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Amiodarone Versus Digoxin for Acute Rate Control of Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department

RebelEM

Background Information: Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate (RVR) is one of the many tachydysrhythmias we encounter in the Emergency Department (ED). Amiodarone versus digoxin for acute rate control of atrial fibrillation in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Sep 7.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: There’s a Stone Under My Tongue

ALiEM

A 44-year-old female presented to the emergency department with the complaint of a “stone under [her] tongue.” Larger, more superficial sialoliths may benefit from excision in the emergency department. The emergency physician made a single 1 cm incision over the calculus and a 0.5 2011 Dec;145(6):935-9.

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Episode 30 - Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

EB Medicine

This month, we are sticking in the abdomen for another round of evidence-based medicine, focusing on Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery. 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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SGEM#228: Winds of Change – High Flow Nasal Oxygen for Acute Bronchiolitis?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Ben Lawton is a paediatric emergency physician in Brisbane Australia. He divides his time between a tertiary children’s hospital and a community hospital that is busy enough to have its own paediatric emergency department. She is not clinically dehydrated and has a temp of 38.2C

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

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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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Taming the SRU

Work-up and Diagnosis in the Emergency Department Initial presentation of TLS typically includes generalized symptoms such as gastrointestinal distress, decreased appetite, muscle cramping, palpitations, hematuria / oliguria, and altered mental status. Academic Press; 2014:39-64. in females and 2.5-7.0 References 1.