Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 6, 2023
Submitted and written by Anonymous, edits by Meyers and Smith A 50s-year-old patient with no known cardiac history presented at 0045 with three hours of unrelenting central chest pain. The pain was heavy, radiated to her jaw with an associated headache. Triage VS: 135/65 mmHg, 95 bpm, 94% on room air, 16/min, 98.6 F Triage ECG: ECG Interpretation: Sinus rhythm with normal QRS.
EMergucate
JANUARY 3, 2023
The following is an ECG of a 70 year old man who was in a tachyarrhythmia about an hour ago at a rate of approximately 160bpm, who failed adenosine 6mg and 12mg, and was subsequently administered 1…
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EB Medicine
JANUARY 3, 2023
Announcements: 1) The interactive Clinical Pathways have launched and they are available for free! 2) 2023 E/M coding guidelines are in effect. See the summary here. In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, interviews Ara Festekjian, MD, one of the authors of the November 2022 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice article on Pediatric Septic Shock in the Emergency Department Introduction: How common is sepsis in kids and what is the mortality rate in the US?
NRC Health
JANUARY 3, 2023
It’s gratifying to take stock of your achievements over such a growth-filled year—and to welcome the new year with a passionate re-commitment to empathy, vision, and true Human Understanding. The post Happy New Year from NRC Health appeared first on NRC Health.
Northwestern EM Blog
JANUARY 2, 2023
Written by: Evelyn Huang, MD (NUEM ‘24) Edited by: Julian Richardson (NUEM ‘21) Expert Commentary by : Tyler Black, MD, FRCPC COVID-19 has been difficult for everyone. Deaths, isolation, loss of work, and countless other hardships abound. With this, comes the concern for mental health crises. In a survey from June 2020, 11% of adults reported thoughts of suicide in the past 30 days [1].
Emergency Medicine Cases
JANUARY 2, 2023
Understanding why ETCO2 is recommended in cardiac arrest with Swami, practical steps to organ donation in the ED with Dr. Andrew Healy, using your hospital food court to treat paraphimosis, rectal prolapse and food bolus obstruction with Dr. Sarah Foohey, QI Corner with Dr. Tahara Bhate, 4 Medicolegal Myths with Dr. Jennifer C. Tang on this month's EM Quick Hits podcast.
Dr. Mike Sevilla
JANUARY 1, 2023
Another year has started, and it’s always a time for me to reflect. Every time at the beginning of the year, I tell myself that it’s a great time to try to get back to writing, and I’m going to try that again this year. We’ll see what happens….
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American Medical Compliance
JANUARY 2, 2023
The rise of telehealth has improved patient access to care along with increased provider productivity. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted business as usual for healthcare providers and patients. Those needing routine care were reluctant to seek it for fear of exposing themselves to the virus. Patients with chronic conditions or illnesses were not seen by healthcare professionals.
Emergency Medicine Cases
JANUARY 2, 2023
Based on a blend of number of listens, feedback from listeners, website visits and my personal faves, here is EM Cases Top 10 of 2022. The post Top 10 of 2022 – EM Cases Podcasts & Blogs Highlights of the Year appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.
EMergucate
JANUARY 3, 2023
ECG of the Week 28th December 2022 – Interpretation The patient is in a sinus rhythm with bradycardia (rate ~50) … Continue reading →
University of Maryland CC Project
JANUARY 3, 2023
Dr. Allison Herring, Assistant Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the University of Medicine, School of Medicine presents an ICU Imaging review, with a focus on chest radiology as part of the DC5 Lecture series.
JournalFeed
DECEMBER 31, 2022
The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Dec 26-30, 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. Go Go Pheno Spoon Feed: Hospital adoption of phenobarbital for severe alcohol withdrawal syndrome (SAWS) was associated with lower rates of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV).
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
DECEMBER 31, 2022
Date: Dec 15, 2022 Reference: Mahajan et al. Serious bacterial infections in young febrile infants with positive urinalysis results. Pediatrics. October 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Brian Lee is a pediatric emergency medicine attending at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. […] The post SGEM #387 Lumbar Punctures in Febrile Infants with Positive Urinalysis-It’s Just Overkill first appeared
EMergucate
JANUARY 3, 2023
Answers: PH = 7.10, that is severe acidaemia. HCO3 = 11 mmol/L, this means we have metabolic acidosis. Next, we need to calculate the anion gap and the compensation.
University of Maryland CC Project
JANUARY 3, 2023
Dr. Emil Oweis is a board-certified pulmonary and critical care attending physician and is an Associate Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He gives a lecture as part of the DC5 Lecture Series entitled "Mechanical Ventilation in Obstructive Lung Disease". Dr. Emil S. Oweis is a board-certified pulmonary and critical care attending physician and is an Associate Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med
JANUARY 6, 2023
These two pieces from Becker’s Hospital Review demonstrate significant areas of weakness within the American healthcare system. Hospital.
EMergucate
JANUARY 3, 2023
An alcoholic person with severe peripheral neuropathy was brought to ED with low GCS.
University of Maryland CC Project
JANUARY 3, 2023
Pratik Sinha, MBChB, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Sinha’s current research interests are in using big data analytics to identify biologically-driven homogeneous subgroups within heterogeneous critical-illness syndromes, with applications in precision medicine.
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med
DECEMBER 31, 2022
Pelvic fractures caused by large force compression (open book) and vertical sheer injuries can lead to life threatening massive hemorrhage fr.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 2, 2023
This was texted to me by a former resident, with no information: What do you think? Here Ken Grauer has used the PM Cardio app to improve the image: This was my immediate response: "Acute proximal LAD OMI" To me it is obvious and diagnostic. There are hyperacute T-waves in I, aVL, V2-V6. These are wide, bulky, with large area under the curve relative to the QRS size.
EMergucate
JANUARY 3, 2023
The hand x-rays are from an adult patient taken post dog bite. What can be seen?
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med
JANUARY 6, 2023
Magnesium has been associated with function of serotonin and vascular tone regulation, both of which are mechanisms that implicate there ma.
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