EM Cases: Pediatric UTI Myths and Misperceptions
We discuss an approach to diagnosing pediatric UTIs whilst revealing some common pediatric UTI myths and misperceptions…
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EM Cases: Commonly Missed Ankle Injuries
With the help of Canada’s leading ED-ortho educator Arun Sayal, the brains behind The CASTED Course, and Hossein Mehdian, an Orthopedic surgeon at North York General, we cover a general way of thinking about ankle injuries, the limitations of the Ottawa Ankle Rules, a simplified approach to the ankle x-ray, the importance of identifying an external rotation mechanism of injury and much more…
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EM Cases: ED Stroke Management in the Age of Endovascular Therapy
Which patients need what type of scanning? Where should that scanning be done – at the stroke center or at the peripheral center? Which patients should get systemic thrombolytics? Which patients should get endovascular therapy? In this EM Cases main episode podcast, a follow up to our episode on TIA released in November 2018 with Walter Himmel and David Dushenski, we try to simplify the confusing time-based and brain tissue-based options for stroke management…
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EM Cases: TIA Update – Risk Stratification, Workup and DAPT
Much has changed in recent years when it comes to TIA risk stratification, workup and antiplatelet therapy. It’s time we paid more attention to TIA…
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EM Cases: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections – Myths and Misperceptions
Why do EM physicians spend so little time talking about the things we see the most often? You may not be as energized for cellulitis as you are for an ED thoracotomy, but skin and soft tissue infections are encountered on nearly every shift – and you can do a lot more good for a lot more patients by recognizing and treating these common infections the right way.
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EM Cases: Blunt Ocular Trauma
EM Cases discusses the most important diagnoses to consider, describe how physical exam in queen while CT can misguide you, explain a simple approach to orbital compartment syndrome with retrobulbar hematoma, give you tips on lateral canthotomy, how to pick up subtle hyphemas, why sickle cell patients are high risk, describe the key clinical clues to subtle globe rupture, the role of tranexamic acid in eye bleeds and much more…
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EM Cases: Toxic Alcohols – Minding the Gap
Learn the knowledge of toxic alcohol poisoning recognition, clinical and lab clues, limitations of the osmolar gap, goals of management, time sensitive treatments and more…
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EM Cases: ENT Emergencies Pearls, Pitfalls, Tips and Tricks
Dr. Leeor Sommer, who runs ENT hands-on workshops, and Dr. Maria Ivankovic, lecturer extraordinaire on ENT emergencies, discuss ENT Emergencies Pearls, Pitfalls, Tips & Tricks
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Alcohol Withdrawal: Pearls and Pitfalls
Alcohol use is extremely widespread throughout developed countries. It is estimated that 8 million people in the US are alcohol dependent. Approximately 20% of men and 10% of women will at some point in their lives have an alcohol-use disorder. About half of people with alcohol-use disorders will have symptoms of withdrawal when they cut down or stop their alcohol consumption. Extreme complications, including seizures and/or delirium tremens, will occur in 3-5% of these people.
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