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ToxCard: Bupropion

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Bupropion lowers the seizure threshold and even at therapeutic doses patients can have seizures. 6 Severe toxicity: Seizures: It is unclear if seizures are caused by bupropion or the active metabolite, hydroxybupropion. 3 Seizures are dose-dependent. 3 Seizures are dose-dependent. EMIT II immunoassay).

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A "normal ECG" on a busy night

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At 3:55 AM during that kind of a night shift, this ECG (among many others) was brought from triage for review by my team. We knew only that the ECG belonged to a man in his 50s with chest pain and normal vitals. Here is the computer interpretation: So we have a triage-computer-normal ECG. No prior available.

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A Relatively Narrow Complex Tachycardia at a Rate of 180.

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Both of these also cause seizures. Here is the history : Male in 40's who had seizures and was unconscious. Suggestions on management: First , examine the ECG very closely for P-waves. The one exception ADDIN EN.CITE McCord 2008 1774 1774 17 McCord, J. due to Na channel blockade. BP 200/100. Pupils dilated. Wells, P.J.

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Unconscious + STEMI criteria: activate the cath lab?

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The patient had a witnessed generalized tonic-clonic seizure leading to GCS 4. In the resuscitation room, the patient had another seizure that stopped after IV Lorazepam. ECG met STEMI criteria and was labeled STEMI by computer interpretation. ECG met STEMI criteria and was labeled STEMI by computer interpretation.

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Pain Management of Common Chief Complaints in the ED

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Pain can be associated with a friction rub on cardiac auscultation, a pericardial effusion on a bedside echocardiogram, or diffuse ST elevations on an EKG. Jan 23 2008;(1):CD000396. Up to two-thirds of rib fractures are missed on initial chest radiographs. This post focuses on pain management for benign headaches. Epub 2017 Feb 14.

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ToxCard: Organic Mercury Poisoning

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Further, organic mercury readily crosses the placenta where it acts as a teratogen leading to a wide range of birth defects including developmental delay, blindness, seizures, and limb malformation. doi: 10.1186/2008-2231-22-46. Rafati-Rahimzadeh M, Rafati-Rahimzadeh M, Kazemi S, Moghadamnia AA. 2014 Jun 2;22(1):46.