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EM@3AM: Leukopenia

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2011 Feb 15;52(4):e56-93. Answer : Leukopenia Overview Leukopenia is defined as total WBC count < 4000/mm 3 Neutropenia is the most common subset of leukopenia and is defined on absolute neutrophil count: 1 Mild (1.01.5 10^9/L) Moderate (0.50.9 10^9/L) Severe (< 0.5 10^9/L) Generalized leukopenia (i.e. Medications: 25.6%

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REBEL Core Cast 108.0 – Angioedema

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Urticaria and pruritus = MAST CELL mediated, which is treated like a standard allergic reaction. Urticaria and pruritus = MAST CELL mediated, which is treated like a standard allergic reaction. Understanding the cause of angioedema (mast cell vs. bradykinin mediated) helps dictate directed management.

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What the Emergency Clinician Must Know about Remote Monitors in Heart Failure

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10 This procedure has well-described rare complications including infection, blood loss, allergic reaction, arrhythmia, pneumothorax if approaching via the internal jugular vein, embolization of the device, and pulmonary artery perforation or dissection. 2011 Feb 19;377(9766):658-66. 8 The device itself is 2 x 2.5 The Lancet.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 94: GLP-1 Agonist Complications

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Hypersensitivity/dermatologic: GLP-1 agonists are synthetic peptides; may lead to antibody formation and allergic reaction/injection site reaction. Reactions are usually minor: transient warmth, pruritis at injection site that resolves. 2011 Aug 02;108(3 Suppl):33B-41B. 2011;(203):53-74. Diabetes Metab.

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Subcutaneous Rehydration

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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. 2011 Nov;18(11):1129-34. 2011 Mar;127(3):e748-57. The swelling will look indurated, a pinkish red. Acad Emerg Med. Pediatrics.