Case File: Eben Byers

🔗 Check out all our links, sources, and socials:https://linktr.ee/thecadaverslessonsAre all abdominal pain cases created equal? Absolutely not. In this episode of The Cadaver’s Lessons, we break down why the same complaint can lead to completely different diagnostic decisions depending on the patient in front of you.Why does one patient with constipation go home with reassurance, while another needs an urgent CT scan? We explore how age, surgical history, symptom severity, and red flags dramatically change clinical reasoning — and why risk stratification matters in emergency medicine.We also dive into practical clinical decision tools and pearls every healthcare student and clinician should know, including:PECARN for pediatric head traumaPERC and Wells Criteria for pulmonary embolism riskPediatric appendicitis assessment tricks, including jump testingWhen imaging helps — and when it may do more harm than goodRadiation considerations in modern medicineHow clinicians balance missed diagnoses vs unnecessary testingThis episode is packed with real-world emergency medicine thinking, diagnostic strategy, and clinical reasoning pearls that apply across healthcare.Radiation Product Catalog for Fun! https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1008/ML100840118.pdf 📚 References “The Radium Water Worked Fine Until His Jaw Came Off.” History. Published January 12, 2022. Accessed May 21, 2026. History articleRadium fad. In: Wikipedia. Accessed May 21, 2026. Wikipedia article on radium fadEben Byers. In: Wikipedia. Accessed May 21, 2026. Wikipedia article on Eben ByersMedicine: Radium Drinks. TIME. Published April 4, 1932. Accessed May 21, 2026. TIME archive articleU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Radium and Radioactivity in Consumer Products. Published 2010. Accessed May 21, 2026. NRC PDF documentOak Ridge Associated Universities. Radithor. Health Physics Historical Instrumentation Museum Collection. Accessed May 21, 2026. ORAU Radithor pageU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Radium and Radioactivity in Consumer Products. Published 2010. Accessed May 21, 2026.NRC duplicate PDF document