Emergency Medicine Journal

JUNE 20, 2024

Methods A retrospective chart review of ED visits of patients on ICI from 15 December 2016 to 6 December 2020 was performed. Secondary objectives describe the therapeutic management and determine 7 and 30-day mortality. Clinical presentation, cancer characteristics and type of ICI were extracted by a single abstractor.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Study design Secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study in 18 emergency departments (EDs) in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network from 2016 to 2019. We sought to describe the features associated with radiographic pneumonias in young febrile infants.

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Emergency Department Pediatrics Research 40

RebelEM

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Background Information: Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate (RVR) is one of the many tachydysrhythmias we encounter in the Emergency Department (ED). Amiodarone versus digoxin for acute rate control of atrial fibrillation in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Sep 7.

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Emergency Department Administration EMS Dehydration 52

Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Aims and Objectives Identifying means to optimise trainee retention and recruitment is an Emergency Medicine (EM) research priority. This study aimed to understand how increasingly crowded Emergency Departments (EDs) are impacting EM training in the United Kingdom. Worthwhile training opportunities are central to this.

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Emergency Department EMS Research 40

RebelEM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A newborn boy presents to the emergency department shortly after a home delivery. Fleisher & Ludwig’s Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer; 2016:27–54. The mother had routine prenatal care and reports that he was due in 2 days. His heart rate is 80 bpm.

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Resuscitation Emergency Department Pediatrics EMS 59

Emergency Medicine Journal

JANUARY 22, 2024

This is an Institutional Review Board-exempt retrospective review of de-identified ED data available for the state of Maryland through the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) database from 2016 to 2018.

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Outcomes Emergency Department Poisoning Documentation/Coding 40

Emergency Medicine Journal

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care research database patient-level database (May 2015–April 2016), secondary literature and expert elicitation were used to inform the model. Methods Discrete event simulation was used to model a large urban teaching hospital in the UK, as a case study, with a colocated GP service.

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Emergency Department Research Outcomes Hospitals 52

Emergency Medicine Journal

MAY 23, 2023

Background Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a medical emergency with an approximate mortality of 10%, which results in a high hospitalisation rate. The Glasgow-Blatchford score (GBS) is recommended to identify low-risk patients who can be discharged from the emergency department (ED).

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Emergency Department Blood Transfusions Hospitals Wellness 40

EMDocs

JULY 9, 2024

The emergency department takes care of some of the highest risk patients with the worst access to health care and social services Over the past 20 years, many researchers have created and validated social needs screeners Some examples: iHELP, WE CARE, SEEK, USDA 2-item food insecurity questionnaire Does screening make a difference?

Pediatrics 72

Pediatrics Emergency Department Research Burns 72

PEMBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

A very common pediatric summer complaint in emergency departments, urgent cares, and primary care offices, this episode covers common signs and symptoms, some pathophysiology, and recommended treatments. Bronstein, MD, 2016. Pansare, M., Kamat, A., & Kamat, D. Summer buzz: All you need to know about insect sting allergies.

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Urgent Care Pediatrics Emergency Department Hospitals 98

PEMBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

Thousands of children and adolescents spend days at time in Emergency Departments waiting for definitive mental health disposition. West J Emerg Med. Mental Health Revisits at US Pediatric Emergency Departments. Prolonged emergency department length of stay for US pediatric mental health visits (2005-2015).

Psychiatric 98

Psychiatric Emergency Department Pediatrics Best Practices 98

EB Medicine

JANUARY 10, 2020

Show Notes Please click here and take our listener survey Emergency Department management of Non-St Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, by Drs Julianna Jung and Sharon Bord. Chest pain is the second most common complaint Over 6.4 million visits to US EDs annually include chest pain.

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Emergency Department Shock EKG/ECG Sepsis 40

Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Bowen 2016] Moral of the Morsel: Weight Matters! 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. Int J Emerg Med. Use of the Broselow tape in a Mexican emergency department.

