Standing on the corner, minding my own business in the ER
Case: Imagine you are an attending ED physician supervising a learner. A 72 year old female presents to the ED with cough and shortness of breath worsening over a week. She has a history of Afib, previous MI, diabetes and dyslipidemia. She has recently been non-compliant with her meds and has been taking some ketorolac [...]
In part 1 of our discussion on NSAIDs, we discussed the equal efficacy of various NSAIDs, while in part 2, we looked at the concept of an analgesic ceiling effect when using NSAIDs. Congrats to all of those who identified the ceiling in part 2 as the Chihuly work at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. [...]
Sorry readers. I’ve been slacking off on vacation in NYC, eating too much and blogging about food more than medicine. Tonight at dinner with Mr. EMCrit, Scott called me out a bit for insufficient content. Also, one of my readers has some rounds coming up soon, and needs to talk NSAIDs. With that in mind, [...]
This blog post isn’t about EBM or getting my hate on about antiquated dogma; it is about a useful pearl that I think can benefit all of my like-minded, avant-garde, #FOAMed friends out there. In particular, this is a piece of advice that the “young whippersnapper” types like myself should pay attention to. Last week [...]
Follow Us!