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Lab case 386

EMergucate

85 years old lady with history of COPD, brought to ED with low GCS after VF cardiac arrest followed by return of spontaneous circulation after 3 minutes of CPR and a single DC shock. Her VBG on arr…

COPD 40
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Lab Case 212

EMergucate

85 years old lady with history of COPD, brought to ED with low GCS after VF cardiac arrest and return of spontaneous circulation after 3 minutes of CPR and a single DC shock. Her VBG on arrival sho…

COPD 40
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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Managing Pneumothorax

Taming the SRU

It can be further divided into two types: primary--those that occur in generally healthy individuals without underlying lung disease, and secondary--those that occur in individuals with underlying lung disease such as COPD [1]. J Emerg Trauma Shock. Smoking is a known risk factor, as is cannabis use [2,5, 7-8]. Ann Emerg Med.