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Treating Pregnancy Related Pain in the ED
Treating pain in pregnancy can be… well… a pain. With limited non-teratogenic options in the prepartum patient, Dr. Finney takes a dive into the evidence behind what you can use the next time you have a gravid patient who needs your help.
A Fix for a Stinging Heart - Pericarditis Treatment in the ED
Pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardial sac. Classically, pericarditis presents with sharp and pleuritic chest pain which is relieved by sitting up and forward. Pericarditis has multiple etiologies, but is most commonly idiopathic, assumed to be viral, in developed countries (1). Treatment of pericarditis should be targeted to the underlying etiology if possible (1). For presumed viral, idiopathic causes, most patients are treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and colchicine (1).
Back to Basics: Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain in the ED
How do you treat acute low back pain that comes into the ED. Do you have a ‘cocktail’? Do you have any injections / stretching that you recommend? Is there data behind any of that?? Join Dr. Gillespie on an evidence-based look at the therapeutics of low back pain in the ED.