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EM@3AM: Flexor Tendon Laceration

EMDocs

Authors: Jacob Kirkland, MD (EM Resident Physician, UTSW – Dallas, TX); Steve Field, DO (Assistant Professor of EM/Attending Physician, UTSW – Dallas, TX) // Reviewed by: Sophia Görgens, MD (EM Physician, Northwell, NY); Cassandra Mackey, MD (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School); Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) Welcome to EM@3AM, an emDOCs series designed to foster your working knowledge by providing an expedited review of clinical basics.

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WHY IS THIS VT

ECG Guru

The Tachycardia starts with a premature broad QRS-complex. We see nonconducted Sinus-P-waves. There are more QRS than P, so it is AV-dissociation. There is no doubt that there is a VT prestent here.

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Pain points of the liver, gallbladder, stomach and pancreas

Emergency Live

Pain points have great significance in semeiotics, and in a physician's ability to make a diagnosis The post Pain points of the liver, gallbladder, stomach and pancreas appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Non-operative management of appendicitis in older adults

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

In recent years, there has been an uptick in non-operative management of acute appendicitis. This study examins outcomes in older patients (>.

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Blunt Trauma Gestalt | OPAL RCT

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The JournalFeed podcast for the week of August 7-11, 2023. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Thursday Spoon Feed: In this prospective observational study of patients undergoing CT imaging of the abdomen/pelvis for blunt trauma, gestalt among Emergency Medicine residents/attendings and General Surgery residents was moderately accurate but not sufficiently sensitive to rule out

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