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.

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Poisoning Pediatrics Emergency Department Wellness 52

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning. Interrater reliability of Glasgow Coma Scale scores in the emergency department.

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Head Injuries Pediatrics Outcomes Shock 246

Taming the SRU

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In conjunction with the Drug and Poison Information Center (DPIC), intravenous methylene blue was initiated for suspected methemoglobinemia with moderate improvement of her symptoms over the next hour, including return of baseline mental status and resolution of hypoxia. Despite supplemental oxygen, she remained hypoxic. of deaths worldwide.[1]

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In mass poisoning cases, DEG has been substituted as a solvent in oral medications and in topical medicinal products. 4 Despite the policy changes in the United States, epidemic poisonings involving DEG continue to impact adults and children on a global scale with 14 mass poisonings occurring since the Sulfanilamide Disaster.

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EB Medicine

MAY 3, 2019

This month, we’re moving into uncharted territories for the podcast… we’re talking psychiatry Nachi: Specifically, we’ll be discussing Depressed and Suicidal Patients in the emergency department. Routine serum testing and urine toxicology testing are not recommended for psychiatric patients presenting to the emergency department.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 4, 2024

6,15 Discuss cases of overdose, including pediatric exploratory ingestions, with a medical toxicologist or your local poison center. Case Follow-up: The patient required a dose of lorazepam in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Apr;51(4):412-5, 415.e1. Accessed 12/18/2022. Clin Toxicol (Phila).

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Seizures EKG/ECG Poisoning Shock 66

EB Medicine

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This month, we’re tackling an incredibly important topic - evaluation and management of life threatening headaches in the Emergency Department. Jeff: Do consider adding on a venous or arterial carboxyhemoglobin in the right clinical scenario, as CO poisoning represents an important cause of headache you wouldn’t want to miss.

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