Pediatric EM Morsels

APRIL 19, 2024

Yes, we’re talking about your clavicular , proximal humeral, supracondylar, lateral condylar , scaphoid and metacarpal fractures. Today, we want to focus on a couple of our good friends, buckle and greenstick forearm fractures. Plint, 2006. West, 2005.

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Fractures Pediatrics Best Practices Outcomes 290

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Ben has a possible skull fracture and has been intubated, but his oxygen requirement is minimal. A retrospective cohort analysis of the ED portion of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 2006 to 2009 in the US revealed that less than one-half of patients undergoing ETI in the ED received sedative drugs while in the ED.

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Airway Management Emergency Department Resuscitation Psychiatric 135

RebelEM

JANUARY 24, 2024

Wallace 2011 ) If addressed early and appropriately, most patients have good self-reported long-term outcomes regardless of the treatment modality Links Orthobullets: Achilles Tendon Rupture Resources: Sheth U et al. Foot Ankle Int 2006; 27(4): 305-13. Bone Joint J. 2017; 99-B(1): 78-86. PMID: 28053261 Chiodo CP, Wilson MG. Sports Med.

Operations 101

Operations Ultrasounds Fractures Outcomes 101

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 8, 2023

This is something that has only happened once since 2006 ( Ottawa Citizen March 28, 2023 ) The study referred to in the editorial looks at the experience in Denmark with a reconfiguration of their emergency healthcare services ( Flojstrup et al 2023 ). It was a stepped-wedge reconfiguration of the entire Danish emergency healthcare system.

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Stroke Emergency Department COPD Academics 57

Pediatric Education

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Discussion The main outcome of any delivery is to have a healthy mother and healthy child. Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn: a systematic evaluation of risk factors, clinical manifestations, complications and outcome of 16 children. The radiologic evaluation confirmed that these were subcutaneous fat necrosis. Br J Dermatol.

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Radiology Radiology Fractures Pediatrics 52

Taming the SRU

JANUARY 29, 2024

Notable Diagnostics CBC : unremarkable, BMP : unremarkable X-ray imaging of the left hand, wrist, and forearm: chronic degenerative changes without acute fracture or bony abnormality. Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens in the Upper Extremity: A Case Report and Systematic Review and Outcomes Analysis. 2006 Apr;17(3):225-6. Ann Plast Surg.

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Emergency Department Fractures Hospitals Operations 94

Cook County EM Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

X-rays showed radiopaque foreign bodies confined to the distal thumb without fracture. 2006 Jul;20(7):503-11. Latex paint-gun injuries of the hand: are the outcomes better? There were no signs of infection, compartment syndrome, tissue necrosis, or limb ischemia. Epub 2008 Feb 2. PMID: 18427921; PMCID: PMC2291478. Hand (N Y).

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