Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

7-year-old Tilly is brought to your emergency department at 11 p.m. Abdominal pain in children is common, accounting for over 1 in 20 attendances to paediatric emergency departments [1]. Clinical scoring tools have improved diagnostic performance in assessing suspected appendicitis in the emergency department.

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Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 23, 2023

THE CASE A female in her early 20s, G4P2012, presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 5 day history of left lower quadrant abdominal pain which has been worsening since onset. Am J Emerg Med. Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2009. 2021 Nov;49:226-232.

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SheMD

APRIL 24, 2023

I break bad news almost every shift in the emergency department. An email with a sad face to a woman jacked up hormones was not the best approach. I put on my scrubs (I was on the schedule… again) and drove myself to the Emergency Department (ED). I waited in radiology for my formal ultrasound.

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EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

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. Internal hernia after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a correlation between radiological and operative findings. 2015;25(4):622-627.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 22, 2024

Choosing Wisely aims to help clinicians align with best practices by avoiding interventions that are not supported by evidence. Choosing Wisely in Paediatric Car e A trainee-led project in a UK tertiary paediatric emergency department looked at the usefulness of blood tests in 101 children. 70% had liver function tests.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines (2020) “What is the best way to make a diagnosis of ALCD? American College of Radiology ACR Appropriateness Criteria (2023) Left lower quadrant pain. AGA Clinical Practice Update on Medical Management of Colonic Diverticulitis: Expert Review. Initial imaging. Initial imaging.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

System changes to electronic ordering have been shown to induce more permanent clinical practice change and continual updates to these systems are necessary to keep pace with knowledge evolution and best practice. Pneumonia in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department with an Asthma Exacerbation. Pediatrics.

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