Taming the SRU

APRIL 14, 2024

This revealed that ultrasound can improve the ability to reduce an incarcerated inguinal hernia and may decrease the rate of emergency surgery. (1) 1) Table 1 - Study Protocol Table 2 - Results Conclusion Hernias are often encountered in the emergency department as an acute or non-acute finding. 4, 1 July 2009, p. 7638, 31 Jan.

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Mind The Bleep

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Figure 2 – Teardrop sign (Cobb et al 2008) Key aspects of management: CT scan Specialist input may include surgery, steroids, antibiotics, nasal decongestants and ice packs. 37(9):787-93 Cobb, Murthy, Saiet et al (2008) The tear-drop sign: a trap door for the unwary? May involve facial bones. Curr Eye Res. UpToDate. <

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 8, 2024

Dr Bourke’s work is not only about deepening academic understanding but also about forging practical approaches to help healthcare professionals navigate the nuanced and often uncertain waters of adolescent care in emergency settings. Recent studies have indicated a significant rise in mental health disorders among young people.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 16, 2022

Case: A 55-year-old man comes into the emergency department (ED) for increasing knee pain and decrease in function. Background: Musculoskeletal complaints are one of the most common presentations to emergency departments. JAMA Feb 2009 looked at the ACC/AHA guidelines from 1984 to 2008.

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EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

This month, we are sticking in the abdomen for another round of evidence-based medicine, focusing on Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery. From the 80’s to 2008, the worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly doubled! I hope everybody enjoyed a fantastic conference. million adults!!

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

2 Laboratory assays for DEG are not widely available and have long turn-around-times, thus have limited utility in diagnosis in the emergency department. Fatal Poisoning Among Young Children from Diethylene Glycol-Contaminated Acetaminophen — Nigeria, 2008—2009”. References: Abubukar et al. Schier, Capt.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

aureus infections among patients in the emergency department. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Department. Emerg Med Clin North Am. Published 2008 Sep 19. 2008) ISBN:0521871123. Managing a Cutaneous Abscess in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. N Engl J Med.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 17, 2021

Anthony Crocco is the Deputy Chief – McMaster Department of Pediatrics, Acting Head of Pediatric Cardiology, and creator of Sketchy EBM. JAMA Nov 2020 Case: A four-year-old girl with a known history of asthma presents to your emergency department (ED) after a one-day history of runny nose and cough. Reference: Schuh et al.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2018

Pediatric Hypertensive Emergencies. Pediatric Hypertension in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2008; 51(3):21-24. Blood pressure measurements on children in the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Australasia. Open Access Emergency Medicine. References Baracco R et al.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MARCH 1, 2018

Pediatric Opthalmology in the Emergency Department. 2008; 26: 181-198. The infant with acute, unexplained, excessive crying. Pediatrics. 1991; 88 (3): 450-5. Prentiss KA, Dorfman DH. Shope TR, Rieg TS, Kathiria NN. Corneal abrasions in young infants. Pediatrics. 2010 Mar;125(3):e565-9. Epub 2010 Feb 8.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

The remainder of his Emergency Department stay was uneventful. Here is the clinical informaton on ECG 2: A man in his 50s presented to the Emergency Department with acute chest pain that started within the past few hours. de Winter et al in N Engl J Med 359:2071-2073, 2008. He had no symptoms of ACS. See text ).

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Taming the SRU

MARCH 14, 2023

Case 1 Fussy 1 month old A 1-month-old (ex-34 week premature) infant comes to your emergency department for fussiness. Case 2 19 year old seizure A 19-year-old male is brought into your emergency department via EMS for witnessed seizure-like activity. Pediatr Emerg Care. He appears well and is triaged to an ESI 4.

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Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

These patients may be discharged with close outpatient follow-up, and should be instructed to return to the Emergency Department if they develop worsening and/or spreading pain and swelling, as this may be indicative of an infectious process. 2008 Sep;122(3):105e-117e. Antibiotics are not indicated [7, 8]. Plast Reconstr Surg.

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Taming the SRU

JANUARY 29, 2024

She was concerned that this was not improving and decided to come to the emergency department (ED). Hospital Course The patient was initiated on a therapeutic heparin drip in the emergency department with vascular surgery consultation. 2008 Aug;6(8):1262-6. Epub 2008 May 15. Epub 2020 Nov 25.

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PHEM Cast

MARCH 3, 2019

Emergency Medicine Journal. Ketamine-propofol combination (ketofol) versus propofol alone for emergency department procedural sedation and analgesia: a randomized double-blind trial. Ann Emerg Med. Emerg Med J. Ketamine for paediatric sedation/analgesia in the emergency department. Emerg Med J.

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EMDocs

JULY 25, 2024

Literature-based Recommendations for Suicide Assessment in the Emergency Department: A Review. The post Medical Malpractice Insights: The challenge of suicide evaluation in the ED appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. Assessment of Patients’ Competence to Consent to Treatment. Applebaum PS. Oct 04, 2012.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2019

Impact of a Two-step Emergency Department Triage Model with START, then CTAS, on Patient Flow During a Simulated Mass-casualty Incident. 1) 2008, pp S25-S34. Explaining implementation behaviour of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). 2015 Apr;39(2):362-88. doi: 10.1111/disa.12103. Lee JS, Franc JM.

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Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

A pediatric emergency department in Texas looked at the resulted of their routine suicide risk screenings for patients aged 11-21. Suicide ideation and attempts in a pediatric emergency department before and during COVID-19. 2008 Dec;23(12):1231-8. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(1):e2034261. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34261

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 2, 2022

Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. His father had a minor heart attack at the age of 63.

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ACEP Now

JANUARY 9, 2024

A 3-year-old male was brought to the emergency department (ED) by his mother, who reported the sudden onset of a rash (hives) covering his entire body, with no rash on his palms and soles. The next day, the patient’s mother was called to come to the emergency department with the patient due to abnormal labs. Adv Pediatr.

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ACEP Now

DECEMBER 10, 2023

A middle-aged male with squamous cell carcinoma and extensive metastases is brought to the emergency department (ED) after being found unresponsive following a believed suicide attempt (SA) by methadone ingestion. Am J Emerg Med. 2008 Sep;34(9):e4. Emerg Med Australas. 2020;38(3):571-581. Sontheimer, D.

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PHEM Cast

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Emergency thoracotomy in thoracic trauma: a review. Emergency Department thoracotomy for the critically injured patient: Objectives, indications, and outcomes. World Journal of Emergency Surgery; 2006: 1:4. Survival after Emergency Department thoracotomy: review of published data for last 25 years.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 27, 2018

Peripheral Intravenous Cannula Insertion and Use in the Emergency Department: An Intervention Study. AEM Jan 2018 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 3, 2021

Stroke 2021 Case: A 74-year-old man presents to the emergency department after waking up with left sided weakness. Those were ECASS-3 in 2008 and the NINDS trial from 1995. MRI-guided thrombolysis (0.6 mg/kg) was beneficial for unknown onset stroke above a certain core size. THAWS RCT Substudy.

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ACEP Now

MAY 3, 2023

is a bit like emergency medicine, she says: “Every day is different with a different set of circumstances and range of problems to be solved.” When she took the role in 2008, it was a newly created job tasked with expanding AARP’s approach to making health products and services available to its members from third party companies.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Case: 64-year-old male presents to your emergency department with worsening abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and anorexia for the past week. Over the course of his emergency department stay he has escalating vasopressor requirements. He writes an excellent blog called EM Nerd , which he describes as nihilistic ramblings.

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Taming the SRU

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ann Emerg Med. Intraosseous vascular access in adults using the EZ-IO in an emergency department. Int J Emerg Med. J Emerg Med. Am J Emerg Med. 2008 Jan;26(1):31–8. 2020 Aug;76(2):134–42. Ngo AS-Y, Oh JJ, Chen Y, Yong D, Ong MEH. 2009 Sep 11;2(3):155–60. Luck RP, Haines C, Mull CC. Li Y, editor.

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EMDocs

MAY 11, 2024

Available from: [link] American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policies Subcommittee (Writing Committee) on Use of Intravenous tPA for Ischemic Stroke:; Brown MD, Burton JH, Nazarian DJ, Promes SB. Ann Emerg Med. Erratum in: Ann Emerg Med. 2015 Sep;66(3):322-333.e31. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.06.031. 2015.06.031.

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EMDocs

APRIL 13, 2024

A 21-year-old man presents to the emergency department for pain and swelling in his ear beginning 3 days ago. In: Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Procedures, 2nd edition, King C, Henretig FM (Eds), Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2008. Prophylactic antibiotics are recommended. External ear procedures.

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

While some issues are handled locally, many issues cannot be solved in our emergency department or hospital. As a community “pit doctor,” I believe I have a good understanding of the needs of emergency physicians. We must have a community of like-minded individuals working towards shared goals.

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Taming the SRU

JULY 21, 2023

Eye Pathology Now let’s dive back into some common eye disease processes you may see on a typical day in the emergency department. Knowing these spaces can be helpful when differentiating peri-orbital vs orbital cellulitis. patients should follow up with ophthalmology within a few days. Accessed April 15, 2022. Microbial Keratitis.;

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For example, a model that assesses patients presenting to an emergency department with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) was designed so that patients with ACS wrongly labelled as “low risk” and sent home would be just 1% (false negatives) [8]. 2008 Feb;117(6):743-53. Circulation.

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Northwestern EM Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Written by: Tommy Ng, MD (NUEM ‘24) Edited by: Patricia Bigach, MD (NUEM ‘22) Expert review by : Terese Whipple, MD '20 So your kid won’t walk One of the most common complaints in a pediatric Emergency Department is a child refusing or inability to ambulate. 2008 Jul;90(7):940-5. Acta Orthop. 2017;88(1):96-100. 90B7.20691.

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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. 2008 Mar;28(3):370-2.

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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. Available at: [link] Stapleton, L. The Complexities of Paediatric Social Admissions (Unpublished Dissertation). School of Social Work & Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin. Caitlin, A.

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Taming the SRU

DECEMBER 11, 2023

1,2] Patients at risk for suicide often interact with emergency medical care. Suicide-related behavior (SRB) accounts for 1% of all Emergency Department (ED) visits; additionally, greater than 8% of patients visiting emergency departments are likely experiencing suicidal ideation at the time of the encounter.[3-5]

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Pediatric EM Morsels

APRIL 19, 2024

Trauma season is at hand and like all other pediatric emergency departments in the country, we find our ED breaking ( pun intended ) at the seams with orthopedic injuries. We see all different flavors of upper extremity injuries. West, 2005. Plint, 2006.

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