Northwestern EM Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

Difficult stick, dehydrated patient, collapsible veins, USPIV is calling your name! John Bailitz, MD Vice Chair for Academics, Department of Emergency Medicine Professor of Emergency Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern Memorial Hospital How To Cite This Post: [Peer-Reviewed, Web Publication] Premer-Barragan, C.,

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ALiEM

AUGUST 28, 2023

Case Discussion Take-Home Points Dehydration, trauma, anticholinergics, and diuretics predispose to the formation of sialoliths, with 80-90% arising from the submandibular glands. The emergency physician made a single 1 cm incision over the calculus and a 0.5 cm sialolith was removed with minimal bleeding. Etiologic factors in sialolithiasis.

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Dehydration Emergency Department Academics Hospitals 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

She is not clinically dehydrated and has a temp of 38.2C The bottom line was that there seemed to be a knowledge gap when it comes to managing bronchiolitis in the community setting (previous evidence as suggested a knowledge gap also exists in the academic pediatric hospitals).

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Dehydration Pediatrics Hospitals Academics 40

RebelEM

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Sepsis, hyperthyroidism, dehydration, heart failure, ACS, etc). PMID: 36115743 Clinical Question: What is the effectiveness of IV amiodarone vs IV digoxin used as second line therapy in critically ill emergency department patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter where first-line BB use has failed?

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EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

Jeff: And while it’s not exactly core EM, we’re going to briefly discuss indications for bariatric surgery, as this is something we don’t often review even in academic training programs. Consider IV access and early IV fluids in those at risk for dehydration and intra-abdominal infections. At 6 to 8 mL/kg.

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Taming the SRU

MARCH 31, 2023

Charon, Academic Med 2012) embracing fear in emergency medicine WITH dr. arlene chung What is fear? Narratives trigger changes of many kinds in both the teller and the listener, yielding meanings that are reciprocally produced by each teller-listener dyad.”

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Allergic Reactions Seizures Anaphylaxis Leadership 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Also consider non-hemorrhagic volume depletion, dehydration : orthostatic vitals may uncover this [see Mendu et al. (3)]. Premonitory symptoms (Nausea, pallor, diaphoresis, flushing), or triggers (Valsalva, Pain, Emotion, Prolonged Standing, Dehydration) are very useful in making the diagnosis. Academic Emergency Medicine.,

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