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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is rare disease presentation in the emergency department that is very important to learn to diagnose and treat due to the high associated mortality, often quoted at 20% or more. This post discussed the pathophysiology of the disease process, as well as how to appropriate identify and treat TLS in a timely manner to prevent complications such as cardiac dysrhythmias and acute renal failure.
Grand Rounds Recap 9.13.23
Join us to recap another week of UCEM Grand Rounds! We start with a quick hits EKG lecture with Dr. Baez, focusing on common EKG findings associated with electrolyte abnormalities. Dr. Tillotson teaches us how to set up inhaled therapies for our critically-ill patients, while thousands of feet in the air! We then turn to Dr. Chang and learn how to expertly treat pain and perform procedural sedation on the smallest of patients we encounter as emergency physicians.
Air Care / Annals of B Pod Series: Hypokalemia
Hypokalemia is a commonly seen laboratory abnormality which is often unappreciated in the emergency department. Join us as we take a deep dive into the presentation and life threatening consequences of a patient with severe hypokalemia as we review a previous case from an international leader in critical care transport medicine, Air Care.