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Anticoagulation Reversal

Core EM

Anticoagulant Reversal Strategies in the Emergency Department Setting: Recommendations of a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel. Ann Emerg Med. Background Around 6 million people in the U.S. Background Around 6 million people in the U.S. Background Around 6 million people in the U.S. Background Around 6 million people in the U.S.

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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)

Core EM

link] ) Laboratory Evaluation: Clinical presentation and laboratory findings can help suggest TTP in the emergency department. Patients should undergo comprehensive work-up to rule out alternative causes of thrombocytopenia, evaluate for end-organ damage, and identify underlying infectious or autoimmune etiologies.

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REBEL Core Cast 108.0 – Angioedema

REBEL EM

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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SGEM386: Blood on Blood – Massive Transfusion Protocols in Older Trauma Patients

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Case: A 71-year-old man is brought to your emergency department (ED) by emergency medical serviced (EMS) having fallen two steps at home. years ( 2 ).

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Penetrating chest trauma

Don't Forget the Bubbles

You ask your anaesthetist to get ready to sedate or intubate depending on their status – Significant risk to the department – you make sure security is aware And your patient arrives. Ranulf is quite a sweet, round-faced boy, accompanied by his traumatised-looking mother as he is wheeled to your trauma bay.

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Best Practices for Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

ACEP Now

Fresh frozen plasma, or FFP, should only be given to cirrhotic patients as part of the massive transfusion protocol in cases of profound hypotension, as “patients with cirrhosis rarely have true enzymatic hypocoagulability, and FFP may worsen bleeding due to over-resuscitation and dilution of coagulation factors.”

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Recognition and Treatment of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

ACEP Now

2 TTP often presents abruptly, and most patients that develop it first visit the emergency department (ED) as their symptoms worsen. It is thus imperative that emergency physicians be able to recognize and properly treat this disease, especially in the absence of its classical presentation. creatinine less than 2.0