Intro Case Introduction: You are the overnight Peds EM resident and at 3 o’clock in the morning you get a notification (~5 minutes away) that a 4 month old boy with a hx of Tetralogy of Fallot who is awaiting elective repair is coming…
By Lara Silverman, MD/MPH Emergency Medicine PGY3 Pressors are used in hypotension. Per Scott Weingart, there are three main reasons we use pressors: Maintain critical perfusion pressors, especially to the brain, heart, and kidneys. B…
Lara Silverman MD/MPH, Emergency Medicine PGY3 Dizziness is vague, subjective, and the differential is literally everything from “you’re drunk go home” to life-threatening. Classically, we’re taught that dizziness is separated into 4 catego…
Conference Summary: October 5th, 2022Psychiatry Day Complied by Lara Silverman MD/MPH, Emergency Medicine PGY3 Alcohol Withdrawal with Dr. Olmedo Intro: The lecture starts with a story about “Jack, who had been drinking for 78 da…
By Lara Silverman MD/MPH, Emergency Medicine PGY3October 2, 2022 Intro: Turns out most things in medicine are about acid-base disorders. A vent, understanding sepsis, kidney failure, respiratory failure, toxicology: so much of diagnosis and…
By Lara Silverman MD/MPH, Emergency Medicine PGY3October 9, 2022 Intro: Let’s talk about the B-side. The B-side can be a hard and scary place to work for many reasons. Not only are patients agitated or altered, but they also have a high li…
