ALiEM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Notes from the Field: Xylazine Detection and Involvement in Drug Overdose Deaths – United States, 2019. Opioid overdoses involving xylazine in emergency department patients: a multicenter study. Xylazine Poisoning: A Systematic Review. Available at: Xylazine (usdoj.gov) Kariisa M, Patel P, Smith H, Bitting J.

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Forensics Administration Poisoning Emergency Department 67

EMDocs

JUNE 5, 2024

Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies. New York Mcgraw-Hill Education; 2019. National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines: Recommendations for the Use of Laboratory Tests to Support Poisoned Patients Who Present to the Emergency Department. References: Nelson LS, Goldfrank LR.

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Poisoning Emergency Department EMS 78

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Date: January 28th, 2019 Reference: Chu DK et al. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Robert Edmonds is an emergency physician in the US Air Force in Virginia. DISCLAIMER: THE […] The post SGEM#243: Enough is Enough (O2 Saturation of 94-96%) first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. The Lancet 2018. The Lancet 2018.

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Administration Poisoning Hospitals Outcomes 52

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. 2019 Jul;20(7):660-666. 2019 Sep;241:112-118. Epub 2019 Apr 22.

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ACEP Now

MAY 10, 2024

Jones is assistant professor of pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Dr. Cantor is professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics, director of the pediatric emergency department, and medical director of the Central New York Regional Poison Control Center at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York.

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Pediatrics Emergency Department Poisoning Outcomes 52

ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

But what if we could measure a patient’s spleen via ultrasound in the emergency department (ED) to guide specific patient care? Jones is assistant professor of pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Acad Emerg Med. Bloodstream infections in children with sickle cell disease: 2010-2019.

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

4 More recent data can be found in a 2019 retrospective review of data from the Kids Inpatient Database as part of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Jones is assistant professor of pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. References Ilgenfritz S, Dowlatshahi C, Salkind A.

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Pediatrics Poisoning Hospitals Emergency Department 52

EB Medicine

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

This month, we’re tackling an incredibly important topic - evaluation and management of life threatening headaches in the Emergency Department. Jeff: Do consider adding on a venous or arterial carboxyhemoglobin in the right clinical scenario, as CO poisoning represents an important cause of headache you wouldn’t want to miss.

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