Mind The Bleep

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Oculo-Sympathetic Pathway: Radiological and Anatomical Correlates.” Abnormalities can be grouped into: Small pupil Large pupil Abnormal reflexes Small Pupil (miosis) Bilateral (causes): Opioids – always check the drug chart. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan–. PMID: 30252368.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In the late 1990s, iron was the leading cause of poisoning deaths reported to poison control centers for children less than 6 years of age. 1 The choice of GI decontamination should be made with toxicologist / poison control review and recommendation, and possibly including endoscopist input. 2 L/hr in adults. McGraw Hill; 2019.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 10, 2024

She is concerned about food poisoning and says the groin/thigh pain feels like a prior episode of sciatica. It began 5 days earlier after eating chicken nuggets from Wendy’s. She also reports fever, sweating and right anterior thigh/groin pain that worsens with walking. Temp is 98.7 and pulse 121.

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EB Medicine

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Jeff: Do consider adding on a venous or arterial carboxyhemoglobin in the right clinical scenario, as CO poisoning represents an important cause of headache you wouldn’t want to miss. Let’s talk radiology. So even if the ESR and CRP are negative, if the suspicion for GCA is high enough, it should be treated and you should get a biopsy.

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