A 76-year-old male with gout, osteoarthritis, diabetes, renal failure on dialysis, and CAD presents with right knee pain for 3 days. He is really mad that the knee pain has prevented him from walking to the coffee shop for the…
Category: Board Review
Bored Review 10/14/14: Feeling chesty.
What are the indications for surgical management of a hemothorax? answer
Immediate output of 1500ml of blood from chest tube OR 200mL output per hour x 4 hours. Ya hear?
Still Not Bored Review
43 yo Male presents with anal pain. references Tintnalli’s
Interesting Bored Review
So you get this guy, 23 yo M with schizophrenia and depression brought to ED by Mom for “acting strange”. Mom reports a recent change in his psychiatric medication, but does not know the specifics. Patient is agitated and not…
NOT Board Review
You’re kicking back in an empty CCT when you hear a ruckus in the hallway. In comes in a young man with a penetrating injury to the neck. He’s stridorous and diaphoretic on arrival. …
Not Bored Review 9/16/14
A 2 week old presents with multiple episodes of green vomiting today with inability to tolerate PO. Pt has had no fevers and normal birth history. On exam, baby has a distended belly with moderate generalized tenderness. …
Never Bored Review 9/9/14
Made up Case: 70 yo ESRD (LUE fistua, MWF, last yesterday), HTN, DM, severe COPD presents peds struck by semi: Airway, Breathing, Circulation initially intact, IV/O2/Monitor placed 102, 150/60, 28, 93% on RA Secondary survey neg except for pan-right sided…
Not Bored Review 9/2/14
Male hipster presents – bicyclist struck. He is 22 years old, lives in Williamsburg, and arrives wearing really tight pants and an ironic mustache. He reports pelvic pain and reports he fell off the seat onto his handlebars. He reports…