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Bubble Wrap PLUS – January 2024

Don't Forget the Bubbles

However, children who had an operation experienced improvements in behaviour, symptoms, and quality of life and had lower blood pressure. The study suggests the importance of increased screening, safety planning, and early interventions for children with PO-MDD to address the risk of future psychiatric morbidity and mortality.

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Managing the Patient with Alcohol Intoxication

RebelEM

It may be mistaken for acute intoxication, psychiatric illness, or other occult pathology. Consider a psychiatric consult (and labs needed for psychiatric admission) or check blood work if there is a concern for concomitant underlying medical pathology as a cause of hallucinations. Acta Psychiatr Scand. Alcohol Alcohol.

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Episode 30 - Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

EB Medicine

Nachi: Unfortunately this procedure is associated with a relatively high re-operation rate – one study found 20% of patients required removal or revision. Jeff: Even more shockingly, some series showed a 52% repeat operation rate. Vitamin D, B12, Calcium, foate, iron, and thiamine deficiencies are all well documented complications.

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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. Repeated use causes multiple psychiatric, personality, and neurologic changes. Fontan Operation and the Single Ventricle. Risky behavior, violence, and motor vehicle accidents are all linked to this drug.

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

In fact, cannabis use has been documented for medical use dating as far back as 600 BC in West and Central Asia. Jeff: In terms of psychiatric effects, several low-to-moderate quality studies have shown statistically significant associations between psychosis and self-reported cannabis use. Counsel them on drug abuse also.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Thus, if there is documented sinus bradycardia, and no suspicion of high grade AV block, at the time of the syncope, this is very useful. Syncope and cause of death were identified by codes from the International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision. Logistic regression was used to identify predictors for the risk-score system.

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Weaning Sedation in Paediatric Intensive Care

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Consider the following conditions: Low blood sugar Systemic or Cerebral infections Reduced blood flow to the brain Abnormalities in metabolism Disorders of the blood vessels in the brain Psychosis/psychiatric history 2. See their website for more: [link] References Abu-Sultaneh S, Iyer NP, Fernndez A, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med.