ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

In our case, the patient had a CT of the head, cervical spine, and chest, abdomen, and pelvis with intravenous contrast demonstrated a C2, C7 compression fracture with significant bowel edema (Figure 4), and was taken to the operating room for left arm disarticulation, left below knee amputation and right above knee amputation. Am J Cardiol.

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RebelEM

JUNE 8, 2023

2016; PMID: 27720568 Guest Post By: Courney Knieriem, MD PGY-1, Emergency Medicine Resident RWJBH Community Medical Center, Toms River, NJ Courtneyknieriem.md@rutgers.edu 2015;10(3):e0119331. PMID: 25789927 Schwartz MB, et al. The impact of push-dose phenylephrine use on subsequent preload expansion in the ED setting. Am J Emerg Med.

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RebelEM

MARCH 9, 2023

Barr 2016 , Trevejo-Nunez 2015) Patients are at high risk of bleeding from the GI tract due to clotting factor impairment or devastating hemorrhage from esophageal varices in the setting of portal hypertension. As always, document clinical sobriety before discharge. 2016 Feb 4;65:242-51. Osteopathic Family Physician.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 26, 2023

Stredder et al, Archives of Disease in Childhood 2016 we see that 58% were not asked about triggers, 30% were not asked about duration and, importantly for risk stratification, 59% were not asked for a family history of cardiac disease. The Fontan circulation was an operation initially developed around 50 years ago to treat tricuspid atresia.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Farrington] Rebuilding of outdated hospitals put emergency rooms on ground level with nearby X-ray service, and, ideally, sometimes closer to the Blood Bank and the Operating Rooms. EMS in America: The Foundation Documents. Accessed 2/29/2016. No Author, No Date ©2016] American Association of Emergency Medicine.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

4 Pain is the most common reason for presentation in the early post operative period. 5 Highest risk of dislocation early in the post operative course due to laxity of the soft tissue after surgery. 6 Hip flexion or adduction in the early post-operative period can cause atraumatic dislocations (typically avoided for 6 weeks post-op).

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EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

While it was < 15% in 1990, by 2016 it reached 40%. Nachi: Unfortunately this procedure is associated with a relatively high re-operation rate – one study found 20% of patients required removal or revision. Jeff: Even more shockingly, some series showed a 52% repeat operation rate. Jeff: Well that’s kind worrisome.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

The best documented cormorbidity is sickle cell disease, although other pro-thrombotic conditions also put the child at risk. Fontan Operation and the Single Ventricle. 2016; 203:138-140. 2016; 10(6):14-15. 2016; 17:2. Take the child seriously who has disproportionate symptoms to what should be a minor injury.

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Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

JULY 14, 2023

In India, In the six years from 2016 to 2021, nearly 22.8 Of these, about 7 lahks, or 30 per cent, were reported under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the report says. Ziqitza Healthcare Limited has also operated 181 Police Helpline in Punjab to provide timely assistance to the caller in need.

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EB Medicine

JUNE 6, 2019

Nachi: For more information on HIV and its management, check out the February 2016 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice , which covered this and more in depth. Nachi: Few things are more important prior to discharge of an abdominal pain patient than documenting repeat exams and a PO trial. Jeff: True.

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EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

In fact, cannabis use has been documented for medical use dating as far back as 600 BC in West and Central Asia. Make sure that the patient knows not to operate vehicles or heavy machinery under the influence of drugs. Discharge home should be in the care of a sober family member or friend. Counsel them on drug abuse also. Subst Abus.

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2019

Jeff: Perhaps most importantly, no history or physical alone can rule in or out an ectopic pregnancy, for that you’ll need testing and imaging or operative findings. For a completed abortion, you would expect a closed OS with no IUP on ultrasound with a previously documented IUP. Jeff: Up first is the urine pregnancy test.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Thus, if there is documented sinus bradycardia, and no suspicion of high grade AV block, at the time of the syncope, this is very useful. Finally, much of this correlates well with The new Canadian Syncope Arrhythmia Risk Score , just published in 2016, results of which are given below in the Annotated Bibliography. 95% CI = 1.9

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