EB Medicine

OCTOBER 8, 2020

EMplify October 2020 Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis in the Emergency Department Authors: Shane R. EMplify October 2020 Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis in the Emergency Department Authors: Shane R. Write us at emplify@ebmedicine.net.

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

DECEMBER 1, 2021

While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to overdose deaths and taxed constrained Emergency Department (ED) resources, it has also clarified the important role that emergency physicians have in expanding access to life-saving medications to treat opioid use disorder. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Hawk, et al.

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EB Medicine

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Don’t forget about the $50 Amazon card with any order over $300 through 12/31/20.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 9, 2024

Neonates presenting to the Emergency Department often cause a lot of uncertainty. Let’s review how Congenital Syphilis may present to our Emergency Departments: Congenital Syphilis : Basics Occurs when the spirochete Treponema pallidum is transmitted from mother to fetus. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240532.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

Use of Ptcco 2 has been examined in different clinical settings, however, most existing evidence in the adult emergency department (ED) setting shows insufficient agreement between the measurements. This study assessed the level of agreement between Ptcco 2 and Paco 2 in undifferentiated adult ED patients across multiple timepoints.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

JUNE 22, 2023

Background Acute low back pain (LBP) is a common complaint in the emergency department and achieving effective analgesia can be challenging.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

E-scooters have emerged as an environmentally friendly mode of inner-city transportation, 1 and e-scooter-associated injuries are a growing area of concern. 2 In the UK, rental e-scooter trial schemes were introduced in 2020; alongside these trials, illegal private e-scooter use in public spaces has also increased.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

DeBoer 2020] Now seen as industry standard in pediatric emergency care. K 2020] In Mexican children, the Broselow differed from actual weight by <10% in 46-64% of patients. 2020) The Times & Tapes Are a-Changin’: The Latest Broselow-Luten Tape for EMS , EMS World. Int J Emerg Med. Published 2020 Feb 12.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 19, 2024

If bleeding, the only lab that is needed in the Emergency Department is a type and cross. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Sep;38(9):1943. Epub 2020 Jan 29. CBC, coagulation panels, von Willebrand factor etc are less useful. PMID: 35988367. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.01.042. 2020.01.042. PMID: 32024591.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Syndrome in the Emergency Department (DAShED) study: an observational cohort study of people attending the emergency department with symptoms consistent with acute aortic syndrome. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. EMJ Nov 2023. EMJ Nov 2023.

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Emergency Medicine Education

AUGUST 10, 2024

I will collect data regarding utility of Steroid in Allergic reaction in this post: Emergency Department Corticosteroid Use for Allergy or Anaphylaxis Is Not Associated With Decreased Relapses ASCIA Guidelines – Acute Management of Anaphylaxis Anaphylaxis—a 2020 practice parameter update, systematic review, and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, (..)

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Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Aims and Objectives Safety net advice and provision of written resources are core to delivering safe care in paediatric emergency medicine. In 2020 a new QI project commenced at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (65,000 PEM attendances/year) aiming to digitalise all paper information leaflets into an electronic format.

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EMergucate

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A 50 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a two week history of progressive limb weakness, … Continue reading →

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Emergency Medicine Journal

MARCH 21, 2024

This month’s journal covers a wide variety of topics, from COVID-19 and fever in the Emergency Department (ED) to prehospital care. Reflecting backwards to early 2020, it thus far remains one of the most challenging times in my career. With subsequently, many people then dying on each shift.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

MAY 23, 2023

Background To identify the impact of enrolment onto a national pulse oximetry remote monitoring programme for COVID-19 (COVID-19 Oximetry @home; CO@h) on health service use and mortality in patients attending Emergency Departments (EDs).

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EMergucate

OCTOBER 21, 2020

A 50 year old woman presents to the Emergency Department complaining of a two week history of progressive limb weakness, … Continue reading →

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Emergency Medicine Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

Objective We sought to validate the clinical performance of a rapid assessment pathway incorporating the Siemens Atellica IM high sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) assay in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

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EMDocs

AUGUST 3, 2024

Source Serious outcomes among emergency department patients with presyncope: A systematic review. Acad Emerg Med. Source Trends in Initial Anticoagulation Among US Patients Hospitalized With Acute Pulmonary Embolism 2011-2020. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Jun 9. doi: 10.1111/acem.14943. Online ahead of print. 2024.05.009.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This blog post aims to help familiarise you with some of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department. Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. 2020 May;10(5):e035343. 2020 Nov 18;m4238. 2020 May;220:132-138.e2.

