Back-to-Basics: Urinary Retention
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Can't pee? All the pearls about urinary retention
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Lynn Manganiello, DO
What's the Diagnosis? By Dr. Lynn Manganiello
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A 70 yo presents to your ED intubated by medics. The patient was reportedly having worsening respiratory distress, was trialed on CPAP but failed, ultimately requiring intubation prior to ED arrival. A stat portable CXR is done and shown below. What's the diagnosis? (scroll down for answer)
Answer: Complete opacification of R hemithorax
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Back to Basics: Open Fractures
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What is an open fracture? How to we manage them? What antibiotics should you give and when?
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Back to Basics: Orbital Compartment Syndrome
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Orbital compartment syndrome is a critical diagnosis to make and treat promptly. Are you prepared to recognize it and perform the vision-saving procedure?
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Meningitis Basics
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Rarely a shift goes by when one doesn't consider meningitis on the differential. Here we review the basics of this disease, including most common organisms, recommended antibitioc treatment, and more!
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Tracheostomy Basics
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EM Daily's critical care section has done several excellent posts on tracheostomy management. Here we take a step back and review the basics of tracheostomies.
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First Time Seizure - Now What?
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How do we manage a first time seizure? Let's review the basics here
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Back to Basics: Ocular Ultrasound Part 2
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Last week, we learned the basics on how to perform an ocular ultrasound and what a normal eye looks like on ultrasound. This week, we cover 5 eye pathologies that are easy to diagnose with use of ultrasound.
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Back to Basics: Ocular Ultrasound Part 1
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Here is your quick reference guide on how to perform a basic ocular ultrasound. Check in next week for diagnosis of ocular pathologies utilizing ultrasound!
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What's the Diagnosis? By Dr. Lynn Manganiello
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A 2 year old F presents to the ED with her parents with concern that she may have ingested a coin.
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