Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 19, 2024

DON’T forget to put on your Personal Protective Equipment as well! If bleeding, the only lab that is needed in the Emergency Department is a type and cross. Have traditional, direct laryngoscopes available as well. This is worth a shot in a well appearing child that is old enough to gargle and spit.

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ALiEM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

A 32-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) from an outside hospital for further management of right eye pain and vision loss sustained after he was struck by a metal wire while at work. Consult ophthalmology emergently. 2023, March 23). Eye (Lond).

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Taking care of a critically ill child can be nerve-racking to say the least, and downright petrifying for those who don’t do it frequently, even if they are well-trained and brilliant clinicians. Sinha 2012] It is useful in the prehospital setting , correlating well with actual weight and ED Broselow weight. Broselow does not.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The night prior to presentation, mom noticed he was not feeding as well and seemed fussy. Initially in the emergency department he was generally well-appearing with normal vital signs. Infants with NTED generally remain well-appearing and do not meet toxic shock syndrome (TSS) criteria. 2023; 40( 2): 349- 351.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Source Use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1-Agonists and Increased Risk of Procedural Sedation and Endotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. The AI performed well in both accuracy and in improving sensitivity. Ann Emerg Med. 2023-064364. 2024 Aug;84(2):226-227. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.03.007.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 1, 2023

How does that apply to the role of the board certified emergency physician? Fundamentally, I believe every patient coming to an emergency department is best served by care delivered by board certified emergency physicians. Coach John Wooden was famous for focusing on the fundamentals, sometimes called “little things.”

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Broome Docs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

2023 Mar 30;110(4):432-438. PMID: 36946338 Bottom line: This is a well done RCT that demonstrates pretty convincingly that you should not bother trying to but fingernails back on after nail bed repair (and my guess is you definitely shouldn’t be removing them either). 2023 Nov 11. 2023 Oct 1;80(10):1047-1054. 2023 Oct 12.

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ALiEM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A 61-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, and normal pressure hydrocephalus s/p VP shunt (last revision nine months ago) presented to the Emergency Department (ED) for evaluation after noticing a “string” coming out of her anus today. Surg Neurol Int.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 6, 2024

The Sisyphean task remains to try to keep up—and, in that vein—here is a light round of the emergency medicine literature from 2023. 7 The operators involved in the trial were mostly emergency medicine residents or critical care fellows, but this fact does not diminish the generalizability of these observations.

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ALiEM

JULY 17, 2023

The Study In an Annals of Emergency Medicine paper , Preiksaitis et al. sought to identify program factors associated with unfilled post-graduate year 1 (PGY-1) emergency medicine (EM) positions in the 2023 Match [1]. as well as an analysis of the 2023 Match by Pupazan and Cook in Emergency Medicine News [3,4].

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ALiEM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

A 4-year-old female with no significant past medical history is brought to the Emergency Department by her grandmother for concern for two days of progressive vaginal bleeding. kg General : Well-appearing 4-year-old female acting appropriately with grandmother and mother at the bedside. C; Wt 18.2 link] Published 2021.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

12 How do we address these disparities in the emergency department? Well-meaning providers who are not highly fluent may contribute to miscommunication and diagnostic errors. Providers should respect and utilize this mode of communication, as well as document the patient’s request for a non-certified interpreter.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 3, 2023

At the most fundamental level, emergency physicians cannot change jobs if they are legally prevented from doing so by non-compete agreements. In March 2023, ACEP sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission strongly supporting the FTC’s proposal to ban non-compete agreements from employment contracts. Published January 27, 2023.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 22, 2023

Regardless of the domain, somewhere an expert panel has convened to issue a pronouncement informing all of the ideal care of patients under their specialty umbrella, indirectly extending to their care in the emergency department. 2-4 A fourth is planned for publication in late 2023, and will address non-opioid substance dependence.

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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. 2023 May 17:archdischild-2022-325280. Ponmani C, Nijman RG, Roland D, Barrett M, Hulse T, Whittle V, Lyttle MD on behalf of PERUKI.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 29, 2023

Date: July 21, 2023 Reference: McDonald et al. AEM July 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency medicine physician and assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. Date: July 21, 2023 Reference: McDonald et al. Patterns of change in prehospital spinal motion restriction: a retrospective database review.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 8, 2023

Date: July 6, 2023 Reference: Hanula R et al. JAMA Int Med 2023. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Anand Swaminathan is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Staten Island University Hospital. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: July 6, 2023 Reference: Hanula R et al. JAMA Int Med 2023.

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ACEP Now

MAY 10, 2024

Patients often seek care in the emergency department (ED) setting when flares of pain affect their ability to ambulate, climb stairs, or even stand up from sitting. We prefer an in-plane, superior to inferior approach, but an out-of-plane technique can be performed, as well. J Emerg Med. 2023 Jul;13(7):373-378.

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EMDocs

JULY 9, 2024

The emergency department takes care of some of the highest risk patients with the worst access to health care and social services Over the past 20 years, many researchers have created and validated social needs screeners Some examples: iHELP, WE CARE, SEEK, USDA 2-item food insecurity questionnaire Does screening make a difference?

