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Emergency Medicine
Thunderstorm Asthma
It was only after it settled down that we realised what we had achieved. In a 24 hour period our emergency department would typically see around 200 patients. During “Thunderstorm Asthma,” over a 12-hour period between 7pm and 7 am we treated 296 patients; 208 of them had respiratory symptoms. Of these patients 170 went home, 36 were admitted including four that went to the intensive care unit. The peak occurred at 9pm, when 43 patients arrived in an hour. It wasn’t until 2am before our numbers dropped below 20 an hour.
Source: Thunderstorm asthma: ‘It was like a war zone,’ emergency doctor says
Here`s why.
Source: Thunderstorm asthma – Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
Emergency Medicine Clinics, August 2016, Volume 34, Issue 3 – Geriatric Emergencies
Rather than link each individual article separately I’ve provided a link to the table of contents for this collection on geriatric emergencies.
What underwriter wouldn’t get excited about Evaluation of Syncope in Older Adults. This is exciting stuff!
Prediction of 90-day mortality in older patients after discharge from an emergency department: a retrospective follow-up study – BMC Emergency Medicine
Burnout: Emergency Medicine Hit Hardest | Medpage Today
Not all specialties were equal when it comes to burnout
Source: Burnout: Emergency Medicine Hit Hardest | Medpage Today
Doctors, parents, and spouses all rolled up into one person
“Being married to a doctor has changed how I see these amazing men and women.”
Source: Doctors, parents, and spouses all rolled up into one person
This article gave me a higher level of appreciation for emergency medicine physicians.
Gross Anatomy: Emergency Docs Become Lord of the Titanium Rings
Early metabolic acidosis and coma in massive acetaminophen overdose | The Poison Review
KEY TAKE-HOME POINT: Always remember to include APAP on the differential diagnosis of high-anion-gap metabolic acidosis. A good mnemonic is A CAT MUDPILE:
- Aspirin
- Cyanide, carbon monoxide
- Acetaminophen
- Theophylline
- Methanol, metformin
- Uremia
- Diabetic ketoacidosis (or alcoholic ketoacidosis)
- Propylene glycol
- Iron, INH
- Lactic acidosis
- Ethyelene glycol
via Early metabolic acidosis and coma in massive acetaminophen overdose | The Poison Review.
This is simply a fun blog post.
So your child swallowed a button battery. Here’s what you need to know.
So your child swallowed a button battery. Here’s what you need to know..
Every three hours, a child or teenager will visit an emergency department to be examined or treated for battery ingestion. From the most recent data in 2009, Emergency Departments saw nearly 6,000 U.S. children for button battery related exposures.
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