Editor's note: This post was listed in both the #FOAMED Review from EM Curious AND in the LITFL Review 154 "Best of #FOAMed" section. As an EM physician, it is difficult to have working knowledge of the hundreds of different types of rashes that exist. However, I argue that it is not the job of the ...
Editor's note: This article was listed in the LITFL Review 154's "Best of #FOAMed" section. The left bundle branch arises from the Bundle of His, and subsequently is divided into the anterior and posterior fascicles. The anterior fascicle is usually supplied by septal perforators from the Left Anter...
Editor's note: This post was listed in the #FOAMED Review (17th Ed.) from EM Curious. It ALSO appeared in LITFL Review 154's "Best of #FOAMcc Critical Care" section. Its 7:01am. Your shift in your department’s high acuity area is just beginning, and you are waiting to receive sign out. There ...
Evidence-based guidelines and information for the management of intracranial hemorrhage in patients taking anti-platelet agents
Editor's note: This post was listed in the LITFL Review 153's "Best of #FOAMed" category. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) (deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism) has an incidence of roughly 1 in 1,000 with an incidence of PE with or without DVT of 2.3 per 10,000. One major factor to consider is ...
Diagnose important traumatic injuries quickly, avoid unnecessary ionizing radiation in kids, and do so with an extremely easy ultrasound application to learn. Moreover, skull fracture found to be more predictive than scalp swelling or vomiting for traumatic brain injury, increasing likelihood by 4-fold to 20-fold.
Our ongoing intern report series is the product of first-year EM residents at UT Southwestern exploring clinical questions they have found to be particularly intriguing. For med students & junior residents - if you haven't encountered these issues yet, you will! A Case of Elevated BP by Benjamin ...
Etiologies, Clinical Course, Diagnosis, Management...and ED PEARLS
