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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

" [Coroners Society] King Richard I (the Lionheart) needed vast sums of money for the Third Crusade, operation of the kingdom, and for his ransom fro m Duke Leopold of Austria. This includes subdural hematomas, comas, paraplegia, quadriplegia, fractures and seizure disorders, regardless of the time interval between the injury and death.

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The child with seizure disorder and chest pain: anti-epileptics Some anti-epileptic agents, such as carbamazepine, promote a poor lipid profile, leading to atherosclerosis and early MI. Fontan Operation and the Single Ventricle. 2003; 18(2):150-151. References Congenital AboulHosn JA et al. Congenit Heart Dis. 2007; 2:2-11.

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Sickle Cell Disease Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Afro-Caribbean patients should be screened for sickle cell before anaesthesia for possible pre-operative transfusion. Do not use pethidine since it can cause seizures and CNS hyperexcitability. 2003; 5: 229–240. In these cases, repeat the Hb electrophoresis three months after the last blood transfusion. Stinson J, Naser B.

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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. Academic Emergency Medicine, 2003 Volume 10, Number 5 539-540. Eur Heart J 2003 May; 24:811-19. Predictors of arrhythmias were abnormal ECG (odds ratio [OR]: 8.1,