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Serial PoCUS for ED Patients with Acute Dyspnea: Is More Actually Better?

RebelEM

It can be used to distinguish between various conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, acute heart failure (AHF), pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, pericardial effusion, pneumothorax, and pneumonia [2,3]. Patients : Compared standard of care to serial US plus stand care in patients with dyspnea.

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Doing statistics can be difficult but understanding them can be fairly simple

Sensible Medicine

In the assessment of a clinical trial, we want to know if differences in baseline characteristics may have played a role in the observed outcome. The question to consider is…are the actual differences seen between the groups with regards to baseline characteristics large enough to have influenced the outcome?

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REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

RebelEM

Pathogens ( Gudiol 2013 ) : The pathogens responsible for neutropenic fever have changed over time. Changing aetiology, clinical features, antimicrobial resistance, and outcomes of bloodstream infection in neutropenic cancer patients. Clin Microbiol Infect 2013; 19:474 Klastersky J. Eur J Haematol 2005; 75:1. 2014;14:162.

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ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

EMDocs

Louis); Marina Boushra, MD (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case Emergency Medical Services brings in a 62-year-old male with COPD in acute on chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure (usually on 3 L nasal cannula, now on non-rebreather at 15 L/min). Notably, in the initial analysis of blunt chest trauma (i.e.

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Evaluating Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

ACEP Now

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic disease of the lungs caused by inflammatory and structural changes of the small airways and parenchyma of the lungs that result in chronic airflow obstruction and gas trapping. In 2019, the global prevalence of COPD was estimated to be 10.3 Click to enlarge.

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Chest pain followed by 6 days of increasing dyspnea -- what happened?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Magnus Nossen, edits by Smith The patient in today's case is an 85-year-old male with a history of COPD and dementia. Incidence and Prognosis of Pericarditis After ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (from the Acute Coronary Syndrome Israeli Survey 2000 to 2013 Registry Database). References: [1] Lador, A. Hammill, S.

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