Allergic Reactions Shock Wellness 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 1, 2023
Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his late 40s presented to the ED with concern for allergic reaction after accidentally eating a potential allergen, then developing an itchy full body rash and diarrhea. Finally — It is well to remember that the amount of ST segment deviation in ECG #1 is extreme!
RebelEM
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The STREAM-1 trial found that for [2] patients with STEMI presenting within 3 hours of symptom onset and unable to attain PCI within 1 hour of first medical contact, a pharmaco-invasive strategy resulted in similar rates of death, shock, heart failure, or reinfarction compared to primary PCI. Primary PCI: 95.7% Primary PCI: 95.7%
Mind The Bleep
JULY 15, 2023
Steroid resistance Failure to achieve complete remission after 8 weeks of prednisolone at 60mg/m2/day Differentials Heart failure – would present with oedema, shortness of breath, cyanosis Allergic reaction – presents with facial oedema, pruritus. This causes a positive feedback mechanism with the liver producing more albumin.
EB Medicine
SEPTEMBER 1, 2018
You may have heard of the recommendations for incision / excision, use of venom extraction devices, tourniquets, chill methods and even electroshock therapy – well these methods are all OUT. In severe cases this can lead to systemic bleeding and even hemorrhagic shock. Jeff: Pit viper envenomation can also cause hematologic effects.
EMDocs
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
2019) argue against a minimum NIHSS score to trigger the use of CTA, instead purporting that clinical suspicion of acute ischemic stroke presenting within 24 hours of the last known well was sufficient evidence to order the study. IgE-mediated reactions to contrast do exist, but they are very rare. 8 The data in Mayer et al.
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