Medical Tourism Downsides
A patient comes into the hospital with dizziness and trouble breathing. The story about how…
Healthcare Update Sattelite Edition – 09-18-2013
Copeptin levels may revolutionize chest pain evaluations in the ED. When standard treatment was compared…
Anatomy of a Tragedy and Healthgrades.com
Saul Elbein deserves a shout out for the article he wrote in the Texas Observer…
Healthcare Update Satellite — 09-04-2013
Look for more updates on my other blog at DrWhitecoat.com American Medical News ceasing publication…
Unique Chief Complaints
I’ve had a few interesting chief complaints lately. Here is a small sampling … from…
Healthcare Update Sattelite — 08-28-2013
Find more updates on my other blog at DrWhitecoat.com British National Health Service now gives…
Head trauma workup
Patient’s chief complaint: “I was slapped on the back of my head with a file…
Healthcare Update Satellite — 8-21-2013
Look for more updates on my other blog at DrWhitecoat.com Judge orders Colorado family to…
Proper Workup in Young Hypertensive Tachycardia Patient
There were a couple of comments to the last post on Semantics that made me…
Semantics
A 17 year old patient comes in by ambulance for chest pain and tachycardia. His…