emergency medicine oncology

EM Quick Hits 48 – FAST in Pediatric Trauma, Multiple Myeloma, Drowning, AKA, Global EM

In this month's EM Quick Hits: Heather Cary on the use and misuse of abdominal FAST in pediatric trauma, Hans Rosenberg and Arleigh McCurdy on the diagnosis and management of Multiple Myeloma in the ED, David Jerome on practice tips for managing the drowning patient, Brit Long and Michael Gottlieb on the diagnosis and management of Alcohol-Induced Ketoacidosis, Navpreet Sahsi on his journey to becoming a humanitarian and global EM doctor...

By Anton Helman|2023-04-25T10:48:32-04:00April 25th, 2023|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Oncology, Respirology, Resuscitation, Special Populations, Trauma, Ultrasound|Tags: AKA, alchohol ketoacidosis, drowning, FAST, global EM, multiple myeloma, pediatric trauma|2 Comments

EM Quick Hits 35 – 10 Best Papers of 2021, Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Crashing Asthmatic, Febrile Neutropenia, Anaphylaxis update

In this months EM Quick Hits podcast: Ken Milne expertly walks us through the 10 biggest EM papers of 2021, Brit Long on a careful structured approach to Febrile Neutropenia to improve outcomes, Catherine Varner on how not to miss Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Joe Nemeth on Anaphylaxis update and Anand Swaminathan gives us his approach to the Crashing Asthmatic...

By Anton Helman|2022-01-26T11:38:21-05:00January 18th, 2022|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Oncology, Respirology, Resuscitation|Tags: anaphylaxis, asthma, bias, BIPAP, crashing asthmatic, epinephrine, epistaxis, EVT, febrile neutropenia, GI bleed, hyponatremia, infant fever, IV epinephrine, magnesium, pediatric fever, pediatric pneumonia, peripartum cardiomyopathy, pink lady, steroids, stroke, therapeutic hypothermia, tPA, tranexamic acid|5 Comments

Episode 33: Oncologic Emergencies

In this episode on Oncologic Emergencies Dr. John Foote (University of Toronto's CCFP(EM) residency program director) and Dr. Joel Yaphe (the director of the University of Toronto’s Annual Update in Emergency Medicine conference in Whistler), review 5 important presentations in the patient with cancer: fever, shortness of breath, altered mental status, back pain and acute renal failure; with specific attention to key cancer-related emergencies such as febrile neutropenia, hypercalcemia, superior vena cava syndrome, hyperviscosity syndrome and tumor lysis syndrome.

By Anton Helman|2021-03-31T12:59:54-04:00May 21st, 2013|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Hematology, Oncology|Tags: Appendicitis, brain herniation, febrile neutropenia, Hypercalcemia, Hyperviscosity Syndrome, ICP, Joel Yaphe, John Foote, multiple myeloma, SVC Syndrome, tumor lysis syndrome, Typhlitis|2 Comments

Best Case Ever 16: Oncologic Emergencies

As bonus to Episode 33 on oncologic emergencies, Dr. John Foote, the CCFP(EM) residency program director at the University of Toronto tells us about his Best Case Ever in which he missed an important cancer-related diagnosis. In the related episode with Dr. Foote and Dr. Joel Yaphe, we will review 5 common presentations in the patient with cancer: fever, shortness of breath, altered mental status, back pain and acute renal failure; with specific attention to key cancer-related emergencies such as febrile neutropenia, hypercalcemia, superior vena cava syndrome, hyperviscosity syndrome and tumor lysis syndrome.

By Anton Helman|2017-02-03T12:51:24-05:00May 7th, 2013|Categories: Best Case Ever, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Hematology, Oncology|Tags: febrile neutropenia, Hypercalcemia, Hyperviscosity Syndrome, Joel Yaphe, John Foote, SVC Syndrome, tumor lysis syndrome|0 Comments

Episode 26: Low Back Pain Emergencies

In this episode we go through seven cases that display the breadth of presentations of limb or life threatening causes of low back pain emergencies with my huge mentors, Dr. Walter Himmel and Dr. Brian Steinhart. We cover everything from spinal epidural abscess to cauda equina syndrome to retroperitoneal bleeds, elucidating the key historical, physical exam, lab, imaging and treatment pearls for all of these diagnoses. We then go on to review the best management for the most common cause of back pain presentation, lumbosacral strain and debate the various medication options.

By Anton Helman|2022-01-05T23:26:07-05:00September 12th, 2012|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Neurology, Oncology, Orthopaedics|Tags: Brian Steinhart, cauda equina syndrome, disc herniation, inflammatory markers, lumbosacral sprain, mechanical low back pain, metastatic cancer, pain managment, retroperitoneal bleed, siatica, spinal cord compression, spinal epidural hematoma, Walter HImmel|2 Comments