Every year we love going to the University of Maryland Emergency Cardiology Symposium hosted by Dr. Amal Mattu. Check out our PEARLS from this year’s lectures on Cardiology Conundrums!
Case of the Week COW #14
Is ST-Segment Elevation in Lead aVR Getting Too Much Respect? Check out another Cardio Case of the Week.
Pediatric Pearls – Bronchiolitis
Check out this month’s Pediatric Pearls on Bronchiolitis brought to you by our own Dr. Hima Khamar PGY-2!
Varicella in Pregnancy
Varicella-zoster virus Varicella (chickenpox) is a highly contagious disease caused by primary infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV)2 and may cause maternal mortality or serious morbidity > Reactivation of latent infection, usually many years after the primary infection, may result in […]
Managing Dislocations of the Hip in the ED
Check out this brief review of the management of hip dislocations in the Emergency Department. The info here is taken from this month’s EM Practice EMPlify podcast.
Pain Pearls – Nitrous Oxide
As part of our EM training at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center we are lucky to receive additional training in alternative methods of analgesic delivery in the ED. Some of these alternatives include ultrasound guided regional nerve blocks, nonnarcotic infusions and injections, nitrous oxide, and the list goes on. Today’s post is a review of our Nitrous program developed by Dr. Alexis LaPietra.
Euglycemic DKA
Hi all. I wanted to bring to your attention a great case. The case was a young woman with relative euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis. This diagnosis used to be quite rare and associated with pregnancy or very poor PO intake. However, with the use of SGLT2 inhibitors (which this young woman was taking) the incidence is increasing. The diagnosis highlights some very important factors about the treatment of DKA.
EM Conference Pearls (9/20)
Brief review of this week’s EM Conference Pearls. Topics include pediatric congenital heart disease, EBM in EM, and Aortic Dissection!
ACEP Now Review on LVADs
Check out this excellent review on managing patients with LVADs from this month’s ACEP Now publication which was written by our own Dr. Yenisleidy Paez Perez, DO PGY-3 and one of our newly graduated residents, Dr. Terrance McGovern, DO.
Breaking Bad News
One of the hardest roles of the emergency physician is giving bad news to a patient or their family members. We review the challenges of this difficult task and introduce a method that can be used to effectively communicate to our patients and/or their families.