Life in the Fastlane

JANUARY 31, 2025

Georgina Beech, Leon Lam, Jennifer Davidson and Parvathy Suresh Kochath CT Case 099 A 20-year-old male presents with a tender midline neck mass which has developed over the preceding few days. He is systemically well.

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ALiEM

JANUARY 31, 2025

A 60-year-old African American female without a past medical history presented to the emergency department with a complaint of a “hard, yellowish brown, growth” on her right upper abdomen. The patient reported that it had been present and slowly enlarging over a two-year period and was now causing pain when it “snags on clothing” Additional Images Physical Exam Skin : 9.5 cm, firm, curved, exophytic, keratotic, tumor protruding from the right upper abdominal wall.

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NHCPS Save a Life

JANUARY 31, 2025

The PQRST wave is a component of an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) reading. It provides information about the heart’s function. In many ways, the PQRST wave is the heart’s signature, which provides insight into its function and health. Understanding the PQRST wave meaning is critical to knowing what to do when someone is facing a […] The post PQRST Wave Explained: ECG Interpretation Made Easy for Beginners appeared first on SaveaLife.com.

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The Curious Clinicians

JANUARY 31, 2025

Why do we worry about Pseudomonas in diabetic foot infections? One of the age-old challenges of medicine is deciding which infections to suspect in which patients based on which risk factors. Everything from whether a patient has an artificial joint to if their cat recently scratched them can be meaningful when making a diagnosis. Some of the associations make intuitive sense someone in Burundi is more likely to get malaria than someone in Buffalo.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 31, 2025

Written by Magnus Nossen The ECG below was obtained from 50-something male with a history of hypertension and tobacco use. The patient contacted the ambulance service after he experienced sudden onset chest pain and diaphoresis that had started 20 minutes prior. The ECG below ECG was recorded on the scene. What is the cause of the ECG changes here? How will you manage this patient?

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