Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

No, I don’t give TXA to kids with isolated head injuries We want to stop any clot breakdown to try and slow any potential bleeding. Again, there was no increase in thrombotic stroke in the TXA group – TXA looks safe. What about head injury , though? This is not good. in the TXA group vs 53.7%

Head Injuries 145

Head Injuries Seizures Outcomes Pediatrics 145

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning. Predicting outcome in individual patients after severe head injury.

Head Injuries 246

Head Injuries Pediatrics Outcomes Shock 246

RebelEM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

3, 6 Among patients with stroke or traumatic brain injury (TBI), the risk may be as high as 28%-76% and 23%-60%, respectively. Patient data anonymized when presented to adjudication committee to avoid detection bias Well-balanced patient characteristics between groups. Included traumatic and nontraumatic brain injuries.

CDC 125

CDC Radiology Radiology Outcomes 125

Downeast Emergency Medicine

APRIL 26, 2021

MI or stroke). A post-hoc analysis showed a lower 30-day mortality of those receiving TXA within an hour of their injury. Inclusion criteria included adults who were within 3 hours of injury, had a GCS of < 13 or any intracranial bleeding on CT, and no major extracranial bleeding. in the TXA group and 9.9%

Head Injuries 52

Head Injuries Administration Outcomes Seizures 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 30, 2020

It seems to work for epistaxis ( SGEM#53 and SGEM#210 ), failed to demonstrate a decrease in all-cause mortality in post-partum hemorrhage ( SGEM#214 ), and did not result in an improved neurologic outcome in hemorrhagic strokes ( SGEM#236 ). It asked if TXA had a mortality benefit in patients with isolated head trauma ( SGEM#270 )?

Head Injuries 52

Head Injuries Academics Outcomes EMS 52

ACEP Now

JULY 6, 2023

5 Patients with acute ischemic strokes, STEMIs, and trauma, as well as many other diagnoses, have their workup largely completed, and even sometimes definitive therapy executed, before they leave the emergency department, rather than requiring inpatient units. Risk of brain tumor induction from pediatric head CT procedures.

Head Injuries 52

Head Injuries Emergency Department Research Pediatrics 52

Mind The Bleep

JUNE 18, 2023

environmental factors, pain, infection, dehydration, electrolyte disturbance, head injury, medication etc) Does the individual have capacity? – One stroke is prevented for every 37 patients with dementia who avoid 2-3 months of antipsychotic symptoms for their BPSD.

Psychiatric 52

Psychiatric Documentation/Coding Stroke Fractures 52