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Coagulation Studies
Diagnostics Ryan LaFollette, MD Diagnostics Ryan LaFollette, MD

Coagulation Studies

All bleeding stops eventually... Even in your anticoagulated patients? What about that INR of 1.4? On rivaroxaban? To better know the state of anticoagulation we first must understand the tests we use to define them. Take a dive with Dr. Murphy-Crews through our anticoagulation studies 

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Joint Fluid Analysis in the ED
Diagnostics Ryan LaFollette, MD Diagnostics Ryan LaFollette, MD

Joint Fluid Analysis in the ED

Not all swollen joints are the same and our dogmatic definitions of septic joints are changing with each new study, so how do we use synovial fluid to define our differential of the swollen joint? Join Dr. Harty in delving through the latest in synovial fluid studies in his asynchronous intern diagnostics post on joint fluid analysis.

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ESR, CRP, & Procalcitonin: Acute Inflammatory Markers in the ED
Diagnostics, Grand Rounds Jeffery Hill, MD M.Ed Diagnostics, Grand Rounds Jeffery Hill, MD M.Ed

ESR, CRP, & Procalcitonin: Acute Inflammatory Markers in the ED

Working in the ED one day you seem to hit a run of patients in whom consultants have asked you to order an ESR, CRP.  First, podiatry asked for them for a patient with 1st metatarsal osteomyelitis.  Spine surgery wanted the same for a patient with diskitis. And, ortho wanted them for a possible septic.  You think to yourself, “what am I or my consultant going to do with these test results?” “What are these inflammatory markers anyhow?” And, “what patient’s should I be ordering them in.”

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