Take Home Points Spinal Epidural Abscess may present insidiously and patients often lack the classic triad of fever, back pain and neurologic symptoms Empiric Antibiotics should cover Staphylococcus (including MRSA) and Gram negative Bacilli All patients with clinical suspicion require ...
Background Information: Headache is a common chief complaint that emergency physicians encounter almost every day and sometimes multiple times in each shift. In fact, headache is the fifth leading cause of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED).1 Current first-line ...
Take Home Points When approaching the patient with uspected seizure, focus on questions that matter in determining if the event was a seizure or not Extensive lab work after a first time seizure is not necessary in patients who are ...
Definition: Suppurative infection enclosed within the epidural space Epidemiology Incidence: 2-3 cases per 10,000 hospitalized patients (Sendi 2008). Rate is increasing given the rise in number of spinal procedures and anesthesia techniques Mortality is low at 5%, however, if untreated ...
Background: Here we go again with another “Time is Brain,” acute ischemic stroke study. The authors start out by saying that earlier administration of intravenous tPA in acute ischemic stroke is associated with reduced mortality by the time of hospital ...
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