NSAIDs Archives - Emergency Medicine Cases

EM Quick Hits 51 – Methylene Blue in Septic Shock, TMJ Dislocation, Crohn’s Disease, Analgesia for Renal Colic, Inhaled Steroids for Asthma, Hypocalcemia in Bleeding Trauma Patients

On this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Anand Swaminathan on the role of methylene blue in septic shock, Nour Khatib on jaw dislocation reduction techniques, Hans Rosenberg on a phenotypic approach to Crohn's disease emergencies, Gil Yehudaiff on evidence based analgesics in renal colic, Brit Long on the importance of inhaled steroids for asthma, and Andrew Petrosoniak on the "lethal diamond" in polytrauma patients and the current state of hypocalcemia in bleeding trauma patients...

By Shaila Gunn|2023-09-12T13:53:21-04:00September 12th, 2023|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Genitourinary, Medical Specialty, Orthopaedics, Respirology, Resuscitation, Trauma|Tags: asthma, colitis, Crohn's, hemorrhagic shock, hypocalcemia, inhaled corticosteroid, lethal diamond, methylene blue, NSAIDs, renal colic, sepsis, TMJ dislocation, trauma resuscitation, vasopressors|0 Comments

Ep 184 Must Know Drug Interactions in Emergency Medicine

We miss potentially dangerous and even lethal drug interactions in EM more often than we realize. In this main episode EM Cases podcast with Dr. David Juurlink and Dr. Walter Himmel we review the common categories of drugs, the high risk patients and the key drug interactions that we need to know about in Emergency Medicine...

By Anton Helman|2023-07-18T11:50:51-04:00June 27th, 2023|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Psychiatry, Toxicology|Tags: antidepressants, antipsychotics, DOACs, hyperkalemia, macrolides, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, NSAIDs, opioids, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, phosphate binders, QT prolongation, serotonin syndrome, statins|3 Comments

Ep 126 EM Drugs That Work and Drugs That Don’t – Part 1: Analgesics

In this podcast we discuss the key concepts in assessing drug efficacy trials, and provide you with a bottom line recommendation for the use of gabapentinoids, NSAIDs and acetaminophen for low back pain and radicular symptoms, topical NSAIDs and cyclobenzaprine for sprains and strains, caffeine as an adjunct analgesic, why we should never prescribe tramadol, dexamethasone for pharyngitis, calcium channel blockers for hemorrhoids and anal fissures, buscopan for abdominal pain and renal colic and why morphine might be a better analgesic choice than hydromorphone...

By Anton Helman|2022-08-05T11:29:22-04:00June 18th, 2019|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Orthopaedics|Tags: acetaminophen, anal fissure, buscopan, caffeine, cyclobenzaprine, dexamethasone, Dr. Joel Lexchin, hemorroids, hydromorphone, morphine, NSAIDs, opioids, p values, tramadol|10 Comments

Episode 16: Acute Monoarthritis

Ep16 MonoarthritisDr. Joel Yaphe, University of Toronto's Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director and Dr. Indy Ghosh discuss the difficult diagnostic dilemmas when faced with a patient with acute monoarthritis. They review how to distinguish clinically between septic arthritis and gout and which aspects of the presentation and work-up are the most reliable in risk stratifying patients. The key differential diagnosis of Acute Polyarthritis can be even more of a challenge, but fear not: by then end of this podcast and post you will be able to recognize the key diagnoses, how to work them up, and who needs consultation.

By Anton Helman|2022-09-05T17:58:33-04:00July 24th, 2011|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Orthopaedics|Tags: arthrocentesis, colchicine, gout, Joel Yaphe, NSAIDs, reactive arthritis, septic arthritis, synovial fluid analysis|0 Comments