PDC Healthcare

AUGUST 24, 2021

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, an important time to bring attention to a disease that 1 in 8 women have a chance to develop. Raising awareness helps educate women on the warning signs and symptoms of breast cancer, promotes regular cancer screening, and raises funding for research to help save lives. From identification and […]. The post 5 Easy Ways to Promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Your Healthcare Organization appeared first on connectID - PDC Healthcare Blog.

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EMergucate

AUGUST 24, 2021

The ECG below is from a 79 year old man who has presented short of breath with acute pulmonary oedema. His past medical history includes HTN, T2DM and CKD.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

AUGUST 24, 2021

Just as pediatric patients are not small adults, geriatric patients are not just old adults. In this Part 1 of our 2-part EM Cases podcast series on Geriatric Trauma, Dr. Barbara Haas, Dr. Camilla Wong and Dr. Bourke Tillman answer questions such as: why are older patients under-triaged to trauma centers and how does that affect outcomes? What is the utility of the Shock Index in older patients?

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Board Bombs

AUGUST 22, 2021

Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here: [link] Load the shotgun. Time to talk about a disease that is hard to diagnose, and you'll find yourself firing off so many labs it's difficult to keep track. Time to set the record straight with myocarditis, a potentially very scary cause of heart failure.

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JournalFeed

AUGUST 21, 2021

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of August 16-20, 2021. We cover detecting central vertigo on exam, silver nitrate for recurrent epistaxis, cerebral venous thrombosis, spotting RV dysfunction in PE on CT, and D-dimer in pregnancy.

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EMergucate

AUGUST 23, 2021

The following chest x-ray is from a 35 year old with low back pain. What can be noticed?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 21, 2021

Date: August 19th, 2021 Reference: Pantell et al. Evaluation and management of well-appearing febrile infants 8 to 60 days old. Pediatrics 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Dennis Ren is a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Case: A 25-day-old, full-term boy presents to the emergency department with fever. His parents report that he felt […] The post SGEM#341: Are the AAP Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of the Well-Appearing Febrile Infant th

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EMergucate

AUGUST 25, 2021

39 year old IDDM, presents with a 1 day history of vomiting. The patient has been on an alcohol binge and non-compliant with his insulin.

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EMergucate

AUGUST 23, 2021

39 year old IDDM, presents with a 1 day history of vomiting. The patient has been on an alcohol binge and non-compliant with his insulin.

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EMergucate

AUGUST 24, 2021

Question 1: PH = 7.236, that is moderate acidaemia HCO3 = 12 (<24), so we have metabolic acidosis. Next we need to calculate the anion gap and the compensation.

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