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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 94: GLP-1 Agonist Complications

EMDocs

Multiple well-designed, multicenter, multinational studies suggest GLP-1 agonists are associated with improved glucose control in diabetes type 2 and approximately a 15% reduction in weight over 1-2 years (around 2/3s of patients regain weight if treatment is stopped). 2009 Jun;160(6):909-17. Obesity affects over 40% of U.S.

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Subcutaneous Rehydration

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Well, it turns out, what is old is new again. The idea is not to tape on the growing mound itself, because the mound may pull at the anchored skin and set a nuclear chain reaction of annoyance and restlessness – and potentially a failed procedure. A 25-gauge butterfly or 24-gauge angiocatheter works well from an infant to an elder.

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CT Angiography Head and Neck: Indications and Limitations

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2019) argue against a minimum NIHSS score to trigger the use of CTA, instead purporting that clinical suspicion of acute ischemic stroke presenting within 24 hours of the last known well was sufficient evidence to order the study. Emerg Radiol 2009, 16 (3), 195-201. 8 The data in Mayer et al. positivity rate on CTA for BCVI.

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