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...
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...