RebelEM

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

View Course Dates This 2-day course provides an in-depth look at effective surgical airway management techniques that you will actually use in your next emergency airway. There is a unique focus on airway anatomy and imaging combined with one-of-a-kind opportunity to practice the techniques on a large variety of non-embalmed, specially prepared cadavers.

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ALiEM

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A 48-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the Emergency Department with a left-sided facial rash and associated burning left eye pain that started four days prior. He was seen at an ophthalmology clinic when his symptoms started and given oral valacyclovir which he took for three days without improvement. He also endorsed left-sided facial weakness and diplopia for the last eight days.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As you roll into your night shift, getting briefed and handed the urgent pager, you exit the briefing room and go into the hum of the neonatal intensive care unit. The familiar beeps of monitors and the soft cries of a premature infant fill the air, but then—a sharp, unusual beep cuts through. Moments later, a nurse calls, “Doctor, could you check this blood pressure?

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First 10 EM

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Back for another month of interesting, arcane, important, or baffling articles. As we enter the winter in the Northern hemisphere, and I have little interest in heading outside, I will probably spend more time reading, so these write ups might get longer for the next few months. For now, the weather remains fine, golf season […] The post The November 2024 Research Roundup appeared first on First10EM.

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Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Overview Hiccups are one of the most common human reflexes and fascinatingly occur in adults, children, neonates and in utero! The official medical term for hiccups is “singultus” which is derived from the Latin root word singult and means “to catch one’s breath while sobbing”. While there is no established purpose for hiccups in adults, it is hypothesized that its role in utero is to prevent amniotic fluid aspiration and for respiratory muscle and diaphragmatic training prior to delivery.

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Emergency Live

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Curcumin, a molecule extracted from turmeric, could open new perspectives in the treatment of SMA Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disorder affecting motor neurons, the nerve cells that control muscle movement. This condition, often diagnosed in the early years of life, causes progressive muscle weakness and, in severe cases, can lead to […] The post Turmeric: a new hope for SMA patients appeared first on Emergency Live.

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PEMBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

You don’t need to send comprehensive viral tests in the majority of children with cough and congestion. Just make a clinical diagnosis dang it! Lyrics Adeno, rhino, entero too swabbing a nose just for something to do RSV, HSV, EBV, no! Save all that money and let the kid go Influenza, COVID, why not some more? Big viral panels? Show them the door!

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PulmCCM

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Pulmonary embolism and its recommended therapies are stratified according to risk: Patients with massive pulmonary embolism (i.e., hypotension) generally receive systemic thrombolytics, because their risk of death is higher than their bleeding risks from tPA. Patients with mild, low-risk PEs receive anticoagulation, because thrombolytics’ bleeding risk would far outweigh any potential benefit.

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Core Ultrasound

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In this virtual interview, Dr. Longino and Dr. Riscinti—both from Denver Health—share their expertise on the background of the VExUS (Venous Excess UltraSound) exam. Whether you’re a clinician seeking to refine your ultrasound skills or a learner diving into advanced techniques, this discussion offers expert insights from two leaders in the field. This episode is part one of a two part interview where I personally learned so much and I’m thankful for all of the knowledge translation from Drs.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The American Heart Association met this weekend in Chicago. A number of trials presented have serious biases. I will write about these in the coming weeks. The OPTION trial stands out as one of the most problematic. I will have a column up soon over at Medscape Cardiology. I even wrote a preview of this trial explaining its design flaws. JMM I will try something different today.

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Maria Yang, MD

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

(I am skipping over the third instance of the word “mental” in Project 2025 for now. There are two reasons for this: First, the quote is “mental or psychological issues”, which is part of a long list of categories of information. Second, the relevant paragraph describes the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA).

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Science Based Medicine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

President-Elect Donald Trump has nominated antivaccine activist and anti-pharma conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. I've written about the damage he will do, if confirmed, to the CDC and FDA, but what about NIH, the greatest engine of biomedical research ever? The post RFK Jr. vs. the NIH: Say goodbye to the greatest engine of biomedical research ever created first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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