PulmCCM

MAY 12, 2024

Preproghrelin (green and blue) and ghrelin (green). Source: Wikipedia Thanks to advances in critical care in recent decades, many more patients today survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest to hospital discharge. Unfortunately, neurologic outcomes have remained poor over that time, with most survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remaining severely disabled.

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AED Leader

MAY 12, 2024

During a regular track practice on Monday at Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, Washington, volunteer distance coach Mike Hadway collapsed from a cardiac arrest, shortly after teaching his team how to monitor their pulse. High school students Brody Graham and Grant Lichfield, members of Hadway’s track team, immediately acted, performing CPR on their coach in a critical moment of need.

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Board Bombs

MAY 12, 2024

This week, Iltifat tries to stump Blake on the oral boards examination. We drop some high yield knowledge on tips and tricks to help you ace the oral boards! Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Check out our interactive question bank podcast- the FIRST of its kind here. Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Husain, Iltifat. 222. High-yield oral boards review.

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PulmCCM

MAY 12, 2024

Endovascular thrombectomy became standard care for ischemic strokes resulting from large vessel occlusion (LVO) in the anterior cerebral circulation after randomized trials published in the mid-2010s showed improved outcomes with the intervention. Patients with large strokes (as assessed on imaging) were excluded from those trials establishing thrombectomy's benefits, owing to hypothetical risks (such as bleeding or edema) after reperfusion of large areas of dead or damaged brain tissue.

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Emergency Live

MAY 12, 2024

From clinical characteristics to treatment strategies, here’s what you need to know about Kaposi’s Sarcoma What is Kaposi’s Sarcoma? Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS) is a rare tumor linked to the human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8), also known as Kaposi’s Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). This type of tumor can appear in various forms: classic, endemic, iatrogenic, and epidemic, […] The post Kaposi's sarcoma: a very rare tumor appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Pediatric Education

MAY 12, 2024

What is the Bristol Stool Scale (BSS)? A 4-year-old female came to clinic with intermittent abdominal pain for 2-3 weeks. The pain was random and would last for several minutes. She would complain and her mother would have her lie down and then she would go on with her activities within a couple of minutes. The pain did not occur at night. Her bowel movements were reported as normal, but her mother said that usually they occurred at preschool or that she used the restroom by herself and her moth

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