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Clinical , Toxicology , Toxins

Dangerous Elements: The Story of Lead and its Toxic Effects

10/15/2014 John Morrison, MD , Elizabeth Gorbe, MD
Dangerous Elements: The Story of Lead and its Toxic Effects A brief history In the roaring twenties, New York City was known to have the United States' premier forensic toxicology lab. Appointed in 1
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Clinical , Pediatric EM , Medications , Toxicology

Small, but Deadly: Nine Pediatric Toxic Ingestions that Can be Fatal at Low Doses

10/15/2014 Jason Chu, MD , Danish Malik, MD
Small, but Deadly: Nine Pediatric Toxic Ingestions that Can be Fatal at Low Doses Part 1. Single-Pill Killers Introduction In this issue of EM Resident we present Part One in a two-part series on tox
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Clinical , Urology , Ultrasound

In a Twist: Testicular Torsion

10/15/2014 EM Resident
In a Twist: Testicular Torsion Dhimitri Nikolla, MSIV, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA Tyler Lewandowski, DO, Resident Physician Emergency Medicine, UPMC Hamot, Erie, PA Introduct
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Clinical , Critical Care , Neurology

Brain Storm: Treating Acute Stroke and its Mimics

10/15/2014 EM Resident
Brain Storm: Treating Acute Stroke and its Mimics Faye T. Pedersen, MSIV, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL Mohammad M. Qureshi, MD, Resident Physician, Department of Neurolog
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Clinical , Orthopedics

Talk to the Hand: Perilunate Dislocations

10/15/2014 EM Resident
Talk to the Hand: Perilunate Dislocations Sarah Espinoza, MD, Resident Physician, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA Background: Perilunate dislocation with transcaphoid fracture Lunate and perilunate dislo
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Pain Management , Pediatric EM , Risk Management Pitfalls

Pediatric Nerve Blocks

8/21/2014 EM Resident
Pediatric Nerve Blocks From the October 2013 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Pediatric Nerve Blocks: An Evidence-Based Approach.” Reprinted with permission. To access your EMRA memb
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Infectious Disease , Urology

Rotting Away: Fournier's Gangrene

8/15/2014 EM Resident
Rotting Away: Fournier's Gangrene Matthew Mitchell, MD, Resident, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI Case An 83-year-old male is dropped off by his caregiver with a chief complaint of shortness of
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Infectious Disease , Ultrasound

Infecting the Masses: Soft Tissue Infections and Ultrasound

8/15/2014 EM Resident
Infecting the Masses: Soft Tissue Infections and Ultrasound Sarah H. Michael, DO, MS, Resident, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, MI There are few tasks in emergency medicine that are as simple to
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Guided Procedures , Infectious Disease

Small Spaces: Ultrasound-Guided Small Joint Aspiration

8/15/2014 EM Resident
Small Spaces: Ultrasound-Guided Small Joint Aspiration Meredith Hill-Ciesielski, MD, Ultrasound Fellow, Detroit Receiving and Sinai Grace Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Mark Favot, MD,
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Critical Care , Cardiology

Thoracic Aortic Dissection

8/14/2014 EM Resident
Thoracic Aortic Dissection James Hall, MD, Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO Sajid Khan, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City, Kan