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How should you manage chloramphenicol toxicity?

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    The Patient Experience: Why Is It Important? Why Do We Hate It So Much? What Can We Do To Improve?

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    I HAVE BECOME INFATUATED WITH THE PATIENT CARE EXPERIENCE. I believe the term “patient care experience” is a more inclusive term that describes our technical expertise while also including everything else, such as communication, department ambience, throughput, and the behavior of everyone a patient comes into contact with while in
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    I’ve got a pulse… now what? – Post-Arrest Care in the Acute Setting

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    “I’ve got a pulse,” you hear the nurse shout. Finally, a sigh of relief comes over the crowded resuscitation room and you take a moment to reflect on what just happened... but, your work is just now about to truly begin. It is up to you to determine why the
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    Foot Injuries in the Emergency Department

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    Everything you ever wanted to know about foot injuries in the emergency department
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    EM Mindset: Reuben Strayer – 8 Responsibilities of the EM Doc

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    Continuing with our EM Mindset series, here is refreshing piece by Dr. Strayer to kick off Monday. Learn the eight discrete responsibilities of the emergency doc. Enjoy!
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    Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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    Author: Zach Radwine, MD (EM Resident Physician, University of Illinois College of Medicine – Peoria) // Editors: Jennifer Robertson, MD, Lewis Nelson, MD and Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) Featured on the LITFL Review #180 – Thanks to Joe-Anthony Rotella and the LITFL Review group for the shout out! Introduction Carbon

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    Pediatric SHOCK Index

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    Originally published at Pediatric EM Morsels on March 6, 2015. Reposted with permission. Follow Dr. Sean M. Fox on twitter @PedEMMorsels Fortunately, the critically ill child is not as common in the Emergency Department as the critically ill adult. Unfortunately, when the critically ill child does arrive, it can be

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    Multiple sclerosis

    Immune-mediated, demyelinating disease, separated in time and space, females > males

     

    Presents with exacerbations, med complications, or some other condition (most common)

     

    New neuro symptom = true exacerbation -> steroids

     

    Worsening of prior neuro symptoms = pseudoexacerbation -> find and treat underlying trigger (infection)

     

    Avoid fever; worsens symptoms

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