Pediatrics 269

Pediatrics Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Wellness 269

The Trauma Pro

OCTOBER 4, 2024

years from 2013 to 2016. Clinical outcomes assessed at 60 days included an unplanned return to the emergency department (ED), re-admission, complications, and development of new bleeding confirmed by surgery, ultrasound, or computed tomography (CT) at 60 days post-injury. ” This means they probably did not.

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Pediatrics Outcomes Operations Emergency Department 147

Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Differences in intubation outcomes for pediatric patients between pediatric and general Emergency Departments. Intubation practice and outcomes among pediatric emergency departments: A report from National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS). Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Feb;30(1):3-11.

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Pediatrics Emergency Department Outcomes Sepsis 183

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Population: Adults attending at continuously-staffed EDs in a health network covering 15 states, 2016-19.

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Emergency Department Radiology Radiology Hospitals 103

EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Kirelik is the Medical Director of the Rocky Mountain Pediatric OrthoONE Center for Concussion and is an attending pediatric emergency medicine physician at the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children in Denver, Colorado. The Berlin 2016 process: a summary of methodology for the 5th International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport.

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Emergency Department Head Injuries Pediatrics Hospitals 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 23, 2023

In most Emergency Departments, staff are allotted little of that scarce resource, time, to begin processing what has just occurred. The Pause Jonathon Bartels worked as an Emergency Nurse in America in 2009. After the death of a young person in the Emergency Department, he initiated ‘ The Pause.’ & Liska, H.

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Emergency Department Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Best Practices 98

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 5, 2024

Emerg Radiol. 2016; Published June 20, 2016. PECARN prediction rule for cervical spine imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt trauma: a multicentre prospective observational study. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2015;28(7). PMID: 26165728. Cui LW, Probst MA, Hoffman JR, Mower WR.

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Pediatrics Head Injuries Dislocations Research 161

EB Medicine

MARCH 4, 2020

No 1996 AAP guidelines, 2016 ACG guidelines, and 2017 IDSA guidelines all note diarrhea illness but may be vomiting predominant. Specifically, Salmonella, shigella, Campylobacter, and Yersinia 2016 ACG guidelines recommend them for patients with watery diarrhea and moderate to severe illness with fever for at least 72 hours.

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Emergency Department Dehydration Poisoning Allergic Reactions 40

EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

12 How do we address these disparities in the emergency department? An implementation science approach improves language access in the emergency department. Association of limited English proficiency and increased emergency department waiting room lengths of stay. Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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Documentation/Coding Emergency Department Best Practices Federal Emergency Management Agency 82

RebelEM

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

2016 Jan 6;17:6-11. 2016 Jul;24(7):413-23. Elbow Dislocations in the Emergency Department: A Review of Reduction Techniques. Multiple Concomitant Injuries in One Upper Extremity: A Case Report. Am J Case Rep. doi: 10.12659/ajcr.894984. PMID: 26732673 Akhondi H, Varacallo M. Anterior Interosseous Syndrome. 2023 Aug 4.

Dislocations 59

Dislocations Fractures Soft Tissue Injuries Outcomes 59

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Disparities in the emergency department management of pediatric migraine by race, ethnicity, and language preference. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – Baystate. AEM September 2022. AEM September 2022.

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Pediatrics Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Research 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2024

A man in his 90s with a history of HTN, CKD, COPD, and OSA presented to the emergency department after being found unresponsive at home. Vital signs were within normal limits on arrival to the Emergency Department. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Nov;34(11):2182-2185. Epub 2016 Aug 27. or basilar ischemia.

EKG/ECG 101

EKG/ECG Documentation/Coding Emergency Department COPD 101

EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

This month, we are sticking in the abdomen for another round of evidence-based medicine, focusing on Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery. While it was < 15% in 1990, by 2016 it reached 40%. Jeff: And we also have the AspireAssist siphon, which was approved in 2016.

