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The Approach to Neuromuscular Weakness
Weakness is a common, though sometimes vague, presenting symptom in the ED. Neuromuscular (NM) weakness can have various causes, ranging from common and relatively easy to diagnose conditions (such as strokes and trauma) to less common and more difficult to diagnose ones (such as vascular pathologies, infections, autoimmune diseases, and neoplasms). This post focuses on how to localize weakness to differentiate types of NM weakness and presents classic cases of diffuse weakness caused by three diseases.
Grand Rounds Recap 8.14.24
Join us as one our OBGYN consultants, Dr. Pensak, takes us through the intricacies and varied management of early pregnancy loss. Then, Dr. Lang takes us through STEMI equivalent presentations as well as sneaky STEMI mimics! Finally, our education was rounded out with our pediatric triple threat. We discussed NRP and simulated resuscitation of a bradycardic neonate, practiced umbilical vein cannulation as well as considered a prolonged fever work-up in a case of Kawasaki and the intricacies of lumbar punctures in the pediatric population!
Bullous Skin Lesions, Meet Emergency Medicine
While not a daily occurrence in the ED, bullous skin diseases (bullous pemphigoid, pemphigous vulgaris, SJS, SSSS) are critical diagnosis for the Emergency Physician to identify and initiate treatment. Join Dr. Rehfeldt as she parses through them.