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Anticoagulated Patients in the ED
January 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s time for a look at the latest review from EBMedicine: An Evidence-Based Approach to Managing the Anticoagulated Patient in the ED.
Intranasal.net
January 29, 2011 By 3 Comments
The delivery of medication by the intranasal route has undergone a surge in popularity recently, especially in the settings of prehospital care and paediatric emergency medicine. Recently I stumbled across Intranasal.net.
Bad Movie Medicine
January 28, 2011 By 3 Comments
A recent tweet by LITFL friend and medical satirist extrordinaire ZDoggMD piqued my interest… @zdoggmd No wonder government docs couldn’t resuscitate E.T. in the movie; they shocked asystole and tried bretylium, for God’s sake. …and got me thinking. There have been some quite unusual, somewhat interesting and rather unconventional (some would say ridiculous) medical treatments [...]
No Radial Pulse!
January 27, 2011 By 2 Comments
Your patient’s finger tips have turned blue, and the paramedics are unable palpate a radial pulse…. “Is he in cardiogenic shock?”
Who Named It?
January 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A shout out for Whonamedit.com: a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms that aims to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person.
Mosby’s Pocketbook of Mental Health
January 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
LITFL book review of Mosby’s Pocketbook of Mental Health
Hot lips
January 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Your next patient is a 2 year-old girl who has sustained a burn…. to her mouth. See if you know your stuff in this case-based Q&A post.
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January 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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