How should we manage a suspected line infection in a dialysis patient? This week our great nephrology team provided us pearls regarding catheter related bloodstream infections in addition to other valuable renal associated tips.
Read moreSubmitted by Ross Kalman, MD
29 year old male presents by HEMS after a motorcycle accident.
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So you think your young, healthy, sexually active patient with a painful joint and weird skin findings might have disseminated gonococcal infection or gonococcal arthritis…but you’re not sure of the difference between the two. Is there a difference? Then you wonder how to properly diagnosis and treat such an illness.
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Submitted by Stephanie Wilsey, MD
For some, this topic may be more bread and butter than others. Many of you may work in cold areas where you are likely to see patients with hypothermia on a regular basis, especially in the winter. Whether you work shifts in a mountainous region or are simply catching up on EM topics while studying for boards in your in you flip flops by the beach, here are a few pearls regarding patients who present with hypothermia and their management.
Read moreSubmitted by Catherine Ginty, MD
A 10 year old Caucasian male presents to the Emergency Department for the second time with his father with a chief complaint of worsening left hip pain and limp for 6 weeks.
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Succinylcholine in the Pediatric Patient
Read moreSubmitted by Grace Lam, MD
Are you unsure if you can use D-dimer testing to aid in the diagnositic evaluation for DVT/PE in the pregnant patient? This week's Critically Appraised Topic in conference discusses the use of trimester-specific D-dimer threshold testing in pregnant patients.
Read moreSubmitted by Grace Lam, MD
An 8 year-old girl presents to the Emergency Department with shortness of breath. Symptoms began after a dinner and her parents state that she may have choked on something. What's the diagnosis?
Read moreSubmitted by Sarab Sodhi, MD
Tranexamic Acid! It seems everywhere we look there are people touting TXA as the next miracle drug. This post introduces the clinical applications of TXA and the evidence supporting its use.
Read moreSubmitted by Patrick Sheehan, MD