EMDocs

JANUARY 25, 2025

Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A previously healthy 23-year-old male with no medical or surgical history presents to the ED with generalized malaise and no energy, progressively getting worse over the last six weeks. 10^9/L) Moderate (0.50.9 10^9/L) Severe (< 0.5 10^9/L) Generalized leukopenia (i.e. Najivash, P.,

EMS 95

EMS Infectious Diseases Allergic Reactions Fluid Resuscitation 95

RebelEM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Background: Diphenhydramine, a first-generation antihistamine, is the most common pharmacologic agent used to treat acute allergic reactions. Diphenhydramine versus nonsedating antihistamines for acute allergic reactions: a literature review. 2017 Jun 1;95(11):717-724. Resources: Banerji A, Long AA, Camargo CA Jr.

Allergic Reactions 52

Allergic Reactions Anaphylaxis Emergency Department Urgent Care 52

Mind The Bleep

JULY 15, 2023

Steroid resistance Failure to achieve complete remission after 8 weeks of prednisolone at 60mg/m2/day Differentials Heart failure – would present with oedema, shortness of breath, cyanosis Allergic reaction – presents with facial oedema, pruritus. This causes a positive feedback mechanism with the liver producing more albumin.

Allergic Reactions 52

Allergic Reactions Shock Hospitals Wellness 52

EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Both are at the University of Florida Jacksonville, and they reviewed a total of 120 articles from 2006-2017, in addition to reviews from both Cochrane and Dare. Unfortunately, this myokymia may not respond to antivenom administration and myokymia of the chest well and torso can necessitate intubation in extreme cases.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Poisoning Anaphylaxis Allergic Reactions 40

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

2019) argue against a minimum NIHSS score to trigger the use of CTA, instead purporting that clinical suspicion of acute ischemic stroke presenting within 24 hours of the last known well was sufficient evidence to order the study. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2017, 38 (4), 345-356. J Neurointerv Surg 2017, 9 (2), 122-126. Kaller, C.

Stroke 105

Stroke Radiology Radiology Emergency Department 105