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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Lumbar Punctures

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1) However, it wasn’t until the 1890s that purposeful, successful, and safe attempts to access this fluid were documented (2). It is most helpful to do the ultrasound immediately before needle insertion, as movement of the patient may shift cutaneous landmarks from underlying bony structures.

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AHA/NCS Statement on Critical Care Management of Post ROSC Patients

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The neurologic section was divided into (1) brain oxygenation, perfusion, edema, and intracranial pressure (ICP); (2) seizures and the ictal-interictal continuum (IIC); and (3) sedation and analgesia. EEG Monitoring and Seizures Statements Takeaway: If possible, obtain an EEG to evaluate for seizure activity.

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Grand Rounds Recap 5.22.24

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Get a blood gas when possible to help guide your ventilation. glenn, haffner, and jackson In Flight Emergencies: As a responding physician to an in-flight emergency, you may recommend diverting the plane, however, the captain (lead pilot) will make the final decision.

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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

We know that if administered too rapidly, it can lead to hypotension and other adverse effects including seizures, headaches, backache, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, anaphylaxis, impaired color vision, and other visual disturbances.[1] Lastly, the use of TXA is not without risk.

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Grand Rounds Recap 4.26.23

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Generally accepted (and some airlines spell it out) that they are assuming the liability even for you helping Documentation: To protect yourself (and the airline), will/should make documentation of what happened. hours earlier and went to OR 3.5 hours earlier and went to OR 3.5 Each airline generally has their own protocol.

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The best documented cormorbidity is sickle cell disease, although other pro-thrombotic conditions also put the child at risk. The child with seizure disorder and chest pain: anti-epileptics Some anti-epileptic agents, such as carbamazepine, promote a poor lipid profile, leading to atherosclerosis and early MI. Cardiovasculr Ultrasound.

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

It was peer-reviewed by Joseph Habboushe, assistant professor at NYU and Nadia Maria Shaukat, director of the emergency and critical care ultrasound at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. In fact, cannabis use has been documented for medical use dating as far back as 600 BC in West and Central Asia.