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EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

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We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. January 2022. The post EM@3AM: Murine Typhus appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. Answer : Murine Typhus Epidemiology: Murine typhus is endemic in several parts of the U.S.: Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2016;15(3):367-82. Food and Drug Administration.

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EM@3AM: Stercoral Colitis

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Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 73-year-old female is brought in by EMS for abdominal pain, vomiting, and weakness for two days. link] The post EM@3AM: Stercoral Colitis appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. EMRA Antibiotic Guide. Stercoral Colitis. link] Yuranga Weerakkody.

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EM@3AM: Leukopenia

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Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2022:1-11. 101,33 (2022): e30116. Updated 2022 Nov 14]. Available from: [link] The post EM@3AM: Leukopenia appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. Curr Opin Hematol. 2017;24(1):46-53. doi:10.1097/MOH.0000000000000305

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Imported Malaria

Pediatric EM Morsels

More specifically they have seen this trend continue to rise in the era of post-COVID travel (Choy 2022). Another change is the CDC approved the use of IV artesunate for malaria treatment in the US in May 2022. WHO 2022) In a previous PEM morsel, we mentioned Sickle Cell Trait is only protective against P. falciparum.

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ToxCard: Second Generation Antipsychotic Overdose

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Published 2022. J Emerg Crit Care Med Vol 6 (October 30, 2022) J Emerg Crit Care Med. His roommate found an empty pill bottle on the floor next to him. The bottle contained 100 mg quetiapine tablets, and 50 tablets were unaccounted for. Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2022;15:3915-3929. Published 2019. Accessed October 23, 2023.

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EM@3AM: Brainstem Strokes

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We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 74-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, diabetes, recent basilar artery stent placement with a 20 pack-year smoking history presents to the ED via EMS for altered mental status and episodes of apnea. June 26, 2022. Accessed November 19, 2023.

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Rosh Review EM Scholar Monthly Question

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EMS is able to tell you that she is currently being treated for pneumonia. Accessed October 19, 2022. Accessed October 19, 2022. Rezaie, MD (Twitter: @srrezaie ) The post Rosh Review EM Scholar Monthly Question appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. F (37°C), and SpO2 86%. Radiopaedia website.

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