Browsing: February 2015

Clinical , Urology , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Acute Urinary Retention in the Emergency Department

2/15/2015 EM Resident

Acute Urinary Retention in the Emergency Department From the January 2014 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “An Evidence-Based Approach To The Emergency Department Management of Acute Urinary Ret

Clinical , Visual Diagnosis

Lesions

2/15/2015 R. Jason Thurman, MD, FAAEM , Lawrence Stack, MD

Lesions THE CASES Case 1. The Patient A 15-year-old female presents to the ED for the fourth time in three weeks because of low-grade fever, malaise, and chest pain. Over the past day she developed a

Clinical , Wilderness Medicine

Wilderness Medicine Races

2/15/2015 Leah Feazel, MD , Jason Block, MD

Wilderness Medicine Races “On your mark, get set, go!” My five teammates and I charge up the snow-blanketed hill, venturing into the dense timber of the state park. Armed with our essential survival

Informatics , Career Planning

Subspecialty Training in Clinical Informatics

2/15/2015 Michael C. Bond, MD, FACEP, FAAEM , Michael A. Grasso, MD, PhD, FACP , Daniel L. Lemkin, MD, MS, FACEP

Subspecialty Training in Clinical Informatics Clinical informatics is a new medical subspecialty that focuses on medical data, clinical processes, and computational systems applied to the practice of

Clinical , Pediatric EM , Medico Legal , Risk Management Pitfalls

Pediatric Herpes Simplex Virus Infections

2/15/2015 EM Resident

Pediatric Herpes Simplex Virus Infections From the January 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Pediatric Herpes Simplex Virus Infections: An Evidence-Based Approach To Treatment.”

Clinical , Critical Care

Unconventional Embolisms

2/15/2015 Kevin Davey, MD

Unconventional Embolisms Case. A 26-year-old female presents to your ED with four days of fever, shortness of breath (SOB), cough, and substernal chest pain. In two previous visits over the same tim

Clinical , EMS , Prehospital Care

A Quick and Dirty Guide: Information Every Physician Should Know

2/14/2015 Michael Spigner, MD, EMT-CC

A Quick and Dirty Guide: Information Every Physician Should Know The world of EMS represents a mosaic of different systems and practices that share a common goal. If the emergency department had a mo

Clinical , Hematology

The White Count: Acute Hyperleukocytosis and Leukostasis

2/14/2015 Pooja Nanavati, MD , Michael McCurdy, MD

The White Count: Acute Hyperleukocytosis and Leukostasis Etiology and Management Case. A 25-year-old previously healthy male presents with a three-week history of flu-like symptoms, including myalgia

Clinical , Trauma , Neurology

A Review of Basilar Skull Fractures

2/14/2015 Sajid Khan, MD , Katie Thompson, DO

A Review of Basilar Skull Fractures Case A 57-year-old intoxicated female presents after a fall from standing height. She denies any headache, vision changes, loss of consciousness, or neck pain, and

Editor's Forum , Editorial

The Why, and the What's Next

2/14/2015 Nathaniel Mann, MD

The Why, and the What's Next I'm on the four-year plan. Four years of high school was followed by four years of college. This was followed by four years of medical school, and then four years of resi