Pneumomediastinum... Where is the air coming from? Who do you consult? Are antibiotics and/or surgery needed?
Welcome back to the EM Boards Survival Guide. This series provides you with regular tips and must-know items for EM boards and inservice. Today we look at Pulmonary.
What's a better way to provide oxygen in the ED for hypoxemic respiratory failure? Heard of High Flow Nasal Cannula? This post gives you what you need to know regarding this therapy.
This week's EM Educator brings you hemoptysis.
The patient with renal injury and respiratory symptoms... Could it be anti-GBM disease? This post looks at this condition and when you should consider it.
A 65F presents to your ED with chest pain and shortness of breath. Her symptoms have been going on for several months and have been progressively worsening. She states that she has felt this way since she was diagnosed with a “blood clot in her lungs” several months ago. VS include T 37.5C, HR 103, RR 22, Pox 89% on RA. What should you consider, and what’s your next step in evaluation and treatment?
Tachypnea is defined as rapid breathing noted on clinical presentation. This finding can signify the presence of a dangerous condition, and this post evaluates the etiologies, evaluation, and management of the tachypneic patient in the ED. Are you missing something with tachypnea in the ED?
Hemoptysis is defined as expectoration of blood originating from the tracheobronchial tree or lung parenchyma. It may be massive or non-massive, but the majority of patients with hemoptysis will have non-massive hemoptysis. This is a brief overview of the causes, evaluation and management of hemoptysis in the emergency department.
