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SGEM #425: Are You Ready for This? Pediatric Readiness of Emergency Departments

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

National Assessment of Pediatric Readiness of US Emergency Departments during the Covid-19 Pandemic. July 2023 Date: Dec 11, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Rachel Hatcliffe is a pediatric emergency medicine attending at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Are general emergency departments ready to care for children?

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Clinical Conundrums: How Long Should We Monitor After Giving IM Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis?

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How Long Should We Monitor After Giving IM Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis? mg of intramuscular (IM) epinephrine for anaphylaxis. What The Evidence Says: Prompt recognition of anaphylaxis is imperative. A naphylaxis – Emergency Medicine Updates 2. Updated Anaphylaxis Guidelines (2020) References Lieberman P.

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Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis

EB Medicine

— In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the July 2022 Emergency Medicine Practice article on the Management of Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis in the Emergency Department. Intro The number of ED visits and hospitalizations Studies show up to 57% of anaphylactic reactions are not recognized, and epinephrine is not administered (..)

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SGEM #427: I Want a Treatment with a Short Course…for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Ellie Hill is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Case: A 4-year-old girl comes to the emergency department complaining of pain with urination.

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Episode 20 - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake Envenomations

EB Medicine

Jeff: Welcome back to Emplify, the podcast corollary to EB Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice. I’m Jeff Nusbaum, and I’m back with my co-host, Nachi Gupta and we’ll be taking you through the September 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake envenomations.

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52 in 52 – #36: Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus

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population at large Enrollment was terminated at an interim analysis due to predefined futility criteria that suggested that there was a 1% chance that carrying the trial to completion would demonstrate a most effect or least effective treatment.

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SGEM#295: Teacher Teacher – Tell Me How to Do It (Diagnose a PE)

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Case: A 63-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain for the past eight hours. Low-value testing increases costs, ED length of stay and subjects patients to unnecessary ionizing radiation and risk of anaphylaxis from intravenous contrast dye (13-14). AEM June 2020. Moreover,