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"Call HazMat Before Opening"

FOAMfrat

CAD notes indicate that the caller was walking in the park and came across a vehicle in the far corner of the parking lot. As (Narayan & Petersen, 2022)explains, SulfHb is a stable, green-pigmented molecule, which constitutes less than 1% of normal hemoglobin invivo. Its mid-Monday morning on a crisp spring day. 2018, 05 21).

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SGEM#370: Listen to your Heart (Score)…MACE Incidence in Non-Low Risk Patients with known Coronary Artery Disease

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: June 30th, 2022 Reference: McGinnis et al. AEM June 2022. Date: June 30th, 2022 Reference: McGinnis et al. AEM June 2022. AEM June 2022. Major adverse cardiac event rates in moderate-risk patients: Does prior coronary disease matter? He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine.

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VF arrest at home, no memory of chest pain. Angiography non-diagnostic. Does this patient need an ICD? You need all the ECGs to know for sure.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Stated differently, the differential diagnosis for the presenting syndrome was either ventricular fibrillation due to acute coronary syndrome, or idiopathic ventricular fibrillation and bystander stable CAD.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 94: GLP-1 Agonist Complications

EMDocs

American Gastroenterological Association issued a practice guideline in November 2022 recommending that semaglutide 2.4 Retrospective study published in 2022 of 81,752 adverse events associated with GLP-1 agonist therapy found an increased risk of pancreatitis, particularly with liraglutide (ROR 32.67; 95% CI 29.44-36.25).

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emDOCs Videocast: EBM Update – Steroids in Severe CAP and CT in Post ROSC OHCA

EMDocs

2022 Aug;48(8):1009-1023. Low-dose methylprednisolone treatment in critically ill patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia. Intensive Care Med. Question: In adult patients admitted to the ICU with severe CAP, does methylprednisolone compared to placebo reduce 60-day all-cause? Prospective, multi center RCT.

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Is OMI an ECG Diagnosis?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Similarly, if a patient with known CAD presents with refractory ischemic chest pain, the ECG barely matters: the pre-test likelihood of acute coronary occlusion is so high that they need an emergent angiogram. Clin Cardiol 2022 4. 1] European guidelines add "regardless of biomarkers". Int J Cardiol 2024 3. Lupu et al.

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A man in his 70s with weakness and syncope

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The patient proceeded to cath where all coronaries were described as normal with no evidence of any CAD, spasm, or any other abnormality. She has not had a heart catheterization or after this event so the presence or absence of CAD is still unknown. mm ( generally ≥2 mm ) in ≥1 right precordial lead, followed by a positive T-wave. —

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