Browsing: Clinical

Orthopedics

Straight to the Source: Local Treatment Options for Low Back Pain

4/2/2017 Danya Khoujah, MD , Ahmed Al Hazmi, MD, MBBS

Straight to the Source: Local Treatment Options for Low Back Pain Low back pain (LBP) is one of the top 5 chief complaints among patients presenting to the emergency department (ED), making it an imp

Cardiology , Critical Care

Managing Acute Right Ventricular Failure

4/2/2017 Mark Andreae, MD , Chad Meyers, MD

Managing Acute Right Ventricular Failure A 50-year-old woman with a history of primary pulmonary hypertension with right ventricular dysfunction presents with one week of worsening abdominal pain. Sh

Informatics , Security

Hospitals and Hackers: Keeping Patients Safe From Cyber Attacks

4/1/2017 Christian Dameff, MD, MS

Hospitals and Hackers: Keeping Patients Safe From Cyber Attacks An 83-year-old female with a history of sick sinus syndrome status post pacemaker implantation presents to the emergency department (ED

Legislation , Recreational Drugs , Health Policy

Weeding through the Effects of Marijuana Legalization

4/1/2017 Patrick Wallace, DO

Weeding through the Effects of Marijuana Legalization Legalization of marijuana has become a heated topic in the United States as 8 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized it for recreational use

Toxicology , Clinical

Mad as a Hatter: Physostigmine for Delirium Control in Anticholinergic Toxicity

4/1/2017 Sean Boley, MD , Natalia Rumas, MD

Mad as a Hatter: Physostigmine for Delirium Control in Anticholinergic Toxicity A 34-year-old female with a history of bipolar disorder, depression, and multiple previous suicide attempts is brought

Critical Care , Ultrasound , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Out-of-Hospital and in-ED Cardiac Arrests

3/27/2017 Yanika Wolfe, MD

Critical Care Alert: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Out-of-Hospital and in-ED Cardiac Arrests A 57-year-old male with unknown past medical history becomes unresponsive as witnessed by bystanders. He is

Sepsis , Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Prognostic Accuracy of Sepsis-3 Criteria for In-Hospital Mortality Among Patients with Suspected Infection

3/1/2017 Jonathan Jaffe, MD

Critical Care Alert: Prognostic Accuracy of Sepsis-3 Criteria for In-Hospital Mortality Among Patients with Suspected Infection A 78-year-old female presents to the emergency department with altered

Informatics , Medical Education

Clinical Apps for EM

2/24/2017 Nicholas Salerno, MD

Clinical Apps for EM I'm one of those people who collects too many apps, most of which never get used. However, during my third-year EM clerkship and my fourth-year EM sub-I rotations, I identified a

Medical Education , Simulation , Med Student

Medical Student SIMWars

2/23/2017 Scott Pasichow, MD, MPH, FACEP , Katie VanNatta, DO, MBA, MS , Grace Ortman, MD

Medical Student SIMWars “This is Ambulance 80. We are currently en route to your facility with a 72-year-old male who sustained a 2-story fall”¦” To an experienced provider, this may sound like the b

Geriatrics , Gastroenterology

Approach to Abdominal Pain in the Geriatric Patient

2/2/2017 Katren Tyler, MD , Justine M. Nagurney, MD , Christopher Carpenter, MD, MSc

Approach to Abdominal Pain in the Geriatric Patient You are working in the emergency department on a pleasant Sunday afternoon when the paramedics wheel in an 85-year-old gentleman who has been havin