2004 Emergency Department Seizures 
Taming the SRU
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The LP is now a standard procedure and in 2010 well over 135,000 LPs were performed in Emergency Departments throughout the US (3). WHO - Who Needs an LP in the ED? Patients with concern for infection (i.e., As may be seen in the table below, there are several themes as well a range of stringency. Tunkel, A. Hartman, B. Kaplan, S.
EMDocs
JANUARY 29, 2024
Introduction: Neurologic emergencies are common in the Emergency Department (ED), and blood pressure management is critical to immediate management. 2004 Feb;35(2):520-6. Epub 2004 Jan 15. 2004 Jun;35(6):1364-7. Epub 2004 Apr 29. His blood pressure (BP) is 220/120 mmHg. Castillo J, et al.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2023
A man in his 60s with a history of severe alcohol use disorder and epidural abscess on long-term ciprofloxacin presented to the emergency department after an episode of syncope while standing in line at a grocery store. Written by Sean Trostel MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, Smith, Grauer, etc. He did not have chest pain.
Pediatric Emergency Playbook
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
The American Academy of Neurology's most recent guidelines, published first in 1994 and revised in 2004. Headache plus… a new seizure. An eleven-year-old girl presents to the ED with new headache, nausea, and vomting in the morning, then had a generalized seizure later that day, and presents with a low GCS. Pediatr Emerg Care.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 8, 2015
First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. The ROSE (Risk Stratification of syncope in the emergency department) Study. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2010; 55:713-721, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2009.09.049
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