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Non-fatal strangulation

St. Emlyn

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed The Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine's guidelines for managing non-fatal strangulation (NFS). These guidelines advocate a trauma-informed, multidisciplinary approach to improve outcomes for patients who have experienced NFS.

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Methanol poisoning

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Predictors of Mortality The prognosis of methanol poisoning depends on several factors, with certain clinical and biochemical markers strongly associated with poorer outcomes. Within 24 hours, the child is stabilised and recovering—an outcome that could have been very different without prompt action. Severe acidosis (pH <7.0)

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Xylazine: “Zombie Drug” is an Emerging Threat

ACEP Now

Prior to medical school, she received her MBA in Healthcare Management and currently works on health policy and outcomes-based research. Forensic Sci Int. Isha Joshi (@ISHAJOSHIII) is a third-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa. Hershey Medical Center and the associate editor of ACEP Now. 2014;240:1-8.

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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

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There is significant evidence in adults and developing in the paediatric population that TXA results in better outcomes if given early in patients with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) and does not cause harm. link] Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. link] Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine.

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Tips for Diagnosing Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another

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Dr. Rozzi is an emergency physician, medical director of the Forensic Examiner Team at WellSpan York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania, and secretary of ACEP’s Forensic Section. That bottle was confiscated, and the nurse gave the child a different bottle. Child protective services and law enforcement were consulted.

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The 89th Bubble wrap x Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital

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Over half (53.3%) of the included studies had a moderate or high risk of bias, and due to the heterogeneity of study designs and outcomes, a meta-analysis could not be performed. However, the review was limited by a significant risk of bias due to missing outcome data and a lack of information on opioid co-administration.