RebelEM

JANUARY 24, 2024

Schedule follow up with orthopedics within 1 week for discussion of operative management vs early rehab protocols. 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.

Operations 101

Operations Ultrasounds Fractures Outcomes 101

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 23, 2023

At this point, the patient is taken to the operating room for a diagnostic laparoscopy. Discrimination between an IUP and an interstitial pregnancy is critical as interstitial pregnancies can have devastating outcomes. She was taken to the operating room and found to have a right tubal ectopic pregnancy with a pseudogestational sac.

Ultrasounds 98

Ultrasounds Operations Radiology Radiology 98

EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Still, there are those that believe that FPS is more of a physician-centered endpoint that does not fully reflect important patient-centric outcomes (16). Improved Visualization: Video laryngoscopes allow for the use of standard or hyperangulated geometry, essentially allowing the operator to “look around the corner” on an anterior airway.

Emergency Department 92

Emergency Department Soft Tissue Injuries Airway Management Operations 92

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 26, 2023

Claudius et al, Pediatrics 2007 here a US-based study showed that of all admitted patients only 14% had a subsequent clinical course requiring admission. Referring back to Paediatric survivors of out-of hospital VF: etiologies and outcomes, Silka et al, Heart Rhythm 2018, prior to the arrest, 26% of patients had pre-existing cardiac symptoms.

EKG/ECG 98

EKG/ECG Hospitals Shock Documentation/Coding 98

Taming the SRU

MARCH 14, 2023

Ultimately, definitive management is in the operating room with revision or replacement of the VP shunt. Estimated incidence of normal pressure hydrocephalus and shunt outcome in patients residing in assisted-living and extended-care facilities. Lumbar puncture is an option with limited data for success. Lancet Neurol. Neurosurg Focus.

Seizures 52

Seizures Emergency Department Pediatrics Critical Access 52

EB Medicine

JUNE 6, 2019

Nachi: And remember that hypothermic patients who are septic have worse outcomes than those who are hyperthermic and septic. Nachi: A 2007 study suggests that using the Alvarado score along with bedside ultrasound might allow for rapid and inexpensive diagnosis of appendicitis. The max score is therefore 10.

Ultrasounds 40

Ultrasounds Radiology Radiology Sepsis 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This week, NCEPOD (National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcomes and Death) produced a much-anticipated report on how we manage acute testicular torsion in young people. One systematic review of 1283 patients showed that if you got to the operating room within 6 hours, you had a 97% chance of saving the testicle. MacDonald, C.,

Pediatrics 111

Pediatrics Ultrasounds Operations Hospitals 111