See this post for an approach to the massive GI bleed patient. Should we be starting PPIs on undifferentiated upper GI bleed patients in the emergency department prior to endoscopy?
medical dogma
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A summary of the evidence supporting the use of topical anesthetics for pain control in simple corneal abrasion after emergency department discharge
There are two handouts that cover the literature surrounding the use of exercise stress testing to risk stratify patients in the emergency department. For part one, I am posting, in its entirety, a critically appraised topic I did as a resident research project during my emergency medicine fellowship year. Part 2 […]
In addition to the critically appraised topic in part 1, here are some additional papers on stress testing worth knowing about.
The traditional teaching about Salter-Harris 1 injuries goes something like this: Because the injury is directly to the growth plate, these injuries will be invisible on x-ray. In children, ligaments are stronger than bone, so if there is pain near a growth plate, we should assume that it is an […]