The Teaching Mini-Fellowship met on 8/14 for our first meeting this Academic year. We had two new members join us, Andrea Ferrari and Carla Sterling. They both performed their initiation 5 minute lecture about topics they are experts in. Anyone else…
It’s (almost) Never Lupus
By Dr. Jacqueline Shibata A 35 y/o with Lupus presents to the ED with 1 day of chest pain…. The worst because, as we all know, systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is an autoimmune rheumatologic disease that can be deadly…
XRay Vision: Belly Pain Answer
Great job, Drs. Liang and Reisman. But the winner is…. Dr. Liang for providing a more thorough reading. The CXR is read as pneumoperitoneum/free air under the diaphragm. Differential diagnoses: perforated viscus – perforated duodenal ulcer, perforated peptic ulcer,…
Wednesday Wrap-up: 8/20/2014
Clearing Childrens’ Cervical Spines is a Pain in the Neck!
CLEARING CHILDRENS’ CERVICAL SPINES IS A PAIN IN THE NECK! So, it’s been a couple of years since the blog has discussed cervical spine clearance in children. It’s a notoriously difficult task because the Nexus criteria* and the Canadian C-Spine…
Rhythm Nation August 2014 Answer!
Rhythm Nation August 2014 Answer! Best and most thorough and most correct reading goes to… Dr. Freedman! The major clue to this case is the recent or evolving STEMI. In the era of thrombolysis for STEMI, the Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm…