Case of the Week COW #8
CC: Altered Mental Status HPI: 50 -year-old Male with PMH of HIV, CVA and Meningitis presents to the Emergency Department
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Case of the Week COW #7
CC: Numbness and palpitations HPI: 21-year-old Female presents to the Emergency Department (ED) complaining of palpitations and left arm weakness
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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.
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EM Conference Pearls (8/2/17)
Check out Take Home PEARLS from this week’s Wednesday EM Conference! Topics include Asthma/COPD, Sepsis, and mgmt of hemoptysis.
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Case of the week COW #6
CC: Vomiting for 2 days HPI: 32 yo female with PMH of Romano Ward Syndrome s/p AICD, previous cardiac arrest,
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EM Conference Pearls (7/26/17)
Check out Take Home PEARLS from today’s Wednesday EM Conference!
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Case of the Week (COW) #5
We have another cool EKG and arrhythmia coming in today, check it out!
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Case of the Week (COW) #4
CC: Generalized Weakness HPI: 55 y/o male presents complaining of 4 days of gradually worsening weakness in bilateral arms
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Steroids for SJS and TEN?
Here’s a quick hit summary of the evidence regarding the use of systemic corticosteroids in the treatment of SJS/TEN
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Case of the Week #3 – Why my flap sunken?
Case of the week #3 is brought to us by Dr. Nilesh Patel with a case of an entity that most of us have never heard of before! Check it out
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Take Home Pearls from 2017 UM EM Cardiac Arrest Symposium
Check out this review of the key points of each lecture from the 2017 University of Maryland Emergency Cardiology Symposium which was hosted by Amal Mattu, MD in Baltimore, MD. This year’s topic was cardiac arrest.
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Antibiotics for chest tubes
If you are cutting into someone’s chest to put a tube in it, should they get presumptive antibiotics? Check this out
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Case of the Week #2 – I can’t pee!!
This week’s COTW is about a surprising cause of urinary retention, check it out!
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Who got that stank?
Patients that stink can really hinder an ED. It creates a difficult work environment for ED staff and makes nearby patients, families and visitors uncomfortable. Here are a few ways I came across to neutralize the stank
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Bronchiolitis!
Not much gets more exciting than bronchiolitis! Check out this quick review of the quick hitting points
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