The Real-World Utility of Ophthalmic Tomography
It is not uncommon for patients with eye and vision concerns to present initially to the emergency…
Posts by Jed Henson
Why Physicians Are Overconfident and How We Can Overcome It
Medical training oftentimes relies on pattern recognition, which is necessary to develop an excellent clinician who is…
Shift from Metabolize-to-Freedom to Medication-Assisted Treatment
“Metabolize to freedom” or “MTF” as it is commonly known to emergency physicians is too frequently the…
High Dose Nitroglycerin in Acute Heart Failure Goes Mainstream
The current acute management of patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) in florid pulmonary edema barely…
Case Report: Upper Airway Obstruction in the Emergency Department
Case Report A 25-year-old female with history of shellfish allergy presented to the emergency department (ED) via…
Does This Patient Have Decisional Capacity?
Case A 21-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with bizarre behavior. He was found by…
Emergency Physician Restrictive Covenants Explained
Forty years after its founding as a single-site democratic group, the physician-owned practice group of which I…
Beware of Benzonatate (Tessalon) Misuse
Case Summary A 14-year-old female with a history of depression and prior overdose presented via EMS following…
Case Report: An Endocrine Enigma
A 66-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) after a witnessed seizure. On examination, the patient…
The Reperfusion Guidelines Finally Catch Up
“Time is myocardium.” Emergency, prehospital, and regional systems have been built around this slogan and are designed…