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Medicine, Pediatrics
Microfluidic Photoreactor for Neonatal Jaundice
Researchers at the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed a microfluidic photoreactor that is intended to treat severe cases of neonatal jaundice. Jaundice is caused by an excess...
Conn Hastings | December 8, 2021
agitation, Carr's Cases, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, ethylene glycol, ketamine, Medical Specialty, pediatric limp, Pediatrics, Resuscitation, septic arthritis, Toxicology, tracheostomy, transient synovitis
EM Quick Hits 34 Carr’s Case, Septic Arthritis vs Transient Synovitis, Managing Tracheostomies, Ethylene Glycol Poisoning, Ketamine for Agitation
In this months EM Quick Hits podcast: The mighty return of Carr's Cases! Sarah Reid on differentiating septic arthritis from transient synovitis in pediatric limp, Anand Swaminathan on managing tracheostomy...
Anton Helman | November 30, 2021
agitation, Carr's Cases, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, ethylene glycol, ketamine, Medical Specialty, pediatric limp, Pediatrics, Resuscitation, septic arthritis, Toxicology, tracheostomy, transient synovitis
EM Quick Hits 34 Carr’s Case, Septic Arthritis vs Transient Synovitis, Managing Tracheostomies, Ethylene Glycol Poisoning, Ketamine for Agitation
In this months EM Quick Hits podcast: The mighty return of Carr's Cases! Sarah Reid on differentiating septic arthritis from transient synovitis in pediatric limp, Anand Swaminathan on managing tracheostomy...
Anton Helman | November 30, 2021
Medicine, Pediatrics, Public Health
Vaccine Delivery Device Inspired by BBQ Lighter
A team at Georgia Tech tinkered together a battery-free electroporation device to deliver DNA vaccines, which is inspired by BBQ lighters. The details of the workings of the vaccine injector...
Conn Hastings | October 21, 2021
Dermatology, Pediatrics, Rheumatology, SAEM Clinical Images
SAEM Clinical Image Series: Silver Scales
A 6-year-old otherwise healthy female presented to the emergency department (ED) with a rash across all four extremities. She has had seven months of pruritic, expanding lesions starting on her...
Andrew Mittelman, MD | October 4, 2021
Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatrics, Radiology
Swoop Portable MRI: Interview with David Scott, President and CEO of Hyperfine
Hyperfine, a company based in St Guilford, Connecticut, created Swoop, a portable MRI scanner. The device received FDA approval as the first bedside MRI scanner in 2020, and a recent...
Conn Hastings | October 1, 2021
Adult Epiglotitits, Bell's palsy, checkpoint inhibitors, Ears Nose & Throat, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, heat stroke, HSP, Medical Specialty, Pediatrics, Resuscitation
EM Quick Hits 32 Checkpoint Inhibitors, Adult Epiglotitits, HSP, Heat Stroke, Bell’s Palsy and Leukemia
In this EM Quick Hits: Walter Himmel on new diseases associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, Leeor Sommer on the evolution of epiglottitis - adult epiglottitis clinical pearls, Sarah Reid on...
Anton Helman | September 21, 2021
Adult Epiglotitits, Bell's palsy, checkpoint inhibitors, Ears Nose & Throat, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, heat stroke, HSP, Medical Specialty, Pediatrics, Resuscitation
EM Quick Hits 32 Checkpoint Inhibitors, Adult Epiglotitits, HSP, Heat Stroke, Bell’s Palsy and Leukemia
In this EM Quick Hits: Walter Himmel on new diseases associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, Leeor Sommer on the evolution of epiglottitis - adult epiglottitis clinical pearls, Sarah Reid on...
Anton Helman | September 21, 2021
Genitourinary, Pediatrics, SAEM Clinical Images
SAEM Clinical Image Series: Pediatric Penis Swelling
A 3-year-old healthy uncircumcised male presents to the Emergency Department with five days of penis swelling and pain. Five days prior, his father noted that the patient’s foreskin appeared stuck...
Raymond Zhou | September 13, 2021
Dermatology, HEENT, Pediatrics, SAEM Clinical Images
SAEM Clinical Image Series: Sudden Onset of Facial Petechiae in Kindergartener
A 6-year-old boy with no past medical history presented when his parents noticed facial petechiae after picking him up from school. He had a series of four recent upper respiratory...
Sara Urquhart | August 9, 2021
central line, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, femoral line, HEADS-ED, Kratom, Medical Specialty, Orthopaedics, pediatric depression screen, pediatric suicide risk assessment, Pediatrics, pelvic fracture, pelvic trauma, Psychiatry, Resuscitation, scaphoid fracture, therapeutic hypothermia, Trauma, TTM2
EM Quick Hits 30 Scaphoid Fracture, Therapeutic Hypothermia, HEADS-ED, Pelvic Trauma, Kratom, Femoral Lines
In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Arun Sayal on the nuances of assessment for scaphoid fractures, Justin Morgenstern on the evidence for therapeutic hypothermia post-arrest and the TTM2 trial,...
Anton Helman | July 13, 2021
central line, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, femoral line, HEADS-ED, Kratom, Medical Specialty, Orthopaedics, pediatric depression screen, pediatric suicide risk assessment, Pediatrics, pelvic fracture, pelvic trauma, Psychiatry, Resuscitation, scaphoid fracture, therapeutic hypothermia, Trauma, TTM2
EM Quick Hits 30 Scaphoid Fracture, Therapeutic Hypothermia, HEADS-ED, Pelvic Trauma, Kratom, Femoral Lines
In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Arun Sayal on the nuances of assessment for scaphoid fractures, Justin Morgenstern on the evidence for therapeutic hypothermia post-arrest and the TTM2 trial,...
Anton Helman | July 13, 2021
Expert Peer Reviewed (Clinical), Orthopedic, orthopedics, Pediatrics, SplintER, Trauma
SplintER Series: One Big Bounce
A 5-year-old boy presents with right leg pain and a limp. His parents report it started after he was bouncing on the trampoline with his older sibling but they...
Mark Hopkins, MD | July 7, 2021

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