Hey all, Some great FOAM from the past few weeks. Was on vacation so some stuff got backed up. Enjoy! Great overview of work up and treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension: http://www.emdocs.net/the-crashing-pulmonary-hypertension-patient/ A couple good posts on management of massive hemoptysis: https://first10em.com/2015/03/24/massive-hemoptysis/ http://www.tamingthesru.com/blog/ebcp/hemoptysis In depth review of bronchiolitis from EMRAP: https://www.emrap.org/episode/july2014/notesfromthe https://www.emrap.org/episode/august2014/notesfromthe Or, shorter overview post …
Category: Pediatrics
Feb 23
FOAM of the Week – Conversion Disorder, Agitated Patients, Eating Disorders
Some helpful stuff related to lectures this week – enjoy! Conversion disorder-related stuff: Optokinetic drum for patients complaining of blindness: Hoover’s Sign to assess patient effort vs true weakness: http://cdn.lifeinthefastlane.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Pract-Neurol-2001-Stone-50-3.pdf Agitated patients: Chemical and Physical restraint of agitated patients from EmCrit: http://emcrit.org/podcasts/human-bondage-chemical-takedown Ketamine for chemical retraint from ALIEM: http://www.aliem.com/2015/ketamine-for-excited-delirium-syndrome/ Eating Disorder overview from Peds EM Morsels: …
FOAM of the Week 8/18/15 – Pediatric Foreign Bodies, Ophthalmology
Pediatric Foreign Bodies – Kids like to put things in places they don’t belong. Here’s some tips on diagnosis and removal techniques from Pediatric EM Morsels and Don’t Forget the Bubbles blogs: http://dontforgetthebubbles.com/foreign-body-aspiration/ http://pedemmorsels.com/nasal-foreign-bodies-positive-pressure-technique/ http://pedemmorsels.com/ear-foreign-body/ Should I dilate that eye? http://emblog.mayo.edu/discussion/dare-to-dilate-evaluation-of-acute-visual-loss-in-the-emergency-department/ Some great ophthalmology differentials for various visual complaints from LITFL – click the links for …