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Letter in response to: Hyperthermia and severe rhabdomyolysis from synthetic cannabinoids. Am J Emerg Med 2016;34:121.e1–2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.05.052. Epub 2015 Jun. 12
We read with great interest the case report by Sweeney et al. [1] discussing severe hyperthermia and rhabdomyolysis following a reported exposure to a synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist (SCRA). SCRA exposures, first reported in NYC in 2010, were at an all-time high in 2015 [2]. Confirmed cases of significant SCRA-associated acute kidney injury, stroke and acute psychosis are reported [3,4].
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - May 10, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mark Su, Larissa Laskowski, Robert S. Hoffman Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Differentiating contrast staining after acute ischemic stroke from hemorrhagic transformation during emergency evaluation
A hyperdense lesion observed in a computed tomography (CT) image of the brain is usually suspected to be a hemorrhage during an emergency evaluation. Other rare differential diagnoses include contrast-induced encephalopathy (CIN) and acute cerebral infarction with contrast staining (CS). Recent contrast administration is a common risk factor for both CIN and CS. The former has been associated with favorable neurological outcomes, whereas CS might have complications, such as hemorrhagic transformation (HT).
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - May 17, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Sing-Kong Ho, Jen-Kuang Lee, Yen-Jun Lai, Tzu-Chiao Lin, Cheng-Wei Liu Source Type: research
Fatal hemopericardium after intravenous recombinant transplasminogeen activator (rt-PA) for acute ischaemic stroke
A 57-year old man presented to the emergency department with complaints of nausea, fatigue and burning throat which had been present since one week. Except for mild mental retardation and epilepsy for which anti-epileptic medication was used, he was healthy. Physical examination was normal except for tachycardia (133 beats /minute). Laboratory investigation showed creatine kinase (CK) of 220 U/L (10–171), CK-MB 15 U/L (0–15) and troponine 10,8 ug/L (
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - May 26, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Hanna Hensen, Fianne Spaander, Matthijs Bax, Hille Koppen Source Type: research
2016: Emergency Medical Services Annotated Literature in Review
In the daily practice of emergency medicine, physicians constantly interact with components of emergency medical services (EMS) systems. The provision of high quality care in the prehospital setting requires emergency physicians to remain abreast of recent literature that may inform the care of patients prior to their arrival at the emergency department. This literature review will examine some recent trends in the prehospital literature, including cardiac arrest care, trauma, myocardial infarction, and stroke.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - July 17, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jose V. Nable, Benjamin J. Lawner, William J. Brady Source Type: research
Hyperthermia and Severe Rhabdomyolysis From Synthetic Cannabinoids Am J Emerg Med 2016;34:121.e1-2. Doi: 10.1016/j.Ajem.2015.05.052. Epub 2015 Jun 12
We read with great interest the case report by Sweeney et al. [1] discussing severe hyperthermia and rhabdomyolysis following a reported exposure to a synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist (SCRA). SCRA exposures, first reported in NYC in 2010, were at an all-time high in 2015 [2]. Confirmed cases of significant SCRA-associated acute kidney injury, stroke, and acute psychosis are reported [3,4].
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - May 10, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mark Su, Larissa Laskowski, Robert S. Hoffman Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
2016: Emergency Medical Services Annotated Literature in Review
In the daily practice of emergency medicine, physicians constantly interact with components of emergency medical services (EMS) systems. The provision of high quality care in the prehospital setting requires emergency physicians to remain abreast of recent literature that may inform the care of patients prior to their arrival at the emergency department. This literature review will examine some recent trends in the prehospital literature, including cardiac arrest care, trauma, myocardial infarction, and stroke.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - July 17, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jose V. Nable, Benjamin J. Lawner, William J. Brady Source Type: research
Differentiating contrast staining after acute ischemic stroke from hemorrhagic transformation during emergency evaluation
A hyperdense lesion observed in a computed tomographic (CT) image of the brain is usually suspected to be a hemorrhage during an emergency evaluation. Other rare differential diagnoses include contrast-induced encephalopathy (CIN) and acute cerebral infarction with contrast staining (CS). Recent contrast administration is a common risk factor for both CIN and CS. The former has been associated with favorable neurologic outcomes, whereas CS might have complications, such as hemorrhagic transformation (HT).
