Category: Silk City Blog

How To Give Nailbeds More Life: An approach to Nailbed injuries?

Posted on November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

Dr. Riddhi Desai discusses three clinical conundrums regarding nail bed injuries.

Quick Hit – Femoral Central Lines

Posted on November 8, 2021June 20, 2022 by Anthony Catapano

By Duncan Grossman, DO

Cardiac Tamponade

Posted on November 8, 2021November 8, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

Pericardial effusions and pericardial tamponade can be caused by multiple mechanisms (e.g.,traumatic, infectious, inflammatory, etc.)

Retrospective Validation of High-Sensitivity Troponin with 5 Clinical Decision Instruments

Posted on October 11, 2021December 27, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

This post first appeared on REBEl EM [Link is here] Background: Chest pain is the second most common reason for presentation

Is Age Just a Number When Cracking Chests?

Posted on September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

Have you considered age when determining whether a resuscitative thoracotomy (RT) is indicated? You’re not alone; over 1/3 of trauma surgeons surveyed consider age before performing a RT.

Quick Hit – Bougie

Posted on September 11, 2021June 20, 2022 by Anthony Catapano

By Duncan Grossman, DO

Conference Pearls: August

Posted on August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

A highlight of the key points from out core faculty at Saint Joseph’s Regional Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Conference.

REBEL Core Cast 57.0 – Crush Your Rotation

Posted on August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

Chief Resident EJ Wright and Core Faculty Anand Swaminathan provide helpful insight on how to crush your EM rotation.

Pelvic Trauma

Posted on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

Pelvic trauma is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Prompt recognition and treatment of pelvic injury in the trauma patient is key. Stabilization of both patient & pelvis are paramount.

July Conference Pearls

Posted on July 29, 2021August 31, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

A highlight of Saint Joseph’s Regional Medical Center July emergency medicine conference.

Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Puncture

Posted on June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

A 68-year old obese female with a past medical history of osteoarthritis, diabetes, and cervical spinal fusion presents to the Emergency Department (ED) complaining of generalized weakness for the last week. In addition, she reports that she had cold symptoms approximately one week before the onset of her weakness. Upon further questioning, the patient also reports numbness and tingling of her bilateral lower extremities. The review of systems is otherwise negative.

Mycoplasma Pneumonia-Associated Mucositis

Posted on May 14, 2020May 19, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

A 15-year-old female, with no past medical history, presented to the pediatric emergency department with cough and fever after being discharge with a diagnosis pneumonia two days prior. A chest x-ray on her first visit showed a single left lower lobe infiltrate and she was subsequently prescribed amoxicillin for suspected community acquired pneumonia (Figure 1). Upon return to emergency department, the patient complained of worsening symptoms, including dysphagia, secondary to sores in her mouth that developed after being discharge.