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

Fever and a Stiff Neck: The Usual Suspect?

September 20, 2018

A 4-year-old girl is seen in the ED for low-grade fevers x2 weeks, headaches, neck stiffness. Lumbar puncture is recommended. Do you agree?

ECG Challenge: Elderly, Diaphoretic, and Short of Air

September 19, 2018

An 82-year-old woman presents with acute worsening of dyspnea, dry cough, and subjective fever and sudden onset of sweating. She denies chest pain. What's your ECG read?  

Autumnal Rash and Fever: Your Dx?

August 24, 2018

A 2-year-old boy is seen for 2 days of cough, high fever, vomiting, and a rash. Is the rash location a clue to diagnosis? 

ECG Challenge: Neck Pain and a Mystery Fall

August 14, 2018

Severe pain from a pinched nerve in his neck could have caused this 64-year-old man to fall to the floor from his bed - but he's not sure. Does the ECG offer a clue?

Funky Finger - What's Your Diagnosis?

July 19, 2018

What does a common species of water fowl have in common with this finger injury?

Syncope on the Dance Floor

July 11, 2018

A 21-year-old woman is taken to the ED from a night club by ambulance for a possible panic attack. What’s your ECG read? 

An Allergy to Levaquin or is it Something Else?

June 21, 2018

Are this young woman’s chest pain and SOB a reaction to Levaquin, started a few days ago? She’s had a similar reaction to other antibiotics. Your Dx?

Pelvic Pain, Worse When Walking

June 12, 2018

A 35 y/o woman presents with 3 wks lower abdominal pain that's worse with movement. Review exam, labs, CT scan. Your diagnosis? 

Red Herring Urinalysis

May 16, 2018

A 38-year-old woman has had abdominal pain x4 days that worsens on hip flexion. Imaging, labs are inconclusive. But there was that urine culture ...

Back Injury, Shortness of Breath in an Older Man

April 04, 2018

In the ED the patient says the shortness of breath began the night before after he took ibuprofen for a flare of back pain. Is there a connection?