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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

patients that take ACE inhibitors (but 20-30% of all angioedema presentations to the Emergency Department) 3 times more common in Black Americans ( Kostis 2005 ) 0.01 patients that take ACE inhibitors (but 20-30% of all angioedema presentations to the Emergency Department) 3 times more common in Black Americans ( Kostis 2005 ) 0.01

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FOAMfrat

MAY 19, 2024

This blog is an example of exactly that. While transporting to the emergency department, the patient’s mother informed me that PDCD affects less than 1 in 50,000 individuals and is more common in males than females. 2007 9. van Dongen S, Brown RM, Brown GK, Thorburn DR, Boneh A. Never stop looking for it.

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EMS 12-Lead

APRIL 28, 2022

Initial vital signs include: NIBP 99/58 HR 150-160 (trend) RR 10 (spontaneous, but shallow) SpO2 86 (RA) BBS CTA The initial rhythm strip is attached: Figure 1 There is a wide complex tachycardia of varying morphology, amplitude, and R-R cycle length. A prominent vertical scar, however, is noted at the sternum.

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FOAMfrat

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Previously, I wrote a blog on pre-oxygenation, referencing my personal “weapon of choice” as chosen from the 7 Ps of RSI. But, putting them both into one blog would make for a read far too long to maintain even my attention span (which honestly is pretty short). Why is Physiologic Optimization Important?

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REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Read More REBEL EM: The Ketorolac Analgesic Ceiling References Irizarry E et al. Acad Emerg Med 2021; 28(11): 1228-35. Can J Emerg Med 2007; 9(1): 30-2. NSAID use and efficacy in the emergency department: single doses of oral ibuprofen versus intramuscular ketorolac. Ann Emerg Med 1995;26:117-20.

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REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Sites: Investigators recruited patients at 31 French emergency departments at university and nonuniversity hospitals Duration : June 1, 2009 to March 31, 2015. Recurrence of pneumothorax within 1 year. Pneumothorax recurrence within 1 year: 20% for aspirations, 27% for chest tubes. Panacek, E. Strange, C.,

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REBEL EM

JULY 3, 2023

Impact of intravenous calcium with diltiazem for atrial fibrillation/flutter in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. What They Did: Researchers conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study in three community hospitals and two freestanding emergency departments. Article: Rossi N et al.

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 23, 2023

Patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio. Risk of first-generation H(1)-antihistamines: a GA(2)LEN position paper. Multicenter study of emergency department visits for insect sting allergies. 2005 Sep;116(3):643-9. Multicenter study of emergency department visits for food allergies. 2, 2001, pp.

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EMDocs

MAY 11, 2024

CT head without contrast 1 is performed and reveals the following: Question: What is the diagnosis? Updated November 9, 2023. Clinical Policy: Use of Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator for the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. Erratum in: Ann Emerg Med.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 13, 2024

Spikes 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 all occur either during or immediately after P waves which should never happen. Repeat ECG from the emergency department is shown. Regarding Today's Tracing: For clarity in Figure-1 — I have reproduced and labeled the initial ECG in today's case. The radiologist did not comment on this.

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REBEL EM

AUGUST 28, 2023

Read More REBEL EM: The Ketorolac Analgesic Ceiling References Irizarry E et al. Acad Emerg Med 2021; 28(11): 1228-35. Can J Emerg Med 2007; 9(1): 30-2. NSAID use and efficacy in the emergency department: single doses of oral ibuprofen versus intramuscular ketorolac. Ann Emerg Med 1995;26:117-20.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

But these cases show the potential dangers of delayed recognition and treatment of inferior reperfusion Take away 1. ECG’s can be labeled as ‘normal’ by the computer (and confirmed by cardiology) even with diagnostic signs of occlusion or reperfusion References 1. JAMA Intern Med 2019 9. Am J Med [Internet] 2017;130(9):1076–83.e1.

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 30, 2023

PSA, also referred to as intravenous sedation in this paper, requires considerable resources, including 1:1 nursing observation, and burdens the emergency department (ED). weight of the entire meta-analysis, and 9/12 carried more than 8% weight. J Emerg Med. 1995 Jan-Feb;13(1):37-42. PMID: 7782623.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s with no prior known medical history presented to the Emergency Department with severe intermittent chest pain. Proven STEMI has an open artery in 19% to 36% of cases, depending on whether it is TIMI −1, −2, or −3 flow. Pol Arch Intern Med. 2017;127:401–411.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

One of the most hair-raising presentations to the emergency department (ED) can be massive hemoptysis with respiratory failure. or 9 size endotracheal tube to allow for bronchoscopy and/or endobronchial blocker placement whenever necessary. He is the founder and host of Emergency Medicine Cases podcast and website.

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REBEL EM

OCTOBER 26, 2023

1–4 Antimicrobial resistance is a global health crisis, underscoring the importance of antibiotic stewardship. Enrollment: Recruited patients from primary care offices, emergency departments, and inpatient wards at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

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REBEL EM

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Background: The use of ultrasound is well established for trauma patients in the emergency department, with almost every patient receiving a FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) examination as part of the “ABC’s” of trauma. 2022 Jan 1;92(1):44-48. 2015 Jan;39(1):172-8. Acad Emerg Med.

