The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 1, 2025

She is the cofounder of FOAMcast and a pulmonary embolism and implementation science researcher. Dr. Westafer serves as the Social Media Editor and a research methodology editor for Annals of Emergency Medicine. Excluded: Patients with missing D-dimer values, missing data elements for the RGS or Wells score, inconclusive CTPA.

Allergic Reactions 69

Allergic Reactions Research Emergency Department Ultrasounds 69

EMDocs

JANUARY 25, 2025

Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. BioMed Research International, 2020, 1-10. A previously healthy 23-year-old male with no medical or surgical history presents to the ED with generalized malaise and no energy, progressively getting worse over the last six weeks. 10^9/L) Moderate (0.50.9 Medications: 25.6%

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EMS Infectious Diseases Allergic Reactions Fluid Resuscitation 88

RebelEM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Background: Diphenhydramine, a first-generation antihistamine, is the most common pharmacologic agent used to treat acute allergic reactions. Diphenhydramine versus nonsedating antihistamines for acute allergic reactions: a literature review. Resources: Banerji A, Long AA, Camargo CA Jr. Allergy Asthma Proc. 2, 2001, pp.

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Allergic Reactions Anaphylaxis Urgent Care Emergency Department 52

EMDocs

AUGUST 31, 2023

1,2 More research is needed to determine whether a difference truly exists in efficacy of these antivenoms against local tissue effects which predominate after Agkistrodon envenomation. On follow-up 1 week later, the patient was doing well, ambulating and playing without significant discomfort.

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Allergic Reactions Anaphylaxis Poisoning EMS 92

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

AUGUST 1, 2016

Well, it turns out, what is old is new again. The idea is not to tape on the growing mound itself, because the mound may pull at the anchored skin and set a nuclear chain reaction of annoyance and restlessness – and potentially a failed procedure. A 25-gauge butterfly or 24-gauge angiocatheter works well from an infant to an elder.

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Allergic Reactions Dehydration Pediatrics Administration 52