400-Pound Patient Impales Himself Twice Falling on Magazine Rack
Engine 1, an ALS engine company staffed with one paramedic and two EMTs, is dispatched to assist police with a welfare check. On arrival, the crew finds a small, one-story house with the doors locked.
After knocking on the door, a male voice is heard yelling for help. The door is immediately forced open and the crew finds a conscious obese male, lying supine on the floor, impaled by two wooden dowels of a magazine rack. The dowels are penetrating the posterior right buttock and continue through to his lower abdomen and pelvis.
The officer radios dispatch and requests Truck 1 and Rescue 1 be dispatched emergent to the scene...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - July 14, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Matthew Kunkle, EMT PM, CCP Tags: Case of the Month Patient Assessment Special Patients Trauma Special Challenges Bleeding Patient Care Burns & Soft Tissue Trauma Special Topics Source Type: news
Top 10 Most Prescribed Generic Drugs through SeptemberTop 10 Most Prescribed Generic Drugs through September
The pain medication hydrocodone/acetaminophen was the most prescribed generic drug for the 12 months ending September 30, 2014, followed by the blood pressure drug lisinopril, according to a new report. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 7, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Do two dissimilar cases represent a case series?
2 out of 5 stars
High-dose Insulin and Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Therapy for Cardiogenic Shock Induced by Intentional Calcium-Channel Blocker and Beta-Blocker Overdose: A Case Series. Doepker B et al. J Emerg Med 2014 Apr;46:486-490.
Abstract
The problems with this confused and confusing paper start with the title, which suggests that it will describe a series patients who presented with overdose of a calcium-channel blocker (CCB) and beta-blocker (BB), who were treated with high-dose insulin (HDI) and intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE).
Well, this may be a case series, but the series includes only 2 patients, and ...
Source: The Poison Review - April 3, 2014 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical beta blocker overdose calcium channel blocker overdose high-dose insulin intralipid intravenous fat emulsion Source Type: news
lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide, Zestoretic, Prinzide
Title: lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide, Zestoretic, PrinzideCategory: MedicationsCreated: 7/23/1998 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/31/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Medications General)
Source: MedicineNet Medications General - January 31, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide, Zestoretic, Prinzide
Title: lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide, Zestoretic, PrinzideCategory: MedicationsCreated: 7/23/1998 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/31/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet High Blood Pressure General)
Source: MedicineNet High Blood Pressure General - January 31, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Kidney Cancer Patients on ASI Antihypertensives Live LongerKidney Cancer Patients on ASI Antihypertensives Live Longer
Kidney cancer patients who were taking captopril, lisinopril, losartan, and similar drugs for hypertension lived significantly longer than those who were not. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - January 29, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Blood Pressure Drugs and Fatigue; polyDNA Recommends Gene-Eden-VIR to...
A study published on August 29, 2013 in the medical journal Toxicology International found that Lisinopril (Prinivil) has many side effects (1). polyDNA reviews the literature and recommends...(PRWeb January 21, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/01/prweb11503718.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 21, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Atenolol Beats Lisinopril for HTN in Dialysis (CME/CE)
ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- For dialysis patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy, atenolol may provide better blood pressure control than lisinopril, with fewer cardiovascular risks, researchers reported here. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 11, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
A 13-year review of lisinopril ingestions in children less than 6 years of age - Lewis JC, Alsop JA.
Background. Lisinopril is an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor used for treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, and acute myocardial infarction. Reports of clinical experience with pediatric ingestions are minimal. Method. A 13-year retr... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 31, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Lisinopril Coupons Help Make Hypertension Easier to Manage
AffordRx.com now offering a Lisinopril discount card.(PRWeb July 31, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10978407.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - July 31, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Digoxin toxicity: check the magnesium level!
3 out of 5 stars
Digoxin Toxicity with Normal Digoxin and Serum Potassium Levels: Beware of Magnesium, the Hidden Malefactor. Rao MPR et al. J Emerg Med 2013 May 16 [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract
This case report from Oman describes at 66-year-old woman (inexplicably described as “elderly”) who presented to hospital with one day of nausea, vomiting, abdominal distress, and palpitations. Her medications included furosemide, spironolactone, digoxin, carvedilol, lisinopril, metformin, and calcium. Initial EKGs showed evidence of junctional tachycardia and digoxin effect.
The treating physicians initially consider...
Source: The Poison Review - May 23, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical digitalis digoxin toxicity hypomagnesemia magnesium potassium Source Type: news
Elderly female with CHF complains of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, and confusion for 5 days. What is the cause?
Author: V. Dimov, M.D.Reviewer: S. Randhawa, M.D.A 96-year-old African American female (AAF) was admitted from a nursing home with complaints of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting (N/V), dizziness, confusion and double vision for 5 days. She was discharged from the hospital just 4 days ago. Digoxin was started during that previous hospitalization for control of tachycardia in atrial fibrillation. One day prior to discharge, digoxin level was 1.8 mg/mL and digoxin dose was decreased to 125 mcg PO Q 48 hr.Past medical history (PMH)Hypertension, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, stroke, congestive heart failure.M...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 2, 2009 Category: General Medicine Tags: Cardiology Intensive Care Toxicology Source Type: news