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FOAMfrat

JULY 1, 2023

titled "The Association of Rocuronium Dosing and First-Attempt Intubation Success in Adult Emergency Department Patients" revealed that first-attempt intubation success was the highest when more than 1.4 mg/kg Rocuronium versus 1 to 1.5 mg/kg Rocuronium versus 1 to 1.5 mg/kg of Rocuronium was used [4].

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The patient’s ECG on arrival at the emergency department is shown below. For clarity — I’ve put these 2 tracings together in Figure-1. Figure-1: The initial ED ECG ( = E CG # 1) — with comparison to the patient’s baseline ECG done 4 years earlier ( = E CG # 3). No arrhythmias occurred en route.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Over 1,500 children in EDs, aged 1 to 4 with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure needing hospital admission, across 14 emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand were randomly allocated 1:1 to high-flow oxygen therapy OR standard oxygen therapy (approximately 750 children in each group). days compared to 1.50

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REBEL EM

JULY 18, 2022

Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Sep;31(9):1389-92. The NoPAC trial, which was published in 2021,(1) compared TXA to placebo in a large multicenter randomized control trial in the UK which looked at data from 26 emergency departments. Ann Emerg Med. PMID: 33612282 Janapala RN, Tran QK, Patel J, Mehta E, Pourmand A.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Here they are: Learning Points: 1. Clin Chem [Internet] 2020;Available from: [link] Smith mini-review: Troponin in Emergency Department COVID patients Cardiac Troponin (cTn) is a nonspecific marker of myocardial injury. Am J Med [Internet] 2017;130(12):1431–9.e4. Clin Chem [Internet] 2017;63(1):101–7.

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REBEL EM

OCTOBER 5, 2023

1-6 We now have the Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Evaluation of Corticosteroids (CAPE COD) Trial. Patients admitted to the ICU with severe community-acquired pneumonia were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive hydrocortisone or a placebo. However, except for one trial, none showed a between-group difference regarding mortality.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This blog post aims to help familiarise you with some of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department. Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. Addo-Yobo E, Chisaka N, Hassan M, Hibberd P, Lozano JM, Jeena P, et al.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Here is the parasternal short axis, performed by a real expert in emergency department point of care cardiac ultrasound: There does not appear to be an anterior wall motion abnormality. I was relieved to see this MRI result: MRI IMPRESSION 1) Mildly decreased LV function with no focal wall motion abnormalities. Pericarditis?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Written by Destiny Folk MD, with edits by Meyers, peer reviewed by Smith and Grauer A woman in her late 20s with a past medical history of cervical cancer status post chemotherapy and radiation therapy presented to the emergency department for shortness of breath, chest tightness, and two episodes of syncope. 2013 Sep;26(9):965-1012.e15.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 18, 2014

Although acute anterior STEMI frequently has narrow QR-waves within one hour of onset (1. He found 2 ECG patterns of atypical T-wave development in PIRP: 1) persistently positive (upright) T-waves 48 hours after AMI onset. Lessons : 1. Although rupture has a high mortality, it is not uniformly fatal References 1.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 9, 2023

emergencies, patient’s request). However, actual increases in available services in emergency departments based on prior state-level requirements have been mixed. K-International/TheLanguage Blog website. Department of Health and Human Services website. 2022;105(1):62-73. Regenstein M, Anders E, Wynia MK.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2018

A Deep Neural Network learning algorithm outperforms a conventional algorithm for emergency department electrocardiogram interpretation. S-wave is in V2 = 17 mm S-wave V4 = 9 mm Total = 26 (not greater than 28), so not LVH by the new rule! For clarity — I’ve reproduced this ECG, to which I’ve made a few additions ( Figure-1 ).

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REBEL EM

MAY 15, 2024

Comparison of the MASCC and CISNE scores for identifying low-risk neutropenic fever patients: analysis of data from three emergency departments of cancer centers in three continents. 2011 Jun;153(6):773-9. Ann Emerg Med. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Support Care Cancer. 2018 May;26(5):1465-1470.

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AAEM RSA

DECEMBER 3, 2020

1 His description of cases of life-threatening infections in the perineal, genital or perianal regions were thought to be idiopathic in previously healthy men. 3-5 Fournier gangrene is a type of necrotizing soft tissue infection, which can be categorized into four types based on the infectious organism involved and other features (Table 1).

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ACEP Now

JANUARY 13, 2024

1 That is the last line in Dr. Robert Ray, Jr.’s s eye-opening and intensely raw blog, where he details his experiences with institutional and systemic racism during his emergency medicine residency. 2006;98(9):1415-24. “I matter, now what are you gonna do?” We may think that there is nothing wrong with those responses.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 10, 2023

We will focus on the most important structures when assessing paediatric hands in the emergency department. There are 5 annular ligaments on each finger and 2 for the thumb, 3 Cruciate ligaments associated with each finger and 1 Oblique ligament that is associated with the thumb. What should you do with it?

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REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

What They Did: Investigators performed a retrospective cohort study in the Emergency Department at the University of Michigan between July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2018. Comorbidity Index : Higher in the cefepime group (median 2 vs. 1). 9 Instrumental Variable Analysis? vs. 52.2%). vs. 15.3%). vs. 22.3%).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Cardiac Syncope ("True Syncope") Independent Predictors of Adverse Outcomes condensed from multiple studies 1. Palpitations preceding syncope (highest value on EGSYS score) 9. It's complicated, but they derived a score based on these variables: 1. h/o heart disease (+1) 3. Troponin greater than 99th percentile (+1) 5.

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