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emDOCs Revamp – Acute Chest Syndrome

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mg q20-30 min per dose) PRN naloxone in case of respiratory depression Some patients have SCD crises pain plan for reference Antimicrobials 11 Ceftriaxone + azithromycin if penicillin allergy for both children and adults. 2020 Feb 12;10(1):2470. Chinawa JM, Ubesie AC, Chukwu BF, Ikefuna AN, Emodi IJ. C or 100.4 mg/kg, max 0.4

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Profound ST depression in II, III, aVF

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This 29 year old African American patient was found down, unconscious, not breathing and was given 2 mg of intranasal naloxone by a bystander. I did not think it was due to ACS, but we ordered an ED ECG immediately: What do you think? He then received bag-valve-mask ventilations for several minutes until he became responsive.

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Tranq dope (fentanyl-xylazine combination): A new horizon in opioid withdrawal treatment

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Alternatively, one can cut the 2 mg Suboxone (buprenorphine + naloxone combination) strips into 4 pieces after waiting for a longer washout period (72-96 hours of abstinence from non-medical opioids) before starting the induction. DOI: Papudesi BN, Malayala SV, Regina AC. Microdosing Methods Help, 2020. 2023 Aug 1;89(2):231.

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Opiate overdose, without chest pain or shortness of breath. Cognitive dissonance.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

He awoke with naloxone. The shape of the elevated ST-T waves in anterior leads V2,V3 is the mirror-image opposite picture of what LV “strain” looks like in left-sided leads ( I discuss and illustrate this concept in detail in My Comment — at the bottom of the page in the June 20, 2020 post of Dr. Smith's ECG Blog ).