• Filter By:
• Specialty
• Source
• Condition
• Cancer
• Infectious Disease
• Drug
• Training
• Management
• Procedure
• Therapy
• Vaccine
• Nutrition
• Country

Vascular Injury After Knee Dislocation: A Meta-Analysis Update
DISCUSSION: This review updates our understanding on the clinical implications of KDs including frequency of vascular injury (10.7%), amputation (2.2%), and nerve injuries (19.6%). Compared with prior literature, there was an increased prevalence of KD1 (32.4%) and lateral KDs (80.4%). Most vascular injuries after KD undergo surgical repair (62.2%).PMID:36730697 | DOI:10.5435/JAAOS-D-22-00339
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - February 2, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: David Constantinescu Dylan Luxenburg Alina Syros Kevin J Bondar Spencer Barnhill Dennis Vanden Berge Fernando Vilella-Hernandez Source Type: research

Renovascular hypertension and < em > RNF213 < /em > p.R4810K variant in Korean children with Moyamoya disease
Clin Nephrol. 2021 Mar 26. doi: 10.5414/CN110334. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMoyamoya disease (MMD) is the most common underlying disease in Korean pediatric renovascular hypertension (RVH). The ring finger protein 213 (RNF213) p.R4810K variant is reported to be a pathologic variant in East Asian MMD. The purpose of this study was to evaluate hypertension (HTN) prevalence and clinical manifestations as well as RNF213 p.R4810K variant prevalence in Korean pediatric MMD patients. The medical records of pediatric MMD patients from January 2000 to June 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. RVH was confirmed by computer tomogr...
Source: Clinical Nephrology - March 26, 2021 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Jeong Yeon Kim Heeyeon Cho Source Type: research

Clinical Updates on the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.
CONCLUSION: Operability assessment by a multidisciplinary team is crucial for the management of CTEPH, as pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) remains the guideline recommended treatment and has the best chance of cure. For inoperable patients or those with residual disease post-PEA, medical therapy or balloon pulmonary angioplasty are potential treatment options. PMID: 32582909 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - April 30, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ruan W, Yap JJ, Quah KK, Cheah FK, Phua GC, Sewa DW, Ismail AB, Chia AX, Jenkins D, Tan JL, Chao VT, Lim ST Tags: Ann Acad Med Singapore Source Type: research

LITFL Review 164
Welcome to the 164th LITFL Review. Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chuck of FOAM.The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the WeekThe journal Critical Care has always been an online source of excellent resuscitation information… and has now become 100% OPEN ACCESS. You heard that right, folks. Dive in! [SO]The Best of #FOAMed Emergency MedicineThe Skeptics Guide discusses the...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - January 11, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: Education LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs

LITFL Review #164
Welcome to the 164th LITFL Review. Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the blogosphere’s best and brightest and deliver a bite-sized chuck of FOAM.The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the WeekThe journal Critical Care has always been an online source of excellent resuscitation information… and has now become 100% OPEN ACCESS. You heard that right, folks. Dive in! [SO] The Best of #FOAMed Emergency MedicineThe Skeptics Guide discuss...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - January 11, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs

The RUC. "an Independent Group of Physicians?" - But It Includes Executives and Board Members of For-Profit Health Care Corporations and Large Hospital Systems
Introduction We just discussed how a major story in Politico has once again drawn attention to the opaque RUC (Resource Based Relative Value System Update Committee) and its important role in determining what physicians are paid for different kinds of services, and hence the incentives that have helped make the US health care system so procedurally oriented.  (See the end of our last post for a summary of the complex issues that swirl around the RUC.)The Politico article covered most of the bases, but notably omitted how the RUC may be tied to various large health care organizations, especially for-profit, and how the...
Source: Health Care Renewal - August 28, 2014 Category: Health Management Tags: AMA boards of directors conflicts of interest health care prices healthcare executive hospital systems perverse incentives regulatory capture RUC Source Type: blogs

The LITFL Review 101
Conclusion: Imaging and repeat imaging in sciatic doesn’t really change the management..So why do it then! Focus Article: Early Imaging After Arrest Often Finds the Culprit. Bottom line from this study: The use of an early diagnosis protocol with immediate coronary angiography and/or CT scan provided the etiology of nearly two thirds of OHCA cases. ECG of the Week ECG of the Week – It looks bad and wide – whats going on! Ultrasound Podcast ULTRASOUND OF RADIUS FRACTURE! What? That’s right. Diagnose it and guide your reduction with US! TJdogma ICE 007 – another great ICE case, simple, sh...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - April 8, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Intensive Care LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs