
You are working at Clerkship General when you hear an EMS call on the radio. Clerkship General, we are bringing you Arthur. He is intoxicated… Again



Initial Vitals:



HR: 116



BP: 150/70



Temp: 98.8



RR: 26



O2: 85% (Room Air)



Critical Actions:




* Recognize Hypoxemia



* Diagnose Toxic Alcohol Ingestion



* Consult Nephrology Emergent Dialysis



* Administer Fomepizole



* Workup Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis


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You are working at Clerkship General when one of the nurses comes and grabs you. “Hey doc, we need you in bed 10. I think this patient is having a stroke.” 



Initial Vitals:



HR: 51



BP: 201/98



Temp: 98.0F



RR: 18



O2: 99% (Room Air)



Critical Actions:




* Check a Blood Glucose



* Activate a Stroke Alert



* Assess Contraindications to tPA



* Consent for tPA



* Transfer via Air for Thrombectomy


Round 20 (MW) Stroke Symptoms



* Common during the first year of life as well as during puberty



* Presents with nausea/vomiting, abdominal pain, and/or testicular pain



* ALWAYS examine a child for signs of torsion who presents with abdominal pain (especially lower abdominal pain)



* Look for tenderness, firmness, high riding testicle or testicle with unequal lie, swelling, and the absence of a cremasteric reflex   



* Consult Urology IMMEDIATELY if you have high suspicion, otherwise proceed to ultrasound



* Ultrasound is only 85% sensitive, so clinical gestalt can trump even a negative US



* Attempt manual detorsion if there will be a significant delay to surgery


Testicular Torsion (Deep Dive MW R19)


You are working at Clerkship General when the next patient is put into your rack. It is an 8 year-old male with vomiting



Initial Vitals:



HR: 119



BP: 104/63



Temp: 98.0F



RR: 20



O2: 99% (Room Air)



Critical Actions:




* Finger Stick Blood Glucose



* Treat Patient’s Pain



* Diagnose Testicular Torsion



* Immediate Urology Consult



* Perform Manual Detorsion




References:



Mellick LB, Sinex JE, Gibson RW, Mears K. A Systematic Review of Testicle Survival Time After a Torsion Event. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2019 Dec;35(12):821-825. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001287. PMID: 28953100.

Round 19 (MW) Tummy Ache in Child with Diabetes


Phase One: CNS




* Ataxia, Slurred Speech, Confusion, N/V, Seizures




Phase Two: Cardiopulmonary 




* CHF, Cardiogenic Shock/Hypotension, Pulmonary Edema, ARDS




Phase Three: Renal




* Flank pain, Hematuria, Oliguria, Renal Failure




Diagnosis:




* HIGH INDEX OF SUSPICION



* Ethylene Glycol Serum Level



* Elevated Osmolar Gap



* Serial Anion Gap Measurements




Treatment:




* Fomepizole or Ethanol to prevent breakdown to toxic glycolic acid/oxalic acid



* Hemodialysis



* Consider Bicarb drip, pyridoxine, and thiamine








Further Reading:



 EMCrit Toxic Alcohols





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