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SGEM#432: SPEED, Give Me What I Need – To Diagnose Acute Aortic Dissections

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Type A AoDs generally require an emergent trip to the operating room as soon as they are identified to reduce the likelihood of a terrible outcome. Symptoms may include more severe chest pain radiating to the back, loss of consciousness, or symptoms of stroke if the blood supply to the brain is affected.

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Ep 164 Cardiogenic Shock Simplified

Emergency Medicine Cases

What are the best strategies to efficiently get the patient in cardiogenic shock to definitive care, whether that be the cath lab or the operating room? How can we best pick up occult cardiogenic shock before it floured shock kicks in? Which patients with acute heart are safe to send home in general?

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EM Journal Update: Prehospital Narrow Pulse Pressure Predicts Need for Resuscitative Thoracotomy and Emergent Intervention After Trauma

Core EM

95% CI (1.46, 2.84)) and the need for an emergent intervention (aOR 1.38, 95% CI (1.15, 1.66)).

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In-Office Pediatric Ear Tube Procedures: Interview with Preceptis Medical’s Greg Mielke

Medgadget

Greg Mielke, Preceptis Medical: Today, approximately one million children undergo ear tube procedures annually in an operating room in the United States. However, ear tube procedures conducted in an operating room under general anesthesia can be traumatic for both children and parents well before the procedure begins and after it ends.

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EM@3AM: Retroperitoneal Hematoma

EMDocs

In this patient with a penetrating posterior flank injury, trace-free fluid in the pelvis on eFAST, and ongoing signs of hemorrhagic shock despite fluid and blood product administration, transferring to the operating room for exploration is indicated, especially with high probability of zone III injury-related retroperitoneal bleeding.

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CMS Proposal Includes ACEP-Developed Measures for Geriatric Care

GEDC

IPPS Proposed Rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services The Age-Friendly Hospital measure assesses hospital commitment to improving care for patients 65 years or older receiving services in the hospital, operating room, or emergency department (pg.

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First10EM Journal Club: May 2024

Broome Docs

Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation in the Operating Room: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. PMID: 36895888 Yeah, we get it, video is better Ruetzler K, Bustamante S, Schmidt MT, Almonacid-Cardenas F, Duncan A, Bauer A, Turan A, Skubas NJ, Sessler DI; Collaborative VLS Trial Group.