delivery can be extremely stressful for any ED provider. Read ahead for tips on how to guide you through this challenging case.
Do you ever wake up at night in a cold sweat from a nightmare about a shoulder dystocia delivery? This week, our OBGYN colleague Dr. Michelle Salvatore educated us on maneuvers to relieve shoulder dystocia during an ED delivery. Read ahead for her helpful tips so you can sleep easier!
You are caring for a sick patient with an acute COPD exacerbation. What O2 sat should you target? What meds should you give? If you have to intubate, what are the issues you'll have to deal with? This week we glean some valuable management pearls for the management acute COPD exacerbations from this month's Internal Medicine module at Cooper.
Dr. Richard Byrne discussed a step-wise approach to treating and potentially discharging the patient in Afib with RVR. Read ahead to review the approach:
This week during our Internal Medicine module, Dr. Jillian Smith discussed approach to hemoptysis. Read ahead for highlights of this very informative talk....
