Match Day: Too Good to Be…Good!
Match Day was among the greatest days of my life. In one thrilling moment my loftiest dreams…
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There Was a Horse in the Yard
Our program at the University of Toledo graduated its first class of emergency medicine residents this year….
ED Pet Peeves
Everyone has pet peeves. You know, silly things that drive you absolutely crazy. One of mine is…
Keep the Customer Satisfied
When I was in medical school and residency training there was, as far as I knew, no…
ACS In the Pregnant Patient
November 1, 2012
- Howard Roemer, MD, Loren Brown, MD, Vern L. Katz, MD, and Talla Rouson, MD
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Introduction Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a rare entity in the parturient population occurring in 3 to…
Choosing to Bridge the Gap
One afternoon a few years back, my second patient of the shift was a 60-year-old female, June…
PTSD in Children After Dog Bites
A physician acquaintance of mine is on a mission to promote awareness, especially in emergency physicians, of…
Ultrasound-Guided Paracentesis
Introduction Emergency physicians perform abdominal paracentesis both for diagnostic sampling of peritoneal fluid and for therapeutic drainage…
We Are Not Malpractice Magnets!
Traditionally, physicians have been reluctant to share their personal experience with malpractice litigation due to fear of…
Twas the Night Before Christmas…
Twas the night before Christmas, the ED was quiet, Not a creature was stirring, there wasn’t a…