REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

cefazolin or cefuroxime) If risk factors for MRSA present, use agent with activity against MRSA (i.e. vancomycin) If significant soft tissue injury, add gram negative coverage like late generation cephalosporin, extended-spectrum penicillin, or aminoglycoside (i.e.

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Everything Rad

JUNE 28, 2023

We had an almost complete loss of communication with external departments. Sites that still had film printers relied on them to print and send radiographs to remote sites and to our emergency department. An important note is that all the HSE’s communication systems, mainly email, were down. Even our internet went down.

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Northwestern EM

APRIL 23, 2018

If hydrocephalus is suspected, determining if it is obstructive or communicating can help to understand the underlying cause. RadioGraphics, 1998; 18(1):151-163 3. In Brain Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition (2012). Bones Depressed skull fractures and easy to see on routine bone windows. Computed Tomography.

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Northwestern EM

JANUARY 6, 2020

negative predictive value for greater than 50% cerebral vascular stenosis;[7] a 2017 pooled analysis of 7 studies from 2003 to 2012 broadly reported a sensitivity of 93% and specificity of 100% for acute ischemic stroke.[8] Radiographics. A 2014 pooled analysis of 21 studies from 1993 to 2013 showed CTA has a sensitivity of 83.2%

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