Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Kocher criteria for pediatric septic hip
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The Kocher criteria are useful for distinguishing between septic arthritis and transient synovitis in a child presenting with a painful hip...
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How to insert an LMA
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How to put in an LMA: A Laryngeal mask airway, or LMA, is a supraglottic airway device. An LMA is a great rescue airway when you encoun...
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Prevention of desaturation during intubations
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A great article in this month's Annals of Emergency Medicine from Scott Weingart and Richard Levitan: "Preoxygenation and Preventi...
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Normal ESR values by age
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Rule for correcting erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) by age: Men: Age in years / 2 Women: Age in years + 10 / 2 References: ...
What are the top causes of small bowel obstruction?
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Upright abdominal film showing multiple air-fluid levels. Most common causes of small bowel obstruction in adults: #1. Adhesions after...
Thursday, February 9, 2012
What are appropriate antibiotics for PID?
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Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), refers to infection and inflammation of the female genital tract, including endometritis, salpingitis, tu...
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Dog bites: When should you use prophylactic antibiotics?
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Dog bites are the most common mammalian bite injury seen in the United States, followed by cat bites and human bites. Management of minor d...
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