Sepsis: Can we pick who’s sick?
I have been going on about sepsis for a while now around the hallways. So – what is all this talk about? I think we need to...
Clinical Case 035: to frolic with renal colic
68 yo man presents with a 3 day history of pain in the right iliac fossa. This pain is classic for renal colic – comes...
RLQ Pain in Pregnancy (the sequel)
A few weeks ago Rob Orman (ER Cast) did a great interview with Dr Ingrid Lim at ACEP which looked at the diagnosis of the...
Massive Transfusion Protocol
Hi – Apologies for recent sluggish activity- I have been a busy Doc lately and working on what I hope are some good posts /...
Ectopic pregnancy – HCG hiccups, some older evidence
When I went to med school we were taught that the B-HCG level doubles every 48 hrs in early pregnancy – and if it wasn’t...