Don't Forget the Bubbles
JUNE 12, 2023
I remember how I felt when. I first watched “ Just a Routine Operation “, – the story of the events that led to the tragic death of Elaine Bromiley. Elaine Bromiley went into hospital for a routine operation. Despite an appropriate pre-operative assessment, the anaesthetists tasked with intubating Elaine found themselves in a Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate scenario, though they failed to recognise it at the time.
Science Based Medicine
JUNE 12, 2023
Last week, an antivaxxer on Substack—where else?—tried to argue that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is not antivaccine by encouraging you to judge him by his own words. I agree. You should judge RFK Jr. by his own words, as they show definitively that he has been antivaccine since at least 2005. The post Is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. antivaccine? Judge him by his own words!
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First 10 EM
JUNE 12, 2023
Can herbs cure sepsis? The EXIT-SEP trial was just published, and demonstrated a decrease in all cause mortality from xuebijing – a product manufactured by a pharmaceutical company from a combination of Carthamus tinctorius flowers (Honghua in Chinese), Paeonia lactiflora roots (Chishao), Ligusticum chuanxiong rhizomes (Chuanxiong), Angelica sinensis roots (Danggui), and Salvia miltiorrhiza roots (Danshen). […] The post Finally, a cure fore sepsis: Herbs appeared first on First10EM.
PulmCCM
JUNE 12, 2023
Induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest is also called “active temperature control” or “targeted temperature management.” The treatment became widespread after a trial ( NEJM 2002, n=275) showed large neurologic and survival benefits from hypothermia; however, subsequent trials mostly failed to replicate those findings. A Cochrane review analyzing 12 studies with 3956 participants concluded that: There was no detectable benefit to cooling to temperatures lower than 36 &#
EM Ottawa
JUNE 12, 2023
Methodology: 2/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Warstadt NM, et al. BMJ Open Qual. 2022 Jan;11(1):e001624. Questions and Methods: Using a cohort and QI approach, to demonstrate the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary educational intervention and EHR tool to increase sepsis bundle compliance. Findings: Overall EHR tool use increased from 23.3 to 87.2% with an improvement in sepsis bundle […] The post Quality initiative to improve emergency department sepsis bundle compliance through utilisation of an ele
Emergency Live
JUNE 12, 2023
The blood pressure monitor is a device that is recognised by medical specialists because it allows blood pressure to be monitored accurately The post How to measure blood pressure correctly? The digital blood pressure monitor explained to the citizen appeared first on Emergency Live.
Taming the SRU
JUNE 12, 2023
In the United States, approximately 4.5 million people are bitten by dogs annually [1]. Although not every person seeks health care for these injuries, the majority of those that do end up in the emergency department. In 2008, this led to greater than 316,000 emergency department (ED) visits and about 9,500 hospitalizations [1]. There are multiple factors to consider when managing dog and mammalian bites in the ED, including closure, prophylactic antibiotic administration, and rabies post-exposu
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Emergency Live
JUNE 12, 2023
When you have a conscious perception of your heartbeat or feel an irregular rhythm of the same, we speak of palpitations The post Palpitations: causes and management of palpitations appeared first on Emergency Live.
Sensible Medicine
JUNE 12, 2023
If you have not read part 1 of this series, do that now. It is short. We will wait. NEJM published the ELAN trial in May of this year. Early vs late initiation of oral anticoagulation after an ischemic stroke due to atrial fibrillation. The primary outcome was a composite of lots of bad things—stroke, systemic embolism, intracranial bleeding, extracranial bleeding, and death due to cardiovascular causes.
Emergency Live
JUNE 12, 2023
Papilloma Virus, also known as HPV (Human Papillomavirus), is a very widespread virus worldwide which, due to its specific modes of transmission, mainly affects developing countries The post Human papilloma virus: what are the characteristics? appeared first on Emergency Live.
Medagadget
JUNE 12, 2023
The human body has a deep connection with electricity. The transmission of electrical impulses is responsible for the movement of our limbs, the functioning of our organs, and the formation and recall of memories. The signatures of the various electrical signals emanating from our body can be telltale signs of our health, and a jolt of electricity can literally bring us back from the brink of death.
Emergency Live
JUNE 12, 2023
The term macular pucker indicates a pathology that affects the eye, and which in particular leads to various discomforts of the vitreo-retinal interface, i.e. the area in which the vitreous body, which fills the eyeball, comes into contact with the retina and in particular with the macular area The post Macular Pucker: Definition, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment appeared first on Emergency Live.
Clinical Correlations
JUNE 12, 2023
By Jonah Klapholz Peer Reviewed Telling patients.
Emergency Live
JUNE 12, 2023
The Petit manoeuvre (or technique) of cross-palpation is used in medical semeiotics to perform palpation of the kidneys The post Petit's manoeuvre: how it is performed and what the cross palpation of the kidneys is for appeared first on Emergency Live.
Medagadget
JUNE 12, 2023
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a low-cost cuffless blood pressure monitor. The device is a clip that attaches over a smartphone camera and flash. The user presses their finger against the clip, and the system can infer the amount of blood passing through the finger, and the amount of pressure being exerted on the clip by the finger.
Emergency Live
JUNE 12, 2023
Skin tags are small growths, not dangerous to health, which, however, can cause stress and discomfort The post What are skin tags? appeared first on Emergency Live.
Emergency Medicine News
JUNE 12, 2023
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Emergency Live
JUNE 12, 2023
Vaginismus is a conditioned reaction that probably results from the association of pain and fear with attempts at vaginal penetration or even with penetration fantasy alone The post Vaginismus: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment appeared first on Emergency Live.
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med
JUNE 12, 2023
Takeaways: Physicians who have symptoms of burnout as measured by standard burnout scales are more likely to be involved in patient safety in.
Emergency Live
JUNE 12, 2023
Rhinitis, also known as 'coriitis' or 'nasal congestion', is an inflammation of the respiratory tract, the symptoms of which can be as diverse as rhinorrhoea to nasal obstruction The post Rhinitis: symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment appeared first on Emergency Live.
Emergency Medicine News
JUNE 12, 2023
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Emergency Live
JUNE 12, 2023
The Glenard manoeuvre (or technique) is used in medical semeiotics to perform palpation of the kidneys The post Kidney semiotics: Glenard's Manoeuvre appeared first on Emergency Live.
Emergency Medicine News
JUNE 12, 2023
An abstract is unavailable.
Emergency Live
JUNE 12, 2023
Droopy eyelids, also called eyelid ptosis, are a condition that can be congenital or can occur later in life. It consists in the partial or complete lowering of the eyelids The post Droopy Eyelids: How To Cure Eyelid Ptosis? appeared first on Emergency Live.
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