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Medical Category: Neurology

REBEL Cast Ep 47: Blood Transfusions, Lidocaine for Kidney Stones, and Stop Using So Much Oxygen

Background: Welcome back to REBEL Cast episode 47.  In this issue we are going to talk about some recent trials published in the past year that have gotten some love in the FOAMed world.  We have been meaning to discuss …

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NeurologyRenal and GenitourinaryResuscitation

Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Background: Approximately 80% of strokes are ischemic in origin leading to significant morbidity and mortality worldwide.  In ischemic stroke, there is usually a core infarct and an ischemic penumbra.  The penumbra is the area that we try to salvage with …

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Neurology

Milk of Amnesia (Propofol) for Pediatric Migraines?

Background: There are several classes of medications available to treat pediatric migraines and because of this many providers have different combinations that they like to use.  Typically, NSAIDs, anticholinergics, and dopamine antagonists are used with varying degrees of success.  There …

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Neurology

Alternative Headache Therapies

Background: Presentations to the Emergency Department for acute headache are remarkably common, with more than 2 million visits each year in the United States (Goldstein 2006). Emergency clinicians are tasked with dual roles of excluding life-threatening pathology while rendering effective pain …

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Neurology

American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Conference 2016

This years ACEP 2016 conference took place in Las Vegas, NV from Oct 16th – 19th.  There was greater than 350 courses, labs, and workshops given throughout the week.  It was impossible to make all of these great lectures, but …

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