SCAD Archives - Emergency Medicine Cases

EM Quick Hits 74 Non-obstructive ACS with Amal Mattu, Threadworms, NPO Guidelines, Sickle Cell Disease, Coaching the EM Mind Part 4

In this month’s EM Quick Hits Podcast, Amal Mattu discusses non-obstructive and non-thrombotic causes of ACS, Andrew Tagg reviews how to diagnose and treat threadworms (pinworms), and Justin Morgenstern implores us to let our ED patients eat and drink. Plus, Hans Rosenberg shares practical pearls for managing vaso-occlusive episodes and complications of sickle cell disease in the ED, and Sara Gray and Katie Lin return for Part 4 of “Coaching the EM Mind,” with strategies for addressing imposter syndrome and shame. Please consider a donation to EM Cases here: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

By Sara Brade|2026-11-10T10:27:32-05:00November 10th, 2026|Categories: Cardiology, Clinical Practice, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Genitourinary, Hematology, Medical Specialty, Neurology, Pediatrics, Special Populations, Wellness|Tags: acute chest syndrome, acute coronary syndrome, Amal Mattu, assertive communication, cocaine, coronary embolism, coronary vasospasm, ED fasting, growth mindset, imposter syndrome, mebendazole, medical errors, MINOCA, non-obstructive causes of ACS, NPO, physician shame, pinworms, SCAD, Sickle Cell Disease, systemic racism, threadworms, vaso-occlusive episode|0 Comments

EM Quick Hits 59 Traumatic Coronary Artery Dissection, Proper Use of Insulin, Mesenteric Ischemia, Exercise Associated Hyponatremia, AI for OMI

On this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Ian Chernoff on the often elusive diagnosis of traumatic coronary artery dissection, Anand Swaminathan on proper use of insulin in DKA and in hyperkalemia, Brit Long and Hans Rosenberg on mesenteric ischemia pearls and pitfalls in diagnosis and management, Dave Jerome on recognition and management exercise-associated hyponatremia and heat illness and Jesse McLaren on the Queen of Hearts AI model in helping identify occlusion MI on ECG... Help Support EM Cases by Giving a Donation here: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

By Anton Helman|2024-09-27T20:16:00-04:00September 10th, 2024|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Trauma|Tags: AI, DKA, EAH, ECG interpretation, Exercise Associated Hyponatremia, hypokalemia, hyponatremia, Mesenteric Ischemia, OMI, SCAD|0 Comments

ECG Cases 40 – Approach to Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)

Dr. Jesse McLaren on when to consider Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD), which patients are at risk for reocclusion, and the challenges of diagnosing SCAD in patients who have nonischemic ECGs despite silent occlusion, occlusions perfused by collaterals, or from non-occlusive MI on this ECG Cases...

By Jesse McLaren|2023-02-28T10:58:37-05:00February 28th, 2023|Categories: Cardiology, ECG Cases, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine|Tags: ACS, coronary artery dissection, ECG intepretation, myocardial infarction, occlusion MI, SCAD, STEMI|4 Comments