September 2021: Agonizing Belly Pain
“I need something for this pain. I think I need surgery."He looked like he was in agony. This 20-something patient looked like a kid, and he didn't seem like he would be crying unless it was excruciating.But his belly seemed pretty benign. I wouldn't have been surprised if he had had rebound because he motioned to his xiphoid. The picture could have fit a perforation. An ulcer could have done this to him. He didn't drink alcohol, so that put pancreatitis lower on the list.Kidney stones can make men look like they are giving birth, but no blood was in the urine, and he had only mid-abdominal pain. It did seem like...
Source: Lions and Tigers and Bears - September 1, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Levita Robotic Platform: Interview with Alberto Rodriguez-Navarro, CEO of Levita Magnetics
Levita Magnetics, a California-based company that specializes in laparoscopic systems, has recently announced that its Levita Robotic Platform, a surgical robot that is still in development, has been used to perform surgery on a patient for the first time in a hospital in Chile. The robot uses similar magnetic technology as in the company’s handheld Levita Magnetic Surgical System.
The technology developed by Levita involves using magnets that are applied externally to control and manipulate devices, such as graspers, that are inserted into the body during laparoscopic surgery. The technique has the advantage of not n...
Source: Medgadget - August 3, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Ob/Gyn Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
Umbilical Hernias: Systemic Racism, Dogma, And Pediatric Surgery
by Stephanie Preston, MD
In the health professions, we have all been taught that some of the most common, chronic, and debilitating diseases in the United States – hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and most cancers – disproportionately affect Black Americans. As resident surgeons, dogma holds that umbilical hernias are more prevalent in Black children, but without any discussion about underlying drivers. There is no evidence to support that this disparity is related to biologic or genetic differences. However, a recently published study continues to state that umbilical hernias are 8-9x more prevalent among Bla...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 13, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blog Editor Tags: Children/Adolescents Ethics Featured Posts Health Care Health Disparities Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Hiatal Hernia CXR
CXR may depict larger hiatal hernias as an opacity in the posterior mediastinum, often containing air or an air-fluid level. On the frontal view, it causes widening of the inferior third of the azygoesophageal recess and can produce a double contour behind the cardiac silhouette. This is case where hiatal hernia was suspected on CXR and confirmed on CT.Famous Radiology Blog http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com
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Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - December 16, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
Embrace the growth mindset while practicing the humbling business of modern medicine
As a newly minted neonatal-cardiac intensivist, I was all ready to take on the world. I mean, caring for the babies with congenital heart disease (CHD), congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDH) and all other congenital anomalies and premature birth. I was excited and ready for service. It was my 27th year of“being a student.” I […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 25, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anonymous" rel="tag" > Anonymous < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Critical Care Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Testicular pain: Everything you need to know as a parent
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Does your of age son often complain about the pain in testicles? Does he feel uncomfortable while riding his bicycles or bike? If yes! It could be testicular pain which mostly occurs among teenage boys. It’s very uncommon to see the pain in boys above 25 years old. Testicular pain often requires immediate medical attention. If the treatment is started within 6 hrs of beginning of the pain, then...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - August 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: lakshmikrishnanunni Tags: health and fitness Causes of Testicular Pain in Children Kidshealth Testicle Pain Testicle Pain in Children Testicular Pain in Kids Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 246
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Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 246
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Question 1
What is so special about this watch and who invented the concept?
+ Reveal the funtabulous answer
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 26, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five Basedow disease Battle's incision Battle’s sign Cardioversion doplr watch Graves disease John Floyer Parry's disease physicians watch pulsometer Royal Humane Society tattoo-to-teeth ratio William Henry Bat Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 246
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 246
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Question 1
What is so special about this watch and who invented the concept?
+ Reveal the funtabulous answer
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - July 26, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five Basedow disease Battle's incision Battle’s sign Cardioversion doplr watch Graves disease John Floyer Parry's disease physicians watch pulsometer Royal Humane Society tattoo-to-teeth ratio William Henry Bat Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 306
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Welcome to the 306th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chunk of FOAM.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week
RebelEM unleashes his top 10 pearls from ACEP17 [LP]
EPMonthly published an ER account of the...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 13, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: LITFL review #FOAMped #FOAMresus #FOAMsim #FOAMus #meded FOAMcc FOAMed LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
LITFL Review 303
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Welcome to the 303rd LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chunk of FOAM.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week
Kenneth Palmer from Karolinska shares his 30-plus years of ECMO experience in a podcast from t...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - October 22, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Keeping Anxiety at Bay: My Arsenal of Recovery
Looking back on my childhood, there was never really a time I wasn’t unsure of myself. I never thought I was cute enough, smart enough, funny enough or fun enough. In fact, I doubted that any of my playmates actually liked me.
On my birthday, I wondered whether my friends would actually show up to my party. And if they did, was it because my parents paid them to come? If so, how much? How much was I worth?
Decades later, I realize this was one of the first indications that I suffered from anxiety. Through countless hours of therapy, research and reflection, I have come to understand the many manifestations of anxiety an...
Source: World of Psychology - April 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elizabeth Penney Tags: Anxiety and Panic Medications Personal Psychotherapy Self-Esteem Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Hypertension overwhelm Panic Attack Paranoia Psychology self-worth Suffering Worry Source Type: blogs
Ten Years In
My first day as an attending general surgeon in Cleveland, Ohio was August 7th, 2006. I saw one patient with a hernia in the office that day and then, around 430 pm, the call came in from the pediatric ER about a kid with abdominal pain. Some healthy 17 year old boy with obvious early appendicitis. I booked the case, tip-toed my way through the laparoscopic appendectomy uneventfully and went home feeling awful proud of myself. It was exactly how I envisioned a life as a general surgeon. I had been a confident 5th year resident. I hadn't done a fellowship. I had felt ready. I was read...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - March 3, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
Notes to myself – 2
Pentobarb coma – BIS should be 10-20 and SR (suppression ratio) should be 70-80
Consider lev albuterol
Should give vaccines after coiling of spleen or before if possible
No calcium channel blockers post MI definitely and post op in general
Toradol inhibits spine healing
Don’t do endoscopes with patients in supine position
don’t ambulate patients with known dvt’s. wait 2-3 days until clots get stuck.
dvt’s even with filter get heparin as much as possible for post phlebitic syndrome and to retard new clot formation
diffuse alveolar hemorrhage – secondary to chemo, goodpasture’s, wege...
Source: Inside Surgery - December 31, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: General Source Type: blogs
