What Do Hypertension and Ulcers Have In Common?
Answer: They were both thought to be due to “stress” at one point, but were…
How To Make A Nurse Jump A Desk
I was actually being serious for a change. An elderly patient came in with abdominal…
Ten Years In the Greybar Motel
Dr. Phil Astin pleaded guilty to a 175 count federal indictment against him alleging that…
WhiteCoat Challenge #4
Had a lot of fun with previous Whitecoat Challenges. Links are here, here, and here.…
Anybody Wanna Buy A Bridge?
MSNBC posted an article stating that “Top representatives of the health care industry plan to…
So True …
Reading through EM Resident – the official publication of the Emergency Medicine Resident’s Association and…
The Ice Worked
Scalpel’s back …
Abuse or No Abuse?
I came across this article on a news feed and it ticks me off. A…
How to get rid of C. diff?
According to this Medscape article, trying to get rid of Clostridium difficile spores by using…
What's the Diagnosis #2
A 27 year old patient has had a sore throat for the past 10 days.…