Neck Trauma

Thu, 03/03/2022 - 5:00am

Dr. Courtney Martin, D.O, discusses blunt and penetrating neck trauma.

Critical Cases - Deadly Foot Pain?

Tue, 03/01/2022 - 5:00pm

A 55 yo female presents with complaints of atraumatic pain to the right foot for 2 days. "Great!" you think to yourself. "An easy one to break up this grueling shift!" Little do you know that this patient harbors a condition that has a short term mortality of 25%.....

Submitted by Richard Byrne, MD

Back to Basics - Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis

Mon, 02/28/2022 - 5:00am

Fri, 02/25/2022 - 11:30pm

Critically Appraised Topic: Is a 5-day course of high-dose amoxicillin adequate for treatment of pediatric CAP:

Thu, 02/24/2022 - 5:00am

Dr. Rahul Gupta, M.D., explores if a 5 day course of high-dose Amoxicillin is adequate for treatment of pediatric CAP compared to a 10 day course

Submitted by Rahul Gupta, M.D.

Critical Cases - Euglycemic DKA!

Tue, 02/22/2022 - 9:32am

A 45 year old IDDM presents with abdominal pain, nausea, and dyspnea. He appears markedly tachypneic from the door. "Easy!" you think. "This is a SLAM DUNK case of DKA!" Your nurse then informs you that the patient's point of care glucose is 182...

Submitted by Sarah Perelman M.D.

Pressors, Part 5: Peripheral Administration?

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 5:00am

We've covered four of the most prominent pressors over the last few weeks. In this final post about pressors, Dr. Di Taranti shares some pearls about peripheral administration of pressors.

Submitted by Laura Di Taranti, MD

Critically Appraised Topic: Does ultrasound-guided nerve block or procedural sedation provide better pain control for shoulder reduction?

Thu, 02/17/2022 - 5:00am

Dr. Guo, M.D., discusses the literature for ultrasound-guided nerve block vs. procedural sedation in shoulder reduction.

Submitted by Edward Guo, M.D.

What's the Diagnosis? By Dr. Lynn Manganiello

Wed, 02/16/2022 - 1:49pm

A 2 year old F presents to the ED with her parents with concern that she may have ingested a coin.

Submitted by Lynn Manganiello, DO

Critical Cases - Hypertensive Emergency!

Tue, 02/15/2022 - 10:09am

A 48 year old male presents with complaints of blurry vision. His triage blood pressure catches your eye: 290/120. "Pretty high," you mutter to yourself "but am I supposed to treat it? If so, with what? How fast should that pressure come down?" Time for a crash review of hypertensive emergency....