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Malignant Catatonia

Core EM

Definition: Catatonia: A behavioral motor dysregulation syndrome marked by an inability to move normally despite full physical capacity, which can occur in the context of many underlying psychiatric and general medical disorders [4].

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Don’t stress, it’s just an ECG…

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Upon transfer to the MICU, she remained hypotensive and CXR revealed multifocal pneumonia. She was taken urgently to cardiac catheterization, which revealed mild diffuse coronary artery disease without occlusion and an estimated Ejection Fraction (EF) of 45%. High-sensitivity troponin peaked at 61 and BNP was normal.

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An EM Resident’s Guide to Basic Airway Management

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For an unstable patient in the ED, you will definitely not be able to do this entire evaluation, but any part will be helpful – even if its just having them range their neck and thrust their jaw while getting pre-oxygenated, or looking in the mouth to make sure the jaw isnt wired shut! Abdominal movement. or maximum 8.5

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