The Patient Acutely Can’t Walk: Pearls and Pitfalls
What should you consider with the patient who can’t walk?
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EM Thinker #2
Welcome back to the EM Thinker series, which gives you practical considerations for the ED.
Complications of ERCP: ED presentations, evaluation, and management
What kind of complications can occur after an ERCP? This post from Tim Montrief provides you with what you should consider.
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EM@3AM: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
32-year-old male presents to the ED with vomiting and abdominal cramping. He has Crohn’s disease and has been poorly compliant with his medications. His current episode began as right lower abdominal pain 1 week ago with several episodes of watery diarrhea daily. He developed diffuse cramping, nausea and vomiting 2 days ago and has been unable to tolerate oral intake. He has not passed stool or flatus in 2 days. His abdomen is distended with hyperactive, high-pitched bowel sounds, increased tympany to percussion, and diffuse mild tenderness to palpation without rebound or guarding. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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Medical Malpractice Insights: Bounceback Babies
This month’s Medical Malpractice Insights looks at a difficult case of multiple ED visits in a pediatric patient and the importance of documented medical decision making and return precautions.
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The EM Thinker #1
emDocs brings you the EM Thinker series, which follows in the footsteps of the EM Mindset and EM Collective Wisdom series.
Emergency Oncology Updates: Can patients with neutropenic fever be discharged?
What? Discharge the patient with neutropenic fever? Yes, this may be an option…
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Journal Feed Weekly Wrap-Up
This week’s Journal Feed brings you measles, atrial fibrillation, a counterpoint on the pelvic exam in the ED, and using the YEARS algorithm in pregnant patients with suspected PE.
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The EM Educator Series: “I either got stabbed or shot in my neck”
This edition of the EM Educator series looks at penetrating neck trauma and provides some great #FOAMed resources.
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ECG Pointers: ICDs and when they malfunction
How do you evaluate the ECG in the patient with an ICD? This post in the ECG Pointers series gives you what you need to know.
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