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Right-sided weakness in a Rwandan patient with untreated Tetralogy of Fallot
DiscussionIn countries where surgical repair of TOF is not available, early recognition and medical management are key in temporizing the development of devastating sequelae. Describing the prevalence of CHD in Rwanda is urgent, requiring further research by which effective prevention and treatment strategies can be developed.
Source: International Journal of Emergency Medicine - March 14, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Studying the Clinical Data of COVID Positive patients admitted to a tertiary care academic hospital
Conclusion: The most common presenting symptoms included fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Patients who required ICU admission at presentation had a worse prognosis. Those with greater severity of symptoms were mainly elderly patients among which the most common comorbidity was hypertention followed by cardiac disease.
Source: Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock - June 9, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Julio Arrieta Sagar Galwankar Natalia Lattanzio Darrel Ray Amit Agrawal Source Type: research

Electrocardiogram Changes as an Independent Predictive Factor of Mortality in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke; a Cohort Study.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of the present study, it seems that along with age and history of cardiac diseases, ECG changes can be considered as an independent predictive factor of mortality in patients with ischemic stroke. PMID: 31432037 [PubMed]
Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - August 24, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Asadi P, Zia Ziabari SM, Naghshe Jahan D, Jafarian Yazdi A Tags: Arch Acad Emerg Med Source Type: research

Debilitating Headache after an Excited Reaction
​BY GREGORY TAYLOR, DO, & MATTHEW WARPINSKI, DOA 35-year-old man with a history of uncontrolled hypertension and medical noncompliance was brought to the emergency department by EMS complaining of a headache. The family said the patient was watching football and developed an acute headache after he stood up screaming in excitement.His family said he had not taken his blood pressure medication for years. He was afebrile, his blood pressure was 245/129 mm Hg, his respiratory rate was 18 bpm, his heart rate was 68 bpm, and he weighed 340 pounds. The patient was obtunded with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 4 and was subse...
Source: The Case Files - November 20, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: research

A Pregnancy Complication to Look out for even after Pregnancy
​BY GREGORY TAYLOR, DO, & SHERIF G. EL-ALAYLI, DOA 30-year-old G5P3 presented to the ED with bilateral lower-extremity edema and headache for three days. She presented one week after an uncomplicated full-term vaginal delivery with an unremarkable pregnancy course and no prior requirement for antihypertensive therapy. The headache was described as achy to sharp, with associated photophobia. She also noted occasional vaginal spotting, which was common a few weeks after delivery. She denied any chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea or vomiting, abdominal pain, or any other symptoms. She admitted to occasional mild cr...
Source: The Case Files - August 28, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: research

A True Hematologic Emergency
​BY GREGORY TAYLOR, DO, & JACKLYN M​CPARLANE, DO​A 33-year-old woman with a past medical history of sickle cell SS presented to the emergency department with chest pain, difficulty breathing, and a cough for two days. Her chest pain was diffuse, without radiation, and partially reproducible. Her cough was nonproductive, and she also reported fever and chills.The patient noted this was different from her normal back and leg pain from past sickle cell crises. She was following up with a sickle cell specialist, and was compliant with her hydroxyurea treatment.Her temperature was 102.8°F, blood pressure was 94/60 mm...
Source: The Case Files - June 26, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: research

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Stress Cardiomyopathy After Convulsive Status Epilepticus in ICU Patients
Objective: Although stress cardiomyopathy has been described in association with epilepsy, its frequency in patients with convulsive status epilepticus remains unknown. Accordingly, we sought to determine the prevalence and risk factors of stress cardiomyopathy in patients admitted to the ICU for convulsive status epilepticus. Design: Prospective, descriptive, single-center study. Setting: Medical-surgical ICU of a teaching hospital. Patients: Thirty-two consecutive ventilated patients (21 men; age, 50 ± 18 yr; Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, 53 ± 15; Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, 6 ± 2) hospitalized in the...
Source: Critical Care Medicine - September 18, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: research

Risk factors for medical complications of acute hemorrhagic stroke
Conclusions Our study has assessed that hypertension followed by diabetes mellitus are the major risk factors for medical complications of hemorrhagic stroke. Female mortality rate was more when compared to males.\
Source: Journal of Acute Disease - August 4, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Diagnostic Value of S100B Protein in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Vertigo in the Emergency Department / El Valor Diagnóstico de la Proteína S100B en el Diagnóstico Diferencial del Vértigo Agudo en el Servicio de Urgencias
ConclusionsTo the best of our knowledge this is the first study assessing the utility of serum S100B levels for diagnosis of acute‐onset vertigo. Serum S100B levels are associated with the presence of central causes of vertigo on cranial MRI. However, serum S100B levels are not sufficiently sensitive to exclude candidates from cranial MRI. Resumen ObjetivosEl vértigo es un motivo de consulta frecuente y es consecuencia de una etiología central o periférica. Debido a que las causas centrales pueden ser de riesgo vital, la determinación de la naturaleza del vértigo es crucial en el servicio de urgencias (SU). Con un ...
Source: Academic Emergency Medicine - August 13, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Aslı Gülfer Kartal, Serkan Yılmaz, Elif Yaka, Murat Pekdemir, Hasan Tahsin Sarısoy, Mustafa Baki Çekmen, Melih Yüksel Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research

The accuracy of surrogate decision makers: informed consent in hypothetical acute stroke scenarios
Conclusions: Surrogates accurately predict patient preferences for standard acute stroke treatments. However, the accuracy decreases when predicting research participation suggesting that the degree of surrogate agreement is dependent on the type of decision being made. Further research is needed to more thoroughly characterize surrogate decision-making in acute stroke situations.
Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - November 13, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jessica BryantLesli SkolarusBarbara SmithEric AdelmanWilliam Meurer Source Type: research