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EM@3AM: Leukopenia

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A 45-year-old outdoor enthusiast presents to the emergency department with fever, headache, myalgias, and malaise. 2011 Feb 15;52(4):e56-93. 10^9/L) Moderate (0.50.9 10^9/L) Severe (< 0.5 10^9/L) Generalized leukopenia (i.e. Most common causes of leukopenia Infections: 36.4% Medications: 25.6% Autoimmune Disorders: 10.9%

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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. patients that take ACE inhibitors (but 20-30% of all angioedema presentations to the Emergency Department) 3 times more common in Black Americans ( Kostis 2005 ) 0.01 Emergency Medicine Practice. EBMedicine.net.

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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.