Low Risk Syncope – Pearls and Pitfalls
How do you evaluate the patient with syncope? Do we need a head CT? Are orthostatic vital signs useful? This post investigates what we do in the ED.
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Neurology
JournalFeed Weekly Wrap-Up
This week’s JournalFeed Wrap-Up covers a variety of topics including cricoid pressure in pediatric intubation, time to thrombolysis in ischemic stroke, and risk of thoracotomy.
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EM@3AM: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
A 31-year-old female presents with headache. She has a history of migraines, but states that this headache is different. The headache came on over the past two days, but she has been having intermittent double vision when she changes positions, which is new. Exam reveals an obese female in no acute distress. Visual acuity is normal, but she has mild left sixth nerve palsy. Fundoscopic exam reveals bilateral papilledema. The rest of her neurologic exam is unremarkable. What are the next steps in management?
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EM Educator Series: Not all head bleeds are alike – Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Welcome to this week’s edition of the EM Educator series! How can you optimize care of the patient with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage? What do you need to consider?
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Huntington’s disease: ED presentations, evaluation, and management
Remember Huntington’s Disease? This post provides you with the key information concerning this disease for EM.
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EM in 5: Transient Global Amnesia
This week’s EM in 5 brings you Transient Global Amnesia.
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2018 AHA/ASA Ischemic Stroke Updates
With all the new stroke literature, how can you keep track of everything? Fortunately, the AHA/ASA recently published the 2018 ischemic strokes guidelines. This post provides emergency medicine-focused highlights of the updated guidelines.
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Parkinson’s disease in the ED: a potpourri of hyperpyrexia, dyskinesias, psychosis, and autonomic dysfunction
The patient with Parkinson’s disease can present with a variety of complications… Read on for more on Parkinson’s, its associated complications, and management.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Focused Emergency Medicine Review
What disease is characterized by progressive weakness caused by degeneration of both upper motor neurons (UMN) and lower motor neurons (LMN)? This post evaluates ALS and ED-relevant management.
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Medical Malpractice Insights: A short walk can prevent a long trial
The “road test” is a vital component of the ED evaluation. This Medical Malpractice Insights post from Dr. Pilcher evaluates a case involving failure to walk a patient with neurological complaints.
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