The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 11, 2017

Platelet transfusion versus standard care after acute stroke due to spontaneous cerebral haemorrhage associated with antiplatelet therapy (PATCH): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. Non-contrast head CT shows a hemorrhagic stroke. [display_podcast] Date: June 5th, 2017 Reference: Baharoglu et al. Lancet 2016. Lancet 2016.

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PulmCCM

JANUARY 22, 2024

Background Therapeutic hypothermia, later rebranded as targeted temperature management, became a standard post-cardiac arrest therapy for comatose patients after two 2002 NEJM trials ( n=273 and n=77 ) suggested reducing core temperature to 32°C to 34°C markedly improved neurologic outcomes and survival.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

Furthermore, educating both patients and their families is important in order to achieve good treatment compliance and better clinical outcomes. The Kilifi algorithm includes five clinical situations that are common sickle cell presentations – clinical jaundice, severe anaemia, bone and joint infections, and stroke.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 16, 2024

The only problem is that all these people were smokers, and they were not being followed for major adverse cardiovascular events (cardiovascular death, nonfatal MI, nonfatal stroke, or hospitalization for unstable angina -- MACE) which is what we use ASCVD to predict.

Radiology 79

Radiology Radiology Stroke Hospitals 79

PulmCCM

JANUARY 24, 2024

Background Therapeutic hypothermia, later rebranded as targeted temperature management, became a standard post-cardiac arrest therapy for comatose patients after two 2002 NEJM trials ( n=273 and n=77 ) suggested reducing core temperature to 32°C to 34°C markedly improved neurologic outcomes and survival.

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Outcomes Hospitals Stroke 52

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Also used for severe MS, stroke, TBI, chronic pain. 2010; 30:76–81. Outcomes of Children Bridged to Heart Transplantation With Ventricular Assist Devices: A Multi-Institutional Study. 2010; 6: 46-53. Are VNS safe in everyday life? Verify the medication and identify the toxidrome if symptomatic. J Pediatr Orthop.

Pediatrics 52

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

APRIL 26, 2021

4] We also know that severe TBI is commonly associated with the development of intracranial hemorrhage where the presence and volume of blood are associated with increased mortality and poor outcomes.[5] Association between prehospital tranexamic acid administration and outcomes of severe traumatic brain injury. MI or stroke).

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RebelEM

MARCH 22, 2023

Serum troponin testing in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: outcome after ED care. 2010, (Ch) 79: p 1034-63. Am J Emerg Med 2011; 29(5): 545-8. PMID: 20825871 Yealy D, Kosowsky JM: Dysrhythmias, in Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, ed 8.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Case 3: Headache and Arteriovenous Malformation Unlike in adults, stroke in children is divided evenly between hemorrhagic and ischemic etiologies. Pediatric Seizures and Strokes: Beyond Benzos and Brain Scans. Incidence, cause, and short-term outcome of convulsive status epilepticus in childhood: prospective population-based study.

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EB Medicine

AUGUST 6, 2019

Nachi: Specifically, we’ll be focusing on the use of DOACs for the indications of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and the treatment and prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolisms. Nachi: However, in 2010, the FDA approved the first DOAC, a real game-changer. of patients per year.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Both can result in heat exhaustion and heat stroke and have many overlapping symptoms. Patients with heat stroke have hot, dry skin and altered mental status (e.g., C, and heat stroke occurs at a core temperature > 40°C. C, and heat stroke occurs at a core temperature > 40°C. Temps greater than 41.5C Bendall, J.

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia EMS Stroke Seizures 68

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

Significantly elevated CRP (>122mg/L) and PCT (>0.5ng/mL) levels are predictors of bad outcomes, and are useful for tracking therapy progress, but are not specific enough to rule-in infectious endocarditis [38-39]. Critical Care Medicine 38():p S26-S34, February 2010. | N Engl J Med. 2023 Feb 2;388(5):439-452. DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181c98d21

Infectious Diseases 88

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 88

Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This week, NCEPOD (National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcomes and Death) produced a much-anticipated report on how we manage acute testicular torsion in young people. “Time is brain” urges us to think about thrombolysis or clot retrieval in acute strokes. The Journal of Urology , 189 (5), pp.1859-1864. Goldman, M.,

Pediatrics 111

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EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Nachi: Not only are they out, they actually worsen outcomes, so definitely don’t pursue any of them. Instead, since no treatment has been shown to improve outcome, you should prioritize prompt transport. Fasciotomies have not been shown to improve outcomes and are reserved only for those failing anti-venom treatment.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The primary outcome was survival to hospital discharge. Heart disease and stroke statistics—2014 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Improvement of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate after implementation of the 2010 resuscitation guidelines. References Go AS, Mozaffarian D, Roger VL, et al.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

2 Outcomes of patients presenting with ischemic stroke who received MRI as initial imaging modality have demonstrated similar outcomes to those with initial CTA, with Kim et al. demonstrating that functional outcome at 3 months did not differ between the CTA and MRI groups (38.5% 8 The data in Mayer et al.

Stroke 86

Stroke Radiology Radiology Emergency Department 86

EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

First up is the link between cannabis use and stroke or TIA. times higher risk of stroke or TIA. From 2010 to 2011, the number of ED visits by children aged 12 to 17 years old due to synthetic cannabinoid use also has doubled. times higher risk of stroke or TIA. Cannabis users who smoked at least once weekly had a 3.3

Seizures 40

Seizures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Administration Dehydration 40

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

80 It can be caused by traumatic nerve, spinal cord, or brain injury (including stroke) or can be a sequela of conditions like diabetes, HIV/AIDS, postherpetic neuropathies, multiple sclerosis, cancer, or chemotherapies. Prevalence and treatment of pain in EDs in the United States, 2000 to 2010. Am J Emerg Med. May 2014;32(5):421-31.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Cardiac Syncope ("True Syncope") Independent Predictors of Adverse Outcomes condensed from multiple studies 1. These premonitory symptoms were negative predictors of adverse outcomes in EGSYS. Abnormal ECG – looks for cardiac syncope. Hemoglobin less than 10 (SF rule) 6. Syncope with Exertion (EGSYS) 7. S yncope while supine (EGSYS) 8.

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