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EM@3AM: Stercoral Colitis

EMDocs

A 75-year-old woman who is bedridden after a stroke presents to the ED from a nursing facility with abdominal pain and constipation. Stercoral Colitis in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Review of Presentation, Management, and Outcomes. Fecal Impaction and Nonperforated Stercoral Colitis: Red Flags for Poor Outcomes.

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Grand Rounds Recap 4.5.23

Taming the SRU

stent, percutaneous nephrostomy) by urology or IR Hypokalemia evaluate for EKG changes assess for underlying cause and factors that may influence ability to replete (i.e. Vaishnav Hyperthermia: abnormally high body temperature due to thermoregulatory failure Severe hyperthermia: temp greater than 40.5C

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52 in 52 – #39: DAWN – Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke with a Mismatch between Deficit and Infarct

EMDocs

A second primary outcome was added at the 30-month time frame by request of the FDA, the trial was still blinded at that time. The blinded assessment of the primary outcome was done through both in-person interviews and over the telephone. POWER: 86% to detect a 1-point difference in the group’s first primary outcome.

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Episode 28 - Depressed and Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department: An Evidence-Based Approach

EB Medicine

Jeff: As a quick survey of our audience before we begin, how many of you routinely encounter co-morbid psychiatric conditions in your ED patients, especially depression? Jeff: And how many of you struggle to admit or transfer patients for a formal psychiatric eval? Nachi: That would certainly be all of our listeners!

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The Latest in Critical Care, 2/26/24 (Issue #31)

PulmCCM

Tenecteplase for acute ischemic stroke presenting after 4.5 Because it can be infused more rapidly than alteplase, TNK is gaining prominence as thrombolytic treatment for acute ischemic stroke, in patients presenting within 4.5 hours post-stroke, but those trials were conducted before mechanical thrombectomy (performed a.s.a.p.

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Grand Rounds Recap 5.3.23

Taming the SRU

BROADSTOCK Suicidal Ideation & Behavior with Concomitant Substance-Use Difficult to distinguish suicidal ideation/behavior from primary decompensated psychiatric disease versus substance-induced in the ED Statement of Belief Aka pink slip, 72 hour hold, involuntary civil commitment, etc.

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

First up is the link between cannabis use and stroke or TIA. times higher risk of stroke or TIA. Jeff: In terms of psychiatric effects, several low-to-moderate quality studies have shown statistically significant associations between psychosis and self-reported cannabis use. times higher risk of stroke or TIA.