REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

grams/kg on day 3 of treatment Patients with a single episode of SBP should be considered for antibiotic prophylaxis (with norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin or TMP/SMX) ( Runyon 2012 ) Take Home Points SBP is a difficult diagnosis to make because presentations are variable. grams/kg within 6 hours 1.0 grams/kg within 6 hours 1.0

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REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In patients with a high suspicion for torsion, emergent surgical consultation should not be delayed by diagnostic imaging as “time is testicle” Scrotal Ultrasound Standard imaging technique Diagnostic characteristics Sensitivity: 88 – 100% (+ Lr = 8.8 – 10) Specificity: 90% (+) LR = 8.8-10, OR = 58.8 (Ben-Israel

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The nonprofit commission was founded in 1951 and currently accredits some 19,000 organizations, including hospitals, physicians' offices, disease-specific care programs, stroke centers, and healthcare staffing services in the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that begins in January 2012.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 7, 2024

African American women have a near-40% higher breast cancer mortality than Caucasian women and tend to be diagnosed with more advanced disease. Paolini and colleagues conducted an institutional review with mammographic data collected between 2012 and 2020.

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REBEL EM

AUGUST 30, 2023

The degree of elevation does not predict disease severity. Executive Summary: 2015 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults. ESR and CRP are sensitive, yet not specific. Clin Infect Dis 2015 Sept 15;61(6):859-63.

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 25, 2023

There is no history or physical exam feature that rules out the disease Lactate elevation is a late finding in SBO. Examples: adhesions, neoplasms, inflammatory disease (i.e. rebound and guarding) Diagnostics Laboratory Tests Commonly ordered lab tests (i.e. Absent bowel sounds Peritoneal signs (i.e.

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Global Radiology CME

JULY 25, 2021

Rarer causes include rheumatic disease, congenital, myxomatous degeneration, endocarditis, or pulmonary hypertension [3]. Published 2012 Jan 23. Diagnosis and treatment of tricuspid valve disease: current and future perspectives. The leading cause of TR is due to left heart failure. J Med Case Rep. Eur Heart J. Circulation.

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AJNR

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The authors examined the survival outcomes and dosimetry to critical structures in patients treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for ≥ 25 metastases in a single session or cumulatively over the course of their disease. for cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a multicentre, retrospective, MRI-neuropathology diagnostic accuracy study.

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REBEL EM

AUGUST 7, 2023

We’ll continue to use haloperidol for hyperactive delirious patients in the ICU until additional evidence further differentiating this complex disease process indicates otherwise. Crit Care 16, R115 (2012). Some patients will be helped, others harmed, but this kind of grouping does not allow us to determine a difference.

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Northwestern EM

APRIL 23, 2018

Written by: Justin Seltzer, MD (NUEM PGY-1) Edited by: Andrew Cunningham, MD, (NUEM PGY-3) Expert commentary by : David Rusinak, MD Neuroimaging, mainly using CT, has become an indispensable part of our emergency diagnostic process, but, all too often we rely on radiologists to interpret what we ordered. Neurovascular Diseases.

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AJNR

APRIL 10, 2023

A total of 107 patients were misdiagnosed with autoimmune encephalitis, and 77 (72%) did not fulfill diagnostic criteria for autoimmune encephalitis. In this study, red flags suggesting alternative diagnoses included an insidious onset, positive nonspecific serum antibody, and failure to fulfill autoimmune encephalitis diagnostic criteria.

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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] Vascular Diseases of the Brain.” and specificity of 95% with a 97.1% Emergency Guide to Stroke Neuroimaging.

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