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Archives for October 2012

Knee Effusion

October 16, 2012 by CrashMaster

From an amazing piece by Teresa Wu in EP Monthly: Bend the knee and scan in long just under the patella

Filed Under: 08. Ultrasound

Bath Salts

October 9, 2012 by CrashMaster

This class of drugs are chemically altered hallucinogenic stimulants. Depending on which chemical is used in the salts, the patient can look like they took meth or ecstasy. They will present with a sympathomimetic toxidrome including hyperadrenergic vitals and profound hyperthermia. Here is a link to Leon’s Gussow’s bath salt article in EM News. Scott […]

Filed Under: 14. Toxicology


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