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JUNE 10, 2023
Electrical cardioversion, CVE, is a therapeutic procedure used to restore normal heart rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation, flutter, or tachycardia and in whom pharmacological cardioversion has failed The post Electrical cardioversion: what it is, when it saves a life appeared first on Emergency Live.
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JUNE 10, 2023
We always work hard, but we may not have time to read through a bunch of journals. It’s time to learn smarter. Originally published at JournalFeed , a site that provides daily or weekly literature updates. Follow Dr. Clay Smith at @spoonfedEM , and sign up for email updates here. #1: Grandma Broke Her Neck? Prevalence of C-Spine Injuries from Ground Level Fall Over 65 Years Spoon Feed This systematic review found that the prevalence of cervical spine injuries in patients 65 years or older after
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JUNE 10, 2023
The objective examination of the heart includes auscultation, inspection and percussion, but to arrive at a diagnosis the doctor checks the history and may prescribe exams The post Semeiotics of the heart: history in the complete cardiac physical examination appeared first on Emergency Live.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
JUNE 10, 2023
Date: June 6th, 2023 Reference: Pines, Raja, Bellollo and Carpenter. Evidence-Based Emergency Care: Diagnostic Testing and Clinical Decision Rules 3rd Edition Guest Skeptic: Dr. Jesse Pines is the Chief Clinical Innovation at US Acute Care Solutions and a Clinical Professor and George Washington University and Professor of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University.
Emergency Live
JUNE 10, 2023
Genital prolapse refers to the descent of the pelvic organs through the vaginal canal. To better understand how it happens, it is useful to frame the functioning of the pelvic floor The post What is genital prolapse? appeared first on Emergency Live.
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med
JUNE 10, 2023
a 37 year old patient comes in with chest pain, you obtain the following ECG. Is this a STEMI or Pericarditis?
Emergency Live
JUNE 10, 2023
Flat foot - from the Latin pes planus - is a dysmorphism that occurs with altered anatomical relationships of the foot, in particular with the characteristic reduction or total disappearance of the plantar arch with consequent enlargement of the support surface of the foot itself The post Let's talk about flat foot: what problems does it cause?
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JUNE 10, 2023
The Giordano manoeuvre is a manoeuvre used in medical semeiotics to investigate the presence of kidney pain; it is named after the physician Davide Giordano, who was active in the first half of the 1900s The post Pathologies of the kidney: what are positive and negative Giordano's sign appeared first on Emergency Live.
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