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What Is Nystagmus?
This study has never been duplicated. Note the estimated angle of nystagmus onset Yup, my patient has nystagmus. What does that mean? Big picture … it means that there’s something abnormal about the patient’s nervous system. There are a few major reasons to consider. Drugs and alcohol Yes, that old roadside sobriety test is a useful indicator of alcohol intoxication. People begin having nystagmus with blood alcohol levels as low as .04%. But alcohol isn’t the only drug that can cause nystagmus. Other central nervous system depressants like barbiturates, Lithium and benzodiazepines ...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 14, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs

Wernicke's Encephalopathy : MRI
This is an MRI image obtain in alcoholic beggar presented with ataxia, ophthalmoplegia and acute confusional state. Red arrow shows hyperintense signal around mamillary bodies and yellow arrow around periaqueductal area.Important Point :MRI in wernicke's encephalopathy shows hyperintense T2/FLAIR signal involving the mamillary bodies, dorsomedial thalami, tectal plate, periaqueductal area, and around 3rd ventricle.Famous Radiology Blog http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com TeleRad Providers at www.teleradproviders.com Mail us at sales@teleradproviders.com (Source: Sumer's Radiology Site)
Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - September 28, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs

LITFL Review 300
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog Welcome to the 300th 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 chunk of FOAM. The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beauts of the Week Flavia Machado is this week’s Master of Intensive care, discussing how she manages things i...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - October 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marjorie Lazoff, MD Tags: Education LITFL review Source Type: blogs

Acute Confusional State: Wernicke's Encephalopathy
DAMS Unplugged Series this week presents a case of acute confusional state with multispeciality interaction.Famous Radiology Blog http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com TeleRad Providers at www.teleradproviders.com Mail us at sales@teleradproviders.com (Source: Sumer's Radiology Site)
Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - February 12, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs

A better way to think about Altered Mental Status
I recently had occasion to prepare a talk on the various causes of Altered Mental Status. As it happens, EM:RAP had a nice Continuous Core Content segment recently on the same topic. (Don't listen to EM:RAP? You should. Want to try it for free? Rob Orman of ERCast has an offer for a three month free trial. Use the code ERTHANKS.)* They used a practical case-based format to structure the approach, which I like, but also fell back on the old mnemonic of AEIOU TIPS. God I hate that mnemonic. It's so haphazard and utterly disorganized: just like the typical approach to AMS.A �...
Source: Movin' Meat - February 9, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: blogs

Critical Care Compendium update
LITFL’s Critical Care Compendium is a comprehensive collection of pages concisely covering the core topics and controversies of critical care. Currently there are almost 1,500 entries with more in the works… Some pages are more developed than others, and all the pages are being constantly revised and improved. Links to new references and online resources are added daily, with an emphasis on those that are free and open access (FOAM!). These pages originated from the FCICM exam study notes created by Dr Jeremy Fernando in 2011, and have been updated, modified and added to since. As such will be particularly us...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 17, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Chris Nickson Tags: Critical Care Compendium Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured CCC LITFL collection Source Type: blogs

Dx of neurologic emergencies in pregnancy/postpartum
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Source: neurologyminutiae - October 1, 2013 Category: Neurologists Source Type: blogs

The LITFL Review 093
Welcome to the awesome 93rd edition! The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around. The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week boringem Top spot is taken out by boringem with a great review on Palliative Care in the ED and how to use a ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - January 29, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Health Intensive Care LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs