Brady Pregerson, MD

Dr Pregerson's podcast EM Logic focuses on pitfalls in emergency medicine such as confusing a cause with a coincidence, being falsely reassured by false negative tests, or getting burned by illogical assumptions.

We hope to improve the care you provide your patients and keep you from being an honored guest at your department’s next peer review meeting.

The podcast can be heard by clicking here or searching “EM Logic” on Apple podcast or “Pregerson” on Spotify.

Dr Pregerson has been practicing emergency medicine since 2000, lecturing and writing about medical topics since 2004, and has reviewed more than 180 malpractice cases since 2008. He is the author of 3 EM pocket references, the creator of EMresource.org and EM1minuteconsult.com, and the author of the EMN column BradyCardia

If you would like to be considered as a guest on a future episode, contact Dr. Pregerson at Safetydoc@gmail.com.

Articles

Postprandial Pain in a 66-Year-Old Woman

September 24, 2013

Epigastric pain after meals occurs in the absence of physical or laboratory abnormalities in a 66-year-old woman slated for surgery.

Pulmonary Embolism Presenting With Right Flank Pain

July 10, 2013

Pulmonary embolism was the diagnosis in these 3 women, each of whom presented with positional right flank pain.

Three Cases of Positional Chest Pain: Your Diagnosis?

July 10, 2013

Three women-all of whom presented with positional right flank pain-- all had the same final diagnosis. What do you think it was?

Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

June 04, 2013

Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a peripheral facial neuropathy that causes unilateral lower motor neuron pattern facial weakness. It is associated with a painful erythematous vesicular rash of the ear or nearby areas and/or oropharynx.

HIV-Positive Man With Painful Red Ear

June 04, 2013

To what diagnosis does this painful swollen ear point in an HIV-positive man?

Spinal Epidural Abscess in an Obese Woman With Back Pain

March 18, 2013

An obese woman in her thirties with a history of fibromyalgia syndrome, depression, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and diabetes mellitus presents to her local emergency department with 1 week of gradually worsening midline back pain.

An Obese Woman With Worsening Midline Back Pain

March 18, 2013

An obese woman in her thirties with a history of fibromyalgia syndrome, depression, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and diabetes mellitus presents to her local emergency department with 1 week of gradually worsening midline back pain. What do these images show?

Elderly Woman With Simultaneous Deep Venous and Arterial Thrombosis

January 08, 2013

This patient had unilateral petechiae on the dorsum of the left foot. If the petechiae were symmetric, the first condition on the differential diagnosis would be thrombocytopenia. Here, though, the platelet count was normal. The patient also had a duplex of both the arterial and venous systems that showed complete thrombosis of both the arterial AND venous systems.

Pressure Sore on an Elderly Patient’s Heel

January 08, 2013

The patient has a stage 1 decubitus ulcer on her left heel. Both feet are cool but are the same temperature. Distal pulses are palpable but weak on the good foot; they are not palpable on the left and can only be heard faintly with a handheld Doppler. You note unilateral petechiae on the dorsum of the left foot.

Myasthenia Gravis In Elderly Man With Slurred Speech

November 08, 2012

The patient had been having slurred speech and trouble swallowing and chewing. He had been using his hand to hold his jaw closed and to push his jaw up to help him chew.