Apr 20

FOAM of the Week – Pediatric Abdominal Pain, Abdominal Trauma, Cirrhotic Patients, GI Bleeds

By Eric Robert Deutsch MD in FOAM of the Week, GI, Trauma

I’ve got some stuff from both last week and this week’s lectures. Enjoy.

A series of posts on approach to pediatric abdominal pain:

Work up of blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma from life in the fast lane:
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/abdominal-trauma/

Good overview of cirrhotic patients in the ED:
- http://www.emdocs.net/approach-to-the-sick-cirrhotic-patient/

EMCrit podcast on intubating the massive GI bleeder:
- http://emcrit.org/podcasts/intubating-gi-bleeds/

Using the ETT as a suction device during intubation:
- http://emcrit.org/blogpost/ett-as-suction-device/

Instructional video on placing a Blakemore:
- http://emcrit.org/procedures/blakemore-tube-placement/

Previous FOAM of the Weeks with posts on anticoagulation reversal:
- https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/gradyreport/2016/01/12/foam-of-the-week-11216-chemical-terrorism-noac-reversal-necrotizing-soft-tissue-infections/
- https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/gradyreport/2016/01/12/foam-of-the-week-11216-chemical-terrorism-noac-reversal-necrotizing-soft-tissue-infections/

Eric Robert Deutsch MD

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