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Lab case 448 Interpretation

EMergucate

Question 1: We should consider ascending cholangitis in any patient with fever and features of obstructive jaundice till prove otherwise.

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JC: Prehospital Partial Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) for Exsanguinating Subdiaphragmatic Hemorrhage

St. Emlyn's

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Background – What do we already know about REBOA? In 2023, Dr Zaf Qasim reviewed the UK REBOA trial for us on St Emlyn’s (The UK-REBOA trial – Has the […] The post JC: Prehospital Partial Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) for Exsanguinating Subdiaphragmatic Hemorrhage appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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Which of these, if either, is OMI? Which of these underwent emergent angiography and PCI? Which should have?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers Case 1: A man in his 50s presented with acute chest pain. Normal vital signs. Here is his ECG at triage: What do you think? Here's what Version 1 QOH thinks: It is diagnostic of acute LAD OMI, with the precordial swirl pattern. See this post if you dont know that pattern yet: Precordial Swirl -- 20 cases of Swirl or Look-Alikes Here was a repeat ECG done within 20 minutes (still with ongoing pain): It still looks like active OMI to me, but perhaps sli

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