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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Not Your Average Eczema

ALiEM

Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2015:432445. References American Academy of Pediatrics: Herpes simplex. In: Kimberlin DW, Brady MT, Jackson MA, Long SS, eds. Studdiford JS, Valko GP, Belin LJ, Stonehouse AR.

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Podcast 185.0: Anticoagulation Reversal

Core EM

2015 Dec 22;132(25):2412-22. 2015 Dec 17;373(25):2413-24. Epub 2015 Nov 11. Ann Emerg Med. 2020;76(4):470-485. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.09.001 2019.09.001 Eikelboom JW, Quinlan DJ, van Ryn J, Weitz JI. Idarucizumab: The Antidote for Reversal of Dabigatran. Circulation. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.019628. 115.019628.

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SGEM#448: More than A Feeling – Gestalt vs CDT for Predicting Sepsis

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Dave Schriger and colleagues reviewed publications in the Annals of Emergency Medicine from 1998 to 2015 and found that only 11% of the studies compared decision aids to clinical judgement [4]. A similar review by Sanders et al 2015 concludes that clinica.

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BLS and ACLS Updates 2015 - The Malaysian Perspective

K.S. Chew

A talk that I presented during the Kelantan Resuscitation Updates 2015 (22 Nov 2015) based on the new AHA/ILCOR guidelines. Basically however, there are no major changes in this year 2015 updates.

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Clinical Conundrum: Should We Always Treat Fever in Patients with Sepsis?

REBEL EM

One side argues that fever places additional physiological stress on patients, who are already ill ( Young 2015 ). On the other hand, fever may serve as a protective role by enhancing immune cell function and inhibiting pathogen growth and spread ( Young 2015 ). NEJM 2015; 373(23): 2215-24. PMID: 26436473 Schortgen F et al.

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SGEM#436: For the Longest Time – To Give TNK for an Acute Ischemic Stroke

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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Stercoral Colitis

Core EM

Published online September 3, 2015:bcr2015211732. doi:10.1136/bcr-2015-211732 Heffernan C, Pachter HL, Megibow AJ, Macari M. [link] Hudson J, Malik A. A fatal faecaloma stercoral colitis: a rare complication of chronic constipation. BMJ Case Reports. Stercoral Colitis Leading to Fatal Peritonitis: CT Findings. 2005;184(4):1189-1193.

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