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Rash Week! An atypical antibiotic reaction

PEMBlog

The child has fever and swollen feet as well. It’s Serum Sickness Like Reaction! This is a delayed allergic reaction to an antibiotic. This child was placed on Amoxicillin for acute otitis media and this rash developed after 9 days of treatment. The main treatment is discontinuing the antibiotic.

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Anaphylaxis, chest pain, and ST elevation in aVR

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A man in his late 40s presented to the ED with concern for allergic reaction after accidentally eating a potential allergen, then developing an itchy full body rash and diarrhea. Finally — It is well to remember that the amount of ST segment deviation in ECG #1 is extreme!

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What Are Potential Problems of Using Povidone-Iodine?

Pediatric Education

He and his mother had cleaned it well with soap and water and then used some iodine solution on his leg scrapes. You don’t seem to be having an allergic reaction to it, and it also doesn’t look like this is poison ivy or something else like that that you might have fallen into.

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A Comprehensive Guide on Types of Skin Diseases

Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

Skin diseases do not just change the appearance of the human skin, oftentimes they can be painful as well. Pain and insecurity can drastically affect a person’s overall well-being so it is vital to recognize different diseases and get your condition treated. Fungal Infections: Fungus causes skin fungal infections.

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STREAM-2: Half-Dose Tenecteplase vs Primary PCI in Older Patients with STEMI?

RebelEM

Primary PCI: 95.7% Stents Placed: Pharmaco-Invasive Treatment: 97.4% Primary PCI: 95.7% ECG Results: Repeat ECG 90min after tenecteplase indicated 70.3% of patients in the pharmaco-invasive treatment achieved ≥50% resolution in the lead with the greatest ST-segment elevation Median decline from 3.0 Primary PCI: 78.4% Primary PCI: 13.3%

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 94: GLP-1 Agonist Complications

EMDocs

Multiple well-designed, multicenter, multinational studies suggest GLP-1 agonists are associated with improved glucose control in diabetes type 2 and approximately a 15% reduction in weight over 1-2 years (around 2/3s of patients regain weight if treatment is stopped). Obesity affects over 40% of U.S.

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Grand Rounds Recap 3.15.23

Taming the SRU

of emergency medicine residents report 1 or more dimensions of burnout (Lin Annals Emerg Med 2019) Moral Injury with COVID “We pushed aside our fear and frustration to focus on saving the patients in front of us; we kept our eyes open, and our feelings closed.