In the November episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss kidney stones as well as mesenteric ischemia. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including monkeypox in Clinical Pediatrics, an atypical presentation of gout in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, management of small, bleeding tongue lacerations in The Critical Procedure, a comparison of ibuprofen regimens for acute pain in the Literature Review, and an adolescent with knee pain in The Critical Image.

November 2022: Kidney Stones in the Emergency Department and Treating Mesenteric Ischemia

In the December episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss small bowel obstruction and ileus as well as septic arthritis and gout. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including acute otitis media in Clinical Pediatrics, an chronic shoulder dislocation in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, DixHallpike maneuver in The Critical Procedure, a outpatient stress testing for suspected acute coronary syndrome after a negative workup in the Literature Review, and a toddler with bloody stool in The Critical Image.

December 2022: Small Bowel Obstruction and Ileus and Septic Arthritis and Gout

In the January episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss best practices for opioid administration as well as pediatric toxicology considerations. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including anaphylaxis caused by an aspirated foreign body in Clinical Pediatrics, Charcot neuroarthropathy of the ankle in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, tendon sheath injections in The Critical Procedure, conservative versus interventional treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax in the LLSA Literature Review, and leukocytosis and fever in a diabetic patient in The Critical Image.

January 2023: Best Practices for Opioid Administration and Pediatric Toxicology Considerations

In the February episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss managing mpox as well as emergency presentations of inflammatory bowel and diverticular diseases. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including splenic laceration in Clinical Pediatrics, isolated subtalar dislocation in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, reduction of a nursemaid’s elbow in The Critical Procedure, end-of-life care in the LLSA Literature Review, and a vomiting infant in The Critical Image

February 2023: Managing Mpox and Presentations of Inflammatory Bowel and Diverticular Diseases

In the March episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome as well as traumatic spinal cord injury. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including pediatric diphenhydramine overdose in Clinical Pediatrics, open Achilles tendon laceration in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, mallet finger splint in The Critical Procedure, management of acute ischemic stroke in the LLSA Literature Review, and a brain lesion in a pediatric patient in The Critical Image.

March 2023: Transverse Myelitis and Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

In the April episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss illnesses of bioterrorism as well as upper GI bleeds. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including posterior auricular mass in Clinical Pediatrics, flexor tenosynovitis of the thumb in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, dorsal penile nerve block in The Critical Procedure, buprenorphine for opioid withdrawal in the LLSA Literature Review, and chest trauma in older patients in The Critical Image.

April 2023: Identifying Illnesses of Bioterrorism and Emergency Presentations of Upper GI Bleeds

In the May episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss thyroid storm and pediatric headaches. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including pediatric stroke in Clinical Pediatrics, traumatic hemipelvectomy in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, cold gastric lavage in The Critical Procedure, the importance of lactate in the LLSA Literature Review, foreign body ingestions in The Critical Image, zavegepant in the Drug Box, and buspirone in the Tox Box.

May 2023: Thyroid Storm in the Emergency Department and Pediatric Headache

In the June episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss pericarditis presentations in the emergency department and esophageal emergencies. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including lead reversals in The Critical ECG, Meckel diverticulum in Clinical Pediatrics, trans-scaphoid perilunate and complete radiocarpal dislocations in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, drainage of an acute paronychial abscess in The Critical Procedure, recurrent, low-risk chest pain in the LLSA Literature Review, an elbow injury in a child in The Critical Image, off-label tizanidine use in the Drug Box, and pyrethroid toxicity in the Tox Box.

June 2023: Pericarditis Presentations in the Emergency Department and Esophageal Emergencies

In the July episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss deep vein thrombosis and small bowel problems. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including new-onset seizure in Clinical Pediatrics, bilateral patellar tendon rupture in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, emergency needle decompression in The Critical Procedure, outpatient treatment for low-risk pulmonary embolism in the LLSA Literature Review, and urinary retention in a child in The Critical Image.

July 2023: Emergency Diagnosis and Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Small Bowel, Big Problems

In the September episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss management of the acutely agitated patient and metabolic acidosis. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including a feared complication of cystic fibrosis in Clinical Pediatrics, Morel-Lavallée lesions in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, phimosis treatment in The Critical Procedure, headache presentations in the emergency department in the LLSA Literature Review, and a cyanotic infant in The Critical Image.

September 2023: Management of the Acutely Agitated Patient and Metabolic Acidosis

In the October episode of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, Drs. Danya Khoujah and Wendy Chang discuss opportunistic infections in patients with HIV and presentations of pelvic inflammatory disease. As always, you’ll hear about the hot topics covered in CDEM’s regular features, including a winged scapula in Clinical Pediatrics, a die-punch fracture of the distal radius in Critical Cases in Orthopedics and Trauma, manual reduction of paraphimosis in The Critical Procedure, early anticoagulant reversal after trauma in the LLSA Literature Review, and a critically ill patient in The Critical Image.

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