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EB Medicine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Write us at emplify@ebmedicine.net.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

A very common pediatric summer complaint in emergency departments, urgent cares, and primary care offices, this episode covers common signs and symptoms, some pathophysiology, and recommended treatments. Available from: [link] Bond, G. Snake, spider, and scorpion envenomation in North America. Pediatrics in review, 20(5), 147-151.

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RebelEM

DECEMBER 5, 2023

While the evidence is not strong, those who have been undertreated, experienced delays in treatment, or required multiple injections of epinephrine are more prone to experience a recurrence of symptoms ( Ellis 2007 , Liu 2020 ). A naphylaxis – Emergency Medicine Updates 2. Read More: 1. Biphasic Anaphylactic Reactions.

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RebelEM

MARCH 11, 2024

A 42-year-old man presents to the emergency department after a motor vehicle collision. Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide. McGraw-Hill; 2020:(Ch) 89. Rezaie, MD (Twitter/X: @srrezaie ) The post Rosh Review MyEMCert Question appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog.

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AENJ: Current Issue

MAY 8, 2024

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has emerged as a useful tool in the emergency department for quick diagnosis and treatment of many emergency conditions (Gonzalez et al., Although several procedures exist to help assess ETT confirmation, all have limitations, are not always reliable, and vary in their degree of accuracy.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 31, 2023

Children presenting with diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis to Emergency Departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland: an international retrospective observational study. During the COVID-19 pandemic , we noticed a change in the type of patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Arch Dis Child.

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SCGH ED

JULY 2, 2024

Here is some information relevant to the management of patient’s impacted by family & domestic violence.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Methods This multicentre randomised controlled trial was undertaken between December 2018 and July 2020 in the ED of four hospitals in the Netherlands. Manipulation performed under ultrasound guidance has the potential to decrease the number of reduction attempts.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

12 How do we address these disparities in the emergency department? An implementation science approach improves language access in the emergency department. Association of limited English proficiency and increased emergency department waiting room lengths of stay. Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Musculoskeletal injuries are a common occurrence, representing a substantial number of Emergency Department visits on an annual basis. 1) Oftentimes, Emergency Physicians are the first provider patients encounter after an injury. 2020 Feb 12;4(2):e20.00005. 2020 Dec;12(6):1644-1651. Epub 2020 Sep 7.

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Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

In a survey from June 2020, 11% of adults reported thoughts of suicide in the past 30 days [1]. They found that suicide rates in 2020 were increased in October and November for men and in July through November for women when compared to 2016-2019. Deaths, isolation, loss of work, and countless other hardships abound.

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 17, 2023

Intro The number of ED visits and hospitalizations Studies show up to 57% of anaphylactic reactions are not recognized, and epinephrine is not administered in up to 80% of cases.

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PulmCCM

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The therapy was approved for emergency use in 2020 by FDA after an observational study of 10 patients showed likely benefit (yes, 10, which should remind us of our collective desperation). patients infected with the Wuhan/Delta variants in 2020-2021). Only 19 patients in the intervention arm (of 46) underwent balloon insertion.

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ALiEM

MARCH 18, 2024

Shortly after that, the finger turned purple, so she came to the Emergency Department for evaluation. 2020 Apr;87(4):194. Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 22, 2020

Date: August 18th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Diagnosing COVID-19 in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review of Clinical Exam, Labs, Imaging Accuracy and Biases. Reference: Carpenter et al.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Date: November 19th, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. The impact of advanced practice provider staffing on emergency department care: productivity, flow, safety, and experience. AEM November 2020.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 7, 2024

Lucky for us, in 2020 there were some updates made to the NIH Asthma Management Guidelines and we’re going to discuss which ones can help us in the Emergency Department! You’re probably asking yourself… is this really important for us in the Emergency Department to know? No more SABA ! Clin Med Res.

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Cook County EM Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

So, you reach for your ultrasound… Why It Matters : Shoulder dislocations are a common presentation to the emergency department and account for approximately 200,000 visits annually [1]. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Aug;76(2):119-128. Epub 2020 Feb 25. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.01.008. 2020.01.008. PMID: 32111508.

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