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Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMA Syndrome) in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Record, 2015) Normal aortomesenteric angle ranges from 28 o to 65 o and the normal distance from 10 to 34 mm. Record, 2015) Nausea and pain are typically post-prandial. Record, 2015). Record, 2015) Secondary findings on imaging including gastric distension and distension of the proximal duodenum. The Oschner Journal.

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ECG Blog #434 — WHY Did this Patient Arrest?

Ken Grauer, MD

The cause of the abnormal baseline deflections seen in Figure-2 is most likely muscle tremor artifact ( See Bouthillet T — ACLS Med Training, Dec, 2015 ). PEARL # 2: We can tell at a glance in Figure-1 — that the "culprit" causing the artifact in today's ECG is the RA ( R ight A rm ) extremity.

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Travel-Related Illnesses in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Hospitalization for travel-related illness are around 10% for both VFR and tourists (Leuthard 2015) Multiple studies have reported the most common travel infections in various countries. In the 1950’s travel accounted for 25 million international tourists. A study of swiss tourists found they compromised 53.4%

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

2015 Feb;100(2):207-8. Systematic review showed 85% of studies with substantial reliability with kappa statistic >0.6 Nayana Prabha PC, Nalini P, Tiroumourougane Serane V. Role of Glasgow Coma Scale in pediatric nontraumatic coma. Indian Pediatr. 2003 Jul;40(7):620-5. PMID: 12881617. Biradar, S. Pediatr Crit Care Med. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001957.

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Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation (CPAM)

Pediatric EM Morsels

Let’s take a moment to digest a morsel on this condition that may lead to recurrent pulmonary problems: Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation: Basics Developmental lesion of the lungs characterized by pseudocysts, lesions, and dilated airways (Dessole, 2019) Incidence is 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 35,000 (Dessole, 2019) Most often unilateral 85% (..)

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Overdiagnosis: Would we better better off not looking?

First 10 EM

Carpenter 2015) […] The post Overdiagnosis: Would we better better off not looking? Between 2001 and 2010 the use of CT in emergency departments increased 3-fold (and the use of MRI increased 9-fold, but for some reason it is still almost impossible for me to get one done.) appeared first on First10EM.

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Delayed sequence intubation: An RCT

First 10 EM

Weingart 2011, Weingart 2015) It is a brilliant concept, makes a ton of sense on paper, and anecdotally has seemed to help a number of my patients. Introduced to the world by our friend Scott Weingart, delayed sequence intubation (DSI) is often summarized as procedural sedation for the procedure of preoxygenation.

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