iEM Weekly Feed 4

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Welcome to iEM Weekly Feed!

With this feed, you do not miss anything. You will find all published blog posts during this week. Click the “title” or “read more” to open each page you interested in.

Biliary Disease

by Dan O’Brien Introduction The biliary system can be defined as the organs and ducts that create, transport and store bile and eventually release it

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Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding

by Dan O’Brien Introduction Despite advances in diagnosis prevention and treatment, nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding is still a serious problem in clinical practice. The incidence

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Aortic Dissection

by Shanaz Sajeed Introduction Aortic dissection carries high morbidity and mortality. Although patients generally present with acute symptoms and classic signs, a subset of patients

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Sharp Chest Pain

Aortic Dissection chapter written by Shanaz Sajeed from Singapore is just uploaded to the Website! A 56-year-old male presented to the emergency department with sudden

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Hypernatremia

by Vigor Arva, Gregor Prosen Case Presentation A 79-year-old man was brought to the emergency department (ED) by his wife. She complained that the patient

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Hyponatremia

by Vigor Arva and Gregor Prosen Case Presentation A 72-year-old man was brought to the emergency department (ED) by his daughter. She reported that he

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RUQ pain

In case you didn’t encounter RUQ pain today! Sonographic criteria for acute cholecystitis the presence of gallstones, thickened gallbladder wall, pericholecystic fluid, sonographic Murphy’s sign,

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Hyperglycemia

by Toh Hong Chuen Case Presentation A 58-year-old lady presented with right foot pain for 3 days, associated with high fever, lethargy, polyuria, and polydipsia.

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A new chapter

Hyponatremia chapter written by Vigor Arva and Gregor Prosen from Slovenia is just uploaded to the Website! A 72-year-old man was brought to the emergency

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What is your next move?

In case you didn’t encounter an elderly with abdominal pain today! A 72-year-old male patient presented with mild abdominal pain. BP: 145/68 mmHg, HR: 83

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X-ray findings of AD

In case you didn’t encounter a patient with sharp inter scapular pain today! A 67-year-old male patient presented with sharp interscapular pain. BP: 189/107 mmHg,

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Thank you!

Thank you for viewing our clinical images and videos 11.2K times in Flickr. Our resources are free to use in education. Feel free to download

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Hypertensive Emergencies

by Sadiye Yolcu Introduction Systemic hypertension is a common medical problem. It affects over 1 million people worldwide. ER clinicians commonly encounter this problem. Rapid

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Thyroid Storm

by Shabana Walia Introduction Thyrotoxicosis occurs when there is an excess of circulating thyroid hormone in the body, whereas hyperthyroidism refers to thyrotoxicosis that arises from

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Fall from height

In case you didn’t encounter a construction worker presented with trauma today! iEM Education Project Team uploads many clinical picture and videos to the Flickr

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iEM Weekly Feed 3

iEM world

Welcome to iEM Weekly Feed!

With this feed, you do not miss anything. You will find all published blog posts during this week. Click the “title” or “read more” to open each page you interested in.

Pulmonary Embolism

by Elif Dilek Cakal Case Presentation A 45-year-old female with no prior medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) with three days of constant shortness

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My Leg Is Swollen!

A New Chapter Is Just Uploaded To The Website! An 85-year-old woman, with a history of congestive heart failure, presented with right leg pain and

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Fall From Bicycle!

In case you didn’t encounter a child fallen from a bicycle today! Read “Multiple Trauma” Chapter Listen “Multiple Trauma” Chapter iEM Education Project Team uploads

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Left Flank Pain

In case you didn’t encounter flank pain today! iEM Education Project Team uploads many clinical picture and videos to the Flickr and YouTube. These images

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iEM Image and Video Albums

Uploading Image and Video Archive More than 350 images and videos are uploaded into iEM Flickr channel. Thousands to come… Uploading Image and Video Archive

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Is Troponin Enough?

You are the emergency doc working in a rural ED. It is the Saturday night at 23:25 and you have three patients with chest pain.

