Bottom Line Up Top: In patients with mild to moderate asthma exacerbations that are stable for discharge home, there is evidence to support discharging patients from the ED with combination Inhaled Corticosteroid/Long-Acting Beta Agonist (ICS-LABA) maintenance therapy. Clinical Scenario: A ...
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects an estimated 300,000 infants born worldwide each year and has a total estimated prevalence of 100,000 in the United States alone (Piel 2017). Within this population, over 90% of healthcare encounters are due to ...
Take Home points: Atraumatic TMJ dislocations are typically anterior in nature and can be reduced by a variety of techniques in the ED Traumatic TMJ dislocations often involve mandible fractures and typically require open reduction and fixation in the operating ...
Bottom Line Up Top: There doesn’t appear to be a morbidity or mortality benefit to treating fever in sepsis and fever may have a protective effect. Only treat fever if it causes the patient distress. Clinical Scenario: A 45-year-old woman ...
Take Home points: If the patient is low risk with CHA2DS2-VASc (men < 2, women < 3), cardioversion is safe up to 48 hours from onset. In higher risk patients, we should reserve cardioversion unless there is clear onset less ...
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