ECG Pointers: Long Intervals and Squiggly Lines
Dr. Tannenbaum returns with a case of prolonged QT and a dangerous arrhythmia.
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Premedication to Prevent Contrast Reactions: Myths and Pearls in the ED
What’s the evidence behind premedication for contrast reactions? This post from Kevin Molyneux and Jenny Beck-Esmay breaks down the myths.
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EM@3AM: Retrobulbar Hematoma
A 35-year-old male presents with left eye pain and vision loss after an unwitnessed altercation. On exam, there is significant left periorbital edema and ecchymosis; the left eye appears mildly proptotic. He is unable to open the eye unassisted due to swelling and pain. His left eye has conjunctival injection, chemosis, and a dilated pupil, which is non-reactive to direct light but constricts in response to light shone in the contralateral eye. The patient is unable to participate in extraocular testing secondary to pain and distress. Intraocular pressures are 18 on the right, 42 on the left.
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Tox Card: CHANTER Syndrome
Tox Cards returns with CHANTER Syndrome. What do you need to know?
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Journal Feed Wrap-Up
Journal Feed covers prehospital whole blood, crying infants, and sodium bicarbonate for in-hospital cardiac arrest.
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Shift Pearls: Anticoagulation with Heparin in PE
Shift pearls returns with anticoagulation for PE.
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Critical Kids: PRoMPT Bolus
Pediatric emergencies are challenging. The Critical Kids series provides summaries of hot-off-the-press guidelines and evidence to support your decisions at the bedside. Today we cover the PRoMPT trial.
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EM@3AM: Cortical Hand-Knob Stroke Mimicking Peripheral Nerve Injury
A 95-year-old man presents after waking with sudden inability to move the fingers and thumb of his right hand. He can lift his arm, flex and extend his wrist normally, and reports intact sensation. He denies numbness, facial droop, dysarthria, headache, gait disturbance, chest pain, or dyspnea. He has 0/5 strength in finger flexion and extension as well as in the intrinsic hand musculature, with preserved proximal upper extremity strength and intact sensation. He has no other appreciable deficits and normal vital signs. What is the diagnosis?
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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 144: Post Bariatric Surgery Complications Part 1
Today on the emDOCs cast we cover Part 1 on post bariatric surgery complications, with a look at the individual surgeries and an approach.
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Journal Feed Weekly Wrap-Up
Journal Feed covers pediatric seizure treatment, BB and CCB overdose management, and EVT for medium vessel strokes.
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