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…
Metformin has been known to be associated with increased incidence of lactic acidosis. Metformin is renally excreted. Increased Metformin concentration leads to increased risk of lactic acidosis. IV contrast causes nephropathy leading to in…
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
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…
Hyphema (RBCs in anterior chamber): from trauma, inflammation, pathologic neovascularization
How do I interpret WBCs in a traumatic tap?
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?
What is NUTTV1?