Intern Pearls

The Diagnosis of Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH) Carries with it a Very Poor Long Term Survival Without treatment, most patients, both children and adults, will die within[...]

2 patients present to the ED at the same time. In room 1, there is an 80 year old male. T 37.0, HR 70, BP[...]

Note: "Septic arthritis" in this post and discussion refers to non-gonococcal septic arthritis. What's the big deal with septic arthritis? It's not really an emergency[...]

A nursemaid's elbow is the easy way of saying radial head subluxation. The history is usually a toddler that is brought in because they will[...]

Here are a few pearls about how to choose stress tests for patients presenting with CP that you’re admitting to the observation unit. Caveat #1:[...]

1. What does the EKG below show? 2. What would be the key concerning Chief Complaint of the patient's presentation to the ED given this[...]

  Recognition of anticoagulant use in the setting of intracranial hemorrhage, GI bleed, etc is important to note as it is associated with increased morbidity[...]