Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 26, 2024

We have discussed many causes of encephalitis and encephalopathy previously (ex, Eastern Equine Encephalitis , Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy , FIRES , Reye’s Syndrome ) and have highlighted the fact that they can be challenging to diagnose early. An irritated brain can lead to such a wide array of symptoms. It is even more challenging when the initial symptoms seem to align with what we perceive as psychiatric concerns.

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Science Based Medicine

JULY 26, 2024

Doctors who claimed that only enormous RCTs for every variant could demonstrate the COVID vaccine's benefits, were fine just casually inventing reasons not to use it. The post Making Up Reasons to Let Unvaccinated Kids Get COVID: Pediatricians Will Run Out of Time and Measles Will Return first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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ECG Guru

JULY 26, 2024

In order to differentiate supraventricular extrasystoles/tachycardias with aberrant conduction from ventricular extrasystoles/tachycardias, the search for P waves is often very important. Here are some examples of how the P waves can be positioned around the ventricular extrasystoles.

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Core Medical Group

JULY 26, 2024

At CoreMedical Group , our QA team is the backbone of your job placement journey. From finding travel nursing and therapy opportunities to getting you started in new locations, our QA experts, alongside your recruiter, ensure everything is top-notch. Whether it’s your first or fifteenth assignment , we’ve got your back with personalized service, helping with applications, licensing, housing, and even some local tips for your new destination.

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ECG Guru

JULY 26, 2024

This is the ECG of a 50-year-old man with a congenital heart defect (we do not have exact details). To interpret an ECG with several different abnormalities, you have to proceed systematically. You can see my comments in the second picture. Perhaps Dawn would like to add something?

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 26, 2024

I once had a section chief who was fond of telling me to “make it count twice.” If I was doing work for one part of my job, she suggested that I try to use it for something else. If I worked hard on a lecture for our students, maybe I could turn it into a paper or a workshop to give at a meeting. If research into a patient’s problem raised some interesting questions, maybe I could try to answer these questions as part of a research project.

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ECG Guru

JULY 26, 2024

This is the ECG of a 50-year-old man with a congenital heart defect (we do not have exact details). To interpret an ECG with several different abnormalities, you have to proceed systematically. You can see my comments in the second picture. Perhaps Dawn would like to add something?

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PulmCCM

JULY 26, 2024

Medical nutrition society guidelines recommend protein-rich diets for critically ill patients, in the physiologically plausible hope that this strategy can support increased protein needs during critical illness and mitigate loss of muscle mass. In 2024, American guidelines (ASPEN) advise 1.

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