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We walk you through what Emergency Physicians need to know to recognize, risk stratify, and manage endometriosis safely and pragmatically. We answer question such as: When should endometriosis rise to the top of the differential for pelvic pain? How do we distinguish an endometriosis flare from a  dangerous endometriosis complication? from Pelvic Inflammatory Disease? Wh...


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Convulsive status epilepticus is one of the most morbid neurologic emergencies we manage in the ED, and outcomes depend far more on speed than drug selection. Like ventricular fibrillation, each minute of ongoing convulsions worsens hypoxia, acidosis, cardiovascular instability, and neuronal injury, while making seizures progressively harder to terminate. Modern definitions a...


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This is the third in a series of blog posts on the pitfalls of ACLS algorithms for adults with a pulse, and how a systematic approach to 12-lead ECG can help with ECG acquisition, interpretation, and application. The first looked at unstable bradycardia, the second stable bradycardia, and this one will look at unstable tachycardia.

The ACLS algorithm for unstable tachy...


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