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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Don't Forget the Bubbles

CRPS subtypes Type I absence of significant nerve damage Type II very rare in childhood occurs in the setting of known nerve damage CRPS-NOS (not otherwise specified) only partially meets CRPS criteria not better explained by any other condition Budapest Criteria In 2004, the Budapest Criteria were suggested. Pain Res Manag.

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Treatment Options.

Maria Yang, MD

I’ll say more about compulsory mental health care (also called involuntary psychiatric treatment) and involuntary medications in a separate post. Long time readers (from 2004—close to 20 years ago! So what does this anecdote have to do with involuntary psychiatric treatment? thanks for spending decades with me!)

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Building Healthier Relationships With Gaming

Don't Forget the Bubbles

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have highlighted the need for research into the potential dysregulated aspects of Internet-based gaming. A study by Chiu, Lee, and Huang (2004) found a negative correlation between the amount of time spent on gaming and academic performance. Lynch, P.J.,

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Repeated use causes multiple psychiatric, personality, and neurologic changes. 2004; 90:e17. 2004; 110:e511-e513. 2004; 114(2):255-258. Chacko P et al. 2004; 89:359-362. That, in conjunction with arterial vasospasm and platelet activation, is a recipe for acute MI in the young. African Health Sci. Circulation.

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SGEM#285: And I See Your True Colours Calming You – From your Anxiety

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

The process for medical clearance and psychiatric evaluation can take quite a while, and you notice that this patient seems stressed and anxious. Anxiety disorders are the most common ( Marchesi et al EMJ 2004 ). You wonder if there’s a way to assist them during the prolonged wait without resorting to sedative medication.

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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

Ann Emerg Med 43(2):224; February 2004 San Francisco rule: patients greater than age 75, an abnormal (ECG), hematocrit less than or equal to 30, a complaint of SOB , BP less than 90 , or a history of CHF , was 96% sensitive (95% CI 92-100) and 62% specific (95% CI 58-62). 12) Derivation of San Francisco rule , Quinn JV, Stiell IG.

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Bubble Wrap PLUS – July ’23

Don't Forget the Bubbles

2023 Jun 14;46:8-23 One-year survival and outcomes of infants born at 22 and 23 weeks of gestation in Sweden 2004-2007, 2014-2016 and 2017-2019. 2023 Jun 15 Early puberty paradox: an investigation of anxiety levels of mothers and children, children’s quality of life, and psychiatric diagnoses. Dhondt E, et al. Farooqi A, et al.