CONTENTS Basics Epidemiology Clinical presentation Differential diagnosis Investigations Labs Ultrasonography CT scan HIDA scan Overall diagnostic approach Treatment Podcast Questions & discussion Pitfalls overview Acalculous cholecystitis is defined as cholecystitis that occurs without a gallstone. This typically occurs in critically ill patients due to a combination of factors (e.g. bile stasis and hypoperfusion). Acalculous cholecystitis […]
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Does central line position matter? Can we use ultrasonography to confirm line position?
. Introduction . Suppose you just placed the central line shown above. Does it need to be repositioned? . I was trained that the tip of the central line must lie in the lower portion of the superior vena cava. If the line was in the right atrium, it would cause cardiac perforation. If the […]
EMCrit 245 – Tension Pneumothorax with Simon Leigh-Smith
Tension pneumothorax is actually 2 diseases
Shock
Set #1: Shock diagnosis Question 1: You are called to evaluate a patient in the emergency department with a terrifyingly huge pulmonary embolism on CT scan. The patient is a previously well 49 year old woman who developed severe gastroenteritis three days ago. She was having difficulty maintaining oral intake so she presented to the […]
2014 Cabo CME Retreat
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Inspiratory IVC Collapse: some physiological considerations by Jon-Emile Kenny
some physio behind the IVC debate
“The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”
A brief forethought. This post we will stray from the usual whimsical rants regarding recent literature in Emergency Medicine. Instead we will focus on the far more practical topic of the insertion of the Midline catheter. Of note, I am overwhelmingly biased in favor of these devices and have taken such a fanciful liking to […]
Top EMCCM Articles from Tim Ellender
Tim Ellender, EM Intensivist and all around cool guy just dropped his picks for the top EMCCM articles all trainees and attendings must read.
EMCrit 255 – Pigtails for Pleural Problems (Percutaneous Thoracostomy)
Pigtails are just plain nicer
EMCrit 291 – For Frak’s Sake, Ketamine is at least as Hemodynamically Stable as Etomidate!
Ketamine IS AT LEAST as hemodynamically stable as ETOMIDATE!!!
EMCrit Wee – A Case to Threaten Current ECMO Evidence from Sam Ghali
Should we be extending ACLS in patients we really want to save?
Favorites
Blogs Life in the Fast Lane – My favorite emergency medicine blog. Chock full of emergency and critical care information. Drs. Mike Cadogan & Chris Nickson are superstars! Resus.Me – Dr. Cliff Reid gives more of the down under slant on Emergency Medicine and Critical Care The Poison Review – Dr. Leon Gussow discusses toxicology […]
EMCrit 191 – Cardiac Arrest Update
Cardiac Arrest Update & the Syndromes of Arrest
EMCrit 337 – Procedural Deep Dive – Lumbar Puncture (LP)
Lumbar Puncture This seemingly simple procedure seems to be the Achilles’s heel or many resus docs! If you have a good baseline knowledge of how to do the lumbar puncture correctly, it is super easy. If you have bad habits, then you will make your poor patient look like a pin cushion.
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