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REBEL Cast Ep125: 1st 48 Hours of PE Management – How Good Is Unfractionated Heparin?

Background: The mainstay of treatment for symptomatic pulmonary embolism  (PE) is anticoagulation (AC).  Patients with higher-risk PE may require advanced interventions such as thrombolytic therapy, surgical thrombectomy, or even extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Because of its short half-life and availability ...

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CardiovascularHematology and OncologyResuscitationThoracic and Respiratory

REBEL Core Cast 120.0 – Salicylate Toxicity

Take Home Points Salicylates are a commonly used and widely prescribed xenobiotic due to their analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-pyretic properties. Common preparations include aspirin, methyl-salicylate (Oil of Wintergreen), and bismuth-subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol). Salicylate toxicity should be considered in the patient with ...

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Toxicology

REBEL Cast Ep124: Nitrates in Right Sided MIs?

Background: Nitrates can help improve symptoms and ischemia in the setting of acute myocardial infarction. Current teaching holds that nitrates should be avoided in patients with potential right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVMI), due to the risk of decreasing preload and ...

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Cardiovascular

Let’s Get Salty: Hypertonic 3% Saline Through Peripheral IVs in Adult Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Background: Elevated intracranial pressure in patients with acute brain injury is a neurologic emergency requiring early recognition and early aggressive treatment to prevent progression to cerebral ischemia, brain herniation, and ultimately death.  There are two primary options for treatment in ...

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NeurologyTrauma

REBEL Reflections Episode 5: Thinking in Bets – Making Better Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts

How sure are you? Think back to the last time someone asked you a difficult question regarding a patient on shift. How sure were you about your decision? Was there a clear-cut right or wrong answer? And after making your ...

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Clinical Conundrums: Should I Pretreat Patients with Contrast Allergy Prior to IV Contrast Administration?

Bottom Line Up Top: Pretreatment is ineffective and unnecessary as it does not significantly reduce the risk of serious adverse reactions to contrast. Pretreatment should not delay imaging required for definitive diagnosis.  Clinical Scenario: A 65 year-old woman presents with ...

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Allergy and Immunology

Rosh Review MyEMCert Question

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Renal and GenitourinaryTrauma

REBEL Core Cast 119.0 – Sleep Hygiene

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The PROPHY-VAP Trial: Ceftriaxone to Prevent VAP in Patients with Acute Brain Injury

Background:  Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), or what the CDC recently renamed infection-related ventilator-associated complication (IVAC),  is defined as a nosocomial pneumonia occurring on day 3 of mechanical ventilation that was preceded by 2 days of stable or decreasing ventilator requirements.1, 2  ...

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NeurologyThoracic and Respiratory

Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion Strategy in Myocardial Infarction and Anemia (MINT Trial)

Background: Concurrent anemia worsens outcomes in patients that present with acute myocardial infarctions. Transfusions increase the oxygen carrying capacity of blood which can improve the perfusion of at-risk cardiac tissue. However, transfusions are also associated with immunosuppression, thrombotic phenomena, volume ...

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CardiovascularHematology and Oncology

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