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Hypertensive Emergencies

EB Medicine

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the June 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Hypertensive Emergencies: Guidelines and Best Practice Recommendations Epidemiology Etiology Differential diagnosis Prehospital care History and physical Diagnostics Treatment Acute decompensated heart failure Acute ischemic stroke Acute (..)

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 88: ED Evaluation of Diverticulitis

EMDocs

American Gastroenterological Association (2021) Best Practice Advice 1: Computed tomography should be considered to confirm the diagnosis of diverticulitis in patients without a prior imaging-confirmed diagnosis and to evaluate for potential complications in patients with severe presentations. Management of colonic diverticulitis.

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IV fluids in the ED: When do we really need them?

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2023 10 found that clinicians were 56% accurate in their assessments of patients admitted for heart failure when compared to the gold standard of blood volume measurement – a nuclear study utilizing radiolabeled red blood cells and albumin. 2023 Feb 25;14(1):211 Wang CS, FitzGerald MJ, et al. 11 A study by Stephan et al.