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Medical Malpractice Insights: Brain Abscess

EMDocs

He has been ill for 3 days with abdominal pain, fever, diarrhea, and vomiting, and his father thinks his son is dehydrated. Exam documents that he is alert and oriented but “tired appearing” and “not appearing post-ictal.” Defense : The EP did address the seizure when he documented “not post-ictal.” Updated: Oct 27, 2017.

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Episode 30 - Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

EB Medicine

Nachi: Taken all together, the rising rates of obesity and the rising success and availability of bariatric procedures has led to an increased number of bariatric procedures, with 228,000 performed in the US in 2017. In 2017, these were performed 60%, 18%, and 3% of the time. At 6 to 8 mL/kg.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Also consider non-hemorrhagic volume depletion, dehydration : orthostatic vitals may uncover this [see Mendu et al. (3)]. 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. Vasovagal syncope is generally benign. Thiruganasambandamoorthy, V.,

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Sickle Cell Disease Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Infections, fever, acidosis, hypoxia, dehydration and exposure to extreme temperatures can trigger VOC even though often no cause is identified. Home analgesia: Advise families at home to increase fluid intake to avoid dehydration (dehydration will prolong painful episodes). Rotavirus gastroenteritis and dehydration C.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Taming the SRU

original document created by author of post. 2017-0278-RS 3. 2017-0147 4. doi:10.1155/2017/9684909 6. paclitaxel, doxorubicin, cisplatin) high-risk monoclonal antibody treatments (i.e. Pictured below is an algorithm created for simpler visualization of diagnosis and treatment of TLS in the emergency department.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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4,5 Of particular concern is the Sudanese conflict, which began in April 2023, and which has caused the largest internal displacement of a population in documented history. 92 Refugee patients with SAM, dehydration, or shock should be admitted for further management. 91 SAM may also be identified based on end-organ manifestations.