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Hypertension Rocks! Zdoggmd returns to ercast to discuss the ins and outs of HTN
The lowdown on hypertension… HTN should be straightforward, so why is it confusing? Part of the problem is terminology. Shayne and Pitts got it right in 2003 when they made sense of classifying different hypertensive scenarios. What in the world do … Continue reading
Posted in Cardiology, Podcasts
Tagged accomplish, ace-i, allhat, arb, blocker, calcium, channel, chlorthalidone, emergency, emory, emrap, ercast, HTN, hypertension, hypertensive, orman, pitts, rob, severely, shane, thiazide, uncontrolled, urgency, zdogg, zdoggmd
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Pediatric Syncope
It’s usually nothing serious, but sometimes it can be a harbinger of sudden death. Ercast interviews Ray Moreno, MD about a rational approach to the pediatric patient who presents following a syncopal event. Here are a few of the links … Continue reading
Posted in Cardiology, Podcasts
Tagged abscess, brugada, diagnostic, ecg, ekg, ercast, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, lin, loop, LVH, michelle, moreno, murmur, orman, paucis, pediatrics, prolonged, pv, qt, qtc, ray, risk, still, still's, suicide, syncope, tests, vasodepressor, verbis, workup
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Perianal Abscess
We talk with colorectal surgeon Megan Cavanaugh about the ins and outs of managing perianal abscesses in the ED. Two listener emails. One asking a question about induced hypothermia. For more info on induced hypothmermia, click here Rob becomes a … Continue reading
Do cardiac risk factors matter?
It’s beaten into our heads that we need to ask, document and consider cardiac risk factors in the acute chest pain patient. And we do. Diligently. But do risk factors for chronic coronary artery disease play a role in helping … Continue reading
Loop Abscess Drainage
If you are an EM:RAP listener, this is the video I talked about in the November episode on abscess managment. It goes through the steps of a new technique for draining a cutaneous abscess as described in this article. I … Continue reading
Posted in Abscess, Videos
Tagged abscess, antibiotics, drainage, ed, emergency, emergencypdx, emrap, ercast, free, health, incision, infection, journal, loop drainage, mrsa, of, orman, packing, pediatric, podcast, portland, procedure, pus, rob, staph, staph aureus, surgery, vegunta, vessel loop, video
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Competence vs Decision Making Capacity
Legal expert Rich Orman joins ercast for a discussion about the distinction between competence and medical decision making capacity. Also -A dog bites my brother’s scrotum -ercast and EMRAP -listener email on induced hypothermia and MRSA Here is the audio
MRSA and Abscess Part 1
Dr. Greg Moran, the ultimate Jedi Master of emergency medicine infectious disease, talks with ercast about MRSA, abscesses, decolonization therapy, cellulitis and much, much more. Does a simple cutaneous abscess need antibiotics? Why is MRSA such a nasty bug? How … Continue reading
Induced Hypothermia
Everything you need to know about the how and why to induce hypothermia in post cardiac arrest patients. We interview Dr. Scott Weingart and take a deep look into his soul to discover the platinum nugget of critical care emergency … Continue reading
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