Monthly Archives: July 2012

Management of Resuscitated Non-traumatic Cardiac Arrest

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Stephanie Taft, MD

Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Combined Conference — July 19, 2012 by Dr. Wendy Woster Post-Cardiac Arrest Management Manage physiology of post-arrest state while trying to identify and address the underlying cause of arrest. Post Arrest Brain Injury To prevent further injury: … Continue reading →

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Aortic Dissection

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Stephanie Taft, MD

Regions Emergency Medicine Critical Case Conference — July 12, 2012 Discussion led by Dr. Jodi Deleski Portable CXR will not show free air — patient is never truly upright. If you do not want patient to leave ED but want … Continue reading →

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Rhabdomyolysis and Crush-Related Injuries

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Stephanie Taft, MD

Rhabdomyolysis and Crush-Related Injuries Multidisciplinary Critical Care Conference by Dr. David Dries July 12, 2012 Myoglobin — cause of 10% of cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) in US Up to 50% of cases of rhabdomyolysis will have AKI Long … Continue reading →

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Anaphylaxis — July 5, 2012

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Stephanie Taft, MD

Regions Emergency Medicine Critical Case Conference Discussion led by Dr. Wendy Woster Anaphylaxis Younger children more likely to have severe food allergy — most commonly seen in teenagers but can see new food allergies in the elderly By definition, 2 … Continue reading →

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