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Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: A Three-Pronged Approach

ACEP Now

A young woman, 13 days post-tonsillectomy, comes into your rural emergency department (ED) coughing up blood. The literature suggests that approximately 85 percent of these cases require procedural source control in the operating room, highlighting the importance of expediting transport arrangements.

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Case Report: Rapid Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Dissection with POCUS

ACEP Now

A 55-year-old woman with medical history of well-controlled hypertension and renal cell carcinoma, status post-partial nephrectomy, presented to the emergency department (ED) with sudden-onset, 10-out-of-10 chest pain and pressure.

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Threading the Needle: Bougie-First Intubation

REBEL EM

Included patients from out-of-hospital, emergency department, intensive care unit, and operating-room intubations. Intubation performed in all settings (out-of-hospital, emergency department, ICU, and operating room). to 1.36). to 2.39) might outweigh the benefits.

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EM@3AM: Total Hip Arthroplasty Complications

EMDocs

Operative management is required in majority of cases. 9,23 Disposition: Dislocation : If successfully reduced in the emergency department may discharge with strict mobility restrictions and Orthopedic follow up. 6 Periprosthetic fracture : Admission for operative management. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

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EMCrit Guest Post – In Defense of Dignity by Chris Hicks, MD

EMCrit Project

In fifteen years of practice in trauma and emergency medicine (Mother of God, fifteen years) Ive seen patient dignity shredded down to near nothingness, to more or less an afterthought, to an empty signifier, a catchphrase for foundation advertising. Questions Before Joining (FAQ) Join Now!

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Cuffed Endotracheal Tubes for Children: ReBaked Morsel

Pediatric EM Morsels

Differences in intubation outcomes for pediatric patients between pediatric and general Emergency Departments. Intubation practice and outcomes among pediatric emergency departments: A report from National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS). Acad Emerg Med. 0.41), p < 0.001.

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Re-Engineering Flow in an Academic Emergency Department

ACEP Now

In 1901, UVA opened its first hospital with 25 beds and three operating rooms. The emergency department (ED) at UVA was rebuilt in 2019 and the department had not fully optimized its operations when COVID-19 hit. She is a consultant with Quality Matters Consulting, and her expertise is in ED operations.