ACEP Now

AUGUST 11, 2024

A 41-year-old woman arrived in a Hawaii emergency department with her husband early in the morning. Ciguatera fish poisoning, a foodborne illness caused by consuming reef fish contaminated with ciguatoxins, is characterized by a combination of gastrointestinal, neurological, and cardiovascular symptoms. Treatment is symptomatic.

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Poisoning Infectious Diseases EKG/ECG Emergency Department 52

ACEP Now

JULY 8, 2023

A separate 2017 prospective observational study by de Vos-Kerkhof, et al., Jones is assistant professor of pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. BMC Emerg Med. This study did not suggest that abnormal capillary refill (a scenario similar to acrocyanosis) predicts SBI. 2014;14:24.

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Pediatrics Poisoning Emergency Department Sepsis 52

Northwestern EM Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Poison control was consulted for additional workup due to concern for Kratom toxicity. Although no confirmatory testing is available, poison control believed there was a reasonable likelihood Kratom toxicity contributed to the patients likely seizure. 2017 Jul 1;176:63-70. Epub 2017 May 10. Grundmann O. 2017.03.007.

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Seizures Poisoning Forensics Emergency Department 72

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning. Interrater reliability of Glasgow Coma Scale scores in the emergency department.

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Head Injuries Pediatrics Outcomes Shock 246

Taming the SRU

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In conjunction with the Drug and Poison Information Center (DPIC), intravenous methylene blue was initiated for suspected methemoglobinemia with moderate improvement of her symptoms over the next hour, including return of baseline mental status and resolution of hypoxia. Despite supplemental oxygen, she remained hypoxic. of deaths worldwide.[1]

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EMS Psychiatric Emergency Department Poisoning 98

EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In mass poisoning cases, DEG has been substituted as a solvent in oral medications and in topical medicinal products. 4 Despite the policy changes in the United States, epidemic poisonings involving DEG continue to impact adults and children on a global scale with 14 mass poisonings occurring since the Sulfanilamide Disaster.

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Poisoning CDC Administration Emergency Department 91

EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Jeff: Welcome back to Emplify, the podcast corollary to EB Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice. I’m Jeff Nusbaum, and I’m back with my co-host, Nachi Gupta and we’ll be taking you through the September 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake envenomations.

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Emergency Department Poisoning Anaphylaxis Allergic Reactions 40