Author: Sean M. Fox

October 18, 2019

Renal Papillary Necrosis and Sickle Cell Disease

Blood shooting out of the urethra will catch people’s attention! While it may be due to a relatively benign issue, there...

October 11, 2019

The lysis of tumor cells is one of the goals of successful treatment of cancer. Unfortunately, “Cancer SUCKS!” and even when...

October 4, 2019

We are often drawn to new techniques and methods. While we may become enamored with exotic management strategies (ex, ECMO in...

September 27, 2019

We have previously discussed how saying “It’s JUST a virus,” is not comforting to families and may undermine your credibility. For...

September 20, 2019

We do complex mathematics every time we evaluate a patient. Risk:Benefit ratios, Odds Ratios and Likelihood Ratios quickly get weighed and...

September 13, 2019

The diversity of complaints and presentations in the ED keeps us on our toes and requires our continued vigilance. It is...

September 6, 2019

HYPER-Emesis sounds gross! It sounds like something from a horror movie and invokes thoughts of demonic possession. Of course we deal...