October 2024: Emergency Management of Hanging and Strangulation Injuries and Peripheral Neuropathies
In the October 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss emergency management of hanging and strangulation injuries and peripheral neuropathies. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including undifferentiated hypoxia following a home birth in Clinical Pediatrics, a vanishing hip in Orthopedics and Trauma, string yank technique for fishhook removal in The Critical Procedure, acute atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter best practices in The LLSA Literature Review, and a knee injury in The Critical Image.
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September 2024: Pediatric Wrist Injuries and Postintubation Care of Critically Ill Patients
In the September 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pediatric wrist injuries and postintubation care of critically ill patients. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including muscositis and rash after an acute febrile illness in Clinical Pediatrics, traumatic arthrotomy status post total knee arthoplasty in Orthopedics and Trauma, bursal aspiration and injection in The Critical Procedure, antimicrobial therapy for pediatric community-acquired pneumonia in The LLSA Literature Review, and a diving accident in The Critical Image.
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August 2024: ECG Interpretation in Athletes and Emergency Care for Congenital Heart Defects
In the August 2024 episode of the Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine podcast, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss ECG interpretation in athletes and emergency care for congenital heart defects. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in the regular features, including a coughing pediatric patient in Clinical Pediatrics, septic subacromial bursitis in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, drainage of a felon in The Critical Procedure, chronic drug use and abdominal pain in The LLSA Literature Review, and a patient with nausea and jaundice in The Critical Image.
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July 2024: Traumatic Brain Injuries and Urinary Tract Infections
In the July 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss traumatic brain injuries and urinary tract infections. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including a rare complication of Meckel diverticulum in Clinical Pediatrics, atraumatic medial foot pain in Orthopedics and Trauma, distal fingertip amputation management in The Critical Procedure, alcoholic ketoacidosis in The LLSA Literature Review, and more than just a migraine in The Critical Image.
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June 2024: Identifying and Managing Patients With Sepsis and Stridor in Pediatric Patients
In the June 2024 episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss identifying and managing patients with sepsis as well as stridor in pediatric patients. As always, you’ll also hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including methotrexate-induced leukoencephalopathy mimicking a stroke in Clinical Pediatrics, medial clavicle fracture in Orthopedics and Trauma, perimortem cesarean delivery in The Critical Procedure, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in The LLSA Literature Review, and gastrostomy tube complication in The Critical Image.