I think we are lucky to have so many leaders in education in our department. Even if you plan to move to rural Montana to practice after residency you will most likely have to educate nurses, physician assistants as well…
Welcome to this installment of rhythm nation, entitled Shakedown Street. Please offer a comprehensive assessment of the following squiggles. Case details pending.
The Case So the radiology resident says to me in disbelief, “you want another lower extremity Doppler when this patient had a negative study 2 weeks ago?” I answered, “Yes. A single one does not rule out DVT.” He asked…
We recently had a case of pediatric GU injury after blunt trauma. This inspired me to write a piece on GU injuries. Enjoy! Most GU injuries are a result of blunt trauma. Up to 10% of patients in the…
What is it good for? Something? Maybe? Remember in medical school when the right answer to everything was cytokines. The mythical inflammatory response; all those interleukins, TNFs, and all other forms of molecular magic that drive our response to…
Thanks to Dr Schechter for today’s review of the management and ultrasonography of the vaginal bleeder. As referenced, we believe in the discriminatory zone of B-HCG because, well, because we just do. But how helpful is it for distinguishing IUP…