Tag: FOAMed

Quick Hit – Femoral Central Lines

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

By Duncan Grossman, DO

Quick Hit – Bougie

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

By Duncan Grossman, DO

Antibiotics for chest tubes

Posted on March 29, 2017April 16, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

If you are cutting into someone’s chest to put a tube in it, should they get presumptive antibiotics? Check this out

Bronchiolitis!

Posted on March 6, 2017April 16, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

Not much gets more exciting than bronchiolitis! Check out this quick review of the quick hitting points

Case of the Week #1

Posted on March 5, 2017April 16, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

Our inaugural first Case of the Week is brought to you by Dr. Kristen Pena with a tricky EKG case!

Recent Pubs

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Anthony Catapano

We’ve had a bunch of publications in both peer-reviewed and non peer-reviewed sources over the past few weeks! Check them

Just because she cannot pee, does not mean “No UCG”

Posted on November 10, 2016April 16, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

Let’s face it, we’ve all done it. And, believe me when I tell you all the cool cats are doing

Tox Box Journal Club

Posted on July 5, 2016April 16, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

In this installment of the Tox Box Journal Club we are going over three articles reviewed at the NYC Poison Control Center in Manhattan last week. Two of the articles discuss utility of lipid emulsion therapy in animal models and a third on the deleterious effects of methotrexate dosing errors in Australia.

Fat embolism syndrome

Posted on June 10, 2016April 16, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

Typically when we start talking about anything related to fat embolisms our minds go immediately to trauma and long bone fractures as the cause, but this isn’t always the case. The constellation of signs and symptoms of respiratory insufficiency, neurologic dysfunction and petechial rash which are typically associated with fat embolism syndrome can also be caused by pancreatitis, sickle cell disease and liposuction; all of which show up regularly in the Emergency Department. With mortality rates as high as 20%, despite the fact that FES usually doesn’t present for at least 12 hours after the initial event, it should be something that we are aware of.

Time for Terlipressin?

Posted on June 7, 2016April 16, 2021 by Anthony Catapano

Correct, we don’t have terlipressin in the US, yet… Hopefully, sometime in the not so far off future we’ll have the chance to play around with it. Essentially it’s a synthetic analog of vasopressin which we are more familiar with. There’s some written about its use in variceal bleeds and here is a cool little study from Egypt using it for refractory septic shock.