Site Evaluation Presentation Summary For my final site evaluation, I presented on a case of a 42 year old female who came into the ED c/o abdominal pain that woke her up from sleep as a surgery consult due to intractable abdominal pain. The patient experienced bilateral upper quadrant pain with epigastric pain that…
Typhon Report: Surgery
Journal: Surgery, Complete Rectal Prolapse
Journal: Perineal resectional procedures for the treatment of complete rectal prolapse: A systematic review of the literature Reasoning: Several procedures exist for the surgical management of complete rectal prolapse via the abdominal or perineal approach, including Altemeier procedure, Delorme procedure, and perineal stapled prolapse resection (PSR) Given the psychiatric history of our patient, what…
H&P: Surgery, QHC, October 2019
Self Reflection: Long Term Care
I believe that I was better prepared for my experience at Gouverner’s skilled nursing facility because I had my internal medicine rotation prior. I found that the style of running both floors were similar, in addition to how attendings wrote notes. However, the patient demographic that I encountered were of older age, usually aged 65…
Site Evaluation Presentation Summary: Long Term Care, Gouverner
Site Evaluation Presentation Summary For my final site evaluation, I presented on a case of a 94 year old female who came into the ED c/o mild, crampy abdominal pain associated with episodes of coffee-ground emesis and black, tarry stools that was admitted to the medicine floor of Mount Sinai before being transferred for rehab…
Typhon Report: Long Term Care
Journal: Long Term Care, Anemia in LTC Setting
Journal: Anemia in the Long-Term Care Setting Reasoning: High prevalence of anemia among residents in long-term care setting This patient was possibly anemic due to ulcers or due to another underlying issue Purpose: The purpose of this article is to review the prevalence, diagnosis, association of anemia with other adverse events, and treatment…
