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Therapeutics: Platelet Coagulopathy Fixes with ITP, TTP and DIC
Join Dr. Moulds as she dissects the difficult landscape of thrombocytopenia, where cause is king and sometimes the therapy can be more harmful than watchful waiting. Keep this one in your favorites for the next time a critical thombocytopenic patient rolls in…
Face the Music: Emergency Management of Facial Fractures
Maxillofacial trauma is common in the emergency department as ~80% of patients with polytrauma sustain injuries to the head, face, and/or neck. The most common etiologies of facial fractures are: assault (36%), motor vehicle accidents (32%), falls (18%), sports injuries (11%), occupational injuries (3%), and gunshot wounds (2%).3 The most commonly fractured facial bones are (in descending order): nasal bones, orbital floor, zygomaticomaxillary complex, maxillary sinuses, mandibular ramus, and the nasoethmoidorbital. This post will review the general approach to evaluation of maxillofacial trauma in the ED followed by specific management recommendations for various fracture patterns.
Therapeutics: Nephritic, Nephrotic and the Glomerulonephridities in between
Protein? Cell counts? Casts? The UA holds the key to the body, join Dr. Sobocinski as he decodes how to interpret the damage going on in your patient’s kidneys.