Northwestern EM Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

2006): 576-579. While most of the immediate complications of tracheostomy will occur in the ICU, these patients still frequent our emergency department with and without tracheostomy related emergencies. ENT and airways in the emergency department: national survey of junior doctors’ knowledge and skills.

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EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Jeff: Welcome back to Emplify, the podcast corollary to EB Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice. I’m Jeff Nusbaum, and I’m back with my co-host, Nachi Gupta and we’ll be taking you through the September 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake envenomations.

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EB Medicine

MAY 3, 2019

This month, we’re moving into uncharted territories for the podcast… we’re talking psychiatry Nachi: Specifically, we’ll be discussing Depressed and Suicidal Patients in the emergency department. The PSS-3 assesses for depression/hopelessness and suicidal ideations in the past 2 weeks as well as lifetime history of suicide attempt.

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Emergency Department Psychiatric Documentation/Coding Outcomes 40

PHEM Cast

MARCH 17, 2016

video cast from Emergency Medicine colleagues in the States discussing and demonstrating techniques for optimal bag-valve-mask ventilation. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Preoxygenation, reoxygenation, and delayed sequence intubation in the Emergency Department. The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2006: 30(1); 63-67.

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Taming the SRU

JULY 24, 2023

THE CASE A male in his 60s presented to the emergency department for right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Risk factors associated with increased risk of acute perforated cholecystitis include age greater than 65 years old, as well as diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, or organ failure (1, 2). 2006 Dec 28;12(48):7832-6.

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

JULY 17, 2021

Background Renal colic is a commonly encountered diagnosis in the emergency department that is known to cause significant pain. Comparison of intravenous ketorolac at three doses for treating renal colic in the emergency department: A noninferiority randomized controlled trial. Acad Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The patient was transported by EMS to the emergency department, where the ECG was interpreted as showing VT ( V entricular T achycardia ). Nevertheless, this recommendation is still based on the papers published before 2006." Smith's ECG Blog for review on the Cabrera Format ). Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. (

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Written by Willy Frick A man in his 50s with a history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and prior inferior OMI status post DES to his proximal RCA 3 years prior presented to the emergency department at around 3 AM complaining of chest pain onset around 9 PM the evening prior. Grines, C. Stuckey, T., Tcheng, J.

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RebelEM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Multicenter study of emergency department visits for insect sting allergies. Multicenter study of emergency department visits for food allergies. 2006) “Management of acute allergic reactions and anaphylaxis in the Emergency Department between 1993-2003,” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , 117(2).

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

DECEMBER 1, 2016

If the otherwise healthy child one month and older is: Euvolemic Not hypoxic Well appearing He can likely go home. The short answer is that the American Academy of Pediatrics, the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, as well as the Canadian Pediatric Society currently recommend against them. 2006 Oct;118(4):1774-93.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

This was a male in his 50's with a history of hypertension and possible diabetes mellitus who presented to the emergency department with a history of squeezing chest pain, lasting 5 minutes at a time, with several episodes over the past couple of months. Eur Heart J 2001;22:1997–2006. Gottlieb SO, et al. Jernberg T, et al.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The promise is that well-constructed and validated prediction models will lead to diseases being diagnosed earlier and treatment for the right patients, in the right place, at the right time. In some cases, models that appear to perform well may pose risks to patients if used to make clinical decisions. 2006 Apr;332(7550):1127-9.

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EMDocs

APRIL 22, 2024

4 In an emergency department (ED) presentation of cardiac arrest, the diagnosis of PE is challenging without the use of CT angiography. Point-of-Care-Ultrasound (POCUS) is a bedside modality that can assist Emergency Physicians (EPs) in differentiating PE from other causes of cardiac arrest. 4, 2006, pp. Chest , vol.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2016

Consider surgical causes of forceful vomiting, especially if the child does not look anything other than well. 2006; 26(5):1485-500. 2006 Apr;7(2):75-80. Accuracy of a screening instrument to identify potential child abuse in emergency departments. Radiographics. Glaser NS, Wootton-Gorges SL, Buonocore MH et al.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2016

Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) In adults, we typically think of a BNP Luckily, we have data in children with congenital heart disease as well. used BNP in the emergency department to differentiate heart failure from respiratory causes in infants and children with heart failure and those with no past medical history. Pediatrics.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

AUGUST 1, 2017

One of our largest responsibilities in the Emergency Department is sorting out benign from surgical or medical causes of abdominal pain. Abdominal Surgical Emergencies in Children: A Relative Timeline General Advice Neonate (birth to one month) Necrotizing Enterocolitis Pneumatosis Intestinalis. 2006; 26:1485-1500.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 19, 2024

