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ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

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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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SGEM#264: Hooked On A Feeling? Opioid Use and Misuse Three Months After Emergency Department Visit for Acute Pain

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Opioid Use and Misuse Three Months After Emergency Department Visit for Acute Pain. AEM August 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Opioid Use and Misuse Three Months After Emergency Department Visit for Acute Pain.

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SGEM#362: Screen Time – Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You – But Should I Post-Concussion?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

She is an emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital and a Clinician Scientist and the Deputy Director of the Schwartz-Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute. Case: An 18-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) after falling off a moving snowmobile and hitting her head on the ground.

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Mastering Minor Care: Dog Bites

Taming the SRU

Although not every person seeks health care for these injuries, the majority of those that do end up in the emergency department. In 2008, this led to greater than 316,000 emergency department (ED) visits and about 9,500 hospitalizations [1]. Annals of Emergency Medicine. In the United States, approximately 4.5

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SGEM#266: Old Man Take a Look at the Canadian CT Head Rule I’m a Lot Like You Were

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

She is interested in social determinants of health in the emergency department and health policy. Dr. Ian Holley is also a PGY-3 resident in Emergency Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. He is interested in ultrasound and international emergency medicine.

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SGEM#331: Should Patients with a Concussion be told to Walk this Way!

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Westafer serves as the Social Media Editor and a research methodology editor for Annals of Emergency Medicine and an Associate Editor for the NEJM Journal Watch Emergency Medicine. A randomized trial comparing prescribed light exercise to standard management for emergency department patients with acute mild traumatic brain injury.

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Case Report: Toxic Hypoglycemic Syndrome

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An 18-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Franco is an emergency medicine attending physician at St. Ackee fruit poisoning: an outbreak investigation in Haiti 2000–2001, and review of the literature. Am J Trop Med Hyg. Clin Toxicol.