- Dec 1st, 2016
- Dorian Alexander
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- Nov 25th, 2016
- Erica Simon
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- Nov 18th, 2016
- Kristen E. Fontes
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- Oct 25th, 2016
- Wes Trueblood
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- Oct 16th, 2016
- Jennifer Robertson
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Patients with chronic liver disease typically have elevated INRs and thromocytopenia. Thus, clinicians may believe that blood clots are not possible in this patient group. This is a brief review of hemostasis in liver disease and why blood clots can occur even with low platelet counts and elevated INRs.
- Oct 11th, 2016
- Kylie Birnbaum
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Intubation is an important intervention in the ED. We see a critical or impending airway problem and we secure the airway with intubation--very satisfying! Yet our job does not stop there. In addition to maintaining an appropriate ventilation strategy after intubation, it is crucial that we use appr...
- Oct 4th, 2016
- Laryssa Patti
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- Sep 29th, 2016
- Jamie Linker
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Deliveries that occur in the emergency department are high-risk and high-stress situations. ED OB patients often have little or no prenatal care, and ED births have a higher perinatal mortality. The emergency provider needs to expect the unexpected, including precipitous delivery, shoulder dystocia,...