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US - Pregnancy The LABUR protocol: Ultrasound of the Month
Your pregnant patient gets rushed in uncomfortable and just shying of pushing but you have a few minutes to panic. Why panic when you can grab a probe and get some information about your impending delivery? Dr. Bernardoni guides us through the LABUR exam and the finer points of the term OB POCUS.
Grand Rounds Recap 10/7
Evidence Based Medicine on Tachydysrhythmias with Drs. Ludmer and Miller
- SVT is an umbrella term that includes AVNRT, atrial fibrillation and flutter, and polymorphic multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT)
- AVNRT (AV Node Re-entrant Tachycardia) is the correct term for what is commonly diagnosed as SVT,
- MAT usually occurs in critically ill elderly patients with respiratory failure and is a poor prognostic sign, associated with 60% in hospital mortality. Treatment is to treat the causative pathology.
- REVERT Trial: Modified valsalva vs standard valsalva performed in 10 EDs with 428 patients in England. Findings included a 17% conversion with standard methods and 43% with the modified valsalva.