EM Clerkship

What was the key to cracking this month’s case with mixed neurologic and respiratory symptoms? Let’s find out.

For more resources and further reading, please see below:

https://emcrit.org/ibcc/myasthenia/#drugs_to_avoid_in_MG

https://www.emrap.org/corependium/chapter/recrDWsB2k1uYPL9U/Myasthenia-Gravis#h.chd38945ee0i

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-the-treatment-of-myasthenia-gravis

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12450191/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41638015/

See if you can figure out what’s going on with this all-over-the-place case!

What happens when the stroke patient awaiting transfer has a sudden clinical change? How do you manage it?

For more reading on today’s topic, check out:

https://www.ebmedicine.net/topics/stroke/postthrombolysis-intracranial-hemorrhage

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STR.0000000000000513

https://thennt.com/nnt/thrombolytics-acute-ischemic-stroke/

https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blog.20171227.203035

We all know patients boarding for admission or transfer are the new norm in emergency rooms nationwide. What happens when a patient pending transfer decompensates?

To learn more on today’s topic:

https://www.emrap.org/corependium/chapter/recgSYYhIe7uv1r8x/Pediatric-DKA#h.mhab9ovl1fy9

https://www.chop.edu/clinical-pathway/diabetes-type1-with-dka-clinical-pathway

https://emergencymedicinecases.com/wp-content/uploads/filebase/pdf/Episode%20063%20Apr2015%20Pediatric%20DKA.pdf

https://www.ebmedicine.net/topics/endocrine/pediatric-emergency-medicine-diabetes#Cerebral-Edema

Uptodate articles – “Hypokalemia in Children,” “Diabetic ketoacidosis in children: Cerebral injury (cerebral edema),”Diabetic ketoacidosis in children: Treatment and complications”

Gotta be gastroenteritis right? Tune in to find out!

Let’s talk teeth!

For more learning, check out these resources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK570590/

https://emergencymedicinecases.com/traumatic-dental-emergencies/

https://coreem.net/core/dental-trauma/

https://www.nuemblog.com/blog/oral-nerve-blocks