In the ED, we see patients with asymptomatic hypertension who are frequently discharged with primary care follow-up. This post opens a brief discussion and opportunity for learning about an instance where asymptomatic hypertension requires urgent action, hypertension in pregnancy.
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Some days in your fast track or pediatric emergency department you will see countless sore throats with benign features. This post is a way to start a discussion on more dangerous features of sore throats.
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This week’s Elemental EM features how to take a simple pancreatitis case a step further.
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This week’s Elemental EM discusses how to get more mental pediatric intubation practice.
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It is challenging to incorporate core topics into a shift, especially uncommon core topics. Elemental EM aims to provide 5-minute rapid review of core topics that could be translated into interactive sessions with learners. Here is how to turn a simple syncope case into a brief learning session on eating disorders.
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This is the first post in the Elemental EM series, a rapid review of core emergency medicine topics. This post covers myasthenia gravis.
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Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) allows for gamete manipulation outside the body and includes in vitro fertilization (IVF). ART is gaining in popularity. These patients are monitored closely by a gynecologist, however certain dangerous illnesses may bring these patients to the emergency department. This post will review the basics of ART and its complications.
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Patients who undergo elective abortions may present to the emergency department for various symptoms and complications due to their recent procedures. This is a brief article of the complications of elective abortion. Workup and management of these complications are also reviewed.
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A post filled with management pearls for atrial fibrillation. What are potential etiologies? What medications should you use, when should you use them, and what are potential problems with these medications? What about anticoagulation?
Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Do’s and Don’ts Read More »
Pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening entity affecting up to 900,000 individuals a year. Unfortunately, D-dimer levels increase with age decreasing the yield of the test. In order to increase the specificity safely, Douma et al. performed a retrospective analysis to derive age-adjusted D-dimer cutoffs. The study developed the age-adjusted D-dimer with a receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve.14 In JAMA 2014, Righini et al. published a prospective study utilizing the age-adjusted cutoff.
AGE ADJUSTED D-DIMER CUTOFF = (AGE X 10) μg/L
Age-Adjusted D-dimer: Is it Ready for Prime Time? Read More »