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Best Case Ever, Canagliflozin, DKA, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, ketoacidosis, Medical Specialty, metabolic acidosis, SGLT, Walter HImmel
Best Case Ever 58 Euglycemic DKA
It's not only run of the mill DKA, starvation and alcoholic ketoacidosis that can cause a metabolic acidosis with elevated ketones. Euglycemic DKA can be caused by the newer diabetes...
Anton Helman | June 6, 2017
AMOTOR, Best Case Ever, Chris Hicks, Cricothyrotomy, debrief, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, human factors, Medical Specialty, Peter Brindley, PREPARE, Resuscitation, Sara Gray, situational awareness
Best Case Ever 57 PREPARE mnemonic for Airway Management
Airway management requires a lot things; it requires not only technical skills and specific considerations of anatomy and physiology but a co-ordinated team who can communicate clearly and react to...
Anton Helman | April 25, 2017
AMOTOR, Best Case Ever, Chris Hicks, Cricothyrotomy, debrief, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, human factors, Medical Specialty, Peter Brindley, PREPARE, Resuscitation, Sara Gray, situational awareness
Best Case Ever 57 PREPARE mnemonic for Airway Management
Airway management requires a lot things; it requires not only technical skills and specific considerations of anatomy and physiology but a co-ordinated team who can communicate clearly and react to...
Anton Helman | April 25, 2017
cystitis, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Fosfomycin, Genitourinary, Medical Specialty, pyelonephritis, STI, urinalysis
Episode 94 UTI Myths and Misconceptions
In 2014, the CDC reported that UTI antibiotic treatment was avoidable at least 39% of the time. Why? Over-diagnosis and treatment results from the fact that asymptomatic bacteriuria is very...
Anton Helman | April 12, 2017
cystitis, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Fosfomycin, Genitourinary, Medical Specialty, pyelonephritis, STI, urinalysis
Episode 94 UTI Myths and Misconceptions
In 2014, the CDC reported that UTI antibiotic treatment was avoidable at least 39% of the time. Why? Over-diagnosis and treatment results from the fact that asymptomatic bacteriuria is very...
Anton Helman | April 12, 2017
Best Case Ever, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, fomepizole, GOLDMARK, hyperkalemia, Keerat Grewal, ketoacidosis, Medical Specialty, MUDPILES, osmolar gap, renal failure, Ross Claybo, sodium bicarbonate, toxic alcohols, Toxicology
Best Case Ever 56 Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
In this month's Best Case Ever on EM Cases Dr. Ross Claybo and Dr. Keerat Grewal tell the story of a patient with a complicated anion gap metabolic acidosis. We...
Anton Helman | March 28, 2017
Best Case Ever, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, fomepizole, GOLDMARK, hyperkalemia, Keerat Grewal, ketoacidosis, Medical Specialty, MUDPILES, osmolar gap, renal failure, Ross Claybo, sodium bicarbonate, toxic alcohols, Toxicology
Best Case Ever 56 Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
In this month's Best Case Ever on EM Cases Dr. Ross Claybo and Dr. Keerat Grewal tell the story of a patient with a complicated anion gap metabolic acidosis. We...
Anton Helman | March 28, 2017
CritCases, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, ionotropes, Medical Specialty, NIPPV, pulmonary artery catheter, Respirology, Resuscitation, RV failure, vasopressors
CritCases 7 Pulmonary Hypertension – A Fine Balance
In this CritCases blog - a collaboration between STARS Air Ambulance Service, Mike Betzner and EM Cases we discuss a challenging case of pulmonary hypertension where a fine balance in...
Michael Misch | March 28, 2017
CritCases, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, ionotropes, Medical Specialty, NIPPV, pulmonary artery catheter, Respirology, Resuscitation, RV failure, vasopressors
CritCases 7 Pulmonary Hypertension – A Fine Balance
In this CritCases blog - a collaboration between STARS Air Ambulance Service, Mike Betzner and EM Cases we discuss a challenging case of pulmonary hypertension where a fine balance in...
Michael Misch | March 28, 2017
amiodarone, atropine, cardiac arrest, Cardiology, chest compressions, CPR, ECMO, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, fluid management, lidocaine, Medical Specialty, Pediatrics, Resuscitation, septic shock, TTM
Episode 93 – PALS Guidelines
I remember when I started practicing emergency medicine a decade and a half ago it seemed that any kid who came to our ED in cardiac arrest died. I know,...
Anton Helman | March 14, 2017
amiodarone, atropine, cardiac arrest, Cardiology, chest compressions, CPR, ECMO, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, fluid management, lidocaine, Medical Specialty, Pediatrics, Resuscitation, septic shock, TTM
Episode 93 – PALS Guidelines
I remember when I started practicing emergency medicine a decade and a half ago it seemed that any kid who came to our ED in cardiac arrest died. I know,...
Anton Helman | March 14, 2017
Best Case Ever, cerebral herniation, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, epidural hematoma, hypertonic saline, major head injury, Medical Specialty, Neurology, Pediatrics, raised ICP, Suzanne Beno, Trauma
Best Case Ever 55 Pediatric Cerebral Herniation
In anticipation of the upcoming EM Cases main episode on Pediatric Polytrauma Dr. Suzanne Beno, Co-director of the Trauma Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, tells her...
Anton Helman | March 7, 2017
Best Case Ever, cerebral herniation, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, epidural hematoma, hypertonic saline, major head injury, Medical Specialty, Neurology, Pediatrics, raised ICP, Suzanne Beno, Trauma
Best Case Ever 55 Pediatric Cerebral Herniation
In anticipation of the upcoming EM Cases main episode on Pediatric Polytrauma Dr. Suzanne Beno, Co-director of the Trauma Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, tells her...
Anton Helman | March 7, 2017

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