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A Cook County Hospital Emergency Medicine Blog for up-to-date medicine and more.

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PharmD Pearls: Thiazides + Loop diuretic?

December 23, 2021

EM Perles: For your ED pharmacology pearls

Clinical Conundrum: Why is my patient on a thiazide-type drug along with a loop diuretic?

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In Pharmacology Tags PharmD Pearl
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Are Central Lines really Central for Pressors?

PharmD Pearls: Are Central Lines Central for Pressors?

December 16, 2021

Are central lines central to pressor administration?

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In Pharmacology, Critical Care Tags PharmD Pearl
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Ortho Pearls: A Case of Spontaneous Compartment Syndrome

December 9, 2021

The Case: 55-year-old woman presented to the ED with two days of worsening bilateral leg pain, stiffness, and swelling. She first noticed a change two nights prior when she woke up to use the restroom and found she had some difficulty moving her legs. She noticed increased difficulty walking since that period. She denied any trauma, IVDU, or anticoagulant use. Prior to the onset of her symptoms, she routinely walked two to three miles each day.

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In Orthopedics/MSK Tags Ortho Pearls, Orthopedics/MSK
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