Welcome to this week’s ECG Pointers, an EMDocs series designed to give you high yield tips about ECGs to keep your interpretation skills sharp. This post looks at hyperacute T waves.
ECG Pointers: Hyperacute T-Waves Read More »
How do you manage the patient with acute hypoxemia and noncardiogenic pulmonary edema? Could it be ARDS? This post looks at ARDS in the ED.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): who’s at risk and ED-relevant management Read More »
Your next patient is a 17-year-old male you had seen one week before for fever and congestion, diagnosed with a viral upper respiratory infection. He returns this time for nasal congestion, severe frontal headache, fevers, sore throat, and nasal drainage. When he looks around the room, he gets dizzy and is seeing double. He is febrile, tachycardic, and ill appearing, and you note proptosis of the right eye, a sluggish pupil, and inability to move the eye due to pain. Is this sinusitis, or something more sinister?
Sinusitis Mimics: ED-relevant pearls and pitfalls Read More »
Welcome to the new ECG Pointers, an EMDocs series designed to give you high yield tips about ECGs to keep your interpretation skills sharp. Today, we look at pericarditis.
ECG Pointers: Pericarditis Read More »
NSAIDs, acetaminophen, steroids, triptans, antidopaminergics, oxygen, IV fluids, diphenhydramine… What’s in your “headache cocktail”? This emDocs post looks at the evidence behind treatment of headaches in the ED.
emDocs Cases: Headache Management in the ED Read More »
Learn more about CSF shunt complications in detail with this extensive review.
Complications of CSF Shunts: ED Presentations, Evaluation and Management Read More »
The EKG is an indispensable tool in the ED, especially for cardiac ischemia. What conditions may appear to be a NSTEMI, but are in fact something else?
NSTEMI Mimics: A Review of Critical Pitfalls in Diagnosis Read More »
Doesn’t that patient with flank pain and hematuria just have a kidney stone? What else should you consider in the patient with suspected urolithiasis?
Renal colic mimics: Differential diagnosis and approach to management Read More »
This Medical Malpractice Insights post from Dr. Pilcher evaluates a difficult orthopedic case and the importance of consultant communication and documentation.
Medical Malpractice Insights: Consultants – Who called whom and when? Read More »
DKA is a life-threatening condition, with many different “sneaky” triggers. What do you need to consider in the evaluation and treatment of DKA and its many triggers?
Diabetic Ketoacidosis: “Sneaky” triggers and clinical pearls Read More »