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Acute Heart Failure (AHF)

by Walid Hammad – USA Case Presentation An ambulance crew rushes into your emergency department (ED) with a 56-year-old man. He is severely short of

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I…can’t…breathe!

A New Chapter Is Just Uploaded To The Website! An ambulance crew rushes into your emergency department with a 56-year-old man. He is severely short

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A kid with wrist pain!

In case you didn’t encounter a kid with wrist pain today! Pediatric fractures affecting growth plate are classified with Salter-Harris classification. It is from I

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iEM Weekly Feed 2

Welcome to iEM Weekly Feed!

With this feed, you do not miss anything. You will find all published blog posts during this week. Click the “title” or “read more” to open each page you interested in.

Today’s Headache

In case you didn’t encounter headache today! Read “Headache” Chapter Listen “Headache” Chapter iEM Education Project Team uploads many clinical picture and videos to the

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A Kid With Wrist Pain!

In case you didn’t encounter a wrist pain today! See Lateral X-ray iEM Education Project Team uploads many clinical picture and videos to the Flickr

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Don’t Touch My Belly!

A New Chapter Is Just Uploaded To The Website! A previously healthy 42-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with a 3-day history of

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Elbow Pain

In case you didn’t encounter a child with elbow pain today! See Lateral X-ray iEM Education Project Team uploads many clinical picture and videos to

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Doc! My Hand Hurts.

In case you didn’t encounter a patient with hand pain today! iEM Education Project Team uploads many clinical picture and videos to the Flickr and

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ACS in 12 minutes!

The chapter is just uploaded to the website!​ Acute Coronary Syndrome by Khalid Mohammed Ali, Shirley Ooi from Singapore. A 46 years old man with

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I can’t breath Doc!

In case you didn’t encounter shortness of breath today! Go To “Respiratory Distress” Chapter Go To “Chest Pain” Chapter iEM Education Project Team uploads many

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A 68-year-old with wheezing

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by Ramin Tabatabai, David Hoffman, and Tiffany Abramson, USA A 68-year-old male presents to the emergency department (ED) with audible

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iEM Weekly Feed

Welcome to iEM Weekly Feed!

With this feed, you do not miss anything. You will find all published blog posts during this week. Click the “title” or “read more” to open each page you interested in.

Elderly With Abdominal Pain!

Acute Mesenteric Ischemia Rabind Antony Charles, Singapore A 75-year-old woman presents to your Emergency Department (ED) with diffuse abdominal pain for the past day, associated

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Feel Responsible?

You may wonder “how to contribute” Promoting Emergency Medicine and improving undergraduate Emergency Medicine education (UEME) are the responsibility of all of us. We believe

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Take EM Clerkship Seriously!

This chapter describes how and why important the emergency medicine clerkship is. Although it aims to reach medical student/interns, there are many lessons to learn

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Secure With Square Knot

Topic Today, we just wanted to emphasize a vital part of the suturing procedure which is sometimes forgotten. This is square knot. Simple, easy and important. Problem Suturing is

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GI Bleeding in 12 min

Gastrointestinal Bleeding​ by Moira Carrol, Gurpreet Mudan, and Suzanne Bentley, USA A 61-year-old man with a history of liver cirrhosis secondary to chronic EtOH abuse

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Give Me A Headache!

Headache by Matevz Privsek and Gregor Prosen, Slovenia A 52-year old male comes to the ED with a severe headache. A triage nurse gives you

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A 22-year-old male

Acute Appendicitis by Ozlem Dikme, Turkey A previously healthy 22-year-old male was brought to the emergency department (ED) with recently-started abdominal pain. He had not

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Dramatic Diaphragmatic Hernia

In case you didn’t encounter shortness of breath today! Go To “Respiratory Distress” Chapter Go To “Chest Pain” Chapter iEM Education Project Team uploads many

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Severe Fecal Impaction And…

In case you didn’t encounter abdominal pain today! Go To “Abdominal Pain” Chapter iEM Education Project Team uploads many clinical picture and videos to the

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