RebelEM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Background: Diphenhydramine, a first-generation antihistamine, is the most common pharmacologic agent used to treat acute allergic reactions. Moreover, the FDA approved intravenous (IV) cetirizine to treat acute urticaria in 2019. 2019) Substitute for diphenhydramine , American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology.

Allergic Reactions 52

Allergic Reactions Anaphylaxis Emergency Department Urgent Care 52

EMDocs

JANUARY 3, 2024

10 This procedure has well-described rare complications including infection, blood loss, allergic reaction, arrhythmia, pneumothorax if approaching via the internal jugular vein, embolization of the device, and pulmonary artery perforation or dissection. 2019 Apr;6(2):308-18. 2019 Dec;21(Suppl M):M50-M53.

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Allergic Reactions Hospitals EMS Emergency Department 113

EMDocs

JUNE 8, 2024

Post septal (retrobulbar) is higher risk to vision and requires CT imaging to diagnose as well as thorough exam to check for proptosis, afferent pupillary defect, increased intraocular pressure [7]. 2019, wikem.org/wiki/Traumatic_iritis. Orbital hemorrhage: preseptal is less dangerous and more obvious on exam. Lu, Kevin, et al.

EMS 98

EMS Allergic Reactions Poisoning Emergency Department 98

Taming the SRU

MARCH 31, 2023

of emergency medicine residents report 1 or more dimensions of burnout (Lin Annals Emerg Med 2019) Moral Injury with COVID “We pushed aside our fear and frustration to focus on saving the patients in front of us; we kept our eyes open, and our feelings closed.

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Allergic Reactions Seizures Anaphylaxis Leadership 40

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.

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Allergic Reactions Shock Hospitals Wellness 52

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. Stroke 2019, 50 (2), 365-372. Emerg Radiol 2019, 26 (2), 139-143. 8 The data in Mayer et al.

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Stroke Radiology Radiology Emergency Department 105