Dr. Patrice Baptista critically appraises the literature on this airway topic.
Read moreSubmitted by Patrice Baptista, MD
A 50 yo M presents to the ED w/ dental pain and facial swelling, worsening over the last 2 weeks.
Read moreSubmitted by Abagayle Renko M.D.
Critical Cases takes a jaunt over to Fast Track to take care of a 28 yo female with complaints of a swollen, painful finger!
Read moreSubmitted by Sarah Perelman M.D.
Our next post about pressors is about epinephrine. Refer to last weeks post to review norepinephrine! More to come in the following weeks, too!
Read moreSubmitted by Laura Di Taranti, MD
Dr. Comber, M.D., discusses some literature on two techiniques to approach the drainage of a cutaneous abscess.
Read moreSubmitted by Paul Comber, MD
A 54 yo male with a recently diagnoised RLE DVT, currently on appropriate oral anticoagulation, presents with severe RLE pain. "Well this is easy...his leg hurts because of his DVT right? RIGHT????" Read on for a relatively rare complication and limb threatening complication of a common diagnosis....
Read moreSubmitted by Sarah Perelman M.D.
PRESSORS! This post was originally submitted as a summary of many different pressors. It is great to think about them all together, but maybe not digestible in a single bite. If you want to learn about them all at once, watch Dr. Di Taranti's lecture from conference last month. Instead, we will break them down one by one, focusing on a different pressor each week, with the summary table re-presented each week to help compare. Use this as spaced repetition. Each week, remind yourself what the different receptors do. Ask yourself how one medication is different from the last. Ask yourself what dose you would start with and which patients you would use it for. Review all the pressors, but do it slowly, one bite at a time, and ease yourself in.
Read moreSubmitted by Laura Di Taranti, MD
Dr. Shamis, M.D., discusses high sensitivity troponins in the setting of renal failure.
Read moreSubmitted by Julia Shamis, M.D.