Northwestern EM Blog

MARCH 1, 2025

Prone positioning, or having the patient lay face-down on the bed, has been used in the management of ARDS for several decades. This maneuver improves oxygenation and gas exchange via three main mechanisms (Malhotra, 2022): 1. What are the physiologic effects of proning?

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 3, 2023

2) 2023 E/M coding guidelines are in effect. 2) 2023 E/M coding guidelines are in effect. Announcements: 1) The interactive Clinical Pathways have launched and they are available for free!

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RebelEM

MARCH 27, 2023

There may have very well been a policy where only RTs can make changes to a ventilator after an order was placed to ensure accurate documentation. Unfortunately, its not clear whether the documentation came from RTs or ED providers. 2022 Feb 8; PMID: 35156050 Higgins TL et al. 2022 Feb 24;7(1):29603. N Engl J Med.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 10, 2024

A code stroke is activated, and a CT head shows a left basal ganglia hemorrhage with no vascular lesions on CT angiography. The 2022 AHA/ASA guidelines give several recommendations on blood pressure lowering and coagulopathy reversal along with an algorithm. Blood Pressure Lowering:

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

StatPearls Publishing; 2022. Accessed April 27, 2022. 2022 Annual Report of the National Poison Data System ® (NPDS) from America’s Poison Centers ® : 40th Annual Report. Accessed April 27, 2022. Accessed April 27, 2022. Neurotransmitter. 2015;2:10-14800/nt. doi:10.14800/nt.491 In: StatPearls. J Neurol Sci.

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