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52 in 52 – #36: Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus

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Design: Multi-centered, double-blinded, randomized trial PICO: Population: Inclusion Criteria: Age 2 years and older Must have been treated with a specified minimum dose of certain benzodiazepines for generalized convulsive seizures: Intravenous or rectal diazepam 0.3 mg/kg or 10 mg Intravenous lorazepam 0.1

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Penile Lesion with a Poor Prognosis

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A 49-year-old male presented to the emergency department of an academic hospital with the chief concern of penile pain. 2015 Jul;66(1):133-46. Epub 2015 May 7. link] Nigwekar SU, Kroshinsky D, Nazarian RM, Goverman J, Malhotra R, Jackson VA, Kamdar MM, Steele DJ, Thadhani RI. Am J Kidney Dis. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.01.034.

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearls: Mushroom Mishap

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Acute hepatitis Disulfiram-like reaction with ethanol consumption Pneumonitis from inhalation of spores Seizures from glutamate agonist activity [Image from Canstockphoto] Reveal the Answer 2. Encyclopedia of Toxicology (Third Edition), Academic Press. What well-known adverse reaction results from ingestion of the pictured mushroom?

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Beyond Ketamine: When to use Facilitated Intubation in the ED

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Contraindicated seizures or porphyria. WJEM 2015; 16(7): 1109 – 17. ” Academic Emergency Medicine 20.1 2015 Dec;30(8):499-504. Minimal histamine release. Cons: Short duration of action. Pain upon injection. Adrenal suppression, limiting its use in long procedures or critically ill patients. Can be titrated easily.

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Grand Rounds Recap 3.15.23

Taming the SRU

Charon, Academic Med 2012) embracing fear in emergency medicine WITH dr. arlene chung What is fear? Narratives trigger changes of many kinds in both the teller and the listener, yielding meanings that are reciprocally produced by each teller-listener dyad.”

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Is there a role for Hypnosis in Emergency Care?

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Even as a Paramedic, in the early days, there was no analgesia, sedative (except for seizures), or anesthetic, to provide. an amazing and gifted American psychiatrist who pioneered modern methods of hypnosis); such books are often in medical or academic libraries, many are online with digital samples. Erickson, M.D. (an

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

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First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. Academic Emergency Medicine., Academic Emergency Medicine, 2003 Volume 10, Number 5 539-540. Thiruganasambandamoorthy, V., Sivilotti, M., Mukarram, M., Baumann, B.