EMCrit | Emergency Department Critical Care & Resuscitation
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EMCrit | Emergency Department Critical Care & Resuscitation
5d ago
A critical care bounce back case with Mike Weinstock
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EMCrit | Emergency Department Critical Care & Resuscitation
1w ago
A razor is a rule of thumb that is helpful, although it isn't always correct. In medicine we're familiar with Occam's razor (the rule of parsimony). The cutoff razor states: if a continuous variable is dichotomized using a cutoff, then values near the cutoff provide little information. A simple illustration of the cutoff razor is […]
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EMCrit | Emergency Department Critical Care & Resuscitation
1w ago
10 heuristics for the new Crit Care doc from Ross Prager
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EMCrit | Emergency Department Critical Care & Resuscitation
2w ago
The 2nd FoundStab SOP is on standard intubation...
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EMCrit | Emergency Department Critical Care & Resuscitation
3w ago
All the literature goodness for March 2024
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EMCrit | Emergency Department Critical Care & Resuscitation
1M ago
Continuing on our contrast issues theme...
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EMCrit | Emergency Department Critical Care & Resuscitation
1M ago
(A blogitorial is like a tweetorial in blog form, so folks on different platforms can see it). Our approach to risk stratification and management of (sub)massive PE tends to be dominated by CT scan and echocardiography (eye-candy modalities). And these are great. But I think there are situations where ECG can be really helpful – […]
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EMCrit | Emergency Department Critical Care & Resuscitation
1M ago
Eyelid opening apraxia refers to a specific inability to open the eyelids. This may result from non-dominant hemispheric strokes. On superficial examination it will mimic unconsciousness, but upon further examination the patient is awake and able to respond to stimuli with their extremities. I've seen a similar phenomena of eyelid opening apraxia a few times […]
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EMCrit | Emergency Department Critical Care & Resuscitation
1M ago
Zentensivism...
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EMCrit | Emergency Department Critical Care & Resuscitation
1M ago
People on twitter absolutely hate the concept of using a central line to resuscitate a GI bleeder. This comes up a couple times per year. I think the source of this hatred is largely two-fold: A central line alone is garbage (without a Level-1 or Belmont infuser). I'll admit that. So if you're working in […]
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