Bundle Branch Blocks

You get a EKG that’s a sinus rhythm but it has widened QRS waves. You remember learning about bundle branch blocks at some point back in medical school but thought it was confusing and never bothered to learn the difference. Here…

Bites

Bedbug bites Pruritic, urticarial papules most frequently on exposed areas Often linear configuration of 3-4 lesions (“breakfast, lunch, and dinner”. Ew.) Tx: corticosteroids + antihistamines

Vbg Vs. Abg

You obtain a venous blood gas (VBG) on a patient with a COPD exacerbation because you are concerned about hypercarbia. You get a value of 55 mmHg. How correlative is that compared to an arterial blood gas (ABG)? A small study (n=89) publish…

A psych patient with abdominal tenderness and distention has the following abdominal film. Which drugs are radiopaque on xray?   

An upset mother arrives in the Peds ED saying that her 2 yo son swallowed one of her “pressure pills.” Which antihypertensives can be single dose killers for a young child?

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