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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

He is interested in ultrasound and international emergency medicine. He is not on anticoagulation and there is no history of seizures. It was a classic EM paper published in the Lancet back in 2001 by the Legend of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Ian Stiell. There are no other external signs of trauma on your exam.

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

It was peer-reviewed by Joseph Habboushe, assistant professor at NYU and Nadia Maria Shaukat, director of the emergency and critical care ultrasound at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. The rhabdo is believed to be due, in part, to associated seizures, muscle tremors, and agitation.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. 111(3):177-84, 2001 Aug 15. Aortic Dissection, Valvular (especially Aortic Stenosis), Tamponade. Most physicians will automatically be worried about these symptoms. Rajeswaran A.