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ALiEM

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A 32-year-old man with a history of traumatic globe rupture from a stab wound two months ago, status post repair, presented to the emergency department for worsening right eye pain and green malodorous drainage for the past three days. There was a well-healed scar on the bottom eyelid. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.

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Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Chief complaints involving the ear are a common occurrence in Emergency Departments across the US and include presenting symptoms such as ear pain or fullness, hearing loss, redness, trauma, vertigo, and foreign bodies. A retrospective analysis of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) from 2009 through 2011 identified 8.6

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 7, 2023

2023 Mar;59(3):480-486 Who were the patients? This prospective cohort study included patients between 0-16 years old, who presented to one of four NHS hospital sites in Greater Manchester (a large metropolitan area in the North of England), consisting of an Urgent Care Centre and three Emergency Departments. Acad Emerg Med.

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ALiEM

JANUARY 22, 2024

A 40-year-old male, tailor by occupation, was brought to the Emergency Department with complaints of high-grade fever for the past 11 days. The patient also complained of shortness of breath for one week associated with a dry cough, as well as an altered sensorium for one day. Epub 2011 Sep 12. PMID: 21911554; PMCID: PMC3193135.

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ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

A 25-year-old Venezuelan male presented to a Chicago area emergency department (ED) in early November 2023. He noted spending about five days walking through a jungle, as well as traversing rivers. Discussion As the refugee crisis continues, and asylum seekers visit emergency departments all over the U.S.,

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 17, 2024

Written by Bobby Nicholson, MD 67 year old male with history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the Emergency Department via ambulance with midsternal nonradiating chest pain and dyspnea on exertion. There are well preserved R-waves in Wellens waves. What do you think? ng/mL, BNP 2790, and lactate 3.7.

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ALiEM

JUNE 1, 2023

Are you using phenobarbital instead of benzodiazepines as the first-line monotherapy for patients in alcohol withdrawal in the Emergency Department (ED)? Well not exactly. The Journal of Emergency Medicine. Management of Alcohol Withdrawal in the Emergency Department: Current Perspectives. 2012.07.056.

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ACEP Now

JANUARY 13, 2024

1 The questions raised by this tragedy are many: How did a gun make its way into the emergency department in the first place? Working in the emergency department, we are subject to high rates of burnout, depression, and anxiety that have all been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ann Emerg Med , 2021;78(4):S8.

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Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for millions of Emergency Department visits annually. While moderate and severe TBI is often managed on an inpatient basis, patients presenting with mild TBI, or concussion, are often managed solely by Emergency physicians.

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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]. A 32-year-old man presents to the emergency department with eye pain. Overview of Eye Injuries in the Emergency Department.”

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ALiEM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In patients with skin changes, consider topical wound care as well as further evaluation of deep tissue infections, osteomyelitis, and ischemia. Published May 2023. Published 2023 Mar 29. 2023 Jun 15;388(24):2209-2212. Epub 2023 Apr 26. Published 2023 June 30. 2023 Mar;61(3):173-180. N Engl J Med.

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ALiEM

MAY 19, 2023

A heavy alcohol drinker, who is well known to your Emergency Department, presents with altered mental status, except that he looks different this time. In our emergency department, the RTs do not spend a lot of time going around measuring cuff pressures and usually save that until the patient reaches the ICU.

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ALiEM

APRIL 12, 2023

The thin alcohol layer serves to eliminate any air bubbles under the adhesive cover as well as minimizes residual adhesive material sticking to the probe when removing the cover. Accessed April 5, 2023. Accessed April 5, 2023 Afzal S, Zahid M, Rehan ZA, et al. emDOCs.net – Emergency Medicine Education.

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Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

In the era of modern medicine, blood transfusions are commonplace, especially in the emergency department. While they are a lifesaving staple of medicine, they also come with risks that emergency providers must be aware of. Journal of Blood Medicine , Volume 14, June 2023, pp. 389–398, [link] Peyrony, Olivier, et al.

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ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A 77-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with hip pain following a fall. See below: Fascia iliaca Serratus anterior Erector spinae The risks of opioid medications, especially in the elderly, has been well described. 2023 Sep 2;15(9):e44583. 2023 Oct 1;19(6):379-385. J Patient Saf. Pain Pract.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 12, 2024

The College is pushing for federal actions that align with input from the first National Stakeholder Summit on Boarding, which ACEP organized and hosted in September 2023. In addition to boarding measures, ACEP strongly supports legislation to improve protections for the health and safety of emergency physicians on the job.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 22, 2023

Date: April 20, 2023 Reference: Franklin D, et al. JAMA 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Michael Falk is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine attending at Mount Sinai Medical Center […] The post SGEM #401: Hey Ho! Date: April 20, 2023 Reference: Franklin D, et al. He is drinking well, and parents report normal urine output.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 29, 2023

Date: April 26, 2023 Reference: Han et al. The effect of telemental versus in-person mental health consults in the emergency department on 30-day utilization and processes of care. AEM April 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. Reference: Han et al.

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