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Choosing Wisely – Investigations for seizures that have returned to baseline

Don't Forget the Bubbles

doi:10.1093/tropej/fmz071 Expert Panel on Pediatric Imaging, Trofimova A, Milla SS, et al. 2019-0134 Hirtz D, Ashwal S, Berg A, et al. The role of brain computed tomography in evaluating children with new onset of seizures in the emergency department. Seizure patient selection for emergency computed tomography.

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The 70th Bubble Wrap – DFTB x MSc in PEM

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Forestell B, Battaglia F, Sharif S, et al. Prekker ME, Bjorklund AR, Myers C, et al. Ann Emerg Med. Higher quality evidence is needed to recommend for or against using the bougie as a first-line technique in paediatric airway management. O’Connell KJ, Sandler A, Dutta A, et al. O’Connell et al.

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Platelet-Lymphocyte Ratio and Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio: Updates in Prognosticating Fournier Gangrene in the Emergency Department

AAEM RSA

Fournier gangrene: an histori9]al reappraisal. MD Diagnosis: Fournier's Gangrene, Emergency Medicine News: May 2005 - Volume 27 - Issue 5 - p 36. Sugihara T, Yasunaga H, Horiguchi H, et al. Bjurlin MA, O'Grady T, Kim DY, et al. Sorensen MD, Krieger JN, Rivara FP, et al. Thwaini A, Khan A, Malik A, et al.

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Can you localize the culprit lesion on angiogram without taking ECG findings into account?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

In ACS, chest pain is the warning sign of ongoing ischemia. I have said before, treating angina with morphine and continuing non-emergent management is like taking the batteries out of an actively alarming smoke detector during a house fire and going back to sleep. In fact, in this elegant study by Heitner et al.