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ToxCard: Crotalid Envenomation Part 2 – CroFab vs. AnaVip: What’s the Difference?

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Plasma half-life of the F(ab’) 2 antivenom is significantly longer at 5.5 Accessed May 7, 2022. Accessed May 7, 2022. link] Li Z, Krippendorff BF, Sharma S, Walz AC, Lavé T, Shah DK. Accessed May 7, 2022. Accessed May 7, 2022. 5 Figure 1. Table 1: Comparison of F(ab) and F(ab’) 2 antivenoms.

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Penetrating chest trauma

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This was a randomised controlled multisite study comparing resuscitation of trauma patients requiring massive transfusion using either 1:1::1 or 1:1:2 ratios of platelets to plasma to red blood cells. 2022 Dec;57(12):986-993. Pragmatic Randomized Optimal Platelet and Plasma Ratios (PROPPR) Trial: design, rationale and implementation.

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A comatose patient with a carbon monoxide level over 50%

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It was shown to me with worry for ischemic ST elevation, which is certainly possible from severe CO toxicity, or concomitant ACS. Intravascular Neutrophil Activation Due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning What do you think of this ECG? Routine ECG recorded before hyperbaric therapy.Are they related?

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Popular Antiobesity Medications Bring New Challenges to Emergency Physicians

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One side effect of this medication is that it can reduce the absorption of antiepileptic medications such as valproate, vigabatrin, and lamotrigine and reduce their plasma concentration, thus putting patients taking these medications at higher risk of seizure. ACS chemical neuroscience molecule spotlight on Contrave. ACS Chem Neurosci.

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ToxCard: Organic Mercury Poisoning

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7 We are commonly taught that metals are not amenable to treatment with activated charcoal (AC).However, In short, there is not a whole lot of evidence to support this, but if patient has had a recent ingestion and is not altered, you can consider gastrointestinal decontamination with AC. 2022, February 25). Resources: S.

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Case Report: Acute Kratom Withdrawal

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In 2022, the National Poison Data system reported 1,278 cases involving kratom; about 45 percent of those cases required health care facility management. 2022 Annual Report of the National Poison Data System (NPDS) from Americas Poison Centers: 40th Annual Report. Kruegel AC, Gassaway MM, Kapoor A, et al. Gold MS, Pottash AC.

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Electrical instability in a healthy 50 year old. How to manage?

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Whenever I see PVCs with the morphology and axis seen in todays case I always look for signs of AC ( Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy ). See this case for an in-depth discussion of AC and an example of VT and ECG changes associated with this disorder. The minimum effective plasma concentration of flecainide is about 200 ng/mL.

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