Emergency Medical Minute

Author: Michael Hunt, M.D. Educational Pearls In the recent YEARS study, investigators checked every patient with suspicion for PE with a D-dimer, using a modified Wells score for risk stratification...

6 Syys 20173min

Author: Jared Scott, M.D. Educational Pearls The foramen ovale (FO) connects the left and right atria to allow oxygenated blood to bypass the developing lungs, it usually closes at birth but for some...

4 Syys 20173min

Author: Don Stader, M.D. Educational Pearls Ear pain is a common complaint in adults and kids. A red, hot, painful ear with involvement of the pinna could indicate perichondritis - an infection of th...

2 Syys 20176min

Author: Nick Hatch, M.D. Educational Pearls A recent observational cohort study found that the biggest predictor for sepsis survival was fever. Those with higher fevers had better outcomes. Some poss...

31 Elo 20172min

Author: Dylan Luyten, M.D. Educational Pearls Hypoglycemia is very common in type 2 diabetics, and is often caused by insulin overdose or missed meals. Knowing the peak time of action for common diab...

29 Elo 20174min

Author: Nick Hatch, M.D. Educational Pearls The force required to break a clavicle is significant, so clavicle fracture may be associated with other injury (pneumothorax, vascular injury). Most fract...

27 Elo 20172min

Author: Don Stader, M.D. Educational Pearls Cluster headaches are usually intense, unilateral, and involve the periorbital area. CN V (Trigeminal) provides sensory and autonomic innervation the face...

25 Elo 20174min

Author: Suzanne Chilton, M.D. Educational Pearls Pott's puffy tumor is a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone that arises from hematologic spread or direct infection via the frontal sinuses. The...

23 Elo 20173min