CMC COMPENDIUM
  • RESIDENCY
    • About CMC
    • Curriculum
    • Benefits
    • Explore Charlotte
    • Official Site
  • FELLOWSHIP
    • EMS
    • Global EM
    • Pediatric EM
    • Toxicology >
      • Tox Faculty
      • Tox Application
    • (All Others)
  • PEOPLE
    • Program Leadership
    • PGY-3
    • PGY-2
    • PGY-1
    • Alumni
  • STUDENTS/APPLICANTS
    • Medical Students at CMC
    • EM Acting Internship
    • Healthcare Disparities Externship
    • Resident Mentorship
  • #FOAMed
    • EM GuideWire
    • CMC Imaging Mastery
    • Pediatric EM Morsels
    • Blogs, etc. >
      • CMC ECG Masters
      • Core Concepts
      • Cardiology Blog
      • Dr. Patel's Coding Blog
      • Global Health Blog
      • Ortho Blog
      • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
      • Tox Blog
  • Chiefs Corner
    • Top 20
    • Current Chiefs
    • Schedules >
      • Conference/Flashpoint
      • Block Schedule
      • ED Shift Schedule
      • AEC Moonlighting
      • Journal Club/OBP/Audits Schedule
      • Simulation
    • Resources >
      • Fox Reference Library
      • FlashPoint
      • Airway Lecture
      • Student Resources
      • PGY - 1
      • PGY - 2
      • PGY - 3
      • Simulation Reading
      • Resident Wellness
      • Resident Research
      • Resume Builder
    • Individualized Interactive Instruction

M&M - Dr. Zahn

10/10/2013

0 Comments

 
PictureDr. Zahn - The Zahn-inator
CASE 1 - Pupura, Diffuse Lymphadenopathy, Fatigue, Arthralgia, 20lb weight Loss.

DDx: HUGE and includes: HIV/AIDs, syphilis, tick borne disease, endocarditis, meningococcemia, thrombocytopenia

Core Concept: LUPUS

  1. Rheumatology patients are complicated with multiple organ systems usually involved.
  2. Must consider side effects of medications including but not limited to immunosuppression.
  3. Anti-dsDNA and smith Ab are more specific than ANA
  4. SLE: Check CBC, UA, CMP.  Pleural and pericardial effusions require admission.  Low dose prednisone taper if stable.  Leave autoimmune markers to inpatient team.


CASE 2 - 55yo with n/v/d after eating fast food. Hx of previous CVA, TIAs, and Mitral Valve Repair.  Is this Acute Gastroenteritis?

Nope - Imaging: right vertebral artery occlusion with posterior CVA.

Core Concepts: Posterior CVA

  1. Posterior circulation strokes are exceedingly difficult to diagnose. 
  2. The 5 D's: Dizzy, Diplopia, Dysarthria, Dysmetria
  3. Keep a high degree of suspicion in order to not miss subtle presentations.
  4. Keep vertebral artery dissection on the differential in young patients.
  5. CT has extremely poor sensitivity in the diagnosis of posterior fossa lesions.
  6. MRI much better test yet can miss early presentations. HINTS testing likely useful yet never studied when performed by EM providers.
  7. And... BE AWARE OF INTRACTABLE VOMITING

CASE 3 - Teenager with complains of persistent shoulder pain, Normal x-rays, Tachycardic. Later found to have Hypoxia!
Initially he looked well... then he didn't. Found to have CA-MRSA subperiosteal abscess.

Core Concepts - CA-MRSA
  1. Increasing incidence of CA-MRSA in previously healthy pediatric populations.
  2. Majority of these are soft tissue infections that result in significant morbidity and mortality.
  3. Keep a high degree of suspicion in patients with a possible source and any abnormality of vital signs.
  4. Vancomycin needs to be given early.
  5. Patients with systemic illness often will have co-existing DVT near site of infection and high likelihood of septic emboli.
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    August 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013

    Categories

    All
    Abdominal Pain
    Abdominal-pain
    Airway
    Back Pain
    Back Pain
    Bleeding
    Change-in-mental-status
    Chest Pain
    Dizziness
    Ecg
    Emboli
    Environmental
    Fever
    Gyn
    Headache
    Hypertension
    Infectious Disease
    Pain
    Pediatric Emergency
    Professionalism
    Psych
    Respiratory Distress
    Sepsis
    Shock
    Toxins
    Trauma
    Vomiting
    Weakness

    RSS Feed

    Tweets by @PedEMMorsels
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • RESIDENCY
    • About CMC
    • Curriculum
    • Benefits
    • Explore Charlotte
    • Official Site
  • FELLOWSHIP
    • EMS
    • Global EM
    • Pediatric EM
    • Toxicology >
      • Tox Faculty
      • Tox Application
    • (All Others)
  • PEOPLE
    • Program Leadership
    • PGY-3
    • PGY-2
    • PGY-1
    • Alumni
  • STUDENTS/APPLICANTS
    • Medical Students at CMC
    • EM Acting Internship
    • Healthcare Disparities Externship
    • Resident Mentorship
  • #FOAMed
    • EM GuideWire
    • CMC Imaging Mastery
    • Pediatric EM Morsels
    • Blogs, etc. >
      • CMC ECG Masters
      • Core Concepts
      • Cardiology Blog
      • Dr. Patel's Coding Blog
      • Global Health Blog
      • Ortho Blog
      • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
      • Tox Blog
  • Chiefs Corner
    • Top 20
    • Current Chiefs
    • Schedules >
      • Conference/Flashpoint
      • Block Schedule
      • ED Shift Schedule
      • AEC Moonlighting
      • Journal Club/OBP/Audits Schedule
      • Simulation
    • Resources >
      • Fox Reference Library
      • FlashPoint
      • Airway Lecture
      • Student Resources
      • PGY - 1
      • PGY - 2
      • PGY - 3
      • Simulation Reading
      • Resident Wellness
      • Resident Research
      • Resume Builder
    • Individualized Interactive Instruction