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Blood Pressure Management in Neurologic Emergencies: What Does the Evidence Say?

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This article will discuss blood pressure goals and preferred pharmacotherapy for non-traumatic ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. Ischemic Strokes: Ischemic stroke is characterized by a blockage of a blood vessel in the brain. The BP targets for patients with ischemic strokes depend on the available therapeutic options.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 100: Acute Chest Syndrome Part 1

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Clinical Guide for the Management of Sickle Cell Disease, 2002. Published January 2002. Infectious: bacterial or viral pneumonia ( M. pneumoniae, C. Based on light absorption from blood flow at the sensor site (using HbA, not HbS) Underestimates alveolar hypoxemia. Am J Hematol. 2016;91(12):1185-1190. Br J Haematol.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 101: Acute Chest Syndrome Part 2

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Clinical Guide for the Management of Sickle Cell Disease, 2002. Published January 2002. Infectious: bacterial or viral pneumonia ( M. pneumoniae, C. Based on light absorption from blood flow at the sensor site (using HbA, not HbS). Underestimates alveolar hypoxemia. Am J Hematol. 2016;91(12):1185-1190. Br J Haematol.

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The previously well child now decompensated: undiagnosed thrombophilia Asymptomatic patent foramen ovale (PFO) is the cause of some cases of cryptogenic vascular disease, such as stroke and MI. 2002; 12:411-413. 2002; 78:27-30. 2002; 17:169-172. However, the presence of PFO alone does not connote higher risk.

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EM@3AM: Hyperthermia

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As you attempt to examine the patient, he has a generalized, tonic-clonic seizure. Both can result in heat exhaustion and heat stroke and have many overlapping symptoms. Patients with heat stroke have hot, dry skin and altered mental status (e.g., C, and heat stroke occurs at a core temperature > 40°C.

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CT Angiography Head and Neck: Indications and Limitations

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2 Outcomes of patients presenting with ischemic stroke who received MRI as initial imaging modality have demonstrated similar outcomes to those with initial CTA, with Kim et al. Stroke Authors’ Recommendation: CTA head/neck should be acquired in patients with stroke symptoms presenting within 24 hours of symptom onset.

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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. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of older adults (age ≥60 years) who presented with syncope or near syncope to one of 3 emergency departments (EDs) between 2002 and 2005.