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Clinical Pearl: July 24

By trevor | Pearls, pediatrics, Pharm | Comments are Closed | 24 July, 2012 | 0

A 14 year old male presents with gradual onset headache with blurry vision, photophobia, and right forearm “tingling.” He has had similar headaches previously, and this does not represent his worst headache. No neck stiffness. Comprehensive neuro exam is normal, visual acuity is 20/20 with no field deficits. No objective findings on physical exam. YouRead more

Sonocloud

By Phil | news, Sinaiem.us | Comments are Closed | 24 July, 2012 | 0

On July First, while most of us were busy meeting new interns, Mike and Matt from the ultrasound podcast along with Mike Stone have released into the wild their newest creation, sonocloud.   Sonocloud is awesome.  It is a copyright free compendium of all the clips you wish you had in your ultrasound quiver.  SoRead more

Clinical Pearl: July 23

By trevor | cardiology, Pearls, Pharm, tox | Comments are Closed | 23 July, 2012 | 0

Interesting couple of pearls today regarding adenosine boluses for treatment of SVT courtesy of Bryan Hayes (@PharmERToxGuy). Standard dose is 6mg followed by 12mg, except under certain circumstances: The ingestion of caffeine prior to an adenosine bolus significantly reduces its effectiveness in treating SVT. If your patient just finished a triple espresso a few hours ago,Read more

Clinical Pearl: July 20

By trevor | cardiology, critical care | Comments are Closed | 20 July, 2012 | 0

A previously healthy young patient presents to the ED with sudden onset headache followed by progressive and profound altered mental status. You rush them to radiology for a head CT, which shows a large subarachnoid hemorrhage. Upon return from the CT scan, your nurse runs up to you with the patient’s EKG taken just beforeRead more

Clinical Pearl: July 19th

By trevor | ortho, Pearls | Comments are Closed | 19 July, 2012 | 0

A 29 year old soccer player presents to your ER with a shoulder deformity after falling backwards onto an outstretched arm. He has dislocated the same shoulder three times previously. What two specific lesions should you look for on the xray? Why do they matter?  Read more

Clinical Pearl: July 17

By trevor | GI, Pearls, pediatrics | Comments are Closed | 17 July, 2012 | 0

An 11 day old infant presents to the ED with persistent emesis after every feed, along with progressive yellowing of skin since birth and a 30% weight loss since birth. Physical exam reveals normal vital signs and a jaundiced, slightly lethargic baby with notable hepatomegaly. Parents report that the baby’s newborn metabolic screening has notRead more

Clinical Pearl: July 13

By trevor | GI | Comments are Closed | 13 July, 2012 | 0

A basic pearl for today : A quick review of hepatitis B serologic markers. In addition to the chart below, consider the hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg), which is generally considered a marker of infectivity, as the protein is creating during the viral replication process. The presence of HBeAg is associated with high levels of HBVRead more

Clinical Pearl: July 12

By trevor | Pearls | Comments are Closed | 12 July, 2012 | 0

A 55 year old male with ESRD on peritoneal dialysis (PD) presents with fever and abdominal pain, reporting cloudy-appearing effluent today from his PD port. You are concerned, appropriately, that the patient has peritonitis. Since the patient has a port leading directly to his peritoneum, could you just twist open the port, take a sampleRead more

Clinical Pearl: July 6

By trevor | critical care, Pearls, Pharm, Renal | Comments are Closed | 6 July, 2012 | 0

A 66 year old female patient presents to the ED with a transient episode of dizziness and SOB earlier today. PMH notable for stage III CKD, DM, HTN. She takes valsartan, metformin, and is currently on TMP-SMX (Bactrim) for a UTI. Her EKG shows NSR and laboratory studies reveal a confirmed K+ of 8.0 andRead more

Top ultrasound scanning tips

By sinaiem | Sinaiem.us, Tips and Tricks | Comments are Closed | 6 July, 2012 | 0

Welcome new interns across the land! You will be receiving lots and lots of advice from many sources, so I’d like to pour some ultrasound scanning tips into the information deluge. Most of these tips were posted here at SinaiEM.us a few years ago, yet they are so classic they they still ring true! TheseRead more

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