The Cervical Spine

Contributor: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Small capsule pacemaker (2.5 cm, 1 ml volume) resides in the heart without any associated wires or leads like a traditional pacemaker The new version ...

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Contributor: Peter Bakes , MD Educational Pearls: Pediatric Fever + Rash Differential: scarlet fever, measles, rubella, chicken pox, fifth's disease, HHV-6, adenovirus, anaphylaxis, Kawasaki's diseas...

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Contributor: Rachael Duncan, PharmD BCPS Educational Pearls:  According to the Department of Public Health and Environment who puts out a weekly report on the influenza virus in Colorado, there appea...

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This episode of Mental Health Monthly we will be discussing drugs screens in the Emergency Department with Dr. Justin Romano and Eddie Carillo. Dr. Justin Romano is a current psychiatry resident and E...

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Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Retrospective review of 5,021 patients over 65 with 2 or more rib fractures recently published 3577 (78 %) were admitted to non-ICU setting 1.1% of ...

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Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Pyogenic liver abscesses can be caused by Intra-abdominal infection progressing to peritonitis which then drains into liver Bacteremia leading to h...

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Contributor: Katie Sprinkel, MD Educational Pearls: Commonly known as "acid," LSD is seeing a resurgence in the population as a recreational hallucination Onset is about 30 minutes with peak pharmaco...

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Contributor: Sam Killian, MD Educational Pearls: iliac vein compression syndrome is also called May-Thurner Syndrome The left leg more frequently develops deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in part because...

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