I've you've been keeping track (and I know you haven't) this is the 52nd straight week I've posted a "Medical Music Mondays" - this was always the plan of course. As AI matures - and I keep writing fun educational songs I'll post more - just not on a weekly basis. I'll end this run with a rap battle [...]
There's an amoxicillin shortage right now... seriously. This post includes guideline resources and alternative option recommendations like tablets and capsules.
We are running critically low on the bottles of albuterol that are used to compound continuous treatments. There is not a shortage of metered dose inhalers and nebules. Here's how you should adjust your treatment plans in lieu of this information.
hyperemesis syndrome (aka Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome). Learn about the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of this surprisingly common malady.
If you take care of a patient on Zantac (ranitidine) in the ED it is a good idea, regardless of what else is going on right now, to discontinue it and consider another agent.
Always great to see this study make the rounds. This edition of Facts on the Ground, reviews the PRIME study comparing intranasal ketamine with fentanyl in a randomized, non inferiority trial.
This post from Leah Finkel and Amanda Nelson details how we should think about abnormally high blood pressure measurements in the Pediatric Emergency Department - and what to do about them.
In the days of cefotaxime shortages we must seek out alternative antibiotics - Check out this post for recommendations on alternative cephalosporins, especially for the febrile infant.
Serotonin syndrome and Neuroleptic malignant syndrome aren't really the same thing are they? But what if they are? No they're not. Maybe?
Lidocaine hurts when you inject it mostly because it is acidic. Learn how to add 8.4% sodium bicarbonate to buffer lidocaine to make it hurt less.
