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The Infomercial Comes to The Wall Street Journal

Sensible Medicine

“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should make establishing payment codes for products involving women’s heart disease a priority to prompt private insurers to cover new service lines.” assistant secretary of health and human services, 2001-03. ” The authors call for action by federal regulators.

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Does this T wave pattern mean anything?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Macroscopic T-Wave Alternans: A Red Flag for Code Blue. 2001 Nov 27;104(22):2722-7. This 1910 description by Lewis serves well to this day to remind us of the 2 principal clinical situations in which electrical alternans is most often encountered: i ) Supraventricular reentry tachycardias; and , ii ) Pericaradial tamponade.

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Case Report: Toxic Hypoglycemic Syndrome

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4 The association between ackee ingestion and the illness was initially recognized in 1875 and officially documented in 1904. 5 Despite being endemic to Jamaica, cases of THS have been reported across the world, with the first case in the United States documented in 1993. Franco is an emergency medicine attending physician at St.

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Fluoroquinolone Use In Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

None of the patients were documented to have joint disease at follow up. From 2001 to 2009, in a pediatric hospital gram negative culture showed a drop in sensitivity to ciprofloxacin from 96% to 93%. There were 2523 children included. 451 pediatric patients were included. This was similarly seen with levofloxacin.

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ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

EMDocs

ABG and VBG Correlation The correlation between venous and arterial blood gases is well-documented for standard differences (Table 1), and the data obtained from the VBG can be acted on as if it were an ABG (1, 3-6). While ABGs and VBGs usually correlate well, there are a few situations where this correlation is disturbed.

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Episode 32 - Assisting With Air Travel Medical Emergencies: Responsibilities and Pitfalls (Ethics CME)

EB Medicine

Well, with that, let’s get started on our final scheduled episode of EMplify ! Thanks as well to the peer editors, Dr. Knight, and Dr. Hill of the University of Cincinnati. Show More v Jeff: Well, this is a first! Jeff: Just as on the ground, shockable rhythms do well with good BLS care.

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Assume the position … ??Awkward Airway Positions

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Pull out the manikins (or use a volunteer; BVM only) and run some awkward codes! Flexibility of mind and skill bodes well. Wiget, Urs & Torres, Eric. How versatile are your airway skills? Oh, sure, you can handle any supine situations! Gather everyone. Most airway management is done with the patient supine and on a table.