Clinical Case 040: Quit QID?
This is a quickie. My 2 yo recently developed a purulent toenail / cellulitis / paronychia. So we decided to start him on some oral...
Clinical case 038: a AAA eh?
Todays case – 69 yo woman presents to ED with 3 hour history of sharp, severe left abdominal pain. Pain is colicky, radiating down into...
Sepsis: the first “Golden” hour
Last post we looked at trying to sort the sick patients from the rest in ED – the goal is to identify them early. Great...
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...
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...