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Patient disposition is one of the keys in emergency medicine. What should we do with patients diagnosed with pyelonephritis?

When should you consider septic bursitis, and how should you manage it?

A 51-year-old male with diabetes mellitus presents with pain in his left foot, as well as fever and chills. His physical exam is notable for a 3 cm ulcer over the plantar aspect of his left first MTP joint, with surrounding warmth and erythema. Using a sterile instrument, bone was easily probed. What is your next step in evaluation and treatment?

Our third episode of the emDocs.net podcast provides you with important updates for COVID-19 therapeutics, including remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, and more.

An 18-year-old female presents with confusion, seizures, and fever. Patient is unable to provide history, but her mother states that she began noticing confusion 2 days ago, and the patient expressed head discomfort yesterday. The patient appears lethargic and does not follow commands, and she is febrile and tachycardic. She has nuchal rigidity and is hyperreflexic with upgoing toes bilaterally. What is the patient’s diagnosis? What is the next step in your evaluation and treatment?

Some patients with COVID-19 have mild symptoms, but others experience severe, life-threatening symptoms. Ready for cytokine storm?

Josh Russell discusses a study by Weinstock et al. on the utility of chest x-ray in COVID-19

Welcome back to the EM Mindset series. Today we host thoughts from Dr. Madonna Fernandez-Frackelton.

For the hypoxemic patient with COVID-19, what can you use to improve V/Q matching and oxygen saturations?

For this EM Mindset: COVID-19 edition, we have thoughts from a community EM doc and founder of REBEL EM: Salim Rezaie.