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emDOCs Revamp: Alcohol Withdrawal

EMDocs

A 36-year-old male presents to the emergency department after being found down at home by his spouse. Emerg Med Pract. 2015; 17(6): 1-19. Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency Department (GRACE-4): Alcohol use disorder and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome management in the emergency department.

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The 72nd Bubble wrap x Birmingham Children’s Hospital Emergency Department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This time we have our first group of colleagues from Birmingham Children’s Hospital Emergency Department. Intranasal fentanyl and discharge from the emergency department among children with sickle cell disease and vaso-occlusive pain: A multicenter pediatric emergency medicine perspective. Am J Hematol.

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Elbow Dislocations

RebelEM

Elbow Dislocations in the Emergency Department: A Review of Reduction Techniques. J Emerg Med. 2015 Jan;38(1):42-4. Anatomy, Shoulder and Upper Limb, Radial Nerve. 2023 Nov 5. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan–. PMID: 30521261 Gottlieb M, Schiebout J. 2018 Jun;54(6):849-854.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Thoracentesis in the Emergency Department

Taming the SRU

Shortness of breath is one of the most common complaints presenting to emergency departments. A less common but more emergent scenario is the presentation of a patient to the emergency department with a large pleural effusion causing hypoxia and respiratory distress. link] Accessed 21 May 2024. J Hosp Med.

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Overdiagnosis: Would we better better off not looking?

First 10 EM

There is little doubt that the use of testing has increased dramatically in emergency medicine during my career. 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.)

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The Broselow-Luten System

Pediatric EM Morsels

Britnell 2015] Broselow tape performed better than APLS method in Chinese children. Khouli 2015] In South Sudan, the Broselow system overestimated weight by 26.6% The PAWPER tape as a tool for rapid weight assessment in a Paediatric Emergency Department: Validation study and comparison with parents’ estimation and Broselow tape.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Vascular Access in the Emergency Department

Taming the SRU

Intraosseous vascular access in adults using the EZ-IO in an emergency department. Int J Emerg Med. J Emerg Med. 2015 Feb;78(2):295–9. 2009 Sep 11;2(3):155–60. Luck RP, Haines C, Mull CC. Intraosseous Access. 2010 Oct;39(4):468–75. Pasley J, Miller CHT, DuBose JJ, Shackelford SA, Fang R, Boswell K, et al.