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Conversation - High Sensitivity Troponin

EB Medicine

In this episode of EMplify: Conversation , Sam Ashoo, MD and TR Eckler, MD discuss high sensitivity troponin testing and clinical pathways. Topics discussed include: Which troponin assay are you currently using and what are its limits of detection? Do delta troponin results only count if they increase? If the test result is indeterminate, then what?

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ECG Cases 32 Prehospital ECG pearls and pitfalls

Emergency Medicine Cases

In this ECG Cases blog we review 8 cases of patients with prehospital ECGs and explore prehospital ECGs for diagnosing STEMI, Occlusion MI, false STEMI, code STEMI, dynamic ischemic changes, truncated voltages. Can you avoid the pitfalls and spot the pearls that help to make the diagnosis? The post ECG Cases 32 Prehospital ECG pearls and pitfalls appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Antitrust 101: How to Build Medical Monopolies by Discrediting U.S. Physicians

Dr. Wes

Recently, there have been a rash of initiatives by unaccountable non-profit physician credentialing organizations (Federation of State Medical Boards, the American Boards of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine and Pediatrics), and the American Medical Association to come to the public's rescue by de-credentialing U.S.

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4 Things to Expect from Your First Placement as an Interim Healthcare Leader

Core Medical Group

By now, you’ve probably heard about interim healthcare management and know a little bit about what a temporary leadership position in the medical field might look like.

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Imaging Case of the Week 511

EMergucate

The following chest x-ray is from an elderly patient who has presented with palpitations. What can be seen?

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EM Quick Hits 39 Overdiagnosis, Lytics for Submassive PE, Pericardial Effusion, Hemophilia Treatment

Emergency Medicine Cases

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast Justin Morgenstern & Eddy Lang discuss the problem of overdiagnosis in EM, Anand Swaminathan's approach to indications and dosing of thrombolytics for submassive (intermediate risk) pulmonary embolism, Tahara Bhate's QI Corner on a patient with unexplained shortness of breath, Brit Long on emergency treatment of the bleeding hemophilia patient.

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Brief Echo in Cardiac Arrest

Ultrasound Gel

This clever study questions which cardiac view is best to obtain during a cardiac arrest. By using a simulated arrest scenario on living non-cardiac arrest patients, they compare the subxiphoid window and the parasternal long axis view in terms of speed and image quality. [link] [link] This clever study questions which cardiac view is best to obtain during a cardiac arrest.

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Sent Home Abnormal | Guided IVs | Lessons from Tuskegee

JournalFeed

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 13-17th, 2022. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Sent Home Abnormal Spoon Feed: 18% of children in this cohort were discharged from a pediatric ED with at least one abnormal vital sign.

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ECG of the Week 22 June 2022

EMergucate

A 24 year old Indigenous female P2G3 31/40 pregnant presents to ED complaining of left sided non pleuritic chest pain … Continue reading →

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Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia: Recognize And Treat It Early

Critical Care Now

Reading Time: 3 minutes Mohamed Hagahmed, MD, EMT-P Mohamed is an Emergency Medicine Physician and EMS director. His main areas of interest are Critical Care, Ultrasound, Prehospital Resuscitation, and Medical Education. Find him on Twitter @HagahmedMD The Pre-brief An 11 y/o boy suddenly collapses at a sporting event. His coach and fellow players witnessed a seizure-like activity immediately after collapsing.

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Imaging Case of the Week 510 Answer

EMergucate

The lateral knee x-ray shows a large effusion in the knee joint.

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Lab case 368

EMergucate

17 year old girl presented to ED with aspirin overdose. Her VBG showed the following: PH = 7.

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Lab case 367 interpretation

EMergucate

Answers: Bilirubin = 107 umol/L. That is elevated.

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