Splenic Infarction in Mononucleosis: Pearls and Pitfalls
Author: Kristen Kann, MD (EM Staff Physician, SAUSHEC, USAF) // Edited by: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit, EM Chief Resident at SAUSHEC, USAF) and Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) An 18 year-old male recently...
View ArticleCase – Blunt Trauma to the Neck
Author: Brett A Hayzen, MD (EM Chief Resident, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) and Brit Long, MD...
View ArticleTaking Ownership of the Ventilator – How to Manage and Troubleshoot
Evan Miller, DO (EM Resident Physician, Allegheny General Hospital) and Maxim Dzeba, MD (EM Attending Physician, Allegheny General Hospital) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending...
View ArticleThe Crashing Trauma Patient
Author: Bryant Allen, MD (@bryantkallen, Assistant Profess of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial...
View ArticleA Case of Non-bacterial Thromboembolic Endocarditis
Authors: Captain William Dirkes (EM Resident Physician, Madigan Army Medical Center), Captain Joshua Kessler (EM Resident Physician, Madigan Army Medical Center), Lieutenant Colonel Jay Baker (EM...
View ArticleA Lump in the Groin: The Diagnostic Dilemma
Authors: Molly L. Tolins, MD and Sachita Shah, MD (Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle WA) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending...
View ArticleemDocs Cases: ED Evaluation of Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Authors: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit, EM Attending Physician at SAUSHEC) and Drew A. Long, BS (@drewlong2232, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM...
View ArticleMedical Malpractice Insights: Bronchitis or myocarditis? A fatal difference
Author: Chuck Pilcher, MD, FACEP (Editor, Med Mal Insights) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) and Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Here’s...
View ArticleMedical Malpractice Insights: Anchoring bias, limited differential leads to...
Author: Chuck Pilcher, MD, FACEP (Editor, Med Mal Insights) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) and Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Welcome...
View ArticleMedical Malpractice Insights: Ligate only the artery, not a perfectly good nerve
Author: Chuck Pilcher, MD FACEP (Editor, Med Mal Insights) // Editors: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) and Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Welcome to this month’s case from Medical Malpractice Insights –...
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