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Renal Papillary Necrosis and Sickle Cell Disease

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 are a number of considerations that immediately come to our minds: Renal Trauma, Abdominal Trauma, Renal Stones, UTI. While…

Sickle Cell Hepatopathy

Sickle Cell Disease Hepatopathy

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is terrible, and we are well versed in many of the common presentations. Pain and fever complaints dominate the majority of the encounters in the ED; however, let us not overlook the potential impact SCD has…

Sickle Cell Trait

Sickle Cell Trait

We have discussed many medical “myths” previously (ex, Atropine for RSI, Cuffed ETTs, ORT vs IVF, Morphine for Appendicitis), but recently one of my esteemed PEM Fellows enlightened me about another.  We have touched on some of the complications that…