R.E.B.E.L. EM – Does My Patient with Chest Pain Have Acute Coronary Syndrome?
Originally published at R.E.B.E.L. EM on November 23, 2015. Reposted with permission. Follow Dr. Salim R. Rezaie (@srrezaie) and Dr. Anand Swaminathan (@EMSwami) on twitter Background: We have already...
View ArticleCurrent ED Management of Non-ST Segment Elevation MI (NSTEMI): A Practice Update
Authors: Sushant Kapoor, DO (EM/IM Resident Physician, Christiana Care) and Eli Zeserson, MD (EM Attending Physician, Christiana Care) // Edited by: Jamie Santistevan, MD (@jamie_rae_EMdoc, EM Admin...
View ArticleR.E.B.E.L. EM – Management and Disposition of Low Risk Chest Pain
Originally published at R.E.B.E.L. EM on February 18, 2016. Reposted with permission. Follow Dr. Salim R. Rezaie on twitter @srrezaie Chest Pain (CP) is a very common complaint seen in emergency...
View ArticleChest Pain Controversies: Risk Stratification and Stress Test Utility (Part 1)
Authors: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit, EM Attending Physician at SAUSHEC, USAF) and Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW / Parkland Memorial Hospital) // Edited by: Jamie Santistevan,...
View ArticleChest Pain Controversies: Coronary CTA Use (Part 2)
Authors: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit, EM Attending Physician at SAUSHEC, USAF) and Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK, EM Attending Physician, UTSW Medical Center / Parkland Memorial Hospital) // Edited by:...
View ArticleNon-Traditional ACS Risk Factors: A Snake in the Grass
Authors: Adrianna Long, MD (@EMDrLong , EM Attending Physician, US Army) and Brit Long, MD (@long_brit , EM Attending Physician, SAUSHEC, USAF)// Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK – EM Attending...
View ArticleAtypical ACS Presentations: How Can We Improve?
Authors: David Cisewski, MD (@dhcisewski, EM Resident Physician, Icahn SoM at Mount Sinai), Courtney Cassella, MD (@Corablacas, EM Resident Physician, Icahn SoM at Mount Sinai), and Kaushal Shah, MD...
View ArticleACS Mimics: ED Differential Diagnosis and Approach to Management
Authors: Sara Hadi, MD (EM Resident Physician, SUNY Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Hospital Center) and James Willis, MD (EM Attending Physician, Associate Residency Director, SUNY Downstate...
View ArticleECG Pointers: RBBB in ACS
Author: Manpreet Singh, MD (@MPrizzleER – Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine / Department of Emergency Medicine – Harbor-UCLA Medical Center) // Edited by: Jamie Santistevan, MD...
View ArticleECG Pointers: Posterior MI
Author: Jamie Santistevan, MD (@jamie_rae_EMdoc – EM Physician, Presbyterian Hospital, Albuquerque, NM) // Edited by: Manpreet Singh, MD (@MPrizzleER – Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine /...
View ArticleUltrasound G.E.L. – Speckle Tracking for Acute Coronary Syndrome
Originally published on Ultrasound G.E.L. on 11/26/18 – Visit HERE to listen to accompanying PODCAST! Reposted with permission. Follow Dr. Michael Prats, MD (@PratsEM), Dr. Creagh Bougler, MD...
View ArticleR.E.B.E.L. EM – Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA): The Holy...
Originally published at R.E.B.E.L. EM on October 11, 2018. Reposted with permission. Follow Salim R. Rezaie at @srrezaie Background: CCTA has become a popular modality in the ED setting to assess...
View ArticleUltrasound G.E.L. – Acute Chest Syndrome in Pediatric Patients
Originally published on Ultrasound G.E.L. on 4/10/17 – Visit HERE to listen to accompanying PODCAST! Reposted with permission. Follow Dr. Michael Prats, MD (@PratsEM), Dr. Creagh Bougler, MD...
View ArticleEM Cases: Low Risk Chest Pain and High Sensitivity Troponin – A Paradigm Shift
Originally published at EM Cases. Reposted with permission. Listen to accompany podcast HERE Follow Dr. Jesse McLaren and Dr. Anton Helman on twitter – @ECGcases & @EMCases Talk to any emergency...
View ArticleMedical Malpractice Insights: Death Happens
Here’s another case from Medical Malpractice Insights – Learning from Lawsuits, a monthly email newsletter for ED physicians. The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and...
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