The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 8, 2023

Case: A 57-year-old woman with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and type-2 diabetes mellitus presents to the emergency department (ED) with fever, cough, myalgias, headache and congestion. Managing editor of EM:RAP and Associate Editor at REBEL EM. It’s flu season and you’ve already seen 15 people with the same symptoms.

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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”. CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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Poisoning CDC Administration Emergency Department 91

ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

A 95-year-old female with a history of stage III chronic kidney disease (CKD), heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and dementia with baseline orientation only to person and place, presented to the emergency department (ED) for upper extremity myoclonic jerking for one day. Published April 12, 2021.

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Emergency Department CDC Hospitals EMS 52

EMDocs

JULY 11, 2023

Sites of initial bleeding episodes, mode of delivery and age of diagnosis in babies with haemophilia diagnosed before the age of 2 years: a report from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Universal Data Collection (UDC) project. 2009 Nov;15(6):1281-90. Haemophilia. PMID: 19637999. Plummer ES, et al.

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Head Injuries Pediatrics Dislocations CDC 75

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 7, 2024

epidemiology of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy VTE is not only important to understand because it is the number one cause of mortality for pregnant patients, but also because it is common and will show up in your Emergency Department likely frequently throughout your career. According to a CDC study, VTE contributes to 10.5%

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Ultrasounds CDC Research Stroke 64

RebelEM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

What They Did: Investigators performed a retrospective cohort study in the Emergency Department at the University of Michigan between July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2018. 2009 Dec;37(12):3114-9. 2009 Mar 26;360(13):1283-97. appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. Ann Transl Med. Crit Care Med.

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Sepsis Outcomes Administration Shock 113

PEMBlog

APRIL 4, 2025

Immunization status and the management of febrile children in the pediatric emergency department: what are we doing? Pediatr Emerg Care. Unfortunately, timely clinical question, what do we do with the UN or under vaccinated child who presents to the emergency department with fever? 2023;39(1):1-5. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000002864

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Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Emergency Department Wellness 76