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Podcast 185.0: Anticoagulation Reversal

Core EM

How and when to reverse anticoagulation in the bleeding EM patient. Comparison between Prothrombin Complex Concentrate (PCC) and Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) for the Urgent Reversal of Warfarin in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves in a Tertiary Care Cardiac Center. Iran J Pharm Res. 2015;14(3):877-885.

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SGEM#368: Just A Normal Saline Day in the ICU – The PLUS Study

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aaron Skolnik is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Consultant in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona. Case: A 62-year-old man is brought in by EMS from home with lethargy and hypotension. Reference: Finfer et al.

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SGEM#369: Romeo is Bleeding – Does He Need a RePHILL?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Resuscitation with blood products in patients with trauma-related haemorrhagic shock receiving prehospital care (RePHILL): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. The paramedic asks you, “we have saline, and we also have red-cells and this fancy new lyophilised plasma. What do you advise him?

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Rebaked: Inborn Errors of Metabolism presenting in the ED

Pediatric EM Morsels

link] The post Rebaked: Inborn Errors of Metabolism presenting in the ED appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. Your genetics and inpatient colleagues will thank you! Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Becoming Ready for Rare. Samantha A. Schrier Vergano. Pediatr Rev (2022) 43 (7): 371–383.

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SGEM#347: It Don’t Matter to Me – Balanced Solution or Saline

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Aaron Skolnik is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Consultant in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona. Case: A 66-year-old woman is brought in by EMS from home with lethargy and hypotension. Reference: Zampieri et al.

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Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric EM Morsels

First line therapies for anti-NMBDA receptor encephalitis consists of… High dose steroids , IVIG, and PLEX – Therapeutic plasma exchange Only 50% of patient’s respond, and will require second line therapies such as Rituximab. The post Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in Children and Adolescents appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels.

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Episode 39: ECMO for COVID-19 with Kim Boswell

Critical Care Scenarios

Boswell (EM and CCM) of the University of Maryland, perhaps the busiest center in the country for COVID-related ECMO. Boswell (EM and CCM) of the University of Maryland, perhaps the busiest center in the country for COVID-related ECMO. An overview of VV ECMO with a focus on COVID-19, with Dr. Kimberly A.