Emergency Live

JANUARY 25, 2024

Ehrlich, in particular, made significant contributions to the development of this branch of medicine. His studies on synthetic dyes led to the discovery of antimalarial […] The post Chemotherapy: what it is and what it is used for appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

MARCH 1, 2024

These conditions arise from cells that would normally form the placenta, ranging from benign to highly treatable malignancies. Understanding this disease is crucial for early diagnosis and […] The post Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia: what it is and how to treat it appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Science Based Medicine

MARCH 11, 2024

Why did it have to be prions? The antivax trope that vaccines cause prion disease is an old one, and antivaxxers are trying desperately to resurrect it to apply to COVID-19 vaccines. The post Prions. Why did it have to be prions? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

If you can’t believe we are still talking about this, that is sort of the point of the post. Personally, I could not wait to put mask wearing behind me, but I still find the issue of masking in healthcare facilities interesting. I have written my own essays about it on Sensible Medicine on September 28 th , 2022 , and January 11 th , 2024.

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Emergency Live

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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Emergency Live

JUNE 9, 2023

The kidney ballot maneuver is a technique used in medical semeiotics to appreciate the abnormal displacement of an organ, particularly the kidneys The post Kidney diseases, kidney ballot manoeuvre: what it is, how it is performed and what it is used for appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 13, 2023

Ewing sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that affects bones or the tissue around bones. It mainly affects children and young people, but is also seen in adults. It's more common in males than females The post Ewing's sarcoma: what it is, how it is diagnosed and above all how it is treated appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 22, 2023

The medical term spondylolisthesis refers to a pathological condition characterised by a slow but progressive and constant displacement of a vertebra with respect to the vertebra underneath The post Spondylolisthesis: what is it? appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 20, 2023

In medicine, the term pubalgia refers to a painful syndrome of the pelvic girdle, which falls under 'overload pathologies', i.e. all those pathologies caused as a result of repeated overloading of a certain body district The post Pubalgia: what it is and what symptoms it manifests itself with appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

JULY 3, 2023

Bladder cancer is a malignant transformation of the cells - mainly those called transitional cells - which cover the inner walls of the bladder, the organ responsible for collecting and expelling urine once it has been filtered by the kidneys The post Bladder cancer: what is it? appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

These advanced devices generate high-energy beams of X-rays or electrons, allowing treatment to be directed precisely at the tumor with millimeter accuracy, minimizing exposure to […] The post The linear accelerator: what it is and how it is used in cancer treatment appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Current thinking holds that the way to ablate AF is to electrically isolate the muscle bundles going in and out of the pulmonary veins. Think of it as building an electric fence around the pulmonary veins. We use different energy sources to ablate the tissue. This is a picture I made in 2012. The colored tubes are the PVs. But one rule holds true.

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Emergency Live

DECEMBER 22, 2023

From Telegraphy to Digital, the Story of a Universal Signal The Birth of SOS The story of the “SOS” distress signal begins in the early 20th century. Germany was the first country to adopt the SOS, known as the Notzeichen, in 1905.

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Life in the Fast Lane

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Sheralyn Guilleminot and Mike Cadogan What is AI and How Does it Work? We review two important aspects of AI, natural language processing and machine learning, that provide key insights into how AI works.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 8, 2023

Congenital clubfoot is a malformation of the foot that occurs from birth. Its name derives from the fact that its main characteristic is a persistent foot deformity that prevents normal standing on the ground The post Congenital clubfoot: what is it? appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 22, 2023

Paranoid Personality Disorder is characterised by a persistent and unwarranted tendency to interpret the intentions and actions of others as evil (paranoia) The post Paranoid personality disorder: what it is and how to deal with it appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

. “I am on bone marrow transplant— which basically means that for some people with blood cancer we transfer a different person’s immune system into them. ” Some studies suggest that allogeneic stem cell transplant— the procedure itself— can kill as many as 1 in 5 patients. “To be frank, I struggle with it.”

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Emergency Live

JUNE 7, 2023

The psoas maneuver is a maneuver used in medical semiotics to investigate the presence of abdominal pain. Its positivity indicates acute appendicitis The post Positive or negative psoas maneuver and sign: what it is and what it indicates appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

MARCH 12, 2024

Between Challenge and Innovation: The Ongoing Quest to Beat Leukemia A Comprehensive Overview Leukemia, an umbrella term encompassing various forms of blood cancer, occurs when white blood cells, vital components of the immune system, undergo uncontrolled genetic mutations.