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - May 17, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Sing-Kong Ho, Jen-Kuang Lee, Yen-Jun Lai, Tzu-Chiao Lin, Cheng-Wei Liu Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Hyperthermia and Severe Rhabdomyolysis From Synthetic Cannabinoids Am J Emerg Med 2016;34:121.e1-2. Doi: 10.1016/j.Ajem.2015.05.052. Epub 2015 Jun 12
We read with great interest the case report by Sweeney et al. [1] discussing severe hyperthermia and rhabdomyolysis following a reported exposure to a synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist (SCRA). SCRA exposures, first reported in NYC in 2010, were at an all-time high in 2015 [2]. Confirmed cases of significant SCRA-associated acute kidney injury, stroke, and acute psychosis are reported [3,4].
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - May 10, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mark Su, Larissa Laskowski, Robert S. Hoffman Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research
Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome: A rare postoperative complication of carotid endarterectomy
Acute neurological deficits are common presentations to the emergency department. Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome, a rare phenomenon which can occur within one month following carotid surgical revascularization, may be challenging for the emergency physician to diagnose in the setting of an acute neurological presentation. Carotid arterial disease contributes 15 –20% of ischemic cerebrovascular accidents and surgical revascularization is the commonest intervention for preventing stroke in patients with significant carotid disease.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - March 4, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mina Guirgis, Kishore Sieunarine Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Brugada electrocardiogram pattern induced by cannabis; is cannabis safe?
The objective of this study was to present a case report that brings attention to relationship between cannabis consumption and Brugada electrocardiogram pattern. Here, we present a case of a 19-year-old male patient with symptomatic Brugada electrocardiogram pattern induced after cannabis consumption. With the potential for more widespread legalization of cannabis, several studies are raising the issue of adverse vascular effects of cannabis, including myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death, cardiomyopathy, stroke, transient ischemic attack, and cannabis arteritis.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - December 29, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Joaqu ín Valle Alonso, Beatrix Huei-Yi Teo, F. Javier Fonseca del Pozo, Miguel Angel Aguayo, Almudena Sanchez Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Intracerebral hemorrhage in a middle aged cocaine user despite normal blood pressures
We report the case of a 40-year-old woman with a not declared at admission with a 4 year history of intranasal cocaine hydrochloride who developed an intracerebral subcortical spontaneous hemorragie. She documented a normal blood pressure and a CT angiography did not shown vascular abnormalities and excluded the presence of arterial aneurisms.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 2, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Antonio Siniscalchi, Walter Lentidoro, Ermanno Pisanil, Giovamabattista De Sarro, Luca Gallelli Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Intracerebral hemorrhage in a middle-aged cocaine user despite normal blood pressures
We report the case of a 40-year-old woman who did not declare at admission her 4-year history of intranasal cocaine hydrochloride and developed an intracerebral subcortical spontaneous hemorrhage. She documented a normal blood pressure, and computer tomography angiography did not show vascular abnormalities and excluded the presence of arterial aneurisms.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 2, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Antonio Siniscalchi, Walter Lentidoro, Ermanno Pisanil, Giovamabattista De Sarro, Luca Gallelli Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Preclinical and clinical data for factor Xa and “Universal” reversal agents
Oral Factor Xa (FXa) inhibitors, a growing class of direct-acting anticoagulants, are frequently used to prevent stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation and to prevent and treat venous thromboembolism. These drugs reduce the risk of clotting at the expense of increasing the risk of bleeding, and currently they have no specific reversal agent. However, andexanet alfa, a recombinant modified FXa decoy molecule, is in a late-phase clinical trial in bleeding patients, and ciraparantag, a small molecule that appears to reverse many anticoagulants including the FXa inhibitors, is in development.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 27, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Truman J. Milling, Scott Kaatz Tags: Review Source Type: research
Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants: Insights from Postmarketing Studies
Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have been marketed in the United States since 2010. While numerous large-scale prospective phase 3 outcomes studies have documented the effectiveness of DOACs for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, the primary safety concern with all of these drugs —as it is with the more established oral anticoagulant warfarin—is the risk of major bleeding. Postmarketing surveillance studies (PMSS) provide the opportunity to evaluate the safety of these recently approved drugs across a spectrum of patients that may be broader than those in...
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 27, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Todd C. Villines, W. Frank Peacock Tags: Review Source Type: research
Akinetic mutism revealing an ischemic stroke
We describe a 44-year-old man who developed akinetic mutism following a cerebrovascular accident involving his left middle cerebral artery. We discuss this rare condition and its unusual clinical picture.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - November 3, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Zidouh Saad, Jidane Said, Belkouch Ahmed, Bakkali Hicham, Belyamani Lahcen Source Type: research