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ALiEM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A 61-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, and normal pressure hydrocephalus s/p VP shunt (last revision nine months ago) presented to the Emergency Department (ED) for evaluation after noticing a “string” coming out of her anus today. 2016 Dec 28;7(Suppl 44):S1150-S1153.

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Sepsis Academics Operations Wellness 60

ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A 77-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with hip pain following a fall. 2016 May;31(5):478-85. Opioid-Prescribing Patterns of Emergency Physicians and Risk of Long-Term Use. The Contribution of the Emergency Department To Opioid Pain Reliever Misuse And Diversion: A Critical Review.

Ultrasounds 52

Ultrasounds Emergency Department Hospitals Wellness 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 28, 2021

Direct-access physiotherapy to help manage patients with musculoskeletal disorders in an emergency department: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Case: A forty-year-old woman presents to the emergency department […] The post SGEM#342: Should We Get Physical, Therapy for Minor Musculoskeletal Disorders in the ED?

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Emergency Department Research Outcomes 52

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Optimally, bystander CPR, including the administration of rescue breaths, should be initiated prior to arrival of emergency medical services. 3 Once the patient arrives in your emergency department, a rapid review of the patient’s status and results of resuscitative efforts should be performed. Am J Emerg Med.

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Emergency Department Resuscitation 52

EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2023

Capnography in the Emergency Department: A Review of Uses, Waveforms, and Limitations. J Emerg Med. Capnography for the nonintubated patient in the emergency setting. Ann Emerg Med. Predictive value of capnography for suspected diabetic ketoacidosis in the emergency department. West J Emerg Med.

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Emergency Department Blood Transfusions Resuscitation Sepsis 68

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

Borgialli DA, Mahajan P, Hoyle JD Jr, Powell EC, Nadel FM, Tunik MG, Foerster A, Dong L, Miskin M, Dayan PS, Holmes JF, Kuppermann N; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). Acad Emerg Med. 2016 Aug;23(8):878-84. Epub 2016 Aug 1. Academic emergency medicine 12.9 Ann Emerg Med. J Surg Res.

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Head Injuries Pediatrics Outcomes Shock 246

ALiEM

MAY 13, 2024

Case Introduction: Child with abdominal pain Wendy is a 7-year-old girl who comes into the emergency department with redness, swelling, and pain on her left calf. J Emerg Med 2018 [6] 327 Prospective cohort study of children 6mo-18yrs comparing clinical assessment to POCUS 90.3% (83.4-94.7%) Pediatr Emerg Care.

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Ultrasounds Pediatrics Emergency Department Wellness 64

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2018

Pediatric Hypertensive Emergencies. Pediatric Hypertension in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. Blood pressure measurements on children in the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2016; 34:1-35. Open Access Emergency Medicine. References Baracco R et al.

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RebelEM

MARCH 23, 2023

The 30-day emergency department readmission rate and all-cause 30-day readmission were significantly lower only when adjusted for propensity scores. Phenobarbital Versus Lorazepam for Management of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

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EM SIM Cases

MAY 9, 2023

EHS arrived, provided oxygen supplementation, and brought them to your tertiary emergency department, with access to PICU. Pediatric Emergency Care,32 (9), 623-626. When the child was brought to the surface, they were unconscious and coughing up foam. Pediatric Drowning Download Hon, K. , Cheung, H. & & Cheung, K.

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Pediatrics CPR Radiology Radiology 52

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This case was submitted by… A 6-year-old previously healthy female was brought to your emergency department with extremity pain. Clinical Pediatric Dermatology 5 th ed, Elsevier, 2016, 382-401. This is the second of the four cases. 4 days earlier, she developed rhinorrhea, cough, and fever to Tmax 101F. Gu SL, Jorizzo JL.

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Urgent Care Burns Pediatrics Emergency Department 69

ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

A 95-year-old female with a history of stage III chronic kidney disease (CKD), heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and dementia with baseline orientation only to person and place, presented to the emergency department (ED) for upper extremity myoclonic jerking for one day. Published April 12, 2021.

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