Mar 30, 2021
Contributor: Ricky Dhaliwal, MD, JD
Educational Pearls:
- Glucagon administered intravenously has a high rate of adverse events (nausea/vomiting) with very weak evidence
- NItroglycerin too has very limited evidence but a much better adverse event profile
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- Mix 0.4 mg (1 sublingual tablet) nitro in 10 mL of water and...
Mar 29, 2021
Contributor: Jared Scott, MD
Educational Pearls:
- While it is rare to have a native hip dislocation, it is relatively common to dislocate a prosthetic hip
- The mechanism for dislocation is usually adduction, flexion, and internal rotation the hip which can occur when walking
- Arthroplasty in the setting of trauma...
Mar 26, 2021
A heartfelt excerpt from our most recent UnfilterED episode with Dr. Don Stader.
Mar 23, 2021
Contributor: Katie Sprinkel, MD
Educational Pearls:
- Hereditary angioedema (HA) is an autosomal dominant bradykinin-mediated disease affecting the airway, skin or gastrointestinal tract and typically presents with swelling in the absence of pruritus
- HA episodes last 3-5 days, typically occur first in childhood or...
Mar 22, 2021
Contributor: Katie Sprinkel, MD
Educational Pearls:
- Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES) are due to a psychogenic rather than an epileptic cause
- Despite common assumption, PNES are not always volitional
- 20-40% of those with PNES can also have true epileptic seizures 20-40%
- True diagnosis requires a video EEG