Becasue paediatric emergency departments are accessible out-of-hours they become the de facto place of safety with access to immediate support. Just 20% of a person’s health and general well-being is related to access to care and the quality of services. More ACEs can lead to increased rates of common childhood illnesses.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The promise is that well-constructed and validated prediction models will lead to diseases being diagnosed earlier and treatment for the right patients, in the right place, at the right time. In some cases, models that appear to perform well may pose risks to patients if used to make clinical decisions. 2006 Apr;332(7550):1127-9.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

If you think your patient is the perpetrator, he may well be an innocent, or even an off-duty or undercover officer. Ballistic injuries in the emergency department. Emergency medicine practice, 13(12), 1-30. Do not compromise your care. PMID: 24350154 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3860682 Tactical Combat Casualty Care (ppt) Dan S.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

True Syncope: If, on the other hand, the patient is well, had no other serious symptoms , has a normal sinus rhythm, and normal physical exam , then you need to be certain the syncope was not due to a dangerous brady- or tachydysrhythmia that could recur. The ROSE (Risk Stratification of syncope in the emergency department) Study.

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RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

The loss of these cells leads to immunosuppression as well as decreased responsiveness of the immune system as a whole Patients with neutropenia will not only get very sick very quickly, but also will have blunted immune response and may not localize signs of infection well Fever or malaise may be their only presenting symptoms.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2024

Takotsubo syndrome is often exceedingly difficult to distinguish from acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department, as there is significant overlap in many clinical and diagnostic features. 2006 Jul;27(13):1523-9. Vital signs show T of 99.0°F Troponin and B – type natriuretic peptide are often elevated.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Tachycardia, tachypnea, and a change in behavior can be indicators not only to the presence of pain, but possibly to its etiology as well. For children greater than one year who are preverbal, a well performing scale is the FLACC score: Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability ( Table 3 ).

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MAY 27, 2015

An ambulance pulls up, in haste, to the Receiving door of the Emergency Department with a last squeal of the siren. Thereafter, “siege warfare” conditions prevail, and no one does very well with that, as in Mumbai, Waco , etc. Updated: January 1, 2006). but welcoming nonetheless. Miri Halperin. (27/10/2013).

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EMDocs

JUNE 27, 2024

His medical history is significant for three prior admissions for vaso-occlusive crises that have responded well to appropriate therapy, including pain control with NSAIDs and opioids, blood transfusions, antibiotics, and intravenous (IV) crystalloids. 2006 Jul;134(1):109-15. 2006 Dec 13;2(91):2852-7. C or 100.4 mg/kg, max 0.4

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

She denies any trauma, swelling, or redness in the joints, as well as fever or weight loss. The Treatment of Acute Pain in the Emergency Department: A White Paper Position Statement Prepared for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. J Emerg Med. Acad Emerg Med. J Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med.

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Taming the SRU

JUNE 12, 2023

Although not every person seeks health care for these injuries, the majority of those that do end up in the emergency department. In 2008, this led to greater than 316,000 emergency department (ED) visits and about 9,500 hospitalizations [1]. In 2006, only 79 dogs were found to have rabies in the United States [14].

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RebelEM

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Whereas the 2006-2019 Model Development Data set was randomly split 9:1 into a training set and an internal validation set. AUPRC, on the other hand, focuses specifically on the positive class (STEMI) and is more sensitive to how well the model balances precision (avoiding false positives) and recall (catching all true positives).

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

SCD, therefore, is not only a mechanical disease but there are also many other cellular and plasma factors as well as endothelial interaction that generate chronic inflammation. It has been routine practice in the UK since 2006. In addition, free haem and haemoglobin contribute to the vascular damage. How would you treat priapism?

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

1,2 For hypervolemia in heart failure patients, orthopnea >2 pillows is the most reliable clinical finding, 3,4 though an increase in peripheral edema and increased weight can be useful as well. 6-8 In patients who are on long-term hemodialysis, typical non-invasive signs of volume assessment seem to be unreliable as well.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

You are working in the paediatric emergency department of a busy District General Hospital. These centres have a close relationship with their patients, but this does not mean they may not turn up at your emergency department! How does your differential diagnosis change? What about your diagnostic workup? Helenius, I.,

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

volvulus as well as improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of this morbid disease. This article aims to create emergency clinician awareness of onchocerciasis as a potential cause of visual and dermatologic complaints and will highlight appropriate diagnosis and management strategies. 7 Approximately 14.6 volvulus life cycle.

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