Modern Resident

• Teen Suicide in the United States: What Every Emergency Physician Should Know

  Image Credit: Pixabay Authors: Casey Grover, MD; David M. Carreon, MSIV; Michael K. Hole, MSIVStanford/Kaiser Emergency MedicineOriginally Published: Modern Resident August/September 2013 A 14-year-old boy is brought to the ED with a wrist laceration. Accident or suicide attempt? Self-harm is the third leading cause of death in this age category behind violence and motor vehicle […]
• Critical Care Pearl: Metabolic Acidosis: Bicarbonate Drips and Alternative Options

  Image Credit: Pixabay Authors: Victoria Weston, MD; Kevin Bajer, PharmD; and Randy Orr, MD Northwestern University Originally Published: Modern Resident, June/July 2013 The focus of this critical care pearl is to discuss the use of bicarbonate drips for severe metabolic acidosis, as well as alternative options, which are available. Given the current nature of medication […]
• Image of the Month (From August/September 2011 Issue of Modern Resident)

  Author: Casey Grover, MDStanford/Kaiser Emergency MedicineOriginally Published: Modern Resident August/September 2011 A 17 month old female is brought to the ED by her mother for emesis and fever. The mother thinks that her daughter may have swallowed something last night because the child had made a “wheezing sound” while breathing and appeared uncomfortable. There was […]
• Image of the Month (From August/September 2013 Modern Resident)

  Author: Michael Gottlieb, MDCook County Emergency Medicine ResidencyOriginally Published: Modern Resident August/September 2013 An 81-year-old man with PMHx of HTN, DM, HL and OA s/p right hip replacement presents to the ED with acute onset CP and SOB x 1 day. While watching TV earlier, he developed a sudden inability to catch his breath, as […]
• Photo of the Month (From Apr/May 2013 Issue of Modern Resident)

  Author: ENS Dylan Hendy, MSIVArizona College of Osteopathic MedicineAuthor: LT Christopher D. Helman, DONaval Medical Center PortsmouthOriginally Published: Modern Resident, April/May 2013 Patient VignetteTwenty-nine-year-old male was sent to the ED by a community clinic for a syncopal episode. The patient originally visited the clinic for a headache that resulted from a shelf falling on the […]
• Interstitial versus Cornual Pregnancies: There is a Difference

  Image Credit: Pixabay Author: Megan Litzau, MDIndiana UniversityOriginally Published: Modern Resident April/May 2016 Commonly the terms interstitial and cornual pregnancies are used interchangeably. However, these are two distinct entities, and are managed differently.[1] An interstitial pregnancy occurs when there is implantation in the proximal intramural portion of the fallopian tube. A cornual pregnancy is when […]
• Button Batteries

  Image Credit: Flickr Author: Phillip Fry, MSIV Midwestern University – Arizona College of Osteopathic MedicineOriginally Published: Modern Resident February/March 2017 Patients presenting to the emergency department after ingesting a button or cylindrical battery typically warrant prompt foreign body removal. The majority of battery ingestion cases involves button batteries and occurs in children younger than six […]
• Eyelid Lacerations

  Image Source: Flickr Author: Kaitlin Fries, DO Doctors HospitalOriginally Published: Modern Resident February/March 2016 Eyelids are often one of the more complex locations for providers to perform laceration repairs. The eye has many important neighboring structures that can often be damaged by even minor trauma to the eye. As with any wound, it is important […]
• Did You Know? Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape

  Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Author: Jenna Erickson, MD Phoenix Children’s Hospital/Maricopa Medical Center Originally Published: Modern Resident August/September 2015 In a pediatric trauma, one of the initial treatment steps is determination of a child’s “color.” This is referencing the Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape, an old but widely accepted method of estimating a child’s weight based […]
• Clinical Pearl: A Parent’s Kiss for Nasal Foreign Body Removal

  Image Credit:flickr Author: Ashley Grigsby, DO PGY-1Indiana University Emergency Medicine/PediatricsOriginally published: Modern Resident April/May 2015 Every little boy knows the best place for anything is up your nose. That is, until they show up in your emergency department (ED). The Case:Three-year-old previously healthy male presents after he put his older sister’s jewelry bead up his […]

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