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Valvular Emergencies

EB Medicine

Aortic Valve Disease Types and causes Mitral Valve Disease Types and causes Tricuspid and Pulmonic Disease Differential Diagnosis acute coronary syndromes (ACS) pulmonary embolism tamponade chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) pneumonia pneumothorax Prehospital Care Evaluation of chest pain History Shock ED Evaluation History Aortic Stenosis (..)

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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…

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REBEL Core Cast 105.0 – Methylxanthine Toxicity

RebelEM

Hemodialysis should also be considered in cases of refractory shock, dysrhythmias, or seizures. Lastly, for patients in refractory shock or seizures or with life-threatening dysrhythmias, hemodialysis should be considered. albuterol) and anti-cholinergics (ie. ipratropium). 3 References Eldridge FL, Paydarfar D, Scott SC, Dowell RT.

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Journal Jam 17 – Steroids for CAP and COVID Pneumonia

Emergency Medicine Cases

What are the indications for steroids in patients with pneumonia besides those with concurrent COPD exacerbations, ARDS or adrenal shock? What is the evidence for benefit for steroids in CAP, the flu and COVID pneumonia? And if there is benefit, do those benefits outweigh the potential harms?

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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…

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ECG Blog #366 — Diltiazem didn't work.

Ken Grauer, MD

These 2 settings are: i ) In patients with severe , often longstanding pulmonary disease ; and / or , ii ) In acutely ill patients with multi-system disease ( ie, sepsis, shock, electrolyte and/or acid-base disorders ). Applying the Above to Today's Case: In addition to being Covid-positive — the patient in today's case had longstanding COPD.

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Episode 21- Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock

EB Medicine

This month, we’ll be talking Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock. And sepsis-3 redefined septic shock as “hypotension not responsive to fluid resuscitation” with the added requirement of vasopressors to maintain a MAP greater than or equal to 65 and with a lactate > 2. That’s where we’re at.

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