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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The child with seizure disorder and chest pain: anti-epileptics Some anti-epileptic agents, such as carbamazepine, promote a poor lipid profile, leading to atherosclerosis and early MI. Repeated use causes multiple psychiatric, personality, and neurologic changes. 2007; 2:2-11. 2007; 5(3):172-176. Congenit Heart Dis.

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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

First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. 2007 Oct; 33(3): 233–239. Patients with trauma, alcohol, or drug-associated loss of consciousness and definite seizures were excluded. 2) Boston syncope rule: J Emerg Med.

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Serotonin Syndrome & NMS

Taming the SRU

Potential complications include dysrhythmias, respiratory failure, DIC, seizures, and hepatic failure. Acta Psychiatr Scand. Crit Care 11, R4 (2007). mg/kg initially followed by 1mg/kg q6hrs Disposition NMS can be very severe and usually requires ICU level care. 2020 Sep;142(3):233-241. doi: 10.1111/acps.13215. Epub 2020 Aug 2.