Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Written by: Elizabeth Stulpin, MD (NUEM ‘23) Edited by: Aaron Wibberly, MD (NUEM ‘22) Expert Commentary by : Joshua Zimmerman, MD (NUEM ‘17) Non-Response to Vasopressors Shock is defined as a state of cellular and tissue hypoxia resulting in end organ dysfunction. And for most forms, EM physicians are not typically shocked by shock.

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

APRIL 5, 2021

Findings from 12-lead electrocardiography that predict circulatory shock from pulmonary embolism: systematic review and meta-analysis. Acad Emerge Med 2015. [ Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2015.[ Electrocardiographic abnormalities in patients with acute pulmonary embolism complicated by cardiogenic shock. Pubmed ]

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ALiEM

JULY 17, 2023

Match Data The unprecedented numbers of unfilled PGY-1 EM residency training positions in the NRMP Match results shocked the specialty these last two years. In fact, the average number of applicants between 2015-2020 and 2022-2023 were relatively similar, with the latter demonstrating 122 more applicants (2,801 vs 2,923).

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

2015 Apr;22(4):441-6. Epub 2015 Mar 16. You should also consider the possibility of quote unquote spinal shock. than it is spinal shock. And hypotension, bradycardia, or temperature instability can result from hemorrhagic and or spinal shock. Leonard JC, Jaffe DM, Olsen CS, Kuppermann N. Acad Emerg Med.

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Fractures Pediatrics Radiology Radiology 52

EMDocs

JULY 15, 2023

She has had pruritus and swelling to the site accompanied by a painful burning sensation and a couple “painful knots” on her right inguinal region. 2015, July 31). She denies any prior history of deep vein thrombosis (DVT, IV drug use, or any history of vascular surgeries to the lower extremities. pneumoniae , S. 2023, February 14).

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Intranasal (IN) medications offer the advantage of a fast onset for moderate-to-severe pain ( Graudins 2015 ), either as monotherapy or as a bridge to parenteral treatment (Table 4). Needleless lidocaine injectors may facilitate IV placement without obscuring the target vein ( Spanos 2008 , Lunoe 2015 ).

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Patients were enrolled in these trials if they had signs of shock, with mortality ranging from 18-29%. 13 While there is good data that early antibiotics for patients in septic shock reduce mortality 18-19 the role of early and aggressive volume resuscitation and its impacts on patient-centered outcomes remain unclear. Inwald et al.

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