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SGEM Xtra: Catch of the Day – CAEP19

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He is the current Director and Editor-in-Chief of the not-for-profit, international knowledge translation project, Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine ( BEEM ). Dr. Katrina Hurley is the Interim Chief of the IWK Emergency Department in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dr. Gauri Ghate is an Emergency Physician in London, Ontario.

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Recognition and Treatment of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

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2 TTP often presents abruptly, and most patients that develop it first visit the emergency department (ED) as their symptoms worsen. It is thus imperative that emergency physicians be able to recognize and properly treat this disease, especially in the absence of its classical presentation. Am J Emerg Med. J Emerg Med.