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SGEM#299: Learning to Test for COVID19

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Diagnosing COVID-19 in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review of Clinical Exam, Labs, Imaging Accuracy and Biases. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. Reference: Carpenter et al. Reference: Carpenter et al. Reference: Carpenter et al.

ACPE 130
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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 88: ED Evaluation of Diverticulitis

EMDocs

Up to 15% can have urinary symptoms like dysuria due to bladder irritation. Fever may be present. Severe pain, guarding, rigidity suggest complication. Laboratory analysis: WBC is not sensitive or specific CRP and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio may assist in determining the risk of complication. rate of complicated diverticulitis. Initial imaging.

ED 68