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By Michelle Lin
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Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Blog: http://academiclifeinem.blogspot.com
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@precordialthump I totally forgot about the EKG library! Awesome stuff. Keep up the great work (when do you sleep?!) 259 days ago
@emeducation Perfect, thanks for the suggestions! Turns out one is co-authored by Jeff Tabas. He already gave them all books. 259 days ago
Recommendations for an EKG resource to review bread & butter cases for senior residents? Pre-graduation panic setting in for our residents. 259 days ago
@danipedia Good point. I use the studies to convince the trauma consults NOT to get c-spine imaging on EVERYONE (citing distracting injury)! 264 days ago
@doctorflash Hi there. Just wanted to drop a note to thank you for all the extra traffic you're sending to blog. Much appreciated!! 275 days ago
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Paucis Verbis: Approach to rashes

Posted Aug 26 2011 12:00am

Doc, what's this itchy rash?
Answer: Contact dermatitis from poison ivy

We see a variety of rashes in the Emergency Department. The first step is to accurately describe the rash. Is this a macule or nodule? Is this a vesicle or bulla? The next step is to quickly "profile" the rash to see if it fits any classic pattern by patient age, rash distribution, or presence of hypotension. And finally, if you are still stumped, use an algorithm based on the rash type.

These figures are from March 2010's Emergency Medicine Magazine (it's free!). It's not meant to be a comprehensive article on rashes but it sure does take the guesswork out of 90% of the rashes you see.







You can download this PV card:  [ MS Word ] [ PDF ] See  other Paucis Verbis cards .
Thanks to Dr. Hemal Kanzaria for including this idea as a PV card. 
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