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Street Medicine: Compassionate Care for the Unhoused

Introduction: In this episode of Rebel Cast, host Marco Propersi, along with co-hosts Steve Hochman and Kim Baldino, delve into the practice and importance of street medicine—the direct delivery of healthcare to homeless and unsheltered individuals. Special guests Dr. Jim ...

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Is the D-Dimer Useful in High-Probabilty Pulmonary Embolism?

Bottom Line Up Top: A negative D-Dimer likely excludes significant pulmonary embolism (PE) in all patients but the low chance of getting a negative result makes a D-Dimer first approach of low clinical utility in the high pre-test probability ...

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Cardiovascular

March 31: Levitan/Rezaie Practical Airway Course

View Course Dates This 2-day course provides an in-depth look at effective surgical airway management techniques that you will actually use in your next emergency airway. There is a unique focus on airway anatomy and imaging combined with one-of-a-kind opportunity ...

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Clinical Conundrum: Do I Have to Replace the Nail After an Avulsion?

Bottom Line Up Top: Replacing the nail into the eponychial fold doesn’t appear to be critical to nail regrowth and  cosmetic outcomes of finger injuries with nail avulsion. Clinical Scenario: A 6-year-old boy presents to the Peds ED with an ...

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Trauma

IVC Distensibility Index vs Collapsibility Index: Using the Correct Index

Background  In 1979, Hiroshi Natori was the first to appreciate the sonographic changes that occur in the inferior vena cava (IVC)’s diameter with ventilation in spontaneously breathing patients, mechanically ventilated patients, and those with carcinogenic and tuberculoid cardiac tamponade.1 They ...

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