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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 139: EBM Acute Appendicitis in Adults Part 2

We're back with Part 2 on EBM updates concerning the imaging and management of adult appendicitis.

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    Intimate Partner Violence – An Emergency Department Perspective

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    An update on the emotionally charged and difficult-to-diagnose subject of intimate partner violence. What screening tools are available, and how can ED physicians combat this epidemic?
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    • practice updates

    EM Mindset: Nikita Joshi – An Emergency Medicine State of Mind

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    Continuing with our EM Mindset series, here is piece by Dr. Joshi as she talks about "An Emergency Medicine State of Mind." Enjoy!
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    The Crashing Patient with Cardiac Tamponade: ED Management

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    An update on the deadly condition of cardiac tamponade, with pearls in management and the necessary procedures to save a patient's life.
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    • FOAMED, practice updates

    The Emergency Medicine Approach to Vasculitides

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    A 25 year-old female is suddenly rolled back in a wheelchair into your resuscitation area. As you walk into the room, you see a pale, ashen lady with a diffuse red rash holding an emesis basin between her legs filled with a mixture of sputum and blood. You glance up
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    The Art of Decision Making: Emergency Medicine Style

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    It’s 3pm on a Monday after a holiday. The department is bustling, and you feel like there are patients crammed into every conceivable space. Alarms are going off on patient monitors. You’re in the midst of discussing a case with a resident when a nurse puts an ECG in front
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    Adult Intussusception: Not Like Trix, Not Just for Kids

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    An emergent condition we all learned about for pediatric patients. Except it happens in adults too.
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    Spinal Epidural Abscess

    Risk factors: recurrent vascular access, immunocompromise, spinal instrumentation; don’t forget diabetes and ESRD

    Triad (fever + back pain + neuro deficit) not reliable

     

    Evaluation: incorporate risk factors and exam (fever, neurologic deficit)

     

    Imaging: MRI whole spine with and without contrast; 15% have skip lesions

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