Mount Sinai EM

JULY 30, 2023

TR Pearl: Thyroid Storm Management Endocrine emergency: severe clinical manifestations of thyrotoxicosis Mortality rate of thyroid storm is 10-30% Often precipitated in patients with hx of hyperthyroidism by an acute event such as surgery (thyroid or non-thyroidal surgery), trauma, infection, acute iodine load (including amiodarone), or parturition Risk factor includes irregular use or discontinuation of antithyroid drugs Diagnosing Thyroid Storm : The distinction between severe thyrotoxicosis a

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SheMD

JULY 30, 2023

Disclaimer: This post was written before the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the interview information may not be relevant during the 2020-2021 & 2021-2022 academic years. Hello premeds! ,, AMCAS , ,, AACOMAS , and ,, TMDSAS all opened in the beginning of May. We are kicking it into high-gear with premeds so they can turn in their medical school applications as soon as they are able.

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ECG Guru

JULY 30, 2023

Complex ECGs like this one have to be approached systematically. Firstly, we can see a normal sinus rhythm. A is the first beat of a wide complex tachycardia. This must be a ventricular tachycardia. Although there is a P-wave before the first beat of the tachycardia, it is not premature. Therefore, there is no SVT with aberrant conduction. The first beat of the tachycardia looks different from the subsequent beats because there is a fusion beat present.

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Emergency Live

JULY 30, 2023

The aortic counterpulsator is a device that is used in cardiology because it is capable of providing temporary circulatory assistance The post Circulatory assistance to the left ventricle: the intra-aortic counterpulsation appeared first on Emergency Live.

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EMCrit

JULY 30, 2023

Lower dose peripheral infusion for sick pulmonary embolism patients EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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Board Bombs

JULY 30, 2023

We’re covering a unique overdose you might have seen before: bupropion. Also, we’re covering some weird pearls for toxicology. Let’s get to it in this short, action-packed episode. Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here: emrapidbombs.supercast.com. Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake. 186.

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ECG Guru

JULY 30, 2023

The Patient: This ECG is from a 63-year-old man who complained of epigastric pain for three hours. The pain was sudden in onset, burning in nature, and accompanied by nausea and palpitations. The patient is a heavy smoker, diabetic and hypertensive with a long history of non-compliance to his medications. He was given crushed aspirin, loaded with clopidogrel and heparin, given high-intensity statins, and rushed to the cath lab.

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

JULY 30, 2023

Ectopic pregnancy ranges from 3 to 13% in symptomatic first-trimester ED patients. The discriminatory zone is defined as the le.

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Pediatric Education

JULY 30, 2023

Patient Presentation A 4-year-old female came to clinic to establish care. She was a healthy female except for a history of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis that was being managed by otolaryngology. She was noted to have laryngeal and proximal tracheal involvement. The past medical history showed that she had been diagnosed around 20 months of age after failed treatment for asthma and hoarseness.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 30, 2023

This will be a short column about a study that should have never been conceived, performed or published. JAMA-IM published an observational study called: Excess Death Rates for Republican and Democratic Registered Voters in Florida and Ohio during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The conclusion reads: (emphasis mine) In this cross-sectional study, an association was observed between political party affiliation and excess deaths in Ohio and Florida after COVID-19 vaccines were available to all adults.

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