Emergency Medicine
- What is causing the ‘long-hauler’ phenomenon after COVID-19?
We are still early in our understanding of COVID-19 and its many manifestations.
- Update on medical management of acute hip fracture
Emphasis is on prompt surgery, multimodal analgesia, and enhanced recovery pathways.
- Pacemaker lead-induced venous thoracic outlet syndrome
Acute arm swelling and pain after an airline flight and a missed anticoagulant dose.
- Severe chemical pneumonitis from tetrahydrocannabinol ‘vaping’ and ‘dabbing’
THC products have been implicated in an outbreak of lung injury.
- Severe thrombocytopenia in a patient with otherwise asymptomatic COVID-19
A young woman, seemingly healthy, presented with easy bruising.
- Reversal of direct oral anticoagulants: Highlights from the Anticoagulation Forum guideline
Clear instructions on how to manage DOAC-associated bleeding.
- Does this young adult patient need a hip radiograph?
Hip fractures are uncommon in adults under age 50.
- COVID-19 and flu: Dual threat, dual opportunity
Measures to combat COVID-19 can minimize the impact of flu, and vice versa.
- Should we monitor troponin up to peak value when evaluating for acute coronary syndrome?
No. Once troponin is over the 99th percentile, finding the peak value does not aid in diagnosis.