EMDocs

JANUARY 4, 2024

3 Bupropion blocks the reuptake of dopamine and norepinephrine, as well as antagonizes acetylcholine at nicotinic receptors. Bupropion lowers the seizure threshold and even at therapeutic doses patients can have seizures. 6 In one study, almost all patients who went on to develop seizures had tachycardia prior to the seizure.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

AUGUST 2, 2016

All efforts to identify the decedent by hospital staff, law enforcement agencies or social service agencies should be well documented in the medical records. This includes subdural hematomas, comas, paraplegia, quadriplegia, fractures and seizure disorders, regardless of the time interval between the injury and death.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2018

The patient was in his 50s with history of hypertension, diabetes, seizure disorder, and smoking, but no known coronary artery disease. The patient did well at least in the short term. JACC 51(3):307-14; January 22, 2008. EF was 55%. High Lateral OMI: The high lateral wall is often aptly called "electrocardiographically silent."

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The CSF studies return positive for CSF VDRL as well as for CSFfluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption test (FTA-ABS), with 75 WBCs/microL and a CSF protein of 60 mg/dL and elevated opening pressures. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008:P661–83. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) studies are obtained in the recumbent position for opening pressures.

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EMDocs

MARCH 11, 2024

33 In areas without potable tap water or reliable sources of safe water, bottled water should be used for drinking, as well as brushing teeth and washing/preparing food. Among children, hypoglycemia is common and can lead to seizures. If bottled water is unavailable, water should be boiled, filtered, or properly chlorinated/bleached.

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Dehydration CDC Rapid Diagnostic Testing Fluid Resuscitation 89

EB Medicine

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Gabrielle Procopio, a PharmD, have done a fantastic job parsing through the literature, which included over 500 abstracts, 89 full text articles, guidelines from ACEP and the American Academy of Neurology, as well as canadian and european neurology guidelines, to summarize the best evidence based recommendations for you all.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Headache red-flag characteristics include neurological symptoms, thunderclap nature, syncope, trauma, immunocompromised, coagulopathy, fever, rash, seizure, nuchal rigidity, altered mental status, pregnancy, temporal tenderness, jaw claudication, and cancer history. Jan 23 2008;(1):CD000396. Migraines: Migraines cause approximately 1.2

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