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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...

15 Feb 20215min

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...

12 Feb 202112min

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...

10 Feb 202114min

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 ...

9 Feb 20213min

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...

8 Feb 20213min

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...

2 Feb 20216min

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...

1 Feb 20213min

Educational Pearls: Atropine has been shown to reduce hypersalivation as well as nausea and vomiting induced by ketamine sedation. Atropine can increase the occurrence of a transient rash, as well a...

29 Jan 20213min