JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 2 ppt
JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 2 ppt
... refractory to IV fluid. 12 • If blood pressure remains Ͻ70 mmHg despite pre- ceding measures, a norepinephrine 8- to 1 2- g/ min loading dose and a 2- to 4- g/min infusion to maintain mean arterial blood ... needles (2 7- to 3 0- gauge), and injecting the anesthetic slowly. • The addition of epinephrine to lidocaine extends the length of anesthesia and slows systemic ab...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 1 ppt
... Emergency Medicine (ABEM) administers three written exams each year: the Certification Exam, the Recertification Exam, and the In- Training Exam. For the most up-to-date information concerning these ... hyper- kalemic response in emergency department patients re- ceiving succinylcholine. Acad Emerg Med 2: 974, 1995. 8. Ward KR, Yealy DM: End-tidal carbon dioxide monitor- ing...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 3 ppt
... dif - cile in 10 to 25 percent of cases. • Broad-spectrum antibiotics—most notably clin- damycin, cephalosporins, and ampicillin/amoxicil- lin—alter the gut flora in such a way that toxin- producing ... CI) Right-lower-quadrant pain 0.81 0.53 7.31–8.46† 0–0 .28 † Rigidity 0 .27 0.83 3.76 (2. 96–4.78) 0. 82 (0.79–0.85) Migration 0.64 0. 82 3.18 (2. 41–4 .21 ) 0.50 (0. 42 0.59) Pain...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 5 ppsx
... regarding an initial insulin bolus of 0.1 U/kg and most authori- ties begin with a continuous infusion. If the acido- sis has not improved after2hofinsulin therapy the insulin infusion should be increased ... Ravindranath T, Janakiraman N, Harris V: Computed tomography in diagnosing retropharyngeal abscess in chil- dren. Clin Pediatr 32: 2 42, 1993. For further reading in Emergency...
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... and animal associated infec- tions, in Brillman CJ, Quenzer RW (eds): Infectious Dis- eases in Emergency Medicine, 2d ed. Philadelphia, Lip- pincott-Raven, 1998, pp 20 9 22 9. 2. Hart CA, Trees AJ, ... increasing, with 20 re- ported emergency department (ED) visits in 19 92 and 629 in 1996. The majority of visits involved CHAPTER 95 • SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS 303 bridement, h...
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... Dimercaprol (BAL) 3 to 5 mg/kg intramuscularly (IM) every 4 h and CaNa2-EDTA 1500 Ȑg/m 2 every 24 h by continu- ous intravenous infusion beginning4hafter the ini- tial BALdoseare the standardagents.Radiopaque lead ... Lacrimation, Urination, Defecation, Gastrointestinal, and Emesis). • Consumption of psilocybin- and psilocin-con- taining mushrooms produce visual hallucinations and euph...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 8 pot
... Electroencephalographic monitoring in the emergency department. Emerg Med Clin North Am 12: 1089, 1994. For further reading in Emergency Medicine: A Com- prehensive Study Guide, 5th ed., see Chap. 22 4, ‘‘Seizures ... nationwide survey of prob- lems in long-standing poliomyelitis. Spinal Cord 36 :28 0, 1998. For further reading in Emergency Medicine: A Com- prehensive Study...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 9 doc
... injury with subsequent increase in pain and swelling as the patient continues to am- bulate suggests a sprain rather than a fracture. • On physical examination, significant findings in- clude the ... of abdominal injury in the pedi- atric patient, the physical examination has both a high false-positive and relatively high false-nega- tive rate. Therefore, either CT scanning or dia...
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JUST THE FACTS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE - PART 10 pot
... features, 22 1 diagnosis and differential, 22 1 emergency department care and disposition, 22 1 22 2, 22 2t epidemiology, 22 1 overview, 22 1 pathophysiology, 22 1 Otitis media with effusion (OME) clinical ... rosea, 26 3 viral infections enteroviruses, 26 0 26 1 erythema infectiosum, 26 1 infectious mononucleosis, 26 1 measles, 26 1 roseola infantum, 26 2 rubella, 26 1 26 2 v...
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Chapter 064. The Practice of Genetics in Clinical Medicine (Part 2) pptx
... prevalent disorders. Pending further advances in genetic testing, the key to assessing the inherited risk for common adult-onset diseases rests in the collection and interpretation of a detailed ... mutations would greatly impact the cost of testing without significantly influencing the effectiveness of mass screening. Nevertheless, the individual who carries one of the...
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