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Imported Malaria

Pediatric EM Morsels

Both have a range of detection limits, which can be greatly dependent on operator. Pulmonary edema, hypotension and severe neurologic complications including seizures and comas. falciparum parasitemia , and no other defined cause of AMS (WHO 2023). vivax and P. vivax, and is likely effective for all P. malariae , and P.

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

Jeff: Medicinally, cannabinoids are currently used in the treatment of chronic pain syndromes, complications of multiple sclerosis and paraplegia, weight loss due to appetite suppression in HIV/aids, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, seizures, and many other neuropsychiatric disorders. Counsel them on drug abuse also.

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The child with seizure disorder and chest pain: anti-epileptics Some anti-epileptic agents, such as carbamazepine, promote a poor lipid profile, leading to atherosclerosis and early MI. Repeated use causes multiple psychiatric, personality, and neurologic changes. Fontan Operation and the Single Ventricle. Congenit Heart Dis.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. Risk-score performance was measured by comparing the proportions of patients with arrhythmias at various levels of the score and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves.

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Weaning Sedation in Paediatric Intensive Care

Don't Forget the Bubbles

These include CNS irritability (agitation, seizures, irritability), GI disturbance (nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea), and autonomic symptoms (increased heart rate, high blood pressure, sweating and fever). Published 2021 Jun 8. doi:10.1055/s-0041-1730918 Osborn D.A. Jeffery, H.E.