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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]. R I Med J (2013). to −0.66) and −1.66 (95% CI −2.09 to −0.78) and -1.97 (95% CI −2.70

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

Sensible Medicine

Back to the Trial With proper randomization, the two groups should be well balanced with regard to baseline characteristics and therefore have no notable sources of bias and confounding. If this is the case then there can be only three possible explanations for the observed difference between the groups.

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A woman in her 20s with syncope

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

2013 Sep;26(9):965-1012.e15. There appears to be some ST elevation in leads II and aVF, as well as to a lesser extent in the lateral chest leads. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.06.023. 2013.06.023. PMID: 23998693. Appleton C, Gillam L, Koulogiannis K. Cardiac Tamponade. Cardiol Clin. 2017 Nov;35(4):525-537.

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

It was edited by Smith CASE : A 52-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension and COPD summoned EMS with complaints of chest pain, weakness and nausea. N Engl J Med 2003; 348:1756-1763, 5/1/2013. This was contributed by some folks at Wake Forest: Jason Stopyra, Shannon Mumma, Sean O'Rourke, and Brian Hiestand.

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REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

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The loss of these cells leads to immunosuppression as well as decreased responsiveness of the immune system as a whole Patients with neutropenia will not only get very sick very quickly, but also will have blunted immune response and may not localize signs of infection well Fever or malaise may be their only presenting symptoms.

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ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

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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). proning patients, ECMO) (12).

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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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