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Choosing Wisely – Investigations for seizures that have returned to baseline

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Do not order laboratory testing or a CT scan of the head for a patient with an unprovoked, generalized seizure or a simple febrile seizure who has returned to baseline mental status. The parents of 18-month-old Susie brought her to the Emergency Department after she had a seizure at home. Investigators found that 99.3%

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Chest Pain in Children: ReBaked Morsel

Pediatric EM Morsels

Add the risk assessment for sudden cardiac death into your workflow Have you ever fainted or had a seizure without warning, during exercise or in response to a loud noise? EKG Reasonable screen for cardiac etiology [ Kane, 2010 ]: Chest Pain with Exertion? 2010 Jul-Aug;5(4):366-73. 2010 Dec;57(6):1385-95. PMID: 20653703.

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The Toxic Shelf

Cook County EM Blog

This subsequently led the FDA to issue a Black Box Warning in 2010 which warned that the capsules resemble candy and may be visually appealing to young children. Signs and symptoms of toxicity include alerted mental status, seizures, CNS depression, apnea, respiratory failure, hypotension, ventricular dysrhythmias, and cardiac arrest.

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ToxCard: Benzonatate

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3, 7) The accumulating post marketing adverse event reports led to the FDA release of a Drug Safety Communication (DSC) in 2010, over 50 years after initial approval. (9) Benzodiazepines are first-line therapy for seizures. It is rapidly absorbed with an onset of 15-20 minutes and duration of up to 8 hours. (7) 11) A bolus dose at 1.5

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Lumbar Punctures

Taming the SRU

The LP is now a standard procedure and in 2010 well over 135,000 LPs were performed in Emergency Departments throughout the US (3). WHO - Who Needs an LP in the ED? Patients with concern for infection (i.e., As may be seen in the table below, there are several themes as well a range of stringency.

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: On the Mark

ALiEM

They were first developed in the 1950s by the Nazis and were used in chemical warfare in the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, by the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult in Tokyo, and in Syria in the 2010’s. Use benzodiazepines such as diazepam or midazolam for seizures. They have been used in Europe recently for assassinations [4].

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ToxCard: PNU (Vacor)

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Shortly after this, he began vomiting, and developed a tonic clonic seizure. There was no prodromal illness, recent trauma, polyuria or polydipsia, family history of seizure disorder or diabetes. Elsevier; 2010:2153-2217. References: Pelfrène AF. Rodenticides. In: Krieger R, ed. Hayes’ Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology.