BNP (Brain Natriuretic Peptide) is a commonly used biomarker for detecting heart failure in the emergency department. It’s levels can be affected by various extraneous factors such as obesity and renal failure. This article reviews the potential uses of BNP, including its pros and cons, in the emergency department.
BNP Level in the Emergency Department: Does it Change Management? Read More »
The pregnant patient with nausea and vomiting is something most providers want to avoid. A wide range of conditions can cause these symptoms in the pregnant patient, and these conditions can range from the benign morning sickness to life-threatening preeclampsia and acute fatty liver of pregnancy. What can you do to manage these patients while diagnosing severe disease?
Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy: EM management Read More »
What do you think of with the patient presenting with fever, headache, and focal neurologic signs? Meningitis? Encephalitis? What about brain abscess? This post is filled with pearls and pitfalls on the pathogenesis, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of brain abscess.
Brain Abscess: Pearls and Pitfalls Read More »
Common postpartum emergencies include hemorrhage, infections, hypertension, preeclampsia/eclampsia, and headache. HELLP and peripartum cardiomyopathy are rare postpartum complications. This article reviews the presentation of these emergencies and how they are properly diagnosed and managed in the emergency department.
Postpartum (within 1st month) Emergencies and their Management Read More »
Having difficulty deciding between procedural sedation agents in your pediatric patients? Read on: we provide a focused review of commonly utilized medications, with tips and tricks on how to cater your personal sedation practice to the clinical scenario.
Pediatric Procedural Sedation: What are your options? Read More »
DAH is a medical emergency characterized by bleeding of pulmonary microvasculature into the alveoli. Symptoms are non-specific and clinicians should keep a high clinical suspicion for the disorder. Protecting the airway takes precedence. Immunosuppressive medications are the mainstay of medical therapy.
Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in the ED: Pearls & Pitfalls Read More »
Is it possible to teach in the ED? What about all of the critically ill patients and full waiting room? It is possible to balance great education and patient care: this post contains keys to success for teaching in the busy ED.
Teaching When There is No Time Read More »
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a disease process associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The benefits of thrombolytics for massive PE has been established in the literature. But what does the evidence say about the use of thrombolytics for submassive PE? What are the current guidelines and recommendations? As emergency physicians how should we apply the current evidence for the use of thrombolytics in submassive PE?
Controversies of Thrombolytics for Pulmonary Embolism Read More »
Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) has come to the forefront of emergency medicine, critical care, and resuscitation literature. Why does this condition occur, how is it diagnosed, and what can you do if you suspect ACS? This post provides a comprehensive review of ACS.
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: When Should It Be On Your Differential? Read More »
Does your ED have an observation unit? Thinking of creating one? What patients are appropriate for the obs unit? This post is filled with pearls and pitfalls for observation unit use for the ED.
Can this patient go to the observation unit? Read More »
