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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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Grand Rounds Recap 3.15.23

Taming the SRU

of emergency medicine residents report 1 or more dimensions of burnout (Lin Annals Emerg Med 2019) Moral Injury with COVID “We pushed aside our fear and frustration to focus on saving the patients in front of us; we kept our eyes open, and our feelings closed.

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Grand Rounds Recap 8.16.23

Taming the SRU

2015) reported a sensitivity of 98.9% for detecting major injuries Abnormal CXR Rapid deceleration mechanism Presence of a distracting injury Chest wall tenderness Sternal/thoracic spine/scapular tenderness There are limited decision-making rules for thoracic spine imaging Yet a study (Inaba et al.,

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