StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It seems like a long, long time since I have written a post for my blog, StorytellERdoc , and I am excited, nervous and humbled to be reentering your lives while returning to my baby. The emergency department where I have worked for 22 years as an ER physician is busier than it's ever been. I missed you! They still do. Let me share. "I

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Okay, now I'll admit I've done a horrible job of keeping up with the blog lately especially given that this is only my fifth post of the year, but today is still super special for me. This blog has helped a lot with some of my successes. When I started this blog she had just turned 7, and now my baby is 17!

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FDA Law

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Lack of Individual Drug Therapy Pattern prescribing can occur when physicians prescribe the same drugs, in the same quantities, in the same strengths to their patients, or a patient receives the same controlled substances repeatedly with no adjustment or change in therapy. Complaint ¶ 58. Complaint ¶ 63.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 23, 2019

As you walk down to the ER, you’re already creating a list of possible diagnoses in your mind. we have a higher threshold of diagnostic certainty to start toxic chemotherapy for cancer than we do antibiotics for possible infection), and patient preferences. The utility of a D-dimer in patients with intermediate risk is controversial.

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Vascular Physician

APRIL 22, 2024

Unfortunately, high blood pressure does not always present with symptoms that are noticeable by the patient. When people develop chest pain and are rushed to the ER, a conventional chest X-ray may show a severely enlarged aorta, which is a well-established sign of aortic dissection.

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PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

Learning Objectives Demonstrate the ability to use shared decision-making strategies when discussing imaging options with families of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Optimizing Advanced Imaging of the Pediatric Patient in the Emergency Department: Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2024;154(1):e2024066854.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

JUNE 1, 2022

I'm not going to lie, after two years of working in the urgent care setting, being in the ER was super chill for me. My favorite moment was probably when we had a laparoscopic appendectomy (appendix removal using small incisions and a camera) and the attending stood patiently waiting for a while as I tried to find the appendix.

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