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ECG Blog #391 — Asymptomatic but Irregular.

Ken Grauer, MD

The premature P waves preceding each of the even-numbered beats in Figure-3 are not well seen in the long lead II rhythm strip. A DDENDUM ( 8/19/2023 ) In the following 3 Figures — I post written summary from my ACLS-2013-ePub regarding the basics of Aberrant Conduction. PEARL # 4: Twelve leads are better than one.

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Bullous Skin Lesions, Meet Emergency Medicine

Taming the SRU

This differential is broad and reflects the clinical diversity of their presentations - in this post we will parse through the specifics of bullous lesions as well as what there is to do for them acutely. There is typically no mucous membrane involvement, however children will also have poor feeding resulting in fluid loss and dehydration.

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Neonatal Jaundice

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

They may get a little dehydrated, especially if mother’s milk is late to come in. Home care The neonate who is safe to go home is well appearing, and not dehydrated. Make sure to enlist the family's help and support to keep Mom hydrated, eating well, and resting whenever she can. Their livers are immature. Bhutani et al.

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Episode 30 - Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

EB Medicine

Jeff: Well that’s kind worrisome. Which again reiterates why this is such an important topic for us as EM clinicians to be well-versed in. Jeff: Do note, however that 2013 guidelines do not recommend one procedure over another and leave that decision up to local surgical expertise, patient specific risk factors, and treatment goals.

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Are we on the right TRACT? 

Don't Forget the Bubbles

These were presented as hazard ratios and included fever at presentation, previous transfusion ever, haemoglobinuria, malaria, sickle cell disease on enrolment, HIV, evidence of sepsis, malnutrition, shock, hypothermia, and dehydration. Groups were well matched at baseline. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2013.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

2013-0421 Tighe M, Afzal NA, Bevan A, et al. Children with respiratory conditions and chronic lung disease like asthma are more prone to GERD as well. So, the parents may say, well, he Doesn’t ever seem full. Well, baby doesn’t know how to be full. So celiac disease can cause dyspepsia symptoms as well.

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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

As for other invasive therapies , intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (12, 13) appears to work well in non-randomized studies, and this would also make sense: the balloon in the aorta inflates in diastole, increasing diastolic pressure and thus coronary flow. For instance: sepsis, bleeding, dehydration, hypoxia, and mild ACS.

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