The Trauma Pro

APRIL 18, 2025

Rib fractures are one of the most common thoracic injuries presenting to trauma centers. Traditionally, many state designation standards set limits on the number of rib fractures in patients to be admitted to Level IV trauma centers. The assumption was that these centers had limited surgical capabilities and might not have the expertise to manage them to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

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EMDocs

APRIL 18, 2025

Authors: Lloyd Tannenbaum, MD (EM Attending Physician, APD, Geisinger Wyoming Valley, PA) // Reviewer: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Hello and welcome back to ECG Pointers, a series designed to make you more confident in your ECG interpretations. This week, we feature a post from Dr. Tannenbaums ECG Teaching Cases , a free ECG resource. Please check it out.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 18, 2025

Are you really thinking about retiring? Yeah, I don’t want to work until my final days. But we’re not that old. Yeah, but you never know how long you’re gonna last. Early in my career, I realized that my job affected my approach to my own health. It probably makes temporal sense, therefore, that now I recognize how much my work affects my view of death – and how that impacts my life and practice.

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Trigger Lab

APRIL 18, 2025

La sindrome da distress respiratorio acuto (ARDS) una condizione clinica severa, caratterizzata da insufficienza respiratoria ipossiemica acuta, che richiede unidentificazione precoce e un trattamento mirato per ridurre la mortalit.

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Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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EB Medicine

APRIL 18, 2025

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and T.R. Eckler, MD discuss the April 2025 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Sodium Disorders in the Emergency Department: A Review of Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia Hypernatremia (High Sodium Levels) Definition: Sodium level greater than 145 mEq/L Breakdown into three categories based on total body water status Hypovolemic Hypernatremia Euvolemic Hypernatremia Hypervolemic Hypernatremia Common causes and conditions associated Hyponatremia (Low Sodium Levels) De

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 18, 2025

Written by Hans Helseth, with edits and comments by Smith and Grauer An 84 year old man with chronic hypertension and CKD presented to a primary care clinic. He reported fatigue and positional lightheadedness over the past couple of weeks. He had no symptoms when seated, but felt lightheaded when standing and walking. He played a round of golf a week prior and felt an episode of chest pain during the round, which spontaneously resolved.

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