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EM@3AM: Endometritis

EMDocs

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. The diagnosis is clinical, and close consultation with the patient’s OB/GYN may be helpful in determining disposition. Consulting OB / GYN for incision and drainage (B) would be the appropriate treatment for an abscess.

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Grand Rounds Recap 4.26.23

Taming the SRU

hours earlier and went to OR 3.5 billion passengers annually 1 medical emergency per 604 flights Most common complaints: Syncope/presyncope: 37.4% Respiratory symptoms: 12.1% Nausea and vomiting: 9.5% Diversion occurs 7.3% of in-flight emergencies Deaths occurred 0.3% Smith Quick Facts regarding In-Flight Emergencies: 2.75 Respiratory symptoms: 12.1%

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Hysterectomy Complications

EMDocs

Author: Kristine Jeffers, MD ( EM Physician , San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium) // Reviewed by: Jessica Pelletier, DO (EM Education Fellow, Washington University in St. Once diagnosed the patient should be treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and referred to OB/GYN for operative repair (6).

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Can I Order a Preeclamptic for Delivery, Please?

Kings County Downstate EM

appeared first on County EM. You are juggling eight patients, and the triage nurse pulls you aside to evaluate another one. The patient is a 35-year-old woman at 37 weeks gestation […] The post Can I Order a Preeclamptic for Delivery, Please?

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