Catherine Buckley

NSTEMI, STEMI, ACS

Aug 31, 2019Catherine Buckley2 CommentsCardiologyCardiovascular

Author: Catherine Buckley MD There are about 8 – 10 million ED visits with the chief complaint of chest pain per year in the US. (Owens et al.)10 billion dollars…

5 Minute Journal: San Francisco Syncope Rule

Jul 25, 2019Catherine Buckley5-Minute Journal, Cardiology, Neurology5 Minute Journal Article, Neurology

Background: About 1 to 2% of ER visits deal with Syncope. Most of these are vaso-vagal episodes that do not require more work up. But, beside the obvious slam dunk:…

Head Trauma

Jul 13, 2019Catherine BuckleyNeurology, TraumaNeurology, Trauma

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Jun 12, 2019Catherine BuckleyGastroenterologyGastrointestinal

Patients who have a history of IBD: chronic abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, weightloss; coming into the emergency department for these same symptoms; how do we handle chronic disease in the emergency department?

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Burns

Mar 21, 2019Catherine BuckleyTraumaTrauma

Here’s some how to’s when it comes to burns. First off- do your ABCs. Get your history from the patient, from family, from EMS. You need to figure out the…

Radiology: Forearm Fractures

Jan 14, 2019Catherine Buckley5-minute Radiology, Orthopedics, Radiology, TraumaOrthopedics, Radiology, Trauma

Here’s a summary of the more common forearm fractures and what to do about them.

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Thrombocytopenia

Jan 7, 2019Catherine BuckleyHeme/OncHematology

Heres the no frills details behind ITP and TTP. Your board scores can thank me later.

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Preeclampsia

Dec 27, 2018Catherine BuckleyOB/GYNOB/Gyn

You stroll into work, coffee in hand, and you’re feeling great today. Your first patient is being escorted to her room. She’s young, maybe in her early 30s, walking without difficulty, chatting with the person showing her the room. You think to yourself, why is she here? You sign into the computer and you see the chief complaint: elevated blood pressure. But she’s so young you say to yourself. You wait for the nurse to load the blood pressure in the computer and take a sip of your coffee. It loads: 162/98. You ask if the patient has any other symptoms. The nurse says no and lets you know that the patient has no past medical history. You smile to yourself thinking easy discharge! You take another sip of coffee (well deserved).

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Oncologic Emergencies

Dec 27, 2018Catherine BuckleyHeme/OncHematology, Oncology

Okay, so cancer is a broad, difficult topic that I will never be able to cover in one blog post. But we just had a very informative lecture by our very own, behind enemy lines, EM/IM master: the He-Gore. So I’ll touch on a few of the possible cancer related emergencies that he helpfully walked us through.

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Can’t Miss Radiology

Dec 6, 2018Catherine Buckley5-minute RadiologyRadiology

Big thanks to Dr. Schiebler who came to conference to drop radiologic-knowledge bombs on us. This lecture was loaded with tons of information; here are some of the big take-aways!

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