Sep 30, 2024
Contributor: Travis Barlock MD
Educational Pearls:
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Assessment of head and neck vascular injury due to blunt trauma
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Symptomatic patients require screening head and neck CT angiography
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EAST guidelines include the following criteria for a screening CT angiography in blunt head trauma:
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Unexplained...
Sep 23, 2024
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD
Educational Pearls:
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Hemothorax: blood in the pleural cavity, most commonly due to chest trauma
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Treatment: thoracostomy tube for blood drainage
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helps to avoid clotting, scarring, and infection
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A recent study looked at patients with hemothorax who either received or did not receive...
Sep 22, 2024
Contributor: Taylor Lynch, MD
Educational Pearls:
When it comes to hypoglycemia, the age dictates possible causes
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Neonate:
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Hormonal deficiency
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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (21-hydroxylase deficiency, 11β-hydroxylase deficiency)
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Primary or Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency leading to cortisol deficiency
Sep 12, 2024
Contributor: Kiersten Williams MD, Travis Barlock MD, Jeffrey Olson MS3
Show Pearls
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Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are one of the leading causes of maternal mortality worldwide.
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Hypertension (HTN) complicates 2-8% of pregnancies
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The definition of HTN in pregnancy is a systolic >140 or diastolic >90, measured...
Sep 9, 2024
Contributor: Sean Fox, MD
Educational Pearls:
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Newborns may lose up to 10% of their birth weight in the first week of life
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Weight loss is greatest in exclusively breastfed infants
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Should regain birth weight by age 2 weeks
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Newborns should gain an average of 30g (1 oz) per day in the first 3 months of life