EMDocs

JANUARY 25, 2025

Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A previously healthy 23-year-old male with no medical or surgical history presents to the ED with generalized malaise and no energy, progressively getting worse over the last six weeks. 10^9/L) Moderate (0.50.9 10^9/L) Severe (< 0.5 10^9/L) Generalized leukopenia (i.e. link] Lu, W.,

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Multiple well-designed, multicenter, multinational studies suggest GLP-1 agonists are associated with improved glucose control in diabetes type 2 and approximately a 15% reduction in weight over 1-2 years (around 2/3s of patients regain weight if treatment is stopped). Published June 04, 2021. 2021 Mar 18;384(11):989-1002.

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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]. 2021 Oct 7. Orbital hemorrhage: preseptal is less dangerous and more obvious on exam. query=Traumatic+Iritis+and+Chemical+Iritis.

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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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EMDocs

AUGUST 31, 2023

In April 2021, after a post-hoc analysis of the original phase 3 study suggested non-inferiority of the F(ab’) 2 antivenin against copperhead envenomation, the FDA expanded approval of this antivenom to include copperhead and cottonmouth envenomations. Published online April 2021. Ann Emerg Med. 2020;76(4):S29. Accessed May 7, 2022.

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RebelEM

AUGUST 3, 2023

What They Did: Parallel, 2-arm, noninferiority, open-label, multicenter, international randomized clinical trial Occurred in 6 specialized centers (3 in North America – US & Canada and 3 Outside of North America – Australia) Trial took place from June 2021 to December 2022 Used PEN-FAST to risk stratify patients.

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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. 2021 Jan;14(1):e008693. 8 The device itself is 2 x 2.5 120.008693.

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