Per ACLS guidelines, stable ventricular tachycardia can be treated with either IV Amiodarone or IV Procainamide. Clinically it appears that Amiodarone has been the preferred agent, although both drugs have received a class II recommendation…
Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a synthetic anti-fibrinolytic agent used to treat many different bleeding complications. It’s implications in trauma as well as its various routes of administration including orally, IV, and topically have bee…
The quadriceps tendon attaches the quadriceps muscle to the patella. Tears most often occur just above the insertion on the patella. They more commonly occur in men (8:1 ratio) and patients report hearing a popping sensation doing activitie…
So you’re working a Saturday overnight B side shift at Elmhurst. Its 3am and you have a patient in the hallway who looks questionably intoxicated and has been assaulted. Grossly he has no facial or head injuries (no lacs or abrasions)…
“The HgB has dropped, have you checked a guaic?” How many times have you checked a FOBT in your workup for anemia? Let’s take a look at what FOBT is supposed to be used for. FOBT is a visual stool assay in which heme in th…
What do you see when you take a look at this Chest radiograph? It isn’t immediately noticeable (and was read as normal), and is a good reminder of why you should always check your own films, and why a systematic read is important. If…
There have been a few cases of supra-therapeutic INR in the Sinai ED recently, and at the request of one of our superstar interns, below you will find a brief set of recommendations regarding Supratherapeutic INR. The following bolded recom…