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2024 Emergency Medicine Research Highlights: Forced Air, Sepsis, and More

ACEP Now

One of the paradoxical oddities of treatment for acute stroke is the reversal of anticoagulation to enable treatment with thrombolysis. Thrombolysis after dabigatran reversal for acute ischemic stroke: a national registry-based study and meta-analysis. Theodorou A, Melanis K, Bakola E, et al. 2024;103(7):e209862. 2024;103(11):e210020.

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Fourteen Emergency Medicine Research Gems from 2023

ACEP Now

Every year, the volume of published research continues to outpace capacity to consume. What’s New in Stroke Care? The simplicity of tenecteplase administration makes its use likely the preferred agent for treating acute ischemic stroke. the “ARAMIS” trial throws up another red flag for patients suffering mild stroke.

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

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. When is it useful and what does it tell us? PMID: 1933914. Acad Emerg Med.

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Grand Rounds Recap 4.19.23

Taming the SRU

Subsequent exposure results in a T-cell mediated response (Type IV hypersensitivity reaction) Plants: Toxicodendron species (poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac) Also present in foods, including pistachio, cashew, and mango.

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Toxicology Answer: The Capsaicin Found in Hot Peppers and Chilis

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8,9 There is one case of a 17-year-old who died from acute cerebellar stroke after participating in the “One Chip Challenge” (eating a capsaicin infused food chip as a game) that prompted Hershey Co. Dr. Hack is chief of the division of medical toxicology and vice chair for research at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.

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

EB Medicine

And while safety planning typically is most effective when combined with other interventions, research suggests that it does enhance outpatient treatment engagement after an ED visit and in one study, reduce subsequent suicide attempts by 30% vs usual care. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2006. (US

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

Jeff: This DEA designation limits the ability to do research and obtain federal funding for such research. Synthetics were initially developed in the 1980s largely for research purposes. First up is the link between cannabis use and stroke or TIA. times higher risk of stroke or TIA.