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Case Report: What’s Causing Uncontrolled Movements?

ACEP Now

The differential included ischemic stroke, focal seizure disorder, lesion of the cervical spine, sequalae of prior Bell’s palsy, hemorrhage, or psychological disorder. CT of the brain was unremarkable, suggesting against any acute pathologies such as ischemic stroke, large hemorrhage, or tumor burden. Critical Care Medicine.

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Grand Rounds Recap 3.15.23

Taming the SRU

of emergency medicine residents report 1 or more dimensions of burnout (Lin Annals Emerg Med 2019) Moral Injury with COVID “We pushed aside our fear and frustration to focus on saving the patients in front of us; we kept our eyes open, and our feelings closed.

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Big Labs, Little People

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Less common causes of troponemia are: Kawasaki disease, pediatric stroke, or neuromuscular disease. S – seizure or shock – most commonly septic, but can be any type: cardiogenic, bstructive, hypovolemic, distributive. Don't go looking, if you won't do anything with the test. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013; 14(8): e380–e387.

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CT Angiography Head and Neck: Indications and Limitations

EMDocs

2 Outcomes of patients presenting with ischemic stroke who received MRI as initial imaging modality have demonstrated similar outcomes to those with initial CTA, with Kim et al. Stroke Authors’ Recommendation: CTA head/neck should be acquired in patients with stroke symptoms presenting within 24 hours of symptom onset.

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