Imaging Case of the Week 495 Answer
EMergucate
MARCH 10, 2022
The lateral knee x-ray shows significant effusion in the knee joint and an indentation on the lateral femoral condyle (lateral … Continue reading →
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Resistance is Futile!
Critical Care Now
MARCH 10, 2022
Reading Time: 4 minutes Lauren Igneri Critical care pharmacist and proud Rutgers University graduate. Enjoys rock climbing, cycling, travel, and lively discussions on the finer points of pharmacokinetics and critical care over a beer with friends. Case A 23-year-old woman (70 kg) struck by an automobile is admitted to the trauma ICU. She is found to have a subdural hematoma.
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EMPerles: Not Cape-Able of Raising One’s Arms
Cook County EM Blog
MARCH 10, 2022
The Case: 49-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented to the ED for progressive neck pain and bilateral upper extremity weakness in a cape-like distribution for 6 months, worsening over the past week. Notably, the patient was in a motorcycle accident in a foreign country 6 months earlier, when he was struck from behind and ejected from his vehicle, landing on his left side.
Episode 67 – Managing Postpartum Complications in the Emergency Department – An Interview with Dr. Nicole Yuzuk, Dr. Joseph Bove, and Dr. Riddhi Desai
EB Medicine
MARCH 7, 2022
Episode 67 – Managing Postpartum Complications in the Emergency Department – An Interview with Dr. Nicole Yuzuk, Dr. Joseph Bove, and Dr. Riddhi Desai EMplify – March 2022 Interview with the Authors: Nicole Yuzuk, DO, Joseph Bove, DO, and Riddhi Desai, DO Episode Outline: 1.Why is this an important topic in EM? 2.Hemorrhage etiologies and definition 3.Headache etiologies, both common and the more dangerous (ICH) 4.Fever and infection Mastitis Endometritis 5.Preeclampsia/eclampsia Definition, d
Imaging Case of the Week 496 Answer
EMergucate
MARCH 10, 2022
The abdominal x-ray shows paucity of gas in the abdomen.
Marine Envenomations
Northwestern EM Blog
MARCH 7, 2022
Written by: Michael Tandlich, MD (NUEM ‘24) Edited by: Chloe Renshaw, MD (NUEM ‘22) Expert Commentary by : Justin Seltzer, MD (NUEM ‘21) Expert Commentary An excellent post by Drs. Tandlich and Renshaw. Marine envenomations are common problems around the world. Like with land-based envenomations, the venomous organisms of note vary with geography; jellyfish encountered in Australia are different from those encountered in Florida, for example.
Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 058 | Haematological malignancy
Emergency Medicine Ireland
MARCH 7, 2022
Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Of the many things I poorly understand, I suspect that haematology holds a special place. Knowing the intricacies of the haematological malignancies was not exactly core knowledge for emergency medicine. Read More » Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Of the many things I poorly understand, I suspect that haematology holds a special place.
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Smith – Trauma Radiology
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MARCH 7, 2022
Dr. Elana Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who presents on the Top 10 Radiology Diagnoses in Trauma. Dr. Elana Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine who presents on the Top 10 Radiology Diagnoses in Trauma.
Balanced Crystalloids Probably Reduce Mortality in the Critically-Ill
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Earlier this week the GMC at long last released data on the number of doctors who died while undergoing fitness to practice investigation and monitoring. The number of deaths should be extremely small — the individuals at risk are working age adults with good socioeconomic status — and the numbers are small, on average about ten a year in recent years.
Chung – Environmental Injuries: Burns, Electrical, Altitude, Heat Stroke
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MARCH 7, 2022
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SGEM#361: Under My Umbrella, Ella, Ella – Review of Meta-Analyses in Emergency Medicine
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The following abdominal x-ray is from a 7 day old with bilious vomiting. What can be noticed?
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75 year old lady presented to the emergency department after a fall. In ED she was found to be slightly febrile with blood pressure of 95/55.
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