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Medical Category: Cardiovascular

REBEL Core Cast 29.0 – Vascular Disasters

Vascular Disasters Take Home Points Consider vascular pathologies in all of your patients with atraumatic limb pain – especially those with typical and atypical risk factors Early diagnosis is imperative. Time is tissue. Catch this as early as possible. Pain ...

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Cardiovascular

REBEL Core Cast 27.0 – Endocarditis

Take-Home Points Endocarditis can have vague and varied presentations and has high morbidity and mortality. Be on the lookout in patients with risk factors including:  Congenital heart disease Cardiac prosthesis or devices Immunocompromise IV drug use Recent invasive procedure Hx ...

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CardiovascularInfectious Disease

PEGeD Study – Is It Safe to Adjust the D-Dimer Threshold for Clinical Probability?

Background: The clinical diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) can be challenging given its variable presentation, thus requiring dependence on objective testing. decision instruments such as PERC and the Wells’ score help stratify patients to low or high probability, enabling focused ...

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Cardiovascular

Single Syringe Adenosine for SVT?

Background: The 2015 American Heart Association guidelines for Adult Advanced Cardiac Life Support recommend adenosine in non-hypotensive patients in regular narrow-complex supraventricular tachycardia (SVT).  Adenosine has a rapid onset and a half-life that is <10 seconds, which makes it an ...

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Cardiovascular

REBEL Core Cast 21.0 – ECG in Syncope

  REBEL Core Cast 21.0 – ECG in Syncope Click here for Direct Download of Podcast

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Cardiovascular
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