Briefs: Treating conjunctivitis

By |2014-02-12T03:17:03-05:00February 13th, 2014|Briefs, Ophthalmology|

Physicians aren’t great at differentiating bacterial versus viral conjunctivitis. Especially in kids this leads to the provision of antibiotics regardless of etiology. This post will discuss antibiotics agents and therapeutic considerations - including return to school/daycare. Whether you are a network anchor or 4 year [...]

Briefs: Depakote for Migraines

By |2016-12-14T12:56:56-05:00January 23rd, 2014|Briefs, Neurology|

Many a migraine headache is encountered in the ED. The evidence is reasonably clear that the antiemetics (prochlorperazine/metoclopramide - Compazine/Reglan) combined with ketorolac (Toradol) will treat >90% of patients effectively. What about those that don't respond and are still in (dramatic pause) status migrainosus. The [...]

Briefs: Ahhh! Spiders!

By |2016-12-14T12:56:57-05:00October 31st, 2013|Briefs, Toxicology|

Happy Halloween everyone. I thought I'd "celebrate" by posting about some rare but still clinically important spider bites. The two that get the most press in United States are the black widow (Latrodectus mactans) and brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa). Fortunately, there are only approximately 500 bytes [...]

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