A rare but critical diagnosis not to miss in patients 30 minutes to 48 hours after a long bone fracture.
The sick MI patient: What are the scary complications, and what can you do?
A great deal of literature exists on sepsis and providing state of the art care in the ED. As EM physicians, we pride ourselves on resuscitating sick patients, and we are well aware that septic patients can rapidly decline clinically. Finding the source and providing appropriate antibiotics, adequat...
The challenge of emergency medicine is to determine if a patient has a serious and/or deadly condition, even when he or she presents with a common chief complaint. A simple HA can be life-threatening...
Nearly 65,000 patients visit U.S. emergency departments annually for anticoagulant related hemorrages.1 Despite this staggering amount, the aforementioned figure does not reflect adverse bleeding events associated with Direct Thrombin Inhibitors (DTIs) and Factor Xa Inhibitors. As EM Docs, it goe...
How will you approach this sick, unstable cirrhotic patient? What are some of the complications of patients with cirrhosis and chronic liver disease?
A great post by Core EM - Bringing core EM content to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Learn the common infections in pregnancy by Dr. Jenny Beck-Esmay, MD (@jbeckesmay)
A great post by Core EM - Bringing core EM content to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Learn ultrasound guided pericardiocentesis for cardiac tamponade!
