Core EM - Emergency Medicine Podcast
Health & Fitness:Medicine
Take Home Points
Keep IIH and CVST on the differential for patient’s coming in with a subacute headache, particularly if they have visual or neuro symptoms. Consider an ocular ultrasound! It’s quick, shockingly easy to do, and can help point you toward a diagnosis you may have otherwise overlooked. I have made it my practice now to include a quick look in the physical exam of my patients with a concerning sounding headache or a headache with neurologic symptoms. Consider IIH particularly in an overweight female of child bearing age with a subacute headache, but remember patients outside that demographic can have IIH as well. Consider CVST in a patient with a thrombophilic process like cancer, pregnancy or the use of OCPs or androgens or in a patient with a recent facial infection like sinusitis or cellulitis.Read More
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Episode 56.0 – Sedation of the Agitated Patient
Episode 55.0 – Platelet Transfusion in Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Episode 54.0 – Preoxygenation
Episode 53.0 – Low-dose tPA in Ischemic Stroke
Episode 52.0 – Anaphylaxis
Episode 51.0 – Analgesia in Renal Colic
Episode 50.0 – Gastric Lavage
Episode 49.0 – Alcohol Withdrawal
Episode 48.0 – Anticholinergic Poisoning
Episode 47.0 – TMJ Dislocation
Episode 46.0 – Grand Rounds (Ilene Claudius) – Pediatric SOB
Episode 45.0 – Controversies in SSTI Management
Episode 44.0 – Tick Borne Illnesses
Episode 43.0 – Delayed ICH in Head Trauma Patients on Blood Thinners
Episode 42.0 – Ventilation in the Intubated Asthmatic
Episode 41.0 – Non-Genital Herpetic Infections
Episode 40.0 – Dental Emergencies
Episode 39.0 – Killer Back Pain
Episode 38.0 – Sexually Transmitted Infections
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