Northwestern EM Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Written by: Dean Hayes (NUEM 27) Edited by: Andrew Long (NUEM 25 ) Expert Commentary by: Rafael Lima, MD A mid 20s male presents to the ED after seizure-like activity. Per the patient's partner at bedside, he had a 2-3 minute convulsive episode and the description is consistent with a likely seizure. and Can Kratom cause seizures?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Her husband called EMS when the patient experienced new onset seizures accompanied by micturition. However, cardiac syncope is always a differential diagnosis when someone presents with first time seizures. There are a number of things to look for in an ECG that can hint at arrhythmia as the cause of an apparent seizure.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 4, 2024

Bupropion lowers the seizure threshold and even at therapeutic doses patients can have seizures. 6 Severe toxicity: Seizures: It is unclear if seizures are caused by bupropion or the active metabolite, hydroxybupropion. 3 Seizures are dose-dependent. 3 Seizures are dose-dependent.

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EMDocs

APRIL 10, 2024

She reportedly received a landmark guided peripheral nerve block with bupivacaine and shortly thereafter developed generalized seizures. 1,5] CNS symptoms include: Seizure, coma, altered mental status. [1] 2,9] Benzodiazepines are the first line treatment for seizures. Poisoning & Drug Overdose. mL/kg/min. [2]

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ALiEM

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Although poisoning by ingestion of cyanogenic foods is much more common in tropical countries, there have been reported cases in the US [1, 3]. What are the symptoms of cyanide poisoning? How to you treat cyanide poisoning? [1, Hydroxocobalamin is the preferred antidote for cyanide poisoning. Journal of Acute Disease.

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Taming the SRU

APRIL 17, 2023

Poison centers across the United States receive over 100,000 reports of exposures to toxic plants annually. More serious poisonings typically involve adults who ingest plants in larger quantities for recreational, self-harm, foraging or medicinal purposes (1). Spring has sprung. and so have many species of toxic plants! Decontaminate.

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Cook County EM Blog

MAY 29, 2023

Signs and symptoms of toxicity include alerted mental status, seizures, CNS depression, apnea, respiratory failure, hypotension, ventricular dysrhythmias, and cardiac arrest. If a therapeutic dose is chewed, it can lead to bronchospasm, laryngospasm, seizures, and cardiovascular collapse which further reinforces the danger to children.

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