A Cook County Hospital Emergency Medicine Blog for up-to-date medicine and more.
The Weekly Cheese, a short informative literature review for the EM Doc
This week: Marcolini, E., & Hine, J. (2019). Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, 20(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2019.1.37352
Read MoreOrtho cases for the EM provider
The Case:
A 3-year-old boy slipped on some water and fell to the floor. Since the fall, the child has been crying and won’t put weight on his left leg. On exam, there is increased tenderness upon palpation of the distal portion of the tibia. An xray was performed, shown below:
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County Coronaries: Considering Cook County ECG Cases
46 YO M without PMHx presents with burning chest pain. After eating three bananas today, he had some generalized itching with associated throat and chest tightness and one episode of emesis. The patient’s initial ECG is shown…
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