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Emergency Live

AUGUST 29, 2023

When the uterus descends from the lesser pelvis, it is called uterine prolapse The post Uterine prolapse: what is it and how is it treated? appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

JANUARY 25, 2024

From Its Discovery to Modern Treatment Strategies HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that affects the body’s immune system, particularly CD4 T cells, which play a crucial role in fighting infections.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 26, 2023

The heel spur originates from the calcaneus, one of the 7 bones that make up the tarsus which, together with the metatarsus and phalanges, forms the skeleton of the foot The post Heel spur: what is it? appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Recently Scott Galloway, the NYU professor, appeared on Bill Maher. On the topic of school closure, he said: School closure was not just wrong in retrospect however, the available data showed it was wrong at the time. Sadly, in many places in the US, they remained closed for another 8 months. Instead it was a self inflicted wound.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 29, 2023

With " Aortic valvulopathy " we mean a condition in which the aortic valve - the structure that regulates the one-way flow of blood from the left ventricle of the heart to the aorta - is no longer able to perform its function The post Aortic valvulopathy: what is it? appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

JULY 1, 2023

Water retention is a problem that affects most women. However, most people confuse water retention and cellulite The post Water retention, how to deal with it appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

DECEMBER 23, 2023

An Essential Tool for Safety and Efficiency in Complex Rescues In the vast array of equipment used by rescuers, the “spider stretcher” emerges as a fundamental but often underestimated device that is of vital importance in emergency and rescue situations.

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Emergency Live

AUGUST 7, 2023

In medicine, Blumberg's sign is a clinical sign indicating inflammation of the peritoneal wall The post Positive or negative Blumberg's sign: what it is and when it indicates peritonitis appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 20, 2023

A heart murmur is a condition in which the blood generates a noise of a duration, intensity and frequency that is different from the physiological one The post Heart murmur: what is it, what causes it and most importantly. do we need a cure? appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 22, 2023

Cubital tunnel syndrome is a condition that affects the ulnar nerve, and consists of its compression or traction. The sufferer experiences a pain in the elbow that can have a more or less severe intensity The post Cubital tunnel syndrome, what is it? appeared first on Emergency Live.

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EM Ottawa

JULY 6, 2023

In Canada, the loss of snow and sea ice reduces the reflectivity of the surface leading to increased absorption of solar radiation and a faster rate of warming compared to more southern regions. As a […] The post Don’t Sweat It! Heat Related Illness appeared first on EMOttawa Blog.

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Emergency Live

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The latest findings on forecasting and prevention, how to predict and counter an earthquake event How many times have we asked ourselves this question: is it possible to predict an earthquake? Is there any system or method to stop such events? appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Science Based Medicine

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Overselling the vaccine in 2021 was not being pro-vaccine. It was pro-stop-worrying-about-the pandemic, from the doctors who assured us herd immunity was imminent. The post Overhyping Vaccines Wasn’t Pro-Vaccine. It Was Pro-Stop-Worrying-About-COVID. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Emergency Live

AUGUST 17, 2023

Cerebral palsy is one of the neurological disorders and mainly affects the motor skills of the child The post Cerebral palsy: what it is and what causes it appeared first on Emergency Live.

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First 10 EM

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

However, I know that many people work in places that have medicolegal structures that leave them feeling completely paralyzed, and unable to practice in the absence of a relevant guideline. The […] The post ACEP says its OK to use topical anesthetics for simple corneal abrasions appeared first on First10EM.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Because the troponin rose (not due to pain resolution), the ECG was repeated: More severe subendocardial ischemia vs. posterior OMI. In my opinion, I think it looks more like subendocardial ischemia. Smith : I think it looks more like posterior OMI. Smith : Read more about the danger of morphine. Time = 3 hours: the next troponin returns at 60 ng/L.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 11, 2023

The Guyon test (or 'three-glass test') is a diagnostic investigation used in medical semeiotics, which is used when there is blood in the urine (haematuria), to identify its origin The post Guyon's test (three-glass test): what it is and what it indicates in relation to haematuria appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Emergency Live

JUNE 24, 2023

Frozen shoulder is a term commonly used to indicate adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder: it is a very painful inflammatory pathology that progressively restricts the movement of this joint, up to total immobility The post Frozen shoulder: what it is and what causes it appeared first on Emergency Live.

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