Reading Time: 3 minutes The Pre-brief Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an adverse drug reaction to heparin that places patients at increased risk for venous…
The Modern Alchemists
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Reading Time: 5 minutes The Pre-brief When we think of lysing things in the emergency department (ED), we think of alteplase busting up a…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The Pre-brief Renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the critical care setting is common. Due to issues with hemodynamic instability, patients…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a common arrhythmia with a prevalence of 2 per 1000 adults SVT is an…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Case A 23-year-old woman (70 kg) struck by an automobile is admitted to the trauma ICU. She is found to…
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Pre-Brief: Most triathlons start with a mob of fit people jostling for position while sprinting headlong into the water to…
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Case: A 26-year-old female presents to the ED after an attempted suicide with an intentional ingestion of an unknown amount…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Case A 64-year-old woman presented with an acute ischemic stroke and ultimately underwent M1 thrombectomy and right carotid stent deployment. She…
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Reading Time: 5 minutes The Pre-brief Most patients with carbon monoxide CO poisoning present to the emergency department with accidental exposures via indoor power…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Yes, the headlines are true. No, this isn’t about covid, but another bug – a cockroach – found…