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EM Cases Best of 2016 Top Ten

Emergency Medicine Cases

The year 2016 was one of the most productive one in the entire 7 year history of EM Cases with a total of 29 podcast releases, the introduction of the CritCases blog, the Q & A Pearl of the Week, Just The Nuggets emails, BEEM Cases, the expansion of the Waiting to Be Seen blog, the second EM Cases Digest ebook and the first ever EM Cases Course.

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Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation (CPAM)

Pediatric EM Morsels

Prenatal and Postanatal Management of Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation. Neonatology. Apr 110 (2): 101-15. PMID: 27070354 Mehta AA, Viswanathan N, Vasudevan AK, Paulose, R, Abraham, M. Congential Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation: A Teritriay Care Hospital Experience. J Clin Diagn Res. Nov: 10 (11): SC01-SC04.

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Imported Malaria

Pediatric EM Morsels

2016 Apr; 32(4): 227–231. Worldwide, children <5 years old account for 76% of deaths related to malaria, but these are predominantly in Sub-Saharan Africa (WHO 2022) P. vivax , P. malariae , and the less common P. knowlesi and P. simium (Forgie 2022) P. vivax and P. falciparum parasitemia , and no other defined cause of AMS (WHO 2023).

ALS 278
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Morel-Lavallée Lesion in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Shen 2013, Nickerson 2014, Scolaro 2016 ] Singh et al proposed an algorithm to guide treatment. Shen 2013, Nickerson 2014, Scolaro 2016 ] Singh et al proposed an algorithm to guide treatment. Shen 2013, Nickerson 2014, Scolaro 2016 ] Singh et al proposed an algorithm to guide treatment.

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Podcast 186.0: Hypocalcemia

Core EM

2016, January 27). Pfenning CL, Slovis CM: Electrolyte Disorders; in Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al (eds): Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, ed 8. Louis, Mosby, Inc., 2014, (Ch) 125: p 1636-53. Swaminathan, A. Hypocalcemia. Retrieved April 29, 2022, from [link] Vantour L, Goltzman D.

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Acute Transverse Myelitis in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

(Tavasoli 2018, Wolf 2012) More common in adults; children comprise 20% of total cases (Pidcock 2007, Wang 2019) Bimodal age distribution (Absoud 2016) Children < 5 years Children > 10 years Symptoms evolve over 2-4 days and peak at 5-6 days (Absoud 2016) ATM may occur alone OR as part of another disorders (e.g.

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SGEM#418: I Ain’t Missing You – Spinal Epidural Abscess

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Population: Adults attending at continuously-staffed EDs in a health network covering 15 states, 2016-19. Implementation of a Clinical Management Tool for Spinal Epidural Abscess Early Diagnosis. AEM October 2023.