Tox Cards: Sulfonylurea-induced hypoglycemia
Today we will discuss sulfonylurea poisoning and highlight some important caveats of octreotide.
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practice updates
Managing Dental Trauma in the Emergency Department
Dental trauma is common. This post is filled with pearls and pitfalls in the evaluation and management of patients with dental complaints.
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Medical Malpractice Insights: Alcoholic hepatitis? Dyspepsia? Appendicitis?
This month’s Medical Malpractice Insights looks at a case of RLQ pain. Is it appendicitis? Hepatitis? Dyspepsia? Something else?
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Non-Traditional ACS Risk Factors: A Snake in the Grass
What other patient populations are at risk for developing atherosclerotic disease and ACS that emergency physicians can miss? If our community is responsible for recognizing and treating initial presentations of patients with ACS, we must not only be aware of atypical presentations of ACS, but also non-traditional risk factors for CHD.
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Extremity Hematoma: When to consider imaging studies and admission
When is testing including imaging and labs required for the patient with extremity hematoma, and when is admission needed? This post evaluates these questions and more.
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emDocs Cases: Updates in Management of Hyperkalemia
Emergency physicians are well-acquainted with hyperkalemia. The standard C BIG K DROP regimen can be used, but there may be several ways we can improve our care of the patient with hyperkalemia.
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Approach to Patient with Sarcoidosis in the ED setting
Patients with sarcoidosis can present with a variety of conditions due to its multisystem involvement. However, what do you need to consider in the ED with these patients?
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DVT Mimics: What should the emergency physician consider?
This post in the mimics series evaluates conditions presenting like DVT. What should you consider in the patient with lower extremity swelling and redness?
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EM Cases: Emergency Management of Pediatric Seizures
We’ll give you the all the tools you need to approach the child who presents to the ED with seizure with the utmost confidence!
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“All that wheezes is not asthma” – an evaluation of asthma mimics
Don’t anchor on the classic “wheeze”, as it isn’t always asthma. Continuing with the mimics series, this post evaluates mimics of asthma.
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