Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

The patient was tremulous and severely hypoglycemic by point-of-care testing. Tachycardia is unusual for OMI, unless the patient is in cardiogenic shock (or getting close). Jenkins and Frick — or additional procedures may be ordered and/or patients shocked for artifact simulating VT/VFib ).

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EKG/ECG Wellness Point-of-Care Testing Shock 65

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

The 2019 Journal of Arthroplasty practice guidelines to screen for periprosthetic joint infections recommend using ESR at 30mm/hr and CRP at 10mg/L, citing pooled sensitivities and specificities ranging from 75%-86% and 70-72.3%, respectively, for ESR and 88% and 73-74%, respectively, for CRP [32]. 2019 Feb;34(2S):S187-S195.

Infectious Diseases 88

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 88

EB Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2019

Jeff: With that, let’s get into the first episode of 2019 – the topic this month is first trimester pregnancy emergencies: recognition and management. Jeff: With that, let’s get into the first episode of 2019 – the topic this month is first trimester pregnancy emergencies: recognition and management.

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Ultrasounds Radiology Radiology Infectious Diseases 40