You scroll through the CT head of your cirrhotic trauma patient and note the pictured findings. He takes no blood thinners. His INR is 1.9 and platelets are 85. The neurosurgeon is recommending you “reverse his underlying coagulopathy.” Read ahead for tips for what to do next!
Read moreSubmitted by Kim Chavez, MD
Last week the Cooper EM residents received a primer on the approach to the patient with IBD in the ED from our own GI fellow Krysta Contino. This week will focus on the basic approach, and next week we will take a deeper dive into specific complications that every ED doc needs to know about!
Read moreSubmitted by John Cafaro MD
An 81 yo M presents to the ED with his daughter for worsening confusion.
Read moreSubmitted by Sarab Sodhi, MD
Autonomic dysreflexia is a potentially dangerous and lethal syndrome that develops in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients resulting in acute, uncontrolled, life-threatening hypertension.
Read moreSubmitted by John Cafaro MD
Wounds sustained from animal bites are a common ED complaint. Read on below for an approach to bites that reviews when/how to close, use of antibiotics, when to give tetanus and indications for rabies prophylaxis.
Read moreSubmitted by Jared Klein, MD
Board Review: Compartment Syndrome
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Submitted by Louis Argentine MD
Do you know how the indications and how to start High-Flow Humidified Nasal Cannuale (HFHNC)? You do now...
Read moreSubmitted by Kara Huston, MD
While the Cooper EM residents and faculty not on duty flock to the Eagles Super Bowl celebration parade in Philadelphia, EMDaily presents a brief review by our own Dr. Reid Phillips of two articles examining the efficacy of fresh-frozen plasma for the treatment of ACE-I induced angioedema. Can this simple therapy help prevent an airway disaster? Read on to find out!
Read moreSubmitted by Reid Phillips MD