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EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

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We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. The post EM@3AM: Murine Typhus appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. Murine Typhus: A Review of a Reemerging Flea-Borne Rickettsiosis with Potential for Neurologic Manifestations and Sequalae. Infect Dis Rep. 2023 Oct 26;15(6):700-716.

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EM@3AM: Bacterial Tracheitis

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We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. link] The post EM@3AM: Bacterial Tracheitis appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. A 3-year-old male with no previous past medical history, born full term, and unvaccinated presents after 6 days of cough, fever, myalgias, and rhinorrhea. 1983;137(8):764.

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EM Match Advice 44: Approaching your EM sub-internship clerkship – “Just gotta roll with it”

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Podcast: Approaching your EM Sub-Internship Clerkship Mentioned Links CDEM Medical Student Curriculum Emergency Ultrasound Teaching Read and Listen to the Other EM Match Advice Episodes Blog posts: [link] Author information Sara M. What should I expect AFTER the rotation?

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EM@3AM: Amniotic Fluid Embolism

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We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. According to EMS, she was in labor at home and delivered the newborn shortly after they had loaded her into the ambulance. The post EM@3AM: Amniotic Fluid Embolism appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. link] j.ajog.2016.03.012

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EM@3AM: Pneumocephalus

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We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. The post EM@3AM: Pneumocephalus appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. A 58-year-old female with a history of diabetes, hypertension, and chronic back pain presents to the ED with severe headache and nausea. article in Spanish)  Neurocirugía. 

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EM@3AM: Retroperitoneal Hematoma

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We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 25-year-old man presents to the ED via EMS after he sustained a gunshot wound to the left flank. Available from: [link] Guldner GT, Smith T, Magee EM. Vital signs include BP 90/48, HR 122, T 98.3 F, RR 16, SpO2 97% on room air. J Emerg Med. 2012 Aug;43(2):e157-61.

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EM@3AM: Brainstem Strokes

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We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 74-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, diabetes, recent basilar artery stent placement with a 20 pack-year smoking history presents to the ED via EMS for altered mental status and episodes of apnea. Vital signs include BP 168/89, HR 96, T 98.3,

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