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emDOCs Revamp: Alcohol Withdrawal

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Initial vital signs: HR 136 BPM, BP 172/82 mmHg, RR 24, T 37.2C, SpO2 97% RA Physical examination: General: restless, mildly agitated CV: tachycardic, regularly regular, diaphoretic, Abdomen: Soft, NT, ND, intermittently dry heaving Neuro: tremulous in bilateral arms and hands, tongue fasciculations What do you suspect as the diagnosis?

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EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

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A) Azithromycin B) Chloramphenicol C) Ciprofloxacin D) Doxycycline E) Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole Answer: D This patient presents with fever , headache , malaise , and a maculopapular rash after returning from an area in Southeast Asia where she reports seeing numerous rats. Flea-Borne Typhus: Epidemiology Summary 2013-2019.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 110: Primary Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

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Commonly a monomicrobial infection with gram-negative bacteria like E. Paracentesis is a safe procedure with a low complication rate (< 1%). For the remaining fluid inject 1 mL into a purple top EDTA blood tube for cell count; send 2-3 mL for Gram stain in a red-top tube or sterile urine container. coli (50-90% of cases).

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Elbow Dislocations

REBEL EM

1998 Jan-Feb;6(1):15-23. PMID: 32644703 Robinson PM, Griffiths E, Watts AC. 2017 Jul;9(3):195-204. PMID: 29681420 Gottschalk HP, Eisner E, Hosalkar HS. 1999 Jan;13(1):58-9. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. doi: 10.5435/00124635-199801000-00002. PMID: 9692937 Decker N, Norse A. Anterior Elbow Dislocation. 2022 Aug 2.

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Chest Pain in Children: ReBaked Morsel

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Chest Pain in Children: Hysteria vs Vigilance Diverse pathology can present as chest pain in children Cardiac 1-9% GI 2-10% Musculoskeletal – 2-20% No Identifiable cause – 21-45% of the time! 2013 Oct;132(4):e1010-7. Pediatr Rev September 2020; 41 (9): 469–480. 2021;13(1):2. Pediatrics. PMID: 24019419.

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Episode 165 Fish Tongue Parasite: Parasite Appreciation Hour

This Podcast Will Kill You

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 46(1), pp.19-23. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Cincias, 96(1), p.e20230706. ” International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 2 (2013): 222-227. Gompper, Matthew E., Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 66(1), pp.87-90. 2017): e1602422.

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EM@3AM: Stercoral Colitis

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3, 9, 11, 12 The average age tends to be greater than 60 years old. Up to 1/3 of adults over 60 suffer from chronic constipation. Clinical exam: 2, 3, 9 Abdominal distension and tenderness Nausea and vomiting Stool present in the rectal vault Peritonitis may be accompanied by hemodynamic instability in the case of sepsis.

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