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Ocular emergencies are commonly evaluated for and rarely found. Most are managed medically, but there is one which requires procedural management of the emergency physician. Here we discuss diagnosis and management of ocular compartment syndrome provided by one of our rotating medical students.
Lilian Zapata, MS4
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Figure 1. Index ECG.
The Case:
A 62-year-old F with a PMHx of osteoarthritis presented for two months of intermittent, unprovoked syncope, worse over thepast 24 hours. She was admitted one month prior and had TTE and 24 hours of observation without a noted event. She notes the day prior syncopizing without prodrome, chest pain, or SOB, and additionally experienced this 1-2 hours prior to presenting. She was brought to resus after syncopizing in the waiting room and being bradycardic. Figure 1 was obtained when the patient initially presented to the resus bay.
Jose Reyes, MD
Read More“Sulfa” allergies are a commonly listed allergen. Each time we see this, we have to mentally or physically review the list of medications that contain “sulfa” as the many are not intuitive. Here, we evaluate whether non-antibiotic “sulfa” containing medications are safe to give those in patients with previous reactions to “sulfa” antibiotics.
Joanne C Routsolias, PharmD, RN, BCPS
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