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Journal Review

Initiation of Inhaled Corticosteroids During Peds ED Asthma Presentations

Filed Under: Tags: , , June 29th, 2017 Leave a Comment

Asthma is a disease entity that all emergency department (ED) providers are expected to be able to manage both quickly and effectively. This is especially true in the pediatric population,
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Journal Review

Propofol vs. Ketofol in PSA (The POKER Study)

Filed Under: Tags: , , , , , February 23rd, 2017 Leave a Comment

The ability to perform procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is essential to the practice of Emergency Medicine (EM). Which agent an Emergency Provider chooses to use depends on a variety of factors,
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Journal Review

Macrolides and the Risk of Ventricular Dysrhythmias

Filed Under: Tags: , , September 8th, 2016 Leave a Comment

When it comes to treating community acquired respiratory tract infections, macrolide antibiotics (azithromycin, clarithromycin and erythromycin) are a common choice of agent. In 2010, 57.4 million macrolide prescriptions were written in the U.S.
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Kurt MacDonald, MD