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SGEM#436: For the Longest Time – To Give TNK for an Acute Ischemic Stroke

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Tenecteplase for Stroke at 4.5 He is an assistant professor in Emergency […] The post SGEM#436: For the Longest Time – To Give TNK for an Acute Ischemic Stroke first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Tenecteplase for Stroke at 4.5 Reference: Albers GW et al. TIMELESS Investigators. TIMELESS Investigators.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: Back to Basics

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EMS report includes concern for CVA, with variable documentation of face and extremity weakness. Nursing documentation includes the presence of a facial droop. There, his initial neuro exam is documented as normal, but a head CT reveals evidence of a possible acute CVA in the right hemisphere. a stroke or cardiac event).

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.10.24

Taming the SRU

Femoral nerve block case review - morbidity & mortality - community practice - r2 Clinical pathologic case - visual diagnosis - when time matters - operational aspects of stroke care Femoral nerve Block Case Review WITH dr. stolz Why do we care about regional anesthesia, specifically femoral nerve blocks?

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REBEL Cast Ep123: Reduced-Dose Systemic Peripheral Alteplase in Massive PE?

RebelEM

JACCC Cardiovasc Interv 2015. in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 to 4.0mg/hr typically given in EKOS therapy (See Below). PMID: 26315743 Tapson VF et al.

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Sepsis alerts work! Just not in the patients who fire the alerts

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Their spread has coincided with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s “sepsis bundle quality measure” (SEP-1) going live in 2015. This was despite a higher intensity of care in the visible-alert patients, who had more rapid responses, ICU transfers, code blues, intubations, and initiation of dialysis.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Lumbar Punctures

Taming the SRU

1) However, it wasn’t until the 1890s that purposeful, successful, and safe attempts to access this fluid were documented (2). Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The ancient Egyptian physician Imhotep is often credited with the discovery of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) —over 5,000 years ago! (1) REFERENCES 1.

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Episode 31 - Emergency Department Management of Patients Taking Direct Oral Anticoagulant Agents (Pharmacology CME)

EB Medicine

Nachi: Specifically, we’ll be focusing on the use of DOACs for the indications of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and the treatment and prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolisms. Jeff: Rivaroxaban, trade name Xarelto, the second FDA approved DOAC, is used for stroke prevention in those with nonvalvular afib and VTE treatment.