Back to Basics: Thyroid Storm
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Today's Back to Basics is a review of thyroid storm: signs & symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
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Back to Basics: Bite Wounds
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Your quick guide to the management of bite wounds in the ED - dogs, cats, and humans - oh, my!
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Back to [statistics] basics - Reliability
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Always good to review principles of statistics. Here we discuss reliability and the kappa score -
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Back to Basics: Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
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Everyone has seen the long list of causes of an anion gap metabolic acidosis. Why review it again? Because one day, whether in real life (or on your board exams...), thinking through this list will help make a tricky diagnosis. It is 'back to basics,' after all!
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Risk Stratification in Upper GI Bleeding
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We encounter patients with upper GI bleeding frequently. While some of these are obviously ill and in need of urgent intervention and/or admission, others appear well and we might consider sending them home - but how do we decide who is low risk enough to discharge? Is there an evidence based approach to risk stratify patients with upper GI bleeds?
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Back to Basics: Non-Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Treatment
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Your one minute back to basics summary on non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage treatment
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Back to Basics: Anaphylaxis
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What's the difference between anaphylaxis and anaphylactoid reactions? How do you diagnose and treat them? Should you avoid epinephrine in elderly patients? All these answers coming right up!
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Back to Basics: Croup
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Happy Labor Day! As summer comes to an end, its time to start thinking about some fall/winter pathologies. Here is our one minute summary of croup!
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Severe Asthma Management
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Asthma is one of the most common causes of respiratory distress seen in the emergency department. Most often, our patients will get better with some nebulizers and steroids. But when this fails, treatment becomes more complicated and patients can decompensate quickly. What are your options to step up therapy in your most severe asthma cases?
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Status Epilepticus: Go-To-Meds
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Your patient is seizing, your benzo didn't work, what's next?
Knowing your action plan for a patient in status epilepticus is crucial. Preparation = success! Review this chart until you've got a 1st, 2nd & 3rd line medication, with doses, always ready in your mind. If you've got this down already, how about for pediatrics?
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