A brief summary of the fantastic talks from the 2016 Emergency Cardiology Symposium sponsored by the University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine.
Read moreSubmitted by Richard Byrne, MD
A high-yield summary of the evidence behind the benefit of antibiotics in cirrhotic patients with upper GI bleeding
Read moreSubmitted by Kara Huston, MD
You are intubating a sick patient in the ED via direct laryngoscopy. After opening the airway, sweeping the tongue with your blade, inserting into the vallecula, and lifting at the precisely correct angle your eyes behold....well...not the vocal cords! Maybe the arytenoid cartilages if you're lucky (aka Cormack Lehane 3 or 4 view). But wait, you aren't finished yet! You reach into your back pocket and remove your trusty bougie...
Read moreSubmitted by Samuel Eldrich, MD
25-35% of patients with chronic liver disease with experience variceal bleeding. Today we provide high-yield pearls in the evaluation and acute management of this common ED complaint.
Read moreSubmitted by Eric Gruber, MD
- A high yield review of clinical pearls from the Cooper EM Residency Weekly conference! This month's module is Ortho/Trauma, led by Dr. Andrew Nyce and Dr. Richard Byrne
Submitted by Richard Byrne, MD
Case: A 15 year old girl flipped while snowboarding and landed on her right arm. She complains of severe right wrist pain. A plain film of the wrist is obtained:
Read moreSubmitted by Sarab Sodhi, MD
The post introduces the basics behind that diagnosis we learned in medical school: pill esophagitis.
Read moreSubmitted by Joseph Cesarine, MD
To reduce a subluxed radial head: hold the child's elbow at 90 degrees, supinate at the wrist, and flex at the elbow. If this is unsuccessful, try the hyperpronation technique.
Read moreSubmitted by Joseph Cesarine, MD
While most patients presenting to the Emergency Department live in the immediate region surrounding the hospital, modern day travel allows patients to have recent exposures from the far reaches of the globe.
Read moreSubmitted by Joseph Cesarine, MD