What's the difference between Hypoxia & Hypoxemia
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Can patients presenting with syncope safely be discharged from the Emergency Department?
Read moreSubmitted by Courtney Martin, DO
A 61 yo F presents to the ED with neck pain after a fall down 15 steps.
Read moreSubmitted by Abagayle Renko M.D.
Today we will cover the indications for calcium channel & beta blocker use, how they work and how an overdose may present.
Read moreSubmitted by Valeria Chew
Does intensive blood pressure lowering to a target of < 140 mm Hg versus < 180 mm Hg impact outcome after acute intracerebral hemorrhage? Are there risks associated with targeting a lower systolic blood pressure?
Read moreSubmitted by Danielle Kovalsky, MD
Dr. Cesar discusses facial trauma.
Read moreSubmitted by Brittany Cesar, MD
A 2 yo male presents refusing to bear weight on his right leg. There is no known trauma. Parents report he is very active and playful with older siblings. He has focal tenderness over the distal tibia.
Read moreSubmitted by Michael Tom, MD
A 44 yo male who works as a construction worker presents with 2 days of lower back pain. Having seen literally hundreds of cases of benign musculoskeletal pain in the last year, you are pretty sure you can handle one more. But is there danger lurking behind this well appearing patient with normal vitals? Well, yes of course. Otherwise we wouldn't be covering it on EM Daily....
Read moreSubmitted by Richard Byrne, MD
A patient comes into the ED with a high fever, shortness of breath, mild headache, diarrhea, and general malaise. It’s 2021… so naturally, the ‘COVID alarms’ start sounding in our heads. But if it were that simple, we probably wouldn't be posting about it, would we?
Read moreSubmitted by Abagayle Renko M.D.