Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

No, I don’t give TXA to kids with isolated head injuries We want to stop any clot breakdown to try and slow any potential bleeding. What about head injury , though? Along came the CRASH 3 trial, another huge study looking specifically at TXA in traumatic brain injury. This is not good. in the TXA group vs 53.7%

Head Injuries 145

Head Injuries Seizures Pediatrics Outcomes 145

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning. Predicting outcome in individual patients after severe head injury.

Head Injuries 246

Head Injuries Pediatrics Outcomes Shock 246

Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

He is otherwise well, with only hypertension, well-controlled on one medication. She had tried to convince herself that his slips were just senior moments of an already eccentric academic. Ten years after her husband’s death, MV fell and hit her head. The head injury eventually took her life.

Hospice 125

Hospice Head Injuries Academics Hospitals 125

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 30, 2020

He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. You suspect abdomen and pelvic trauma and calculate his injury severity score (ISS) to be 22. It asked if TXA had a mortality benefit in patients with isolated head trauma ( SGEM#270 )? TXA vs. 19.8%

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Head Injuries Academics EMS Stroke 52

RebelEM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Patient data anonymized when presented to adjudication committee to avoid detection bias Well-balanced patient characteristics between groups. Included traumatic and nontraumatic brain injuries. Limited to academic hospitals in one country, which may call generalizability into question. El-Ebiary, M.; Fábregas, N.; Hernández, C.;

CDC 111

CDC Radiology Radiology Head Injuries 111

ACEP Now

JULY 6, 2023

5 Patients with acute ischemic strokes, STEMIs, and trauma, as well as many other diagnoses, have their workup largely completed, and even sometimes definitive therapy executed, before they leave the emergency department, rather than requiring inpatient units. Risk of brain tumor induction from pediatric head CT procedures.

Head Injuries 52

Head Injuries Emergency Department Research Pediatrics 52

Taming the SRU

JUNE 6, 2023

then need further evaluation Usually with CTA imaging If normal physical exam & ABI>0.9, then need further evaluation Usually with CTA imaging If normal physical exam & ABI>0.9, then need further evaluation Usually with CTA imaging If normal physical exam & ABI>0.9,

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Documentation/Coding Seizures Psychiatric Wellness 64