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.
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.
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?
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?
Remember Huntington's Disease? This post provides you with the key information concerning this disease for EM.
This week's EM in 5 brings you Transient Global Amnesia.
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.
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.
