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Extracorporeal CPR in the Emergency Department
By Greg King Case KM is a 36 y.o. female with a past medical history significant for recent PEA arrest during intubation with ROSC...
Thinking Beyond Antibiotics
Risk Factors, Diagnosis, and Management of Clostridium Difficile in the Emergency Department By Sarah Hill CASE · L.P. is a 65 y.o....
“If it looks like a stroke, walks like a stroke, could it still be a stroke?”
Presentation of Stroke Mimics in the Emergency Department CASE History 64-year-old female with a past medical history of a prior middle...
Lungs Work, Diaphragm Doesn't: Respiratory Distress in ALS
CASE History HM is a 56-year-old male with a past medical history of hyperlipidemia, hypertension, OSA on CPAP since 2010, and...
Wait, That’s Not What He Said? How We Can Better Care For Our Patients With Language Barriers
CASE History Chief Complaint from triage (using a telephonic interpreter in Spanish): Abscess LLE redness with a "Knot" states that he...
Hyponatremia: The Optimal Way to Make Your Patient Saltier
CASE History 80 yo M with a PMHx of bladder, prostate, and pharyngeal cancer with metastases to the liver and lungs, DVT, TIA with no...
Management of Transfusion-dependent Aplastic Anemia
CASE Pt was a middle-aged AA woman with PMH of uterine fibroids, adenomyosis, and aplastic anemia who presented to the ED due to a 1-week...
How Much Fluid Can Be Given for CHF Patients with Sepsis?
CASE A 55 y.o. male with PMH of IVDU, MRSA endocarditis, COPD, chronic discitis and osteomyelitis, HFrEF (EF 40-45%) L common femoral DVT...
Un-stabilizing the Stable PE
CASE 63 y/o M with PMH of CHF, CKD, CAD, DM II (on insulin), Sinus bradycardia (pacemaker), substance abuse, HIV, history of pulmonary...
Fournier's Gangrene: Not Your Garden Variety Genital Infection
CASE A middle-aged male patient with a past medical history of diabetes mellitus (uncontrolled), HTN, and necrotizing fasciitis